Markov chains and invariant probabilities /

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Author / Creator:Hernández-Lerma, O. (Onésimo)
Imprint:Basel ; Boston : Birkhäuser Verlag, c2003.
Description:xvi, 205 p. ; 24 cm.
Language:English
Series:Progress in mathematics ; v. 211
Progress in mathematics (Boston, Mass.) ; v. 211.
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/4887558
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Other authors / contributors:Lasserre, Jean-Bernard, 1953-
ISBN:3764370009 (acid-free paper)
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (p. [193]-201) and index.
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Preliminaries
  • I. Markov Chains and Ergodicity
  • 2. Markov Chains and Ergodic Theorems
  • 3. Countable Markov Chains
  • 4. Harris Markov Chains
  • 5. Markov Chains in Metric Spaces
  • 6. Classification of Markov Chains via Occupation Measures
  • II. Further Ergodicity Properties
  • 7. Feller Markov Chains
  • 8. The Poisson Equation
  • 9. Strong and Uniform Ergodicity
  • III. Existence and Approximation of Invariant Probability Measures
  • 10. Existence of Invariant Probability Measures
  • 11. Existence and Uniqueness of Fixed Points for Markov Operators
  • 12. Approximation Procedures for Invariant Probability Measures.