When you adopt the probability distribution point of view, this is often called 'burn-in'. See eg the usage in https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metropolis%E2%80%9

When you adopt the probability distribution point of view, this is often called 'burn-in'. See eg the usage in https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metropolis%E2%80%93Hastings_algorithm https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metropolis%E2%80%93Hastings_al...