A limit property of random conditional probabilities (Q1582665)
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A limit property of random conditional probabilities (English)
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8 July 2001
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This paper provides a strong law of large numbers for the harmonic mean of random conditional probabilities \(\{p_k(X_k\mid X_0,\dots, X_{k-1}): k= 1,\dots, n\}\), where \(p_k(x_k\mid x_0,\dots, x_{k-1})= P(X_k= x_k\mid X_0= x_0,\dots, X_{k-1}= x_{k-1})\), \(k\geq 1\), and \(\{X_n:n\geq 0\}\) is a sequence of random variables taking values in \(S= \{1,\dots, N\}\). The proof makes use of conditional moment generating functions and differentiation on a net. As an application, almost sure limiting properties of the arithmetic mean of the (random) transition probabilities in an \(m\)th order nonhomogeneous Markov chain are discussed.
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random conditional probability
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strong law of large numbers
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harmonic mean
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conditional moment generating function
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Markov chain
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transition probabilities
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