Large deviation results for a class of Markov chains with application to an infinite alleles model of population genetics (Q1203749)
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Large deviation results for a class of Markov chains with application to an infinite alleles model of population genetics (English)
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22 February 1993
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Let \(\{X_ n^{(N)}\}\) be a Markov chain in the probability measures \(P[0,1]\). Define the exit time \(T=\inf\{n: X_ n\neq D\}\) for some open ball \(D\) once \(X_ 0\in D\). Assuming various regularity conditions it is shown that the expected time \(T\) is logarithmically equivalent to \(\exp\{M(N)V\}\) for some \(M(N)\to \infty\), \(V > 0\). These results apply to an infinite alleles model in population genetics. The present paper is in turn an extension of the work of \textit{G. J. Morrow} and \textit{S. Sawyer} [see Ann. Probab. 17, No. 3, 1124-1146 (1989; Zbl 0684.60018)], where an \(R^ d\)-valued Markov chain was considered.
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topology of weak convergence
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limit of solutions
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variational problems of Wentzell-Freidlin type
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randomly mating genes
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mutation
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selection
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measure-valued Markov chain
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exit time
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expected time
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infinite alleles models
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population genetics
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