Taylor series expansions for stationary Markov chains

Abstract

We study Taylor series expansions of stationary characteristics of general-state-space Markov chains. The elements of the Taylor series are explicitly calculated and a lower bound for the radius of convergence of the Taylor series is established. The analysis provided in this paper applies to the case where the stationary characteristic is given through an unbounded sample performance function such as the second moment of the stationary waiting time in a queueing system.

Article information

Source
Adv. in Appl. Probab. Volume 35, Number 4 (2003), 1046-1070.

Dates
First available in Project Euclid: 29 October 2003

http://projecteuclid.org/euclid.aap/1067436334

Digital Object Identifier
doi:10.1239/aap/1067436334

Mathematical Reviews number (MathSciNet)
MR2014269

Zentralblatt MATH identifier
02052112

Citation

Heidergott, Bernd; Hordijk, Arie. Taylor series expansions for stationary Markov chains. Adv. in Appl. Probab. 35 (2003), no. 4, 1046--1070. doi:10.1239/aap/1067436334. http://projecteuclid.org/euclid.aap/1067436334.

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