We discuss Stein's method for approximation by the stationary distribution of a single-birth Markov chain, in conjunction with stochastic monotonicity and similar assumptions. We use bounds on the increments of the solution of Poisson's equation for such a process. Applications include rates of convergence to stationarity, and bounding the total variation distance between the stationary distributions of two Markov chains in the case where one transition matrix dominates the other.
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Univ Paris 06, Lab Probabilites & Modeles Aleatoires, F-75252 Paris 5, FranceUniv Paris 06, Lab Probabilites & Modeles Aleatoires, F-75252 Paris 5, France
Nourdin, Ivan
Peccati, Giovanni
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Univ Paris 06, Lab Stat Theor & Appl, F-75013 Paris, FranceUniv Paris 06, Lab Probabilites & Modeles Aleatoires, F-75252 Paris 5, France