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Approximating a sequence of observations by a simple process

Statistics Theory 2007-06-13 v1 Statistics Theory

Abstract

Given an arbitrary long but finite sequence of observations from a finite set, we construct a simple process that approximates the sequence, in the sense that with high probability the empirical frequency, as well as the empirical one-step transitions along a realization from the approximating process, are close to that of the given sequence. We generalize the result to the case where the one-step transitions are required to be in given polyhedra.

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@article{arxiv.math/0508607,
  title  = {Approximating a sequence of observations by a simple process},
  author = {Dinah Rosenberg and Eilon Solan and Nicolas Vieille},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math/0508607},
  year   = {2007}
}

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Published at http://dx.doi.org/10.1214/009053604000000643 in the Annals of Statistics (http://www.imstat.org/aos/) by the Institute of Mathematical Statistics (http://www.imstat.org)