We show that no Markovian Coupling argument can prove rapid mixing of the Jerrum-Sinclair Markov chain for sampling almost uniformly from the set of perfect and near perfect match...
This paper concerns the experimental assessment of tempering as a technique for improving Bayesian inference for C&RT models. Full Bayesian inference requires the computation ...
We study the mixing time of some Markov Chains converging to critical physical models. These models are indexed by a parameter β and there exists some critical value βc where th...
Stochastic bounds are a promising method to analyze QoS requirements. Indeed it is sufficient to prove that a bound of the real performance satisfies the guarantee. However, the...