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Long-memory Markov chains with power-law intensities

Jul 2026 · 1 citation · 28 references
Mathematics

Abstract

We introduce a self-exciting point process with power-law intensity dynamics that admits a finite-dimensional Markovian state representation. The model is constructed to preserve the local jump and slope update structure of power-law Hawkes processes, while replacing global history dependence with a nonlinear Markov chain governing the intensity dynamics. Within a general state-space framework, we establish irreducibility, aperiodicity, and the T-chain property under mild regularity conditions on the inter-arrival time distribution. Under an explicit stability condition, we further prove that the latent state process is positive Harris recurrent, ensuring the existence of a unique invariant distribution. Simulation results based on the local Whittle estimator show that the proposed Markovian intensity model exhibits long-memory behavior near the boundary of the stability region.

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