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Existence of moments of a counting process and convergence in multidimensional time
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 25 July 2016
Abstract
Starting with independent, identically distributed random variables X1,X2... and their partial sums (Sn), together with a nondecreasing sequence (b(n)), we consider the counting variable N=∑n1(Sn>b(n)) and aim for necessary and sufficient conditions on X1 in order to obtain the existence of certain moments for N, as well as for generalized counting variables with weights, and multi-index random variables. The existence of the first moment of N when b(n)=εn, i.e. ∑n=1∞ℙ(|Sn|>εn)<∞, corresponds to the notion of complete convergence as introduced by Hsu and Robbins in 1947 as a complement to Kolmogorov's strong law.
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- Advances in Applied Probability , Volume 48 , Issue A: Probability, Analysis and Number Theory , July 2016 , pp. 181 - 201
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- Copyright © Applied Probability Trust 2016
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