A Gaussian process approximation for two-color randomly reinforced urns

DOI10.1214/EJP.V19-3432zbMATH Open1317.60040arXiv1104.3392MaRDI QIDQ743519FDOQ743519

Authors: Lixin Zhang 

Publication date: 24 September 2014

Published in: Electronic Journal of Probability (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We prove a Gaussian process approximation for the sequence of random compositions of a two-color randomly reinforced urn for both the cases with the equal and unequal reinforcement means. By using the Gaussian approximation, the law of the iterated logarithm and the functional limit central limit theorem in both the stable convergence sense and the almost-sure conditional convergence sense are established. Also as a consequence, we are able to to prove that the distribution of the urn composition has no points masses both when the reinforcement means are equal and unequal under the assumption of only finite $(2+epsilon)$-th moments.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1104.3392

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zbMATH Keywords

Gaussian processfunctional central limit theoremstrong approximationlaw of the iterated logarithmreinforced urn modelPólya urn

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Nonparametric hypothesis testing (62G10) Large deviations (60F10) Gaussian processes (60G15) Central limit and other weak theorems (60F05) Strong limit theorems (60F15) Functional limit theorems; invariance principles (60F17)

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