DocumentCode
1106752
Title
The Asymptotic Equipartition Property for Nonhomogeneous Markov Chains Indexed by a Homogeneous Tree
Author
Yang, Weiguo ; Ye, Zhongxing
Author_Institution
Jiangsu Univ., Zhenjiang
Volume
53
Issue
9
fYear
2007
Firstpage
3275
Lastpage
3280
Abstract
In this correspondence, we first establish a strong limit theorem for countable nonhomogeneous Markov chains indexed by a homogeneous tree. As corollaries, we obtain some strong limit theorems for frequencies of occurrence of states and ordered couple of states for these Markov chains. Finally, we prove the strong law of large numbers and the asymptotic equipartition property (AEP) for finite nonhomogeneous Markov chains indexed by a homogeneous tree.
Keywords
Markov processes; information theory; trees (mathematics); asymptotic equipartition property; homogeneous tree; nonhomogeneous Markov chains; strong limit theorem; Frequency; Joining processes; Markov random fields; Mathematics; Random variables; State-space methods; Stochastic processes; Asymptotic equipartition property; homogeneous tree; nonhomogeneous Markov chains;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Information Theory, IEEE Transactions on
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
0018-9448
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/TIT.2007.903134
Filename
4294172
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