EFFICIENCY OF EMPIRICAL ESTIMATORS FOR MARKOV-CHAINS

被引:22
作者
GREENWOOD, PE [1 ]
WEFELMEYER, W [1 ]
机构
[1] UNIV SIEGEN,D-57068 SIEGEN,GERMANY
关键词
EFFICIENCY; EMPIRICAL ESTIMATOR; MARKOV CHAIN;
D O I
10.1214/aos/1176324459
中图分类号
O21 [概率论与数理统计]; C8 [统计学];
学科分类号
020208 ; 070103 ; 0714 ;
摘要
Suppose we observe a uniformly ergodic Markov chain with unknown transition distribution. The empirical estimator for a linear functional of the (invariant) joint distribution of two successive observations is defined using the pairs of successive observations. Its efficiency is proved using a martingale approximation. As a corollary we show efficiency of the empirical joint distribution function in the sense of a functional convolution theorem.
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