Likelihood Ratio Gradient Estimation for Steady-State Parameters

DOI10.1287/STSY.2018.0023zbMATH Open1435.60051arXiv1707.02659OpenAlexW2963160669WikidataQ127733366 ScholiaQ127733366MaRDI QIDQ5113892FDOQ5113892

Peter W. Glynn, Mariana Olvera-Cravioto

Publication date: 18 June 2020

Published in: Stochastic Systems (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We consider a discrete-time Markov chain $$ on a general state-space $sfX$, whose transition probabilities are parameterized by a real-valued vector $$. Under the assumption that $$ is geometrically ergodic with corresponding stationary distribution $$, we are interested in estimating the gradient $$ of the steady-state expectation ${\displaystyle }$alpha(�oldsymbol{ heta}) = pi( �oldsymbol{ heta}) f.${\displaystyle }$ To this end, we first give sufficient conditions for the differentiability of $$ and for the calculation of its gradient via a sequence of finite horizon expectations. We then propose two different likelihood ratio estimators and analyze their limiting behavior.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1707.02659

zbMATH Keywords

simulationlikelihood ratiogradient estimation

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Monte Carlo methods (65C05) Functional limit theorems; invariance principles (60F17) Discrete-time Markov processes on general state spaces (60J05)

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