Article ID Journal Published Year Pages File Type
5129654 Statistics & Probability Letters 2017 4 Pages PDF
Abstract

We evaluate the accuracy of approximation to the distribution of the length of the longest head run in a Markov chain with a discrete state space. An estimate of the accuracy of approximation in terms of the total variation distance is established for the first time.

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Physical Sciences and Engineering Mathematics Statistics and Probability
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