期刊
ANNALS OF STATISTICS
卷 38, 期 2, 页码 1034-1070出版社
INST MATHEMATICAL STATISTICS
DOI: 10.1214/09-AOS735
关键词
Markov chain; Monte Carlo; spectral methods; batch means; standard errors
资金
- NSF [DMS-08-06178]
Calculating a Monte Carlo standard error (MCSE) is an important step in the statistical analysis of the simulation output obtained from a Markov chain Monte Carlo experiment. An MCSE is usually based on an estimate of the variance of the asymptotic normal distribution. We consider spectral and batch means methods for estimating this variance. In particular, we establish conditions which guarantee that these estimators are strongly consistent as the simulation effort increases. In addition, for the batch means and overlapping batch means methods we establish conditions ensuring consistency in the mean-square sense which in turn allows us to calculate the optimal batch size up to a constant of proportionality. Finally, we examine the empirical finite-sample properties of spectral variance and batch means estimators and provide recommendations for practitioners.
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