Computing the moments of high dimensional solutions of the master equation (Q849812)

Consider the master equation of chemical reactions derived for Markovian structures. The solution of such type of equations is very rarely known, hence one has to resort to approximative solutions. One idea is to study the related reaction rate equations. The purpose of this paper is to derive a certain set of higher order equations, called the ``method of moments''. By that approach, stochastic effects are better captured while maintaining some computational advantages. Both some theory and examples support this observation.