A regeneration proof of the central limit theorem for uniformly ergodic markov chains

Electronic Communications in Probability

Volumn 13, Issue , 2008, Pages 85-98

  Bednorz, Witold ^a   ŁatuszyŃski, Krzysztof ^b   LataŁa, RafaŁ ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

^b WARSAW SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Poland)

Author keywords

Central limit theorems; Ergodicity; Harris recurrence; Markov chains; Regeneration; Uniform ergodicity

Indexed keywords

EID: 39049143299     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1083589X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1214/ECP.v13-1354     Document Type: Article

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