1. Markov - Noun
2. Markov - Proper noun
Russian mathematician (1856-1922)
Source: WordNetGenerally, a betting system for which each wager depends only on present resources and present probability of success is known as a Markov betting system. Richard Arnold Epstein
Algorithms existed for at least five thousand years, but people did not know that they were algorithmizing. Then came Turing (and Post and Church and Markov and others) and formalized the notion. Doron Zeilberger
Another class of methods for sampling points in a volume is to simulate random walks over it ( Markov chain Monte Carlo ). Source: Internet
Andrey Markov introduced http://www.statslab.cam.ac.uk/~rrw1/markov/M.pdf the notion of Markov chains (1906), which played an important role in stochastic processes theory and its applications. Source: Internet
Although these fields may have different motivators, the mathematics involved are substantially the same, e.g. using Markov decision processes (MDP). Source: Internet
A. Markov, in charge of the literature division of MAT) later at the door fearfully tried to explain to me that trying to publish the novel would cause terrible things", she wrote in her diary (May 14, 1939). Source: Internet