At its core, a Markov chain is a model for predicting the next event in a sequence based only on its state. It possesses ...

MIS Quarterly, Vol. 42, No. 1 (March 2018), pp. 83-100, A1-A8 (26 pages) User contribution is critical to online communities but also difficult to sustain given its public goods nature. This paper ...

Probabilistic model checking and Markov decision processes (MDPs) form two interlinked branches of formal analysis for systems operating under uncertainty. These techniques offer a mathematical ...