On the geometric ergodicity of Metropolis-Hastings algorithms

DOI10.1080/10485250601033214zbMath1131.65004MaRDI QIDQ5429699

François Perron, Yves F. Atchadé

Publication date: 3 December 2007

Published in: Statistics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1080/10485250601033214

zbMATH Keywords

global stability; Metropolis-Hastings algorithm; geometric ergodicity; Markov chain operator; Monte Carlo estimation; independent Metropolis-Hastings algorithm

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

60J22: Computational methods in Markov chains

65C05: Monte Carlo methods

65C40: Numerical analysis or methods applied to Markov chains

60J27: Continuous-time Markov processes on discrete state spaces

60J35: Transition functions, generators and resolvents

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