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Approximating a diffusion by a finite-state hidden Markov model

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  • Kontoyiannis, I.
  • Meyn, S.P.

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For a wide class of continuous-time Markov processes evolving on an open, connected subset of Rd, the following are shown to be equivalent: (i)The process satisfies (a slightly weaker version of) the classical Donsker–Varadhan conditions;(ii)The transition semigroup of the process can be approximated by a finite-state hidden Markov model, in a strong sense in terms of an associated operator norm;(iii)The resolvent kernel of the process is ‘v-separable’, that is, it can be approximated arbitrarily well in operator norm by finite-rank kernels. Under any (hence all) of the above conditions, the Markov process is shown to have a purely discrete spectrum on a naturally associated weighted L∞ space.

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  • Kontoyiannis, I. & Meyn, S.P., 2017. "Approximating a diffusion by a finite-state hidden Markov model," Stochastic Processes and their Applications, Elsevier, vol. 127(8), pages 2482-2507.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:spapps:v:127:y:2017:i:8:p:2482-2507
    DOI: 10.1016/j.spa.2016.11.004
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