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		dalke on June 9, 2015 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Hacking “Chutes and Ladders” using R The article links two to Markov chain analyses, at http://datagenetics.com/blog/november12011/ and http://math.uchicago.edu/~may/REU2014/REUPapers/Hochman.pdf .

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Interesting that these two articles have different rule-sets. The first reckons rolling anything about 100 is a win, whereas the second requires an exact landing!

(Neither plays the "bounce-back" rule always demanded by my friend's little sister!)

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