Itô and Stratonovich integrals on compound renewal processes: the normal/Poisson case

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Contributors

  • Guido Germano - , University of Marburg (Author)
  • Mauro Politi - , University of Marburg, University of Milan (Author)
  • Enrico Scalas - , University of Eastern Piedmont (Author)
  • René L. Schilling - , Chair of Probability Theory (Author)

Abstract

Continuous-time random walks, or compound renewal processes, are pure-jump stochastic processes with several applications in insurance, finance, economics and physics. Based on heuristic considerations, a definition is given for stochastic integrals driven by continuous-time random walks, which includes the Itô and Stratonovich cases. It is then shown how the definition can be used to compute these two stochastic integrals by means of Monte Carlo simulations. Our example is based on the normal compound Poisson process, which in the diffusive limit converges to the Wiener process.

Details

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1583-1588
Number of pages6
JournalCommunications in Nonlinear Science and Numerical Simulation
Volume15
Issue number6
Publication statusPublished - Jun 2010
Peer-reviewedYes

Keywords

Keywords

  • Continuous-time random walk, Econophysics, Monte Carlo, Probabilistic model, Probabilistic simulation, Stochastic integrals, Stochastic jump process, Stochastic model, Stochastic theory