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Markov kernel
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<p>In <a href="/facts/Probability_theory/mFBn51rE">probability theory</a>, a Markov kernel (also known as a stochastic kernel or probability kernel) is a map that in the general theory of <a href="/facts/Markov_process/5oP5hntk">Markov processes</a> plays the role that the <a href="/facts/Stochastic_matrix/2cRWAqC3">transition matrix</a> does in the theory of Markov processes with a <a href="/facts/Finite_set/za1newlP">finite</a> <a href="/facts/State_space/H1vjb3LL">state space</a>. </p>