On some functionals of the first passage times in jump models of stochastic volatility

Abstract

We compute some functionals related to the generalized joint Laplace transforms of the first times at which two-dimensional jump processes exit half strips. It is assumed that the state space components are driven by Cox processes with both independent and common (positive) exponential jump components. The method of proof is based on the solutions of the equivalent partial integro-differential boundary-value problems for the associated value functions. The results are illustrated on several two-dimensional jump models of stochastic volatility which are based on non-affine analogs of certain mean-reverting or diverting diffusion processes representing closed-form solutions of the appropriate stochastic differential equations.     

Stabilization of active fault‐tolerant control systems by uncertain nonhomogeneous markovian jump models

This article investigates the stabilization and control problems for a general active fault‐tolerant control system (AFTCS) in a stochastic framework. The novelty of the research lies in utilizing uncertain nonhomogeneous Markovian structures to take account for the imperfect fault detection and diagnosis (FDD) algorithms of the AFTCS. The underlying AFTCS is supposed to be modeled by two random processes of Markov type; one characterizing the system fault process and the other describing the FDD process. It is assumed that the FDD algorithm is imperfect and provides inaccurate Markovian parameters for the FDD process. Specifically, it provides uncertain transition rates (TRs); the TRs that lie in an interval without any particular structures. This framework is more consistent with real‐world applications to accommodate different types of faults. It is more general than the previously developed AFTCSs because of eliminating the need for an accurate estimation of the fault process. To solve the stabilizability and the controller design problems of this AFTCS, the whole system is viewed as an uncertain nonhomogeneous Markovian jump linear system (NHMJLS) with time‐varying and uncertain specifications. Based on the multiple and stochastic Lyapunov function for the NHMJLS, first a sufficient condition is obtained to analyze the system stabilizability and then, the controller gains are synthesized. Unlike the previous fault‐tolerant controllers, the proposed robust controller only needs to access the FDD process, besides it is easily obtainable through the existing optimization techniques. It is successfully tested on a practical inverted pendulum controlled by a fault‐prone DC motor. © 2016 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Complexity 21: 318–329, 2016     

Controller design for network‐based Markovian jump systems with unreliable communication links

This article is concerned with observer and controller design for networked control systems, where the considered plant refers to a class of discrete‐time communication delay Markovian jump systems. In the study, random packet losses and output quantization are considered simultaneously. The packet losses considered here includes sensor to controller and controller to actuator sides, which are modeled as two Bernoulli distributed white sequences, respectively. An observer‐based control scheme is developed to stabilize the closed‐loop systems. Finally, an illustrative example is provided to show the applicability of the proposed control method. © 2016 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Complexity 21: 623–634, 2016     

Bayesian sequential testing for Lévy processes with diffusion and jump components

We study the Bayesian problem of sequential testing of two simple hypotheses about the Lévy-Khintchine triplet of a Lévy process, having diffusion component, represented by a Brownian motion with drift, and jump component of finite variation. The method of proof consists of reducing the original optimal stopping problem to a free-boundary problem. We show it is characterized by a second order integro-differential equation, that the unknown value function solves on the continuation region, and by the smooth fit principle, which holds at the unknown boundary points. Several examples are presented.     

基于跳跃波动率的未定权益定价模型

讨论了具有随机波动率的未定权益定价问题,建立了两状态波动率的股票价格行为模型,在股票价格过程是连续过程、跳风险不可定价的假设下,推导出未定权益的定价公式.     

On a stochastic nonlinear equation arising from 1D integro-differential scalar conservation laws

In this paper we study the initial problem for a stochastic nonlinear equation arising from 1D integro-differential scalar conservation laws. The equation is driven by Lévy space-time white noise in the following form:

(t_∂−A)u+x_∂q(u)=f(u)+g(u)Ft,x     

L2 − L∞ filtering for Markovian jump systems with time-varying delays and partly unknown transition probabilities

This paper considers the L₂ − L_∞ filtering problem for Markovian jump systems. The systems under consideration involve time-varying delays, disturbance signal and partly unknown transition probabilities. The aim of this paper is to design a filter, which is suitable for exactly known and partly unknown transition probabilities, such that the filtering error system is stochastically stable and a prescribed L₂ − L_∞ disturbance attenuation level is guaranteed. By using the Lyapunov-Krasovskii functional, sufficient conditions are formulated in terms of linear matrix inequalities (LMIs). A numerical example is given to illustrate the effectiveness of the proposed main results. All these results are expected to be of use in the study of filter design for Markovian jump systems with partly unknown transition probabilities.     

An inequality connecting entropy distance,Fisher Information and large deviations

In this paper we introduce a new generalisation of the relative Fisher Information for Markov jump processes on a finite or countable state space, and prove an inequality which connects this object with the relative entropy and a large deviation rate functional. In addition to possessing various favourable properties, we show that this generalised Fisher Information converges to the classical Fisher Information in an appropriate limit. We then use this generalised Fisher Information and the aforementioned inequality to qualitatively study coarse-graining problems for jump processes on discrete spaces.     

带Markov状态转换的跳扩散方程的数值解

研究了一类带Markov状态转换的跳扩散方程的数值解的问题,为讨论这类方程精确解的数值计算问题,我们给出了一种基于Euler格式的方程解的跳适应算法,并在一定的条件下,证明了基于这种新的跳适应算法所得到的方程的数值解是收敛于它的精确解,同时还给出了数值解收敛到其精确解的收敛阶数.最后,本文通过两个例子说明了这种跳适应算法的计算有效性.     

Banach空间中带Poisson跳的随机种群方程的数值分析

本文研究Banach空间中带Poisson跳的随机种群方程,通过离散使之成为随机微分方程,进而运用显式Euler公式来分析其数值解与解析解的误差.