multichain

English

Etymology

From multi- +‎ chain.

Adjective

multichain (not comparable)

1. (chemistry) Of or pertaining to more than one chain.

   multichain polyamino acids

2. (probability theory) Of a Markov chain, consisting of two or more closed sets of recurrent states plus (optionally) a set of states that do not belong to any of the closed sets.

   Antonym: unichain

   multichain Markov chain

Noun

multichain (plural multichains)

1. (probability theory) A multichain Markov chain.
   • 2016, Theodore J. Sheskin, Markov Chains and Decision Processes for Engineers and Managers, page 24:

     A multichain with transient states is called a reducible multichain.

2. An ordered subset of a poset; a generalization of a chain that allows inequalities that are not strict.