Higher-order Network,是由Jian Xu<ref>J. Xu, T. L. Wickramarathne, and N. V. Chawla, 'Representing higher-order dependencies in networks,' Science Advances, vol. 2, Article ID el600028, 2016.a</ref>提出,根据给定的微观马尔科夫链和节点的聚类方案,得出一个和微观马尔科夫链的转移矩阵consistent的宏观马尔科夫链的转移矩阵。