Date of Award
5-2022
Document Type
Dissertation
Degree Name
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
Department
Mathematical Sciences
Committee Chair/Advisor
Robert Lund
Committee Member
Peter Kiessler
Committee Member
Andrew Brown
Committee Member
Brian Fralix
Abstract
Explicit convergence rates to equilibrium are established for non reversible Markov chains not having an atom via coupling methods. We consider two Markov chains having the same transition function but different initial conditions on the same probability space, that is, a coupling. A random time is constructed so that subsequent to the random time the two processes are identical. Exploiting a shadowing condition, we show that it is possible to bound the tail distribution of the random time using only one of the chains. This bound gives the convergence rate to equilibrium for the Markov chain. The method is then applied to two examples; a storage model and a Gaussian auto regressive model.
Recommended Citation
Chan, Fun Choi John, "Some Improved Markov Chain Convergence Rates" (2022). All Dissertations. 3019.
https://tigerprints.clemson.edu/all_dissertations/3019