From shuffling cards to walking around the building: An introduction to modern Markov chain theory
type: Item
instance of: scholarly article
title: From shuffling cards to walking around the building: An introduction to modern Markov chain theory
zbMATH Open document ID: 0902.60052
published in: Documenta Mathematica
publication date: 1998-08-24T00:00:00Z
full work available at URL: https://eudml.org/doc/232971
full work available at URL: Diaconis.MAN.html
review text: Summary: This paper surveys recent progress in the classical subject of Markov chains. Sharp rates of convergence are available for many chains. Examples include shuffling cards, a variety of simulation procedures used in physics and statistical work, and random walk on the chambers of a building. The techniques used are a combination of tools from geometry, PDE, group theory and probability.
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 60G50
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 60C05
zbMATH DE Number: 1194147
zbMATH Keywords: rates of convergence
zbMATH Keywords: simulation procedures
author: Persi Diaconis
MaRDI profile type: Publication
description: scientific article; zbMATH DE number 1194147