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Integration by parts formula for locally smooth laws and applications to sensitivity computations

Probability 2007-05-23 v1

Abstract

We consider random variables of the form F=f(V1,...,Vn)F=f(V_1,...,V_n), where ff is a smooth function and Vi,iNV_i,i\in\mathbb{N}, are random variables with absolutely continuous law pi(y)dyp_i(y) dy. We assume that pip_i, i=1,...,ni=1,...,n, are piecewise differentiable and we develop a differential calculus of Malliavin type based on lnpi\partial\ln p_i. This allows us to establish an integration by parts formula E(iϕ(F)G)=E(ϕ(F)Hi(F,G))E(\partial_i\phi(F)G)=E(\phi(F)H_i(F,G)), where Hi(F,G)H_i(F,G) is a random variable constructed using the differential operators acting on FF and G.G. We use this formula in order to give numerical algorithms for sensitivity computations in a model driven by a L\'{e}vy process.

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@article{arxiv.math/0702884,
  title  = {Integration by parts formula for locally smooth laws and applications to sensitivity computations},
  author = {Vlad Bally and Marie-Pierre Bavouzet and Marouen Messaoud},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math/0702884},
  year   = {2007}
}

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Published at http://dx.doi.org/10.1214/105051606000000592 in the Annals of Applied Probability (http://www.imstat.org/aap/) by the Institute of Mathematical Statistics (http://www.imstat.org)