On Risk Rates and Large Deviations in Finite Markov Chain Experiments

  • The observation of an ergodic Markov chain asymptotically allows perfect identification of the transition matrix. In this paper we determine the rate of the information contained in the first n observations, provided the unknown transition matrix belongs to a known finite set. As an essential tool we prove new refinements of the large deviation theory of the empirical pair measure of finite Markov chains. Keywords: Markov Chain, Entropy, Bayes risk, Large Deviations.

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Author:Peter Scheffel, Heinrich von Weizsäcker
URN:urn:nbn:de:hbz:386-kluedo-7349
Document Type:Preprint
Language of publication:English
Year of Completion:1997
Year of first Publication:1997
Publishing Institution:Technische Universität Kaiserslautern
Date of the Publication (Server):2000/04/03
Source:Math. Meth. Statistics 3, 1997, Seiten 293-312
Faculties / Organisational entities:Kaiserslautern - Fachbereich Mathematik
DDC-Cassification:5 Naturwissenschaften und Mathematik / 510 Mathematik
Licence (German):Standard gemäß KLUEDO-Leitlinien vor dem 27.05.2011