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mean hitting time

mean hitting time noun: the average number of steps that a Markov chain takes to go from a specified starting state to a specified target state or set of states.

Noun

mean hitting time (countable and uncountable, plural mean hitting times)

  1. The average number of steps that a Markov chain takes to go from a specified starting state to a specified target state or set of states.

Forms of mean hitting time

pluralmean hitting times

Questions about mean hitting time

What does mean hitting time mean?
Mean hitting time means the average number of steps that a Markov chain takes to go from a specified starting state to a specified target state or set of states.
What part of speech is mean hitting time?
Mean hitting time is a noun.
What is the plural of mean hitting time?
The plural of mean hitting time is mean hitting times.

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