Markov Chains MARKOV PROCESSES Markov processes provide very flexible, powerful, and efficient means for the description and analysis of dynamic (computer) system properties. Performance and dependability measures can be easily derived. Moreover, Markov processes constitute the fundamental theory underlying the concept of queueing systems. In fact, the notation of queueing systems has been viewed sometimes as a high-level specification technique for (a sub-class of) Markov processes.