TITLE: Order-q dependent stochastic processes in Bayesian applications

ABSTRACT: In this talk we review the construction of stochastic 
processes in discrete domain with an order of dependence one (Markov). 
We will further generalize the construction of stochastic processes with 
an order of dependence q greater than one. The use of these processes 
will be illustrated in Bayesian applications to survival analysis, time 
series analysis and disease mapping.