On variance conditions for markov chain clts

Electronic Communications in Probability

Volumn 12, Issue , 2007, Pages 454-464

  Häggström, Olle ^a   Rosenthal, Jeffrey S ^b  

^a CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Asymptotic variance; Central limit theorems; Markov chains; Reversibility; Spectral measure

Indexed keywords

EID: 37449027766     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1083589X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1214/ECP.v12-1336     Document Type: Article

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