= J. Laurie Snell
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= Laurie Snell
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<J. Laurie Snell> worked on <Markov chains> and their applications and wrote <Introduction to Probability by Charles M. Grinstead and J. Laurie Snell> with <Charles M. Grinstead>. His autobiographical research statement also describes work on finite mathematics and teaching people to assess probability and statistical claims in the news.https://chance.dartmouth.edu/Laurie.x.html[Autobiographical account, research on Markov chains, probability book and Chance project]{ref} A <Markov chain> replaces the full history by a specified present-state transition law; <first-step analysis> then turns hitting probabilities and expected hitting times into linear equations. That link between a stochastic model and solvable equations is central to the subject's practical usefulness.
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