Strong approximation of density dependent Markov chains on bounded domains

Density dependent families of Markov chains, such as the stochastic models of mass-action chemical kinetics, converge for large values of the indexing parameter $N$ to deterministic systems of differential equations (Kurtz, 1970). Moreover for moderate $N$ they can be strongly approximated by paths of a diffusion process (Kurtz, 1976). Such an approximation however fails if the state space is bounded (at zero or at a constant maximum level due to conservation of mass) and if the process visits the boundaries with non negligible probability. We present a strong approximation by a jump-diffusion process which is robust to this event. The result is illustrated with a particularly hard case study.

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