Abstract
We consider whether ergodic Markov chains with bounded step size remain bounded in probability when their transitions are modified by an adversary on a bounded subset. We provide counterexamples to show that the answer is no in general, and prove theorems to show that the answer is yes under various additional assumptions. We then use our results to prove convergence of various adaptive Markov chain Monte Carlo algorithms.
Citation
Radu V. Craiu. Lawrence Gray. Krzysztof Łatuszyński. Neal Madras. Gareth O. Roberts. Jeffrey S. Rosenthal. "Stability of adversarial Markov chains, with an application to adaptive MCMC algorithms." Ann. Appl. Probab. 25 (6) 3592 - 3623, December 2015. https://doi.org/10.1214/14-AAP1083
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