The theory of time-reversibility has been widely used to derive the expressions of the invariant measures and, consequently, of the equilibrium distributions for a large class of Markov chains which found applications in optimisation problems, computer science, physics, and bioinformatics. One of the key-properties of reversible models is that the truncation of a reversible Markov chain is still reversible. In this work we consider a more general notion of reversibility, i.e., the reversibility modulo state renaming, called rho-reversibility, and show that some of the properties of reversible chains cannot be straightforwardly extended to rho-reversible ones. Among these properties, we show that in general the truncation of the state space of a rho-reversible chain is not rho-reversible. Hence, we derive further conditions that allow the formulation of the well-known properties of reversible chains for rho-reversible Markov chains. Finally, we study the properties of the state aggregation in rho-reversible chains and prove that there always exists a state aggregation that associates a rho-reversible process with a reversible one.
The theory of time-reversibility has been widely used to derive the expressions of the invariant measures and, consequently, of the equilibrium distributions for a large class of Markov chains which found applications in optimisation problems, computer science, physics, and bioinformatics. One of the key-properties of reversible models is that the truncation of a reversible Markov chain is still reversible. In this work we consider a more general notion of reversibility, i.e., the reversibility modulo state renaming, called ρ-reversibility, and show that some of the properties of reversible chains cannot be straightforwardly extended to ρ-reversible ones. Among these properties, we show that in general the truncation of the state space of a ρ-reversible chain is not ρ-reversible. Hence, we derive further conditions that allow the formulation of the well-known properties of reversible chains for ρ-reversible Markov chains. Finally, we study the properties of the state aggregation in ρ-reversible chains and prove that there always exists a state aggregation that associates a ρ-reversible process with a reversible one.
Aggregation and Truncation of Reversible Markov Chains Modulo State Renaming
MARIN, Andrea;ROSSI, Sabina
2017-01-01
Abstract
The theory of time-reversibility has been widely used to derive the expressions of the invariant measures and, consequently, of the equilibrium distributions for a large class of Markov chains which found applications in optimisation problems, computer science, physics, and bioinformatics. One of the key-properties of reversible models is that the truncation of a reversible Markov chain is still reversible. In this work we consider a more general notion of reversibility, i.e., the reversibility modulo state renaming, called ρ-reversibility, and show that some of the properties of reversible chains cannot be straightforwardly extended to ρ-reversible ones. Among these properties, we show that in general the truncation of the state space of a ρ-reversible chain is not ρ-reversible. Hence, we derive further conditions that allow the formulation of the well-known properties of reversible chains for ρ-reversible Markov chains. Finally, we study the properties of the state aggregation in ρ-reversible chains and prove that there always exists a state aggregation that associates a ρ-reversible process with a reversible one.File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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