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Convergence of non-homogenous stochastic chains. II

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 October 2008

Arunava Mukherjea  and
Ranjan Chaudhuri
Arunava Mukherjea
Affiliation:
University of South Florida, Tampa
Ranjan Chaudhuri
Affiliation:
University of South Florida, Tampa
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Abstract

Earlier study by one of the authors on the convergence of non-homogeneous stochastic chains is continued here. Several results more general than those considered earlier relating convergence of such chains to ergodicity of certain smaller chains are presented.

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Research Article
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Mathematical Proceedings of the Cambridge Philosophical Society , Volume 90 , Issue 1 , July 1981 , pp. 167 - 182
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Copyright © Cambridge Philosophical Society 1981

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