Would you please tell me about "Parallel Markov Chains "?

Hi,
I am a master student of statistics and already working on my thesis, which is related to Markov Chains. In one of the papers I have studied there is an expression of "Parallel Markov Chains", please tell me about it,
                                           Thanks in advance
                                                    Elaheh


       
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