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Markov Chains: Applications and Analysis

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COM-516: Markov chains and algorithmic applications

The study of random walks finds many applications in computer science and communications. The goal of the course is to get familiar with the theory of random walks, and to get an overview of some applications of this theory to problems of interest in commu ...

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This lecture covers the concept of Markov chains and their applications in algorithm design, focusing on the coloring problem and the Metropolis chain. The instructor explains how to sample from the space of proper colorings and analyzes the algorithm's behavior. The lecture also introduces the notation for colors and discusses the maximum degree of vertices in the context of coloring graphs.

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Ontological neighbourhood

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Discrete mathematics: Graph theory

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In statistics, Markov chain Monte Carlo (MCMC) methods comprise a class of algorithms for sampling from a probability distribution. By constructing a Markov chain that has the desired distribution as its equilibrium distribution, one can obtain a sample of the desired distribution by recording states from the chain. The more steps that are included, the more closely the distribution of the sample matches the actual desired distribution. Various algorithms exist for constructing chains, including the Metropolis–Hastings algorithm.

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A Markov chain or Markov process is a stochastic model describing a sequence of possible events in which the probability of each event depends only on the state attained in the previous event. Informally, this may be thought of as, "What happens next depends only on the state of affairs now." A countably infinite sequence, in which the chain moves state at discrete time steps, gives a discrete-time Markov chain (DTMC). A continuous-time process is called a continuous-time Markov chain (CTMC).

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