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Markov chains and mixing times

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Markov chains and mixing times

Markov chains and mixing times By David A. Levin, Yuval Peres, Elizabeth L. Wilmer
2009 | 387 Pages | ISBN: 0821847392 | PDF | 5 MB


Introduction to finite Markov chains -- Classical (and useful) Markov chains -- Markov chain Monte Carlo : metropolis and Glauber chains -- Introduction to Markov chain mixing -- Coupling -- Strong stationary times -- Lower bounds on mixing times -- The symmetric group and shuffling cards -- Random walks on networks -- Hitting times -- Cover times -- Eigenvalues -- Eigenfunctions and comparison of chains -- The transportation metric and path coupling -- The Ising model -- From shuffling cards to shuffling genes -- Martingales and evolving sets -- The cutoff phenomenon -- Lamplighter walks -- Continuous-time chains -- Countable state space chains -- Coupling from the past -- Open problems -- Appendix A : Background material -- Appendix B : Introduction to simulation