Structural Properties of Randomized Times.
Abstract
Suppose a measure mu dominated a measure eta in the ordering induced by the excessive functions of a transient Markov process. Rost shows that eta can be represented as the distribution of the process stopped at a randomized optional time and started with initial distribution mu. This paper introduces the shift operator to the class of randomized optional times, inducing the class of randomized quasi-terminal times and that of randomized terminal times. It analyzes the algebraic properties of these classes and obtain some compactness results for the class of randomized quasi-terminal times. Some applications, including remplissage by hitting times are presented. (Author)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Dec 01, 1984
- Accession Number
- ADA160214
Entities
People
- A. F. Karr
- A. O. Pittenger
Organizations
- Johns Hopkins University