scholarly journals Limit theorems for some continuous-time random walks

2011 ◽  
Vol 43 (03) ◽  
pp. 782-813 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Jara ◽  
T. Komorowski

In this paper we consider the scaled limit of a continuous-time random walk (CTRW) based on a Markov chain {X n , n ≥ 0} and two observables, τ(∙) and V(∙), 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 {X n , n ≥ 0} is a sequence of independent and identically distributed random variables.

2011 ◽  
Vol 43 (3) ◽  
pp. 782-813 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Jara ◽  
T. Komorowski

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.


2012 ◽  
Vol 2012 ◽  
pp. 1-13
Author(s):  
Kyo-Shin Hwang ◽  
Wensheng Wang

A continuous time random walk is a random walk subordinated to a renewal process used in physics to model anomalous diffusion. In this paper, we establish Chover-type laws of the iterated logarithm for continuous time random walks with jumps and waiting times in the domains of attraction of stable laws.


2006 ◽  
Vol 138 (1) ◽  
pp. 5348-5365 ◽  
Author(s):  
V. E. Bening ◽  
V. Yu. Korolev ◽  
V. N. Kolokoltsov

1998 ◽  
Vol 7 (4) ◽  
pp. 397-401 ◽  
Author(s):  
OLLE HÄGGSTRÖM

We consider continuous time random walks on a product graph G×H, where G is arbitrary and H consists of two vertices x and y linked by an edge. For any t>0 and any a, b∈V(G), we show that the random walk starting at (a, x) is more likely to have hit (b, x) than (b, y) by time t. This contrasts with the discrete time case and proves a conjecture of Bollobás and Brightwell. We also generalize the result to cases where H is either a complete graph on n vertices or a cycle on n vertices.


2004 ◽  
Vol 41 (03) ◽  
pp. 623-638 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mark M. Meerschaert ◽  
Hans-Peter Scheffler

A continuous-time random walk is a simple random walk subordinated to a renewal process used in physics to model anomalous diffusion. In this paper we show that, when the time between renewals has infinite mean, the scaling limit is an operator Lévy motion subordinated to the hitting time process of a classical stable subordinator. Density functions for the limit process solve a fractional Cauchy problem, the generalization of a fractional partial differential equation for Hamiltonian chaos. We also establish a functional limit theorem for random walks with jumps in the strict generalized domain of attraction of a full operator stable law, which is of some independent interest.


2008 ◽  
Vol 45 (03) ◽  
pp. 703-713 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stephen Connor ◽  
Saul Jacka

Let X and Y be two simple symmetric continuous-time random walks on the vertices of the n-dimensional hypercube, Z 2 n . We consider the class of co-adapted couplings of these processes, and describe an intuitive coupling which is shown to be the fastest in this class.


Entropy ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 22 (6) ◽  
pp. 697 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wanli Wang ◽  
Eli Barkai ◽  
Stanislav Burov

Recently observation of random walks in complex environments like the cell and other glassy systems revealed that the spreading of particles, at its tails, follows a spatial exponential decay instead of the canonical Gaussian. We use the widely applicable continuous time random walk model and obtain the large deviation description of the propagator. Under mild conditions that the microscopic jump lengths distribution is decaying exponentially or faster i.e., Lévy like power law distributed jump lengths are excluded, and that the distribution of the waiting times is analytical for short waiting times, the spreading of particles follows an exponential decay at large distances, with a logarithmic correction. Here we show how anti-bunching of jump events reduces the effect, while bunching and intermittency enhances it. We employ exact solutions of the continuous time random walk model to test the large deviation theory.


2008 ◽  
Vol 45 (3) ◽  
pp. 703-713 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stephen Connor ◽  
Saul Jacka

Let X and Y be two simple symmetric continuous-time random walks on the vertices of the n-dimensional hypercube, Z2n. We consider the class of co-adapted couplings of these processes, and describe an intuitive coupling which is shown to be the fastest in this class.


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