Large deviations and related problems for absorbing Markov chains
Jinwen Chen and
Xiaoxue Deng
Stochastic Processes and their Applications, 2013, vol. 123, issue 6, 2398-2418
Abstract:
In this paper, large deviations and their connections with several other fundamental topics are investigated for absorbing Markov chains. A variational representation for the Dirichlet principal eigenvalues is given by the large deviation approach. Kingman’s decay parameters and mean ratio quasi-stationary distributions of the chains are also characterized by the large deviation rate function. As an application of these results, we interpret the “stationarity” of mean ratio quasi-stationary distributions via a concrete example. An application to quasi-ergodicity is also discussed.
Keywords: Absorbing Markov chain; Large deviation; Principal eigenvalue; Quasi-stationary distribution; Decay parameter (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013
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DOI: 10.1016/j.spa.2013.02.014
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