ON MERGING OF PROBABILITIES

Persi W. Diaconis, David A. Freedman · 2016

SUMMARY. Two sequences of probabilities can merge together without necessarily converging. Several notions of merging compatible with the weak star topology are introduced. Inclusions and equivalences are demonstrated. Examples involving merging of posterior distri butions, maxima of discrete random variables, and a stopping time in sequential analysis are presented.

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