---
tag: 0B77KZCQ51
kind: concept
name: Markov property
msc: [60J05, 60J10]
sources:
  - url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Markov_property
    locator: lead section
same_as:
  wikidata: Q176695
  wikipedia: Markov property
---

## Summary

A stochastic process has the Markov property when its future, given the present, is independent of its past.
The node [[Markov property|0HB8SXHPFA]] gives the precise definition.