The general-graph extension of the estimation-error lower-bound lemma

Let GG satisfy the paper's general-graph regularity assumption, and let Vnn1\\{V_n\\}_{n \ge 1} satisfy the candidate-set assumption. For each initial source vv, write Pv\mathbb{P}_v for probability under source vv, let vv^* be the true source, let v^B(t)\widehat{v}_B(t) be the estimator at time tt, let π(t)\pi(t) be the observation history up to time tt, let dd be graph distance, and let FvF_v denote the relevant graph-dependent time-scaling function. General-graph estimation-error conjecture. There are constants a1=a1(G,Q0,Q1)a_1”=a_1”(G,Q_0,Q_1) and b1=b1(G)b_1”=b_1”(G) such that

limnmaxvVnPv(min0tFv(a1logn)Eπ(t)[d(v,v^B(t))]b1Eπ(0)[d(v,v^B(0))])=0.\lim_{n\to\infty}\max_{v\in V_n}\mathbb{P}_v\left(\min_{0\le t\le F_v(a_1”\log n)}\mathbb{E}_{\pi(t)}[d(v^*,\widehat{v}_B(t))]\le b_1”\cdot\mathbb{E}_{\pi(0)}[d(v^*,\widehat{v}_B(0))]\right)=0.

The claim is presented as an expected extension of the paper's lower-bound lemma from regular trees and lattices to suitable general graphs; the displayed text leaves the referenced graph and candidate-set assumptions unspecified, so its precise scope and eventual status require verification.

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Anirudh Sridhar and H. Vincent Poor, “Quickest Inference of Network Cascades with Noisy Information”, arXiv:2110.08115 (2022).

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