Transition probability density of a certain diffusion process concentrated on a finite spatial interval

1992 ◽  
Vol 29 (02) ◽  
pp. 334-342
Author(s):  
A. Milian

We show that under some assumptions a diffusion process satisfying a one-dimensional Itô's equation has a transition probability density concentrated on a finite spatial interval. We give a formula for this density.

1992 ◽  
Vol 29 (2) ◽  
pp. 334-342
Author(s):  
A. Milian

We show that under some assumptions a diffusion process satisfying a one-dimensional Itô's equation has a transition probability density concentrated on a finite spatial interval. We give a formula for this density.


2015 ◽  
Vol 0 (0) ◽  
Author(s):  
Victoria Knopova ◽  
Alexei Kulik

AbstractIn this paper, we show that a non-local operator of certain type extends to the generator of a strong Markov process, admitting the transition probability density. For this transition probability density we construct the intrinsic upper and lower bounds, and prove some smoothness properties. Some examples are provided.


Author(s):  
Zhangyi He ◽  
Mark Beaumont ◽  
Feng Yu

AbstractOver the past decade there has been an increasing focus on the application of the Wright-Fisher diffusion to the inference of natural selection from genetic time series. A key ingredient for modelling the trajectory of gene frequencies through the Wright-Fisher diffusion is its transition probability density function. Recent advances in DNA sequencing techniques have made it possible to monitor genomes in great detail over time, which presents opportunities for investigating natural selection while accounting for genetic recombination and local linkage. However, most existing methods for computing the transition probability density function of the Wright-Fisher diffusion are only applicable to one-locus problems. To address two-locus problems, in this work we propose a novel numerical scheme for the Wright-Fisher stochastic differential equation of population dynamics under natural selection at two linked loci. Our key innovation is that we reformulate the stochastic differential equation in a closed form that is amenable to simulation, which enables us to avoid boundary issues and reduce computational costs. We also propose an adaptive importance sampling approach based on the proposal introduced by Fearnhead (2008) for computing the transition probability density of the Wright-Fisher diffusion between any two observed states. We show through extensive simulation studies that our approach can achieve comparable performance to the method of Fearnhead (2008) but can avoid manually tuning the parameter ρ to deliver superior performance for different observed states.


Mathematics ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (6) ◽  
pp. 555 ◽  
Author(s):  
Virginia Giorno ◽  
Amelia G. Nobile

We consider two different time-inhomogeneous diffusion processes useful to model the evolution of a population in a random environment. The first is a Gompertz-type diffusion process with time-dependent growth intensity, carrying capacity and noise intensity, whose conditional median coincides with the deterministic solution. The second is a shifted-restricted Gompertz-type diffusion process with a reflecting condition in zero state and with time-dependent regulation functions. For both processes, we analyze the transient and the asymptotic behavior of the transition probability density functions and their conditional moments. Particular attention is dedicated to the first-passage time, by deriving some closed form for its density through special boundaries. Finally, special cases of periodic regulation functions are discussed.


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