Coupling and Ergodic Theorems for Semi-Markov-Type Processes I

This volume delves into ergodic theorems with explicit power and exponential upper bounds for convergence rates, focusing on Markov chains, renewal processes, and regenerative processes. The book offers a powerful and constructive probabilistic framework by employing the elegant coupling method in conjunction with test functions. Theoretical findings are illustrated with applications to perturbed stochastic networks, alternating Markov processes, risk processes, quasi-stationary distributions, and the renewal theorem, all of which feature explicit convergence rate bounds.