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Andrei Andreavich Markov (1856–1922) is recognised as the ‘inventor’ of Markov chains. His teaching career at St Petersburg University commenced in 1880, and in 1905 he retired as a distinguished Professor of Mathematics.
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D.J. Bartholomew, Stochastic Models for Social Processes, 3rd edn (Chichester: Wiley, 1982).
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Burley, T.A., O’Sullivan, G. (1986). Markov Chains. In: Work Out Operational Research. Macmillan Master Series. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-08157-8_12
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