Central Limit Theorems for Stochastic Approximation with controlled Markov chain dynamics

This paper provides a Central Limit Theorem (CLT) for a process ${\theta_n, n\geq 0}$ satisfying a stochastic approximation (SA) equation of the form $\theta_{n+1} = \theta_n + \gamma_{n+1} H(\theta_n,X_{n+1})$; a CLT for the associated average sequence is also established. The originality of this paper is to address the case of controlled Markov chain dynamics ${X_n, n\geq 0 }$ and the case of multiple targets. The framework also accomodates (randomly) truncated SA algorithms. Sufficient conditions for CLT's to hold are provided as well as comments on how these conditions extend previous works (such as independent and identically distributed dynamics, the Robbins-Monro dynamic or the single target case). The paper gives a special emphasis on how these conditions hold for SA with controlled Markov chain dynamics and multiple targets; it is proved that this paper improves on existing works.

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Source https://hal.science/hal-00861097
Author Fort, Gersende
Maintainer CCSD
Last Updated May 9, 2026, 18:43 (UTC)
Created May 9, 2026, 18:43 (UTC)
Identifier hal-00861097
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contributor Laboratoire Traitement et Communication de l'Information (LTCI) ; Télécom ParisTech-Institut Mines-Télécom [Paris] (IMT)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)
creator Fort, Gersende
date 2013-09-11T00:00:00
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