000			03664nam a22002295i 4500
008			180630s2018 nyu 000 0 eng
020			_a9783319977034
041			_aeng
080			_a519.12 _bDOU
100			_aDouc, Randal
245	0	0	_aMarkov chains.
260			_aCham _bSpringer _c2018
300			_a757
505			_aPart I Foundations.- Markov Chains: Basic Definitions.- Examples of Markov Chains.- Stopping Times and the Strong Markov Property.- Martingales, Harmonic Functions and Polsson-Dirichlet Problems.- Ergodic Theory for Markov Chains.- Part II Irreducible Chains: Basics.- Atomic Chains.- Markov Chains on a Discrete State Space.- Convergence of Atomic Markov Chains.- Small Sets, Irreducibility and Aperiodicity.- Transience, Recurrence and Harris Recurrence.- Splitting Construction and Invariant Measures.- Feller and T-kernels.- Part III Irreducible Chains: Advanced Topics.- Rates of Convergence for Atomic Markov Chains.- Geometric Recurrence and Regularity.- Geometric Rates of Convergence.- (f, r)-recurrence and Regularity.- Subgeometric Rates of Convergence.- Uniform and V-geometric Ergodicity by Operator Methods.- Coupling for Irreducible Kernels.- Part IV Selected Topics.- Convergence in the Wasserstein Distance.- Central Limit Theorems.- Spectral Theory.- Concentration Inequalities.- Appendices.- A Notations.- B Topology, Measure, and Probability.- C Weak Convergence.- D Total and V-total Variation Distances.- E Martingales.- F Mixing Coefficients.- G Solutions to Selected Exercises.
520			_aThis book covers the classical theory of Markov chains on general state-spaces as well as many recent developments. The theoretical results are illustrated by simple examples, many of which are taken from Markov Chain Monte Carlo methods. The book is self-contained, while all the results are carefully and concisely proven. Bibliographical notes are added at the end of each chapter to provide an overview of the literature. Part I lays the foundations of the theory of Markov chain on general states-space. Part II covers the basic theory of irreducible Markov chains on general states-space, relying heavily on regeneration techniques. These two parts can serve as a text on general state-space applied Markov chain theory. Although the choice of topics is quite different from what is usually covered, where most of the emphasis is put on countable state space, a graduate student should be able to read almost all these developments without any mathematical background deeper than that needed to study countable state space (very little measure theory is required). Part III covers advanced topics on the theory of irreducible Markov chains. The emphasis is on geometric and subgeometric convergence rates and also on computable bounds. Some results appeared for a first time in a book and others are original. Part IV are selected topics on Markov chains, covering mostly hot recent developments. It represents a biased selection of topics, reflecting the authors own research inclinations. This includes quantitative bounds of convergence in Wasserstein distances, spectral theory of Markov operators, central limit theorems for additive functionals and concentration inequalities. Some of the results in Parts III and IV appear for the first time in book form and some are original
650			_aDistribution (Probability theory) Distribution (Théorie des probabilités) Markov-Kette Probability Theory and Stochastic Processes distribution (statistics-related concept)
690			_aMathematics
700			_aEric Moulines,
700			_aPierre Priouret
700			_aPhilippe Soulier
942			_cBK
999			_c59987 _d59987