A simple proof of Kaijser's unique ergodicity result for hidden Markov α-chains

Annals of Applied Probability

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 1805-1815

  Kochman, Fred ^a   Reeds, Jim ^a  

^a CENTER FOR COMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

e chain; Ergodicity; Hidden Markov models; Uniform mean stability

Indexed keywords

EID: 33846869447     PISSN: 10505164     EISSN: 10505164     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1214/105051606000000367     Document Type: Article

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