Markov Chains
With Stationary Transition Probabilities
2nd Edition
Published on 17. July 2012
Book
Paperback/Softback
XI, 301 pages
978-3-642-62017-1 (ISBN)
Description
From the reviews: J. Neveu, 1962 in Zentralblatt fur Mathematik, 92.Band Heft 2, p. 343: "Ce livre ecrit par l'un des plus eminents specialistes en la matiere, est un expose tres detaille de la theorie des processus de Markov definis sur un espace denombrable d'etats et homogenes dans le temps (chaines stationnaires de Markov)." N.Jain, 2008 in Selected Works of Kai Lai Chung, edited by Farid AitSahlia (University of Florida, USA), Elton Hsu (Northwestern University, USA), & Ruth Williams (University of California-San Diego, USA), Chapter 1, p. 15: "This monograph deals with countable state Markov chains in both discrete time (Part I) and continuous time (Part II). [...] Much of Kai Lai's fundamental work in the field is included in this monograph. Here, for the first time, Kai Lai gave a systematic exposition of the subject which includes classification of states, ratio ergodic theorems, and limit theorems for functionals of the chain."
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Second Edition 1967
Language
English
Place of publication
Berlin
Germany
Publishing group
Springer Berlin
Target group
Professional and scholarly
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XI, 301 p.
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 155 mm
Thickness: 18 mm
Weight
482 gr
ISBN-13
978-3-642-62017-1 (9783642620171)
DOI
10.1007/978-3-642-62015-7
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Content
I. Discrete Parameter.- § 1. Fundamental definitions.- § 2. Transition probabilities.- § 3. Classification of states.- § 4. Recurrence.- § 5. Criteria and examples.- § 6. The main limit theorem.- § 7. Various complements.- § 8. Repetitive pattern and renewal process.- § 9. Taboo probabilities.- § 10. The generating function.- § 11. The moments of first entrance time distributions.- § 12. A random walk example.- § 13. System theorems.- § 14. Functionals and associated random variables.- § 15. Ergodic theorems.- § 16. Further limit theorems.- § 17. Almost closed and sojourn sets.- II. Continuous Parameter.- § 1. Transition matrix: basic properties.- § 2. Standard transition matrix.- § 3. Differentiability.- § 4. Definitions and measure-theoretic foundations.- § 5. The sets of constancy.- § 6. Continuity properties of sample functions.- § 7. Further specifications of the process.- § 8. Optional random variable.- § 9. Strong Markov property.- § 10. Classification of states.- § 11. Taboo probability functions.- § 12. Last exit time.- § 13. Ratio limit theorems; discrete approximations.- § 14. Functionals.- § 15. Post-exit process.- § 16. Imbedded renewal process.- § 17. The two systems of differential equations.- § 18. The minimal solution.- § 19. The first infinity.- § 20. Examples.