Estimation in sparsely sampled random walks (Q1117654)

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    Estimation in sparsely sampled random walks (English)
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    A random walk on the line is observed at times \(n_ 1,n_ 1+n_ 2,..\). If the steps have 2k-2 finite moments then the k th moment can be estimated consistently if and only if \(\sum n_ i^{2-k}=\infty\).
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    local central limit theorem
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    Hellinger distance
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    consistency
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    moment estimation
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    random walk
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    finite moments
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