scholarly journals Fractional negative binomial and Pólya processes

2018 ◽  
Vol 38 (1) ◽  
pp. 77-101
Author(s):  
Palaniappan Vellai Samy ◽  
Aditya Maheshwari

In this paper, we define a fractional negative binomial process FNBP by replacing the Poisson process by a fractional Poisson process FPP in the gamma subordinated form of the negative binomial process. It is shown that the one-dimensional distributions of the FPP and the FNBP are not infinitely divisible. Also, the space fractional Pólya process SFPP is defined by replacing the rate parameter λ by a gamma random variable in the definition of the space fractional Poisson process. The properties of the FNBP and the SFPP and the connections to PDEs governing the density of the FNBP and the SFPP are also investigated.

2016 ◽  
Vol 53 (4) ◽  
pp. 989-1000 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Maheshwari ◽  
P. Vellaisamy

Abstract We discuss the short-range dependence (SRD) property of the increments of the fractional Poisson process, called the fractional Poissonian noise. We also establish that the fractional negative binomial process (FNBP) has the long-range dependence (LRD) property, while the increments of the FNBP have the SRD property. Our definitions of the SRD/LRD properties are similar to those for a stationary process and different from those recently used in Biard and Saussereau (2014).


2009 ◽  
Vol 53 (4) ◽  
pp. 559-586 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ph. Crabbé

AbstractMost of the literature devoted to the "theory of the mine" has been developed under certainty. It has been unable to explain the activity of exploration. The stochastic models of exploration were developed quasi-independently from economic theory. The purpose of this article is to survey both the mining and economic literature related to the "theory of the mine" under uncertainty and the exploration models since the turn of the century. The survey is complementary to the one made in this journal by F. Peterson and A.C. Fisher.The first part defines exploration as being essentially a search and information gathering activity. It reviews the contributions to the economic theory of exploration and resource stock uncertainty. It compares the optimal extraction path and the life cycle of the mine under stock uncertainty and stock certainty. It shows in particular that increasing the rate of discount is generally inappropriate to take account of stock uncertainty. Some partial equilibrium results on exploration are given as well. The presence of stock uncertainty or exploration in a general equilibrium model is shown to jeopardize the optimality of competitive allocations.The second part points out the wealth of the theoretical and empirical analysis of exploration as a stochastic process. It first reviews the literature on size distributions of reserves which gives strong theoretical and empirical support to the lognormal hypothesis. It then goes on to the exploration models which roughly speaking can be broken down into two groups. The Allais type models, better suited for relatively unexplored regions, which combine a Poisson or negative binomial process for discovery with a lognormal distribution for sizes. The Arps-Roberts-Kaufman type models, more adequate for "mature" regions, assume exhaustive sampling with probability proportional to size of discovery. Generally the treatment of the discovery process, to be distinguished from the sampling for sizes, and the handling of geological information are still woefully inadequate.The third and last part of the survey points out the gap which exists in the microeconomic literature about the study of random inputs. It suggests that the theory of dams and insurance and the theory of search especially adaptive search could be fruitfully used. Problems which remain to be tackled are the influence of stock uncertainty on grade of ore mined and on investment in capacity.


2021 ◽  
Vol 53 (2) ◽  
pp. 370-399
Author(s):  
Yuguang Ipsen ◽  
Ross A. Maller ◽  
Soudabeh Shemehsavar

AbstractWe derive the large-sample distribution of the number of species in a version of Kingman’s Poisson–Dirichlet model constructed from an $\alpha$ -stable subordinator but with an underlying negative binomial process instead of a Poisson process. Thus it depends on parameters $\alpha\in (0,1)$ from the subordinator and $r>0$ from the negative binomial process. The large-sample distribution of the number of species is derived as sample size $n\to\infty$ . An important component in the derivation is the introduction of a two-parameter version of the Dickman distribution, generalising the existing one-parameter version. Our analysis adds to the range of Poisson–Dirichlet-related distributions available for modeling purposes.


1985 ◽  
Vol 17 (01) ◽  
pp. 210-229
Author(s):  
Peter Hall

Suppose segments are distributed at random along a line, their locations being determined by a Poisson process. In the case where segment length is fixed, we compare efficiencies of several different estimates of Poisson intensity. The case of random segment length is also considered, and there we study estimation procedures based on empiric properties. The one-dimensional mosaic may be viewed as an M/G/∞ queue.


2019 ◽  
Vol 69 (2) ◽  
pp. 453-468
Author(s):  
Demetrios P. Lyberopoulos ◽  
Nikolaos D. Macheras ◽  
Spyridon M. Tzaninis

Abstract Under mild assumptions the equivalence of the mixed Poisson process with mixing parameter a real-valued random variable to the one with mixing probability distribution as well as to the mixed Poisson process in the sense of Huang is obtained, and a characterization of each one of the above mixed Poisson processes in terms of disintegrations is provided. Moreover, some examples of “canonical” probability spaces admitting counting processes satisfying the equivalence of all above statements are given. Finally, it is shown that our assumptions for the characterization of mixed Poisson processes in terms of disintegrations cannot be omitted.


Author(s):  
Arkady A. Tseytlin

We discuss possible definition of open string path integral in the presence of additional boundary couplings corresponding to the presence of masses at the ends of the string. These couplings are not conformally invariant implying that as in a non-critical string case one is to integrate over the one-dimensional metric or reparametrizations of the boundary. We compute the partition function on the disc in the presence of an additional constant gauge field background and comment on the structure of the corresponding scattering amplitudes.


2015 ◽  
Vol 52 (04) ◽  
pp. 1028-1044 ◽  
Author(s):  
Enzo Orsingher ◽  
Bruno Toaldo

In this paper we consider point processes Nf (t), t > 0, with independent increments and integer-valued jumps whose distribution is expressed in terms of Bernštein functions f with Lévy measure v. We obtain the general expression of the probability generating functions Gf of Nf , the equations governing the state probabilities pk f of Nf , and their corresponding explicit forms. We also give the distribution of the first-passage times Tk f of Nf , and the related governing equation. We study in detail the cases of the fractional Poisson process, the relativistic Poisson process, and the gamma-Poisson process whose state probabilities have the form of a negative binomial. The distribution of the times of jumps with height lj () under the condition N(t) = k for all these special processes is investigated in detail.


2011 ◽  
Vol 51 (2) ◽  
pp. 400-405 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fong-Jung Yu ◽  
Yung-Yu Yang ◽  
Ming-Jaan Wang ◽  
Zhang Wu

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