Estimation in the mixture transition distribution model

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In the mixture transition distribution (MTD) model the time series \(X_1\),\dots, \(X_n\),\dots of random variables taking values in a finite set is considered as an \(h\)-order Markov chain with transition probabilities NEWLINE\[NEWLINE\Pr\{X_t=i_0 |X_{t-1}=i_1,\dots, X_{t-l}=i_l\} =\sum_{g=1}^l \phi_g q_{i_g i_0},NEWLINE\]NEWLINE where \(Q=[q_{ij}]\) is a transition matrix and \(\phi=(\phi_1,\dots,\phi_l)\) is a vector of lag ``mixing probabilities. \(Q\) and \(\phi\) are unknown and should be estimated by the observations \(X_1\),\dots,\(X_n\). The author proposes a new iterative procedure of local log-likelihood maximization and technology of initial values selection for this algorithm. Two generalizations of MTD are discussed: MTDg at which \(Q\)-matrices are different for different lags and a spatial model based on the concept of Markov random fields. The algorithms are applied to data of, e.g., DNA sequences of mouse \(\alpha\)A-crystallin gene analysis.











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