• 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