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stochastic process vs Markov process

Markov process vs stochastic process

stochastic process and Markov process both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
stochastic process Yes No No No
Markov process Yes No No No
As nouns, Markov process is a hyponym of stochastic process; that is, Markov process is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than stochastic process:
  • stochastic process: a statistical process involving a number of random variables depending on a variable parameter (which is usually time)
  • Markov process: a simple stochastic process in which the distribution of future states depends only on the present state and not on how it arrived in the present state
Other hyponyms of stochastic process include Markoff process, random walk, stationary stochastic process.
stochastic process (noun) Markov process (noun)
a statistical process involving a number of random variables depending on a variable parameter (which is usually time) a simple stochastic process in which the distribution of future states depends only on the present state and not on how it arrived in the present state
Difference between stochastic process and Markov process

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