Apply the Chapman-Kolmogorov equations to calculate discrete time transition probabilities in the Markov model.
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CK equation:, summing over every state the chain could occupy at the split time. Matrix form: Time-homogeneous gives; time-inhomogeneous gives. Markov property is the engine: conditional on the current state, the future ignores the past. That is what lets you condition on and multiply. Row sums equal 1 in every...
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