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May 1998




Extensions of Fill's algorithm for perfect simulation

by:

Jesper Møller

Katja Schladitz

Abstract

Fill's algorithm for perfect simulation for attractive finite state space models, unbiased for user impatience, is presented in terms of stochastic recursive sequences and extended in two ways. Repulsive discrete Markov random fields with two coding sets like the auto-Poisson distribution on a lattice with 4-neighbourhood can be treated as monotone systems if a particular partial ordering and quasi-maximal and quasi-minimal states are used. Fill's algorithm then applies directly. Combining Fill's rejection sampling with sandwiching leads to a version of the algorithm, which works for general discrete conditionally specified repulsive models. Extensions to other types of models are briefly discussed.

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This paper has now been published in J. R. Stat. Soc. Ser. B Stat. Methodol. 61 (1999), no. 4, 955--969