The argument between colour_thief and Zaphod has gotten very confusing, so I've decided to summarise the conclusions so that we can get back to more...
I now have an answer to this: Definitely not. The reason is that the proportions of each diversity are altered given the knowledge that the last I...
Re: the states that I used, apart from a difference in notation the set that both you and Pineapple posted was indeed the set that I came up with....
Look up Markov chains. A Markov chain is a system which can be in one of many states, and the probability of moving from one state to another is...
Re: the applicability of transition-based methods, I think it's the other way around - TGM or history-based randomisers are the best candidates...
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