Forgetting of the initial distribution for Hidden Markov Models
Randal Douc, Gersende Fort, Eric Moulines, Pierre Priouret
Abstract
The forgetting of the initial distribution for discrete Hidden Markov Models (HMM) is addressed: a new set of conditions is proposed, to establish the forgetting property of the filter, at a polynomial and geometric rate. Both a pathwise-type convergence of the total variation distance of the filter started from two different initial distributions, and a convergence in expectation are considered. The results are illustrated using different HMM of interest: the dynamic tobit model, the non-linear state space model and the stochastic volatility model.
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