Partially observed Markov random fields are variable neighborhood random fields

DOI10.1007/S10955-012-0488-8zbMATH Open1246.82010arXiv1111.1177OpenAlexW3103052616MaRDI QIDQ438747FDOQ438747

Authors: Marzio Cassandro, A. Galves, E. Löcherbach 

Publication date: 31 July 2012

Published in: Journal of Statistical Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: The present paper has two goals. First to present a natural example of a new class of random fields which are the variable neighborhood random fields. The example we consider is a partially observed nearest neighbor binary Markov random field. The second goal is to establish sufficient conditions ensuring that the variable neighborhoods are almost surely finite. We discuss the relationship between the almost sure finiteness of the interaction neighborhoods and the presence/absence of phase transition of the underlying Markov random field. In the case where the underlying random field has no phase transition we show that the finiteness of neighborhoods depends on a specific relation between the noise level and the minimum values of the one-point specification of the Markov random field. The case in which there is phase transition is addressed in the frame of the ferromagnetic Ising model. We prove that the existence of infinite interaction neighborhoods depends on the phase.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1111.1177

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zbMATH Keywords

Ising modelrandom lattice fieldsvariable neighborhood random fields

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Random fields (60G60) Lattice systems (Ising, dimer, Potts, etc.) and systems on graphs arising in equilibrium statistical mechanics (82B20) Phase transitions (general) in equilibrium statistical mechanics (82B26)

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