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Maximum Likelihood Estimation of Drift and Diffusion Functions

Data Analysis, Statistics and Probability 2009-11-13 v2 Statistical Finance

Abstract

The maximum likelihood approach is adapted to the problem of estimation of drift and diffusion functions of stochastic processes from measured time series. We reconcile a previously devised iterative procedure [Kleinhans et al., Physics Letters A (346), 2005] and put the application of the method on a firm theoretical basis.

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@article{arxiv.physics/0611102,
  title  = {Maximum Likelihood Estimation of Drift and Diffusion Functions},
  author = {D. Kleinhans and R. Friedrich},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:physics/0611102},
  year   = {2009}
}

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5 pages, 2 figures