Hunter, Jeffrey J.2013-05-202013-05-202008Hunter, J.J. (2008), Bounds on expected coupling times in Markov chains, Research Letters in the Information and Mathematical Sciences, 12, 1-231175-2777http://hdl.handle.net/10179/4495In the author’s paper “Coupling and Mixing Times in Markov Chains” (RLIMS, 11, 1- 22, 2007) it was shown that it is very difficult to find explicit expressions for the expected time to coupling in a general Markov chain. In this paper simple upper and lower bounds are given for the expected time to coupling in a discrete time finite Markov chain. Extensions to the bounds under additional restrictive conditions are also given with detailed comparisons provided for two and three state chains.enMarkov chainsArticle