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Hitting times of decreasing sets for regenerative processes

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 July 2016

K. B. Athreya
K. B. Athreya*
Affiliation:
Iowa State University
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∗ Postal address: Departments of Mathematics and Statistics, Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50011, USA.
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Abstract

Let {X(t): t ≧ 0} be a regenerative process with excursion process {Y(u): 0 ≦ u < T, T} and state space . Let An be a sequence of sets in such that pn=P(Y(u)∊An for some 0≦ u < T) → 0. Let Vn be the hitting time of An for the process X. This paper gives a variety of conditions on the excursion process Y to obtain limit theorems for Vn. Apart from obtaining an exponential limit in the positive recurrent case, i.e. ET < x, some non-exponential limits are obtained in the null recurrent case. The results are illustrated via the age process.

Keywords

EXCURSION PROCESSPOSITIVE AND NULL RECURRENCEEXPONENTIAL AND NON-EXPONENTIAL LIMITSREGULAR AND SLOW VARIATION
Type
Research Papers
Information
Journal of Applied Probability , Volume 25 , Issue 1 , March 1988 , pp. 89 - 96
Copyright
Copyright © Applied Probability Trust 1988 

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Footnotes

Research supported in part by a grant from the National Science Foundation, DMS 85 02311.

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