Time-homogeneous diffusions with a given marginal at a random time
Alexander M.G. Cox; David Hobson; Jan Obłój
ESAIM: Probability and Statistics (2011)
- Volume: 15, page S11-S24
- ISSN: 1292-8100
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@article{Cox2011,
abstract = {
We solve explicitly the following problem: for a given probability
measure μ, we specify a generalised martingale diffusion (Xt) which, stopped at an independent exponential time T, is
distributed according to μ. The process (Xt) is specified via
its speed measure m. We present two heuristic arguments and three
proofs. First we show how
the result can be derived from the solution of [Bertoin and Le Jan, Ann. Probab.20 (1992) 538–548.] to the Skorokhod embedding problem. Secondly,
we give a proof exploiting applications of Krein's spectral theory
of strings to the study of linear diffusions. Finally, we present a
novel direct probabilistic proof based on a coupling argument.
},
author = {Cox, Alexander M.G., Hobson, David, Obłój, Jan},
journal = {ESAIM: Probability and Statistics},
keywords = {Time-homogeneous diffusion; generalised diffusion; exponential time; Skorokhod embedding problem; Bertoin-Le Jan stopping time},
language = {eng},
month = {5},
pages = {S11-S24},
publisher = {EDP Sciences},
title = {Time-homogeneous diffusions with a given marginal at a random time},
url = {http://eudml.org/doc/197757},
volume = {15},
year = {2011},
}
TY - JOUR
AU - Cox, Alexander M.G.
AU - Hobson, David
AU - Obłój, Jan
TI - Time-homogeneous diffusions with a given marginal at a random time
JO - ESAIM: Probability and Statistics
DA - 2011/5//
PB - EDP Sciences
VL - 15
SP - S11
EP - S24
AB -
We solve explicitly the following problem: for a given probability
measure μ, we specify a generalised martingale diffusion (Xt) which, stopped at an independent exponential time T, is
distributed according to μ. The process (Xt) is specified via
its speed measure m. We present two heuristic arguments and three
proofs. First we show how
the result can be derived from the solution of [Bertoin and Le Jan, Ann. Probab.20 (1992) 538–548.] to the Skorokhod embedding problem. Secondly,
we give a proof exploiting applications of Krein's spectral theory
of strings to the study of linear diffusions. Finally, we present a
novel direct probabilistic proof based on a coupling argument.
LA - eng
KW - Time-homogeneous diffusion; generalised diffusion; exponential time; Skorokhod embedding problem; Bertoin-Le Jan stopping time
UR - http://eudml.org/doc/197757
ER -
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