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We study perturbation theory and uniform ergodicity for discrete-time Markov chains on general state spaces in terms of the uniform moments of the first hitting times on some set. The methods we adopt are different from previous ones. For…

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General characterizations of ergodic Markov chains have been developed in considerable detail. In this paper, we study the transience for discrete-time Markov chains on general state spaces, including the geometric transience and algebraic…

Probability · Mathematics 2013-01-08 Yong-Hua Mao , Yan-Hong Song

This paper considers continuous-time block-monotone Markov chains (BMMCs) and their block-augmented truncations. We first introduce the block monotonicity and block-wise dominance relation for continuous-time Markov chains, and then provide…

Probability · Mathematics 2016-11-22 Hiroyuki Masuyama

Let $(\xi_n)_{n=0}^\infty$ be a nonhomogeneous Markov chain taking values from finite state-space of $\mathbf{X}=\{1,2,\ldots,b\}$. In this paper, we will study the generalized entropy ergodic theorem with almost-everywhere and…

Probability · Mathematics 2015-01-19 Zhongzhi Wang , Weiguo Yang

Using the Markov distance and Ptolemy inequality introduced by Lee-Li-Rabideau-Schiffler \cite{LLRS}, we completely determine the monotonicity of the generalized Markov numbers along the lines of a given slope.

Number Theory · Mathematics 2022-04-27 Min Huang

This paper contributes an in-depth study of properties of continuous time Markov chains (CTMCs) on non-negative integer lattices $\N_0^d$, with particular interest in one-dimensional CTMCs with polynomial transitions rates. Such stochastic…

Probability · Mathematics 2020-06-22 Chuang Xu , Mads Christian Hansen , Carsten Wiuf

We establish an equivalence-singularity dichotomy for a large class of one-dimensional Markov measures. Our approach is new in that we deal with one-sided and two-sided chains simultaneously, and in that we do not appeal to any 0-1 law. In…

Probability · Mathematics 2022-12-07 Nachi Avraham-Re'em

The paper deals with the problem of large-time behaviour of trajectories for discrete-time dynamical systems driven by a random noise. Assuming that the phase space is finite-dimensional and compact, and the noise is a Markov process with a…

Probability · Mathematics 2025-07-15 Sergei Kuksin , Armen Shirikyan

We develop an approach to time-consistent risk evaluation of continuous-time processes in Markov systems. Our analysis is based on dual representation of coherent risk measures, differentiability concepts for multivalued mappings, and a…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2017-01-31 Darinka Dentcheva , Andrzej Ruszczynski

Functional inequalities such as the Poincar\'e and log-Sobolev inequalities quantify convergence to equilibrium in continuous-time Markov chains by linking generator properties to variance and entropy decay. However, many applications,…

Probability · Mathematics 2026-02-20 Bastian Hilder , Patrick van Meurs , Upanshu Sharma

We consider two types of discrete-time Markov chains where the state space is a graded poset and the transitions are taken along the covering relations in the poset. The first type of Markov chain goes only in one direction, either up or…

Probability · Mathematics 2016-08-06 Kimmo Eriksson , Markus Jonsson , Jonas Sjöstrand

In [4], we examined the use of coupling to obtain bounds on the mixing time of statistics on Markov chains. In the present paper, we consider the same general problem, but using strong stationary times rather than coupling. We discuss…

Probability · Mathematics 2019-10-10 Graham White

This paper deals with the chaotic oscillator synchronization. A new approach to detect the synchronized behaviour of chaotic oscillators has been proposed. This approach is based on the analysis of different time scales in the time series…

Chaotic Dynamics · Physics 2009-11-11 Alexander E. Hramov , Alexey A. Koronovskii , Yurij I. Levin

We introduce an statistical mechanical formalism for the study of discrete-time stochastic processes with which we prove: (i) General properties of extremal chains, including triviality on the tail $\sigma$-algebra, short-range…

Probability · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Roberto Fernandez , Gregory Maillard

In this note we consider continuous-time systems x'(t) = A(t) x(t) + B(t) u(t), y(t) = C(t) x(t) + D(t) u(t), as well as discrete-time systems x(t+1) = A(t) x(t) + B(t) u(t), y(t) = C(t) x(t) + D(t) u(t) whose coefficient matrices A, B, C…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2017-01-03 Gunther Reissig , Christoph Hartung , Ferdinand Svaricek

We consider continuous-time equilibrium seeking in monotone aggregative games with coupling constraints. We propose semi-decentralized integral dynamics and prove their global convergence to a variational generalized aggregative or Nash…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2018-05-10 Claudio De Persis , Sergio Grammatico

We consider moments of the return times (or first hitting times) in a discrete time discrete space Markov chain. It is classical that the finiteness of the first moment of a return time of one state implies the finiteness of the first…

Probability · Mathematics 2012-09-03 Frank Aurzada , Hanna Doering , Marcel Ortgiese , Michael Scheutzow

For many real-life Bayesian networks, common knowledge dictates that the output established for the main variable of interest increases with higher values for the observable variables. We define two concepts of monotonicity to capture this…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2012-07-19 Linda C. van der Gaag , Hans L. Bodlaender , Ad Feelders

In this short paper, we consider discrete-time Markov chains on lattices as approximations to continuous-time diffusion processes. The approximations can be interpreted as finite difference schemes for the generator of the process. We…

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