Convergence of subdifferentials under strong stochastic convexity

Convergence of subdifferentials under strong stochastic convexity

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Article ID: iaor19961780
Country: United States
Volume: 41
Issue: 8
Start Page Number: 1397
End Page Number: 1401
Publication Date: Aug 1995
Journal: Management Science
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Keywords: stochastic processes
Abstract:

The paper shows that if a sequence of random functions satisfies strong stochastic convexity with respect to a parameter, and if the sequence converges pointwise with probability one, then any sequence of elements extracted from the subdifferentials of the functions in the sequence will converge to the subdifferential of the limiting function, again with probability one. This result holds with no differentiability assumption on the limiting function, and even if the limiting function is itself random. It thus extends earlier work, in particular results by Glynn and by Hu. One application is in proving an extended form of strong consistency for infinitesimal perturbation analysis when suitable convexity properties hold.

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