Topic: States, Transitions and the Markov Assumption

Defining States From Scientific Questions

Current State as a Summary of Relevant History

Cycles and Recurrent State Changes

Conditioning the Future on the Present State

Competing Destinations From a Shared State

Common Errors in State Definitions and Diagrams

Checking Path Feasibility and Endpoint Structure

Building a State Diagram From a Clinical Protocol

Adding Recovery to Illness-Death Models

Allowed Transitions and Structural Zeros