Parameter Estimation in Pair‐hidden Markov Models

This paper deals with parameter estimation in pair-hidden Markov models. We first provide a rigorous formalism for these models and discuss possible definitions of likelihoods. The model is biologically motivated and therefore naturally leads to restrictions on the parameter space. Existence of two different information divergence rates is established and a divergence property is shown under additional assumptions. This yields consistency for the parameter in parametrization schemes for which the divergence property holds. Simulations illustrate different cases which are not covered by our results. Copyright 2006 Board of the Foundation of the Scandinavian Journal of Statistics..

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