A functional version of the Birkhoff ergodic theorem for a normal integrand: A variational approach

Annals of Probability

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 63-92

  Choirat, Christine ^a   Hess, Christian ^a   Seri, Raffaello ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DAUPHINE   (France)

^b CREST   (France)

Author keywords

Birkhoff ergodic theorem; Epigraphical convergence; Measurable set valued maps; Normal integrands; Set convergence; Stationary sequences; Strong consistency of estimators

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037251443     PISSN: 00911798     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1214/aop/1046294304     Document Type: Article

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