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Lower bounds for moments of global scores of pairwise Markov chains

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  • Lember, Jüri
  • Matzinger, Heinrich
  • Sova, Joonas
  • Zucca, Fabio

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Let X1,… and Y1,… be random sequences taking values in a finite set A. We consider a similarity score Ln≔L(X1,…,Xn;Y1,…,Yn) that measures the homology of words (X1,…,Xn) and (Y1,…,Yn). A typical example is the length of the longest common subsequence. We study the order of moment E|Ln−ELn|r in the case where the two-dimensional process (X1,Y1),(X2,Y2),… is a Markov chain on A×A. This general model involves independent Markov chains, hidden Markov models, Markov switching models and many more. Our main result establishes a condition that guarantees that E|Ln−ELn|r≍nr2. We also perform simulations indicating the validity of the condition.

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  • Lember, Jüri & Matzinger, Heinrich & Sova, Joonas & Zucca, Fabio, 2018. "Lower bounds for moments of global scores of pairwise Markov chains," Stochastic Processes and their Applications, Elsevier, vol. 128(5), pages 1678-1710.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:spapps:v:128:y:2018:i:5:p:1678-1710
    DOI: 10.1016/j.spa.2017.08.009
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