Some analysis of a stochastic logistic growth model |
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Authors: | Peter Kink |
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Affiliation: | Faculty of Computer and Information Sciences, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia |
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Abstract: | We derive several new results on a well-known stochastic logistic equation. For the martingale case, we compute the distribution of the solution, mean passage times, and the distribution of hitting times, all in closed form. For the case of constant coefficients, we also find mean passage times and for the general equation we give the weak solution expressed in terms of stochastic quadratures. We also show how these quadratures may be considerably simplified using the results for the martingale case. As it turns out, the martingale case has a particularly elegant weak solution, and to a large degree its structure carries over to the general case. |
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Keywords: | Stochastic processes stochastic differential equations Itô calculus martingales with continuous parameter stochastic logistic equation |
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