Zero-order Markov model

The Bemoullian model (also referred to as the zero-order Markov model) assumes that only the last monomer unit in the propagating chain end is important in determining polymer stereochemistry. Polymer stereochemistry is not affected by the penultimate unit or units... 

Various mathematical models have been applied to copolymerization reactions induced by Ziegler-catalysts. Wall (1) assumed the velocity of the monomer addition M j and M2 to be independent of the previously integrated monomeric unit (zero-order Markov model) ... 

Based on the estimated density functions, the mean and the 95%-quantile are superimposed by the dashed lines in Figure 4-13a and Figure 4.13b whereby the latter coincides with the re-order level ensuring a 95% a-service level. For both sites the density functions of total consumption are bimodal and skewed to the right. The first mode is at zero consumption and is inherited from the Markov chain of the production models. It corresponds to situations when a pipeline inspection coincides with a cracker. shut-down. The second mode is inherited from the Weibull distribution determining the pipeline inspection time which also causes the skewness. 

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