Table 4 Computational time (in seconds) to get the statistics of all DNA words of length h in the HIV complete genome sequence (n = 9719) using either simple recurrences of finite Markov chain imbedding and in respect with an order m Markov model estimated on the genome. Markov order word length m = 0 m = 1 m = 2 h = 3 h = 4 h = 5 h = 3 h = 4 h = 5 h = 3 h = 4 h = 5 SR 3 4 5 61 59 62 104 102 106 FMCI 39 45 52 39 44 52 96 102 113