Direct-observation conjecture for filter stability

Let (Xk,Yk)kinZ(X_k,Y_k)_{k\,in\mathbb{Z}} be a stationary infinite-dimensional hidden Markov model as in Section 3, with Xk{1,1}ZX_k\in\{-1,1\}^{\mathbb{Z}} and Yk{1,1}ZY_k\in\{-1,1\}^{\mathbb{Z}}. Suppose

Ykv=Xkvξkv,Y_k^v=X_k^v\xi_k^v,

where (ξkv)k,vZ(\xi_k^v)_{k,v\in\mathbb{Z}} are independent and identically distributed, independent of XX, and satisfy P[ξkv=1]=p\mathbf{P}[\xi_k^v=-1]=p. Direct-observation filter-stability conjecture. If the underlying process (Xk)kZ(X_k)_{k\in\mathbb{Z}} is stable, then the filter is stable. The direct observation structure has no observation symmetry when p12p\ne\frac12, since distinct configurations induce distinct observation laws; the case p=12p=\frac12 is trivial because the observations are independent of the signal. Whether stability is always inherited in this setting remains open.

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Patrick Rebeschini and Ramon van Handel, “Phase Transitions in Nonlinear Filtering”, arXiv:1401.6450 (2014).

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