An overview of orderings defined on the space of Markov chains
having a prespecified unique stationary distribution is given. The intuition
gained by studying these orderings is used to improve existing Markov chain
Monte Carlo algorithms.
@article{1015346319,
author = {Mira, Antonietta},
title = {Ordering and Improving the Performance of Monte Carlo Markov
Chains},
journal = {Statist. Sci.},
volume = {16},
number = {2},
year = {2001},
pages = { 340-350},
language = {en},
url = {http://dml.mathdoc.fr/item/1015346319}
}
Mira, Antonietta. Ordering and Improving the Performance of Monte Carlo Markov
Chains. Statist. Sci., Tome 16 (2001) no. 2, pp. 340-350. http://gdmltest.u-ga.fr/item/1015346319/