Abstract
We give formulas, in terms of the number of pure k-cycles, for the expected hitting times between vertices at distances greater than 1 for random walks on edge-transitive graphs, extending our prior results for neighboring vertices and also extending results of Devroye-Sbihi and Biggs concerning distance-regular graphs. We apply these formulas to a class of Cayley graphs and give explicit values for the expected hitting times.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 25-32 |
| Number of pages | 8 |
| Journal | Statistics and Probability Letters |
| Volume | 43 |
| Issue number | 1 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 15 May 1999 |
| Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- Cayley graphs
- Edge-transitive graphs
- Hitting times