A Semidefinite Bound for Mixing Rates of Markov Chains Nabil Kahale
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We present an application to the leader election problem. 1 Introduction. Let (Xm), m > 1, be an irreducible Markov chain on a finite state space V with transition ...
Keywords: Markov Chain, Transition probabilities, Conjoint Analysis, Design of experiments, ... transition matrix assuming its association to a specific action a.
Given a state q ∈ Q and a distribution σ ∈ Distr(Q), we say that ... relation R ⊆ Q×S is called a strong refinement relation if whenever qRs, then ... coffee with probability y ∈ [0.2,0.7] (customers also buy tea with probability t ∈ [0,0.5]). Now th
Jul 20, 2011 - ing to specify intervals of possible probabilities on state transitions. IMCs have ... algorithms for deciding consistency of conjunctive sets of IMC ...
For functional analysis of discrete-time non-probabilistic systems, the theory of ... Instead of a distribution, as in MCs, in IMCs we have a function mapping elementary ...... are at most |Q| · 2|P | elements in the total relation and at least one
Interval Markov Chains (IMCs) are the base of a classic prob- abilistic specification .... A relation R â Q Ã S is a strong refinement relation if whenever q R s then.
Jul 20, 2011 - the transition matrix, are the base of a classic specification theory for probabilistic systems .... For functional analysis of discrete-time non-probabilistic systems, the theory of Modal ... equivalent definition using a concept of c
the style of simulation. Consider the issue of combining multiple specifications of the same system. ..... We will now discuss procedures to com- pute weak and ...
Sep 15, 2016 - Let us recall some basics about Markov processes. Given a homogeneous ..... This process is the solution of the following stochastic differential ...
Burg entropy concepts are here introduced in the field of wide Markov chains. These ... are the second-order equivalent of Markov chains: their future evolution, in ... A closed form expression for the variance of the innovation of the studied ... A
Mar 22, 2013 - estimating the mode of the distribution with density f/â« f. Recipe becomes: take (xi) â¼ L(f/â« f), the estimator is the mode of the histogram of the ...
This paper proposes a novel insight to the problem of real-time alignment with .... alignments: the parameters cannot be tuned to take into account the nominal ...
URL: http://portal.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=1792734.1792766. ... [17] A. Arnold, MEC: a system for constructing and analysing transition systems, in: International ... Kim G. Larsen is a Professor in the Department of Computer Science at Aalborg ...
Efficient algorithms in Partially observed Markov Chains ... linear and Gaussian case : Kalman filtering .... Kalman Filter (Ait-El-Fquih & Desbouvries, IEEE tr.
Abstract. Hidden Markov Chains (HMC) [1] are widely used in speech recognition, image processing or protein sequence analysis, due to early availability of ...
ability of reaching a state satisfying H â¥160, i.e. z1+z2 = 2. 3 , violates the ... one can synthesize a MC (an implementation) that satisfies two. PCTL formulas.
Oct 29, 2009 - The rest of the paper is organized as follows. Section 2 states .... The idea behind the proof is to super-replicate the derivative payoff ...... A guide to volatility ... mal subreplicating strategies for basket options, Insurance Mat
Sep 25, 2014 - Institute for Research and Coordination in Acoustics/Music. 23/06/ .... In theory: continuous-time process pdf on. â¡ ..... Mathematical questions:.
Markov Chains (HMC) and yet enable the development of efficient parameter ... In some applications it is relevant to compute the entropy of X0:N = {Xn}N n=0.
M â [0, 1](n1Ãn2)Ã(n1Ãn2) is such that M(p,q)(r,s). = Mpr · Mqs; and V ((p, q)) = V1(p) ...... try, we also have S1 ⧠S2 â¼ S2. 2) Suppose that S3 â¼ S1 and S3 â¼ S2 ...
The dynamics of a continuous-time Markov chain on a finite state space S ..... Now, we can apply Spieksma's method to get a Banach space for reasoning about.
7) Move the cursor to the MX2 line with the cursor key, and to ... ed into 11 equal parts and adjustment is pos- ..... 3) To activate Throttle Hold (Manual), move the.
The aim of this section is to propose general fixed-interval Bayesian smoothing algorithms for TMC, i.e. we want to compute the smoothing pdf p(xn|y0:N) for all n, 0 ⤠n ..... M. Ostendorf, V. Digalakis, and O. A. Kimball, IEEE Transactions on Spee
