Bounds on the deviation of discrete-time Markov chains from their mean-field model |
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Authors: | Luca Bortolussi Richard A Hayden |
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Affiliation: | 1. Department of Mathematics and Geosciences, University of Trieste, Italy;2. ISTI - CNR, Via Moruzzi 1, Pisa, Italy;3. Department of Computing, Imperial College London, Huxley Building, 180 Queen’s Gate, London SW7 2BZ, United Kingdom |
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Abstract: | We consider a generic mean-field scenario, in which a sequence of population models, described by discrete-time Markov chains (DTMCs), converges to a deterministic limit in discrete time. Under the assumption that the limit has a globally attracting equilibrium, the steady states of the sequence of DTMC models converge to the point-mass distribution concentrated on this equilibrium. In this paper we provide explicit bounds in probability for the convergence of such steady states, combining the stochastic bounds on the local error with control-theoretic tools used in the stability analysis of perturbed dynamical systems to bound the global accumulation of error. We also adapt this method to compute bounds on the transient dynamics. The approach is illustrated by a wireless sensor network example. |
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Keywords: | Markov population models Mean field approximation Steady state mean field approximation Steady state error bounds for mean field Transient error bounds for mean field |
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