@article{ECP981,
author = {Gareth Roberts and Jeffrey Rosenthal},
title = {Geometric Ergodicity and Hybrid Markov Chains},
journal = {Electron. Commun. Probab.},
fjournal = {Electronic Communications in Probability},
volume = {2},
year = {1997},
keywords = {Markov chain Monte Carlo, hybrid Monte Carlo, geometric ergodicity, reversibility, spectral gap.},
abstract = {Various notions of geometric ergodicity for Markov chains on general state spaces exist. In this paper, we review certain relations and implications among them. We then apply these results to a collection of chains commonly used in Markov chain Monte Carlo simulation algorithms, the so-called hybrid chains. We prove that under certain conditions, a hybrid chain will "inherit" the geometric ergodicity of its constituent parts.},
pages = {no. 2, 13-25},
issn = {1083-589X},
doi = {10.1214/ECP.v2-981},
url = {http://ecp.ejpecp.org/article/view/981}}