VOL. 16 · NO. 3 | August 2006
 
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Ann. Appl. Probab. 16 (3), (August 2006) Open Access
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Articles
E. D. Andjel, M. V. Menshikov, V. V. Sisko
Ann. Appl. Probab. 16 (3), 1059-1085, (August 2006) DOI: 10.1214/105051606000000079 Open Access
KEYWORDS: Positive recurrent, Markov chain, invariant measure, exponentially decaying tails, 60J20, 60G55, 60K25, 60J10, 80A30
Laurent Goergen
Ann. Appl. Probab. 16 (3), 1086-1123, (August 2006) DOI: 10.1214/105051606000000051 Open Access
KEYWORDS: Diffusions in random environment, Law of Large Numbers, Zero–one law, 60K37, 82D30
Emmanuelle Clément, Arturo Kohatsu-Higa, Damien Lamberton
Ann. Appl. Probab. 16 (3), 1124-1154, (August 2006) DOI: 10.1214/105051606000000060 Open Access
KEYWORDS: Stochastic differential equation, weak approximation, Euler scheme, Malliavin calculus, 60H07, 60H10, 60H35, 65C30
Benjamin Chan, Richard Durrett
Ann. Appl. Probab. 16 (3), 1155-1165, (August 2006) DOI: 10.1214/105051606000000132 Open Access
KEYWORDS: Coexistence, competition model, block construction, Interacting particle system, 60K35
Peter Neal
Ann. Appl. Probab. 16 (3), 1166-1189, (August 2006) DOI: 10.1214/105051606000000123 Open Access
KEYWORDS: Multitype epidemic models, Random graphs, central limit theorems, 92D30, 05C80
Erhan Bayraktar, Savas Dayanik, Ioannis Karatzas
Ann. Appl. Probab. 16 (3), 1190-1261, (August 2006) DOI: 10.1214/105051606000000312 Open Access
KEYWORDS: Poisson disorder problem, quickest detection, Optimal stopping, 62L10, 62L15, 62C10, 60G40
Niels Richard Hansen
Ann. Appl. Probab. 16 (3), 1262-1296, (August 2006) DOI: 10.1214/105051606000000321 Open Access
KEYWORDS: Chen–Stein method, Extreme value theory, large deviations, local alignment, Markov additive processes, Markov chains, Poisson approximation, 60G70, 60F10
Thomas P. Hayes, Eric Vigoda
Ann. Appl. Probab. 16 (3), 1297-1318, (August 2006) DOI: 10.1214/105051606000000330 Open Access
KEYWORDS: mixing time of Markov chains, Coupling method, random colorings, hard-core model, 60J10, 68W20
Thorsten Rheinländer, Gallus Steiger
Ann. Appl. Probab. 16 (3), 1319-1351, (August 2006) DOI: 10.1214/105051606000000240 Open Access
KEYWORDS: Relative entropy, martingale measures, stochastic volatility, 28D20, 60G48, 60H05, 91B28
Dmitry Kramkov, Mihai Sîrbu
Ann. Appl. Probab. 16 (3), 1352-1384, (August 2006) DOI: 10.1214/105051606000000259 Open Access
KEYWORDS: utility maximization, incomplete markets, Legendre transformation, duality theory, risk aversion, risk tolerance, 90A09, 90A10, 90C26
N. Lanchier, C. Neuhauser
Ann. Appl. Probab. 16 (3), 1385-1410, (August 2006) DOI: 10.1214/105051606000000394 Open Access
KEYWORDS: Multitype contact process in heterogeneous environment, specialist, generalist, 60K35, 82C22
Victor F. Araman, Peter W. Glynn
Ann. Appl. Probab. 16 (3), 1411-1431, (August 2006) DOI: 10.1214/105051606000000268 Open Access
KEYWORDS: Perturbed random walk, Cramér–Lundberg approximation, tail asymptotics, coupling, heavy tails, 60K25, 60F17, 68M20, 90F35
Serge Cohen, Gennady Samorodnitsky
Ann. Appl. Probab. 16 (3), 1432-1461, (August 2006) DOI: 10.1214/105051606000000277 Open Access
KEYWORDS: Stable process, self-similar process, stationary process, integral representation, conservative flow, null flow, fractional Brownian motion, Local time, random reward, chaos expansion, superposition of scaled inputs, long memory, 60G18, 60G52, 60G17
Christophe Andrieu, Éric Moulines
Ann. Appl. Probab. 16 (3), 1462-1505, (August 2006) DOI: 10.1214/105051606000000286 Open Access
KEYWORDS: Adaptive Markov chain Monte Carlo, self-tuning algorithm, Metropolis–Hastings algorithm, stochastic approximation, state-dependent noise, randomly varying truncation, martingale, Poisson method, 65C05, 65C40, 60J27, 60J35, 93E35
N. Cancrini, P. Caputo, F. Martinelli
Ann. Appl. Probab. 16 (3), 1506-1527, (August 2006) DOI: 10.1214/105051606000000295 Open Access
KEYWORDS: L-reversal chains, Random transpositions, spectral gap, 60J27, 92D10
Brad Luen, Kavita Ramanan, Ilze Ziedins
Ann. Appl. Probab. 16 (3), 1528-1562, (August 2006) DOI: 10.1214/105051606000000303 Open Access
KEYWORDS: Loss networks, admission control, Phase transitions, Gibbs measures, Markov specifications, nonmonotone phase transitions, blocking probabilities, Partition function, Hard core model, multicasting, processor sharing, 60K35, 60G60, 93E03
M. A. Steel, L. A. Székely
Ann. Appl. Probab. 16 (3), 1563-1575, (August 2006) DOI: 10.1214/105051606000000196 Open Access
KEYWORDS: Cavender–Farris–Neyman model, symmetric binary channel, tree-based Markov process, Yule–Harding distribution, phylogeny reconstruction, sequence evolution, q-state Potts model, Jukes–Cantor model, variational distance, 62P10, 05C05, 05C80, 05C90, 92D15
Erik Ekström, Stephane Villeneuve
Ann. Appl. Probab. 16 (3), 1576-1596, (August 2006) DOI: 10.1214/105051606000000204 Open Access
KEYWORDS: Optimal stopping games, Dynkin games, Optimal stopping, Israeli options, smooth-fit principle, 91A15, 60G40
Mireille Bousquet-Mélou, Svante Janson
Ann. Appl. Probab. 16 (3), 1597-1632, (August 2006) DOI: 10.1214/105051606000000213 Open Access
KEYWORDS: Random binary tree, natural labeling, vertical profile, ISE, local limit law, 60C15, 05A15, 05C05
Jakša Cvitanić, Robert Liptser, Boris Rozovskii
Ann. Appl. Probab. 16 (3), 1633-1652, (August 2006) DOI: 10.1214/105051606000000222 Open Access
KEYWORDS: Nonlinear filtering, Discrete observations, Volatility estimation, 60G35, 91B28, 62M20, 93E11
Mario V. Wüthrich
Ann. Appl. Probab. 16 (3), 1653-1670, (August 2006) DOI: 10.1214/105051606000000231 Open Access
KEYWORDS: Random walk, random medium, Heteropolymer, phase transition, 60K99, 60K35, 82B24, 82B26
Abdelkader Mokkadem, Mariane Pelletier
Ann. Appl. Probab. 16 (3), 1671-1702, (August 2006) DOI: 10.1214/105051606000000448 Open Access
KEYWORDS: stochastic approximation, two-time-scales, weak convergence rate, averaging principle, 62L20
J. Michael Harrison
Ann. Appl. Probab. 16 (3), 1703-1732, (August 2006) DOI: 10.1214/105051606000000583 Open Access
KEYWORDS: Queueing theory, heavy traffic, dynamic control, Brownian approximation, equivalent workload formulation, 60K25, 60J7, 90B15
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