scholarly journals A continuous time version of random walks in a random potential

1996 ◽  
Vol 64 (2) ◽  
pp. 209-235 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lester N. Coyle
Keyword(s):  
Random Walks ◽  
Continuous Time ◽  
Random Potential

scholarly journals Strong Local Survival of Branching Random Walks is Not Monotone

2014 ◽  
Vol 46 (02) ◽  
pp. 400-421 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniela Bertacchi ◽  
Fabio Zucca
Keyword(s):  
Random Walk ◽  
Random Walks ◽  
Generating Function ◽  
Continuous Time ◽  
Local Property ◽  
Branching Random Walk ◽  
Infinite Dimensional ◽  
Branching Random Walks ◽  
Local Survival ◽  
Branching Law

In this paper we study the strong local survival property for discrete-time and continuous-time branching random walks. We study this property by means of an infinite-dimensional generating functionGand a maximum principle which, we prove, is satisfied by every fixed point ofG. We give results for the existence of a strong local survival regime and we prove that, unlike local and global survival, in continuous time, strong local survival is not a monotone property in the general case (though it is monotone if the branching random walk is quasitransitive). We provide an example of an irreducible branching random walk where the strong local property depends on the starting site of the process. By means of other counterexamples, we show that the existence of a pure global phase is not equivalent to nonamenability of the process, and that even an irreducible branching random walk with the same branching law at each site may exhibit nonstrong local survival. Finally, we show that the generating function of an irreducible branching random walk can have more than two fixed points; this disproves a previously known result.

Heterogeneous Memorized Continuous Time Random Walks in an External Force Fields

2014 ◽  
Vol 156 (6) ◽  
pp. 1111-1124 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jun Wang ◽  
Ji Zhou ◽  
Long-Jin Lv ◽  
Wei-Yuan Qiu ◽  
Fu-Yao Ren
Keyword(s):  
Random Walks ◽  
External Force ◽  
Continuous Time ◽  
Force Fields ◽  
Continuous Time Random Walks

scholarly journals Clustered continuous-time random walks: diffusion and relaxation consequences

2012 ◽  
Vol 468 (2142) ◽  
pp. 1615-1628 ◽  
Author(s):  
Karina Weron ◽  
Aleksander Stanislavsky ◽  
Agnieszka Jurlewicz ◽  
Mark M. Meerschaert ◽  
Hans-Peter Scheffler
Keyword(s):  
Random Walks ◽  
Power Law ◽  
Continuous Time ◽  
Waiting Times ◽  
Scaling Limit ◽  
Fractional Diffusion ◽  
Diffusion Equations ◽  
The Novel ◽  
Fractional Diffusion Equations ◽  
Continuous Time Random Walks

We present a class of continuous-time random walks (CTRWs), in which random jumps are separated by random waiting times. The novel feature of these CTRWs is that the jumps are clustered. This introduces a coupled effect, with longer waiting times separating larger jump clusters. We show that the CTRW scaling limits are time-changed processes. Their densities solve two different fractional diffusion equations, depending on whether the waiting time is coupled to the preceding jump, or the following one. These fractional diffusion equations can be used to model all types of experimentally observed two power-law relaxation patterns. The parameters of the scaling limit process determine the power-law exponents and loss peak frequencies.

scholarly journals Strong Local Survival of Branching Random Walks is Not Monotone

2014 ◽  
Vol 46 (2) ◽  
pp. 400-421 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniela Bertacchi ◽  
Fabio Zucca
Keyword(s):  
Random Walk ◽  
Random Walks ◽  
Generating Function ◽  
Continuous Time ◽  
Local Property ◽  
Branching Random Walk ◽  
Infinite Dimensional ◽  
Branching Random Walks ◽  
Local Survival ◽  
Branching Law

In this paper we study the strong local survival property for discrete-time and continuous-time branching random walks. We study this property by means of an infinite-dimensional generating function G and a maximum principle which, we prove, is satisfied by every fixed point of G. We give results for the existence of a strong local survival regime and we prove that, unlike local and global survival, in continuous time, strong local survival is not a monotone property in the general case (though it is monotone if the branching random walk is quasitransitive). We provide an example of an irreducible branching random walk where the strong local property depends on the starting site of the process. By means of other counterexamples, we show that the existence of a pure global phase is not equivalent to nonamenability of the process, and that even an irreducible branching random walk with the same branching law at each site may exhibit nonstrong local survival. Finally, we show that the generating function of an irreducible branching random walk can have more than two fixed points; this disproves a previously known result.

scholarly journals Limit theorems for some continuous-time random walks

2011 ◽  
Vol 43 (3) ◽  
pp. 782-813 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Jara ◽  
T. Komorowski
Keyword(s):  
Markov Chain ◽  
Random Walk ◽  
Random Walks ◽  
Quantum Transport ◽  
Continuous Time ◽  
Limit Theorems ◽  
Transport Theory ◽  
Sufficient Conditions ◽  
Continuous Time Random Walks ◽  
Quantum Transport Theory

In this paper we consider the scaled limit of a continuous-time random walk (CTRW) based on a Markov chain {Xn,n≥ 0} and two observables, τ(∙) andV(∙), corresponding to the renewal times and jump sizes. Assuming that these observables belong to the domains of attraction of some stable laws, we give sufficient conditions on the chain that guarantee the existence of the scaled limits for CTRWs. An application of the results to a process that arises in quantum transport theory is provided. The results obtained in this paper generalize earlier results contained in Becker-Kern, Meerschaert and Scheffler (2004) and Meerschaert and Scheffler (2008), and the recent results of Henry and Straka (2011) and Jurlewicz, Kern, Meerschaert and Scheffler (2010), where {Xn,n≥ 0} is a sequence of independent and identically distributed random variables.

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