We investigate the convergence of nonhomogeneous Markov chains in general state space by using the f norm and the coupling method, and thus, a sufficient condition for the convergence of nonhomogeneous Markov chains in general state space is obtained.
Zhifeng ZHU
,
Shaoyi ZHANG
,
Fanji TIAN
. THE CONVERGENCE OF NONHOMOGENEOUS MARKOV CHAINS IN GENERAL STATE SPACES BY THE COUPLING METHOD[J]. Acta mathematica scientia, Series B, 2021
, 41(5)
: 1777
-1787
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DOI: 10.1007/s10473-021-0523-4
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