CONVERGENCE THEORY ON QUASI-PROBABILITY MEASURE

ZHANG Chun-qin,ZHANG Hui

(College of Mathematics and Information Science,Hebei University,Baoding 071002,China)

CONVERGENCE THEORY ON QUASI-PROBABILITY MEASURE

ZHANG Chun-qin,ZHANG Hui

(College of Mathematics and Information Science,Hebei University,Baoding 071002,China)

In this paper,we investigate the relationships among the convergence concepts on quasi-probability space.By using analogy method,some new convergence concepts for quasirandom variables are proposed on quasi-probability space and the relationships among the convergence concepts are discussed.Convergence theory about fuzzy measure is obtained,and all conclusions are natural extensions of the classical convergence concepts to the case where the measure tool is fuzzy.

quasi-probability measure;convergence theory;convergence concept;quasirandom variables

1 Introduction

Convergence theory was well developed based on classical measure theory,and some applications can be found in[1-3].As for convergence theory in fuzzy environments,information and data are usually vague or imprecise which is essentially dif f erent from the classical measure case[4-6].Therefore,it is more reasonable to utilize quasi-probability measure,which is an important extension of probability measure[1-2]to deal with fuzziness,to study such convergence theory.Quasi-probability measure was introduced by Wang [6],which of f ered an efficient tool to deal with fuzzy information fusion,subjective judgement,decision making,and so forth[7-11].

Convergence concepts play an important role in classical measure theory.Some mathematics workers explored them for fuzzy(or non-additive)measures such as Liu[12-13], Wang[14],Zhang[4-5],Gianluca[15],and so on.While the measure tool is non-additive, the convergence concepts are very dif f erent from additive case.In order to investigate quasiprobability theory deeper,we will propose in the present paper some new convergence concepts on quasi-probability space,and discuss the relationships among the convergence con-cepts.Our work helps to build important theoretical foundations for the development of quasi-probability measure theory.

The paper is outlined as follows：Section 1 is for introduction.In Section 2,some preliminaries are given.In Section 3,we study convergence concepts of q-random variables sequence and,ultimately,Section 4 is for conclusions.

2 Quasi-Probability Measure

In this paper,let X be a nonempty set and(X,F)be a measurable space,here F is a σ-algebra of X.If A,B∈F,then the notation A⊂B means that A is a subset of B,and the complement of A is denoted by Ac.

Def i nition 2.1[6]Let a∈(0,+∞],an extended real function is called a T-function if f θ：[0,a]→[0,+∞]is continuous,strictly increasing,and such that θ(0)=0,θ-1({∞})=∅or{∞},according to a being f i nite or not.

Let a∈(0,+∞],an extended real function θ：[0,a]→[0,+∞]is called a regular function,if θ is continuous,strictly increasing,and θ(0)=0,θ(1)=1[10].

Obviously,if θ is a regular function,then θ-1is also a regular function.

Def i nition 2.2[6]µis called quasi-additive if fthere exists a T-function θ,whose domain of def i nition contains the range ofµ,such that the set function θ◦µdef i ned on F by(θ◦µ)(E)=θ[µ(E)](∀E∈F),is additive;µis called a quasi-measure if fthere exists a T-function θ such that θ◦µis a classical measure on F.The T-function θ is called the proper T-function ofµ.

Def i nition 2.3If θ is a regular T-function ofµ,thenµis called a quasi-probability. The triplet(X,F,µ)is called a quasi-probability space.

From Def i nition 2.3,we know probability is a quasi-probability with θ(x)=x as its T-function.

Example 2.1Suppose that X={1,2,···,n},ρ(X)is the power set of X.If

De fi nition 2.4Let(X,F,µ)be a quasi-probability space,and ξ=ξ(ω),ω∈X,be a real set function on X.For any given real number x,if{ω|ξ(ω)≤x}∈F,then ξ is called a quasi-random variable,denoted by q-random variable.The distribution function of q-random variable ξ is de fi ned by Fµ(x)=µ{ω∈X|ξ(ω)≤x}.

Let ξ and η be two q-random variables.For any given real numbers x,y,if

Theorem 2.1 Letµbe a quasi-probability on F.Then there exists a regular T-function θ,such that θ◦µis a probability on F[4].

Theorem 2.2Ifµis a quasi-probability,thenµis continuous andµ(∅)=0[4].

Theorem 2.3Letµbe a quasi-probability on F,A,B∈F,then we have

(1)if A⊂B,thenµ(A)＜µ(B);

(2)ifµ(A)=0,thenµ(Ac)=1;

(3)µ(A∪B)≤θ-1[(θ◦µ)(A)+(θ◦µ)(B)].

Proof(1)Since A⊂B,and there exists a T-function θ such that θ◦µis a probability, we have(θ◦µ)(A)＜(θ◦µ)(B),θ is continuous,strictly increasing,it is clear thatµ(A)＜µ(B).

(2)Since θ◦µis a probability,one can have

which implies that

that is,

3 Convergence Concepts of q-Random Variables Sequence

In the section,we introduce some new convergence concepts such as convergence almost surely,convergence in distribution,fundamental convergence almost everywhere,fundamental convergence in quasi-probability,etc.,and we will investigate the relationships among the convergence concepts.

Def i nition 3.1[4]Suppose that ξ,ξ1,ξ2,···,ξn,···are q-random variables def i ned on the quasi-probability space(X,F,µ).If

then we say that{ξn}converges almost surely to ξ.Denoted by

Def i nition 3.2Suppose that ξ,ξ1,ξ2,···,ξn,···are q-random variables def i ned on the quasi-probability space(X,F,µ).If there exists E∈F withµ(E)=0 such that{ξn} converges to ξ on Ec,then we say{ξn}converges to ξ almost everywhere.Denoted by

Def i nition 3.3Suppose that ξ1,ξ2,···,ξn,···are q-random variables def i ned on the quasi-probability space(X,F,µ).If there exists E∈F withµ(E)=0 such that for any x∈Ec,

then we say{ξn}is fundamentally convergent almost everywhere.

Def i nition 3.4[4]Suppose that ξ1,ξ2,···,ξn,···is a sequence of q-random variables. If there exists a q-random variable ξ,such that∀ε＞0,

namely,

then we say that{ξn}converges in quasi-probability to ξ.Denoted by

Def i nition 3.5Suppose that ξ1,ξ2,···,ξn,···are q-random variables.If for any given ε＞0,

then we say{ξn}fundamentally converges in quasi-probability.

Def i nition 3.6Suppose that Fµ(x),F1µ(x)F2µ(x)···are the distribution functions of q-random variables ξ,ξ1,ξ2,···,respectively.The sequence{ξn}is said to be convergent in distribution to ξ if

at any continuity point of Fµ(x).

Theorem 3.1If{ξn}converges in quasi-probability to ξ,then{ξn}fundamentally converges in quasi-probability.

Proof Suppose that{ξn}converges in quasi-probability to ξ,then for any given ε＞0, we have

According to[2],

It follows from Theorem 2.3 that

that is ξn→ξ a.e..And since

is decreasing for n,it follows from the continuity ofµthat

Now the theorem is proved.

Theorem 3.3[4]Suppose that ξ,ξ1,ξ2,···,ξn,···are q-random variables def i ned on the quasi-probability space(X,F,µ).If{ξn}converges almost surely to ξ,then{ξn} converges in quasi-probability to ξ.

Example 3.1[4]Suppose that ξ1,ξ2,···,ξn,···are independent q-random variables def i ned on the quasi-probability space(X,F,µ).If

then{ξn}converges in quasi-probability to 0.However,{ξn}does not converges almost surely to 0.

Theorem3.3 shows that convergence almost surely implies convergence in quasi-probability. Example 3.1 shows that convergence in quasi-probability does not imply convergence almost surely.But for independent q-random series,convergence almost surely is equivalent to convergence in quasi-probability.

converges almost surely if and only ifconverges in quasi-probability.

Proof Assume that Fµn(x),Fµ(x)are the distribution functions of ξn,ξ,respectively. Let x,y,z be the given continuity points of the distribution function Fµ(x).

On the one hand,for any y＜x,we have

It follows from Theorem 2.3 that

Since{ξn}converges in quasi-probability to ξ,and θ,θ-1are continuous,we have

which implies that

for any y＜x.

Let y→x,we obtain

On the other hand,for any z＞x,we have

Sinceµ{|ξn-ξ|≥z-x}→0 as n→∞,and θ,θ-1are continuous,we get

It means that

for any z＞x.Let z→x,we get

Finally,one can see that

that is to say{ξn}converges in distribution to ξ.

According to Theorems 3.3 and 3.5,we conclude that convergence almost surely implies convergence in quasi-probability;convergence in quasi-probability implies convergence in distribution.

4 Conclusions

This paper proposed some new convergence concepts for quasi-random variables.Firstly, the properties of quasi-probability measure were further discussed.Secondly,the concepts of convergence in quasi-probability,convergence almost surely,convergence in distribution and convergence almost everywhere were introduced on quasi-probability space.Finally, the relationships among the convergence concepts were investigated in detail.All investigations helped to lay important theoretical foundations for the systematic and comprehensive development of quasi-probability measure theory.

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关于拟概率测度的收敛理论

张春琴,张辉

(河北大学数学与信息科学学院,河北保定071002)

本文研究了拟概率空间上收敛概念之间的关系这一问题.利用类比的方法,在拟概率空间上提出了一些新的关于拟-随机变量的收敛概念并讨论了这些收敛概念之间的关系,获得了模糊测度下的收敛理论,推广了关于经典测度的收敛概念.

拟概率测度;收敛理论;收敛概念;拟-随机变量

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∗Received date：2016-09-29Accepted date：2017-01-20

Supported by National Nature Science Foundation of China(61375075);Natural Science Foundation of Hebei Province,China(A2014201166);Natural Science Foundation of Hubei University(799207217073).

Biography：Zhang Chunqin(1979-),female,Yao,born at Guigang,Guangxi,instructor,major in statistical learning theory.

2010 MR Subject Classif i cation：28E10