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A dynamic model for the two-parameter Dirichlet process

Probability 2017-06-21 v1

Abstract

Let α=1/2\alpha=1/2, θ>1/2\theta>-1/2, and ν0\nu_0 be a probability measure on a type space SS. In this paper, we investigate the stochastic dynamic model for the two-parameter Dirichlet process Πα,θ,ν0\Pi_{\alpha,\theta,\nu_0}. If S=NS=\mathbb{N}, we show that the bilinear form \begin{eqnarray*} \left\{ \begin{array}{l} {\cal E}(F,G)=\frac{1}{2}\int_{{\cal P}_1(\mathbb{N})}\langle \nabla F(\mu),\nabla G(\mu)\rangle_{\mu} \Pi_{\alpha,\theta,\nu_0}(d\mu),\ \ F,G\in {\cal F},\\ {\cal F}=\{F(\mu)=f(\mu(1),\dots,\mu(d)):f\in C^{\infty}(\mathbb{R}^d), d\ge 1\} \end{array} \right. \end{eqnarray*} is closable on L2(P1(N);Πα,θ,ν0)L^2({\cal P}_1(\mathbb{N});\Pi_{\alpha,\theta,\nu_0}) and its closure (E,D(E))({\cal E}, D({\cal E})) is a quasi-regular Dirichlet form. Hence (E,D(E))({\cal E}, D({\cal E})) is associated with a diffusion process in P1(N){\cal P}_1(\mathbb{N}) which is time-reversible with the stationary distribution Πα,θ,ν0\Pi_{\alpha,\theta,\nu_0}. If SS is a general locally compact, separable metric space, we discuss properties of the model \begin{eqnarray*} \left\{ \begin{array}{l} {\cal E}(F,G)=\frac{1}{2}\int_{{\cal P}_1(S)}\langle \nabla F(\mu),\nabla G(\mu)\rangle_{\mu} \Pi_{\alpha,\theta,\nu_0}(d\mu),\ \ F,G\in {\cal F},\\ {\cal F}=\{F(\mu)=f(\langle \phi_1,\mu\rangle,\dots,\langle \phi_d,\mu\rangle): \phi_i\in B_b(S),1\le i\le d,f\in C^{\infty}(\mathbb{R}^d),d\ge 1\}. \end{array} \right. \end{eqnarray*} In particular, we prove the Mosco convergence of its projection forms.

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@article{arxiv.1706.06146,
  title  = {A dynamic model for the two-parameter Dirichlet process},
  author = {Shui Feng and Wei Sun},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1706.06146},
  year   = {2017}
}

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