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Quasi-Monte Carlo Simulation of Discrete-Time Markov Chains on Multidimensional State Spaces

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We propose and analyze a quasi-Monte Carlo (QMC) method for simulating a discrete-time Markov chain on a discrete state space of dimension . Several paths of the chain are simulated in parallel and reordered at each step. We provide a convergence result when the number N of simulated paths increases toward infinity. Finally, we present the results of some numerical experiments showing that our QMC algorithm converges faster as a function of N, at least in some situations, than the corresponding Monte Carlo (MC) method.

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Mathematics and Computers in Simulation, 81(3), 560–567, 2010 référence BibTeX