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Quantitative Convergence Rates for Stochastically Monotone Markov Chains

Probability 2024-10-01 v1

Abstract

For Markov chains and Markov processes exhibiting a form of stochastic monotonicity (larger states shift up transition probabilities in terms of stochastic dominance), stability and ergodicity results can be obtained using order-theoretic mixing conditions. We complement these results by providing quantitative bounds on deviations between distributions. We also show that well-known total variation bounds can be recovered as a special case.

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@article{arxiv.2409.19874,
  title  = {Quantitative Convergence Rates for Stochastically Monotone Markov Chains},
  author = {Takashi Kamihigashi and John Stachurski},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2409.19874},
  year   = {2024}
}
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