Markov chain with extras?

[George Sakkis]

> Hi All,
>
> Could someone show me how to do this?
>
> I want to generate a list using a Markov chain, however, as well as
> using the previous two items in the list to decide the current choice
I
> want the decision to be also dependant on an item at the current
> position in another list.
>
> I hope this explains thing clearly enough.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Malcolm


What's wrong with keeping explicitly the index of the current position,
say j ? Then you can index the previous two items as chain[j-1],
chain[j-2] and the item in the other list as otherchain[j]. If you're
talking about something else, you need to clarify the problem more.

George