Technique for computing the PDFs and CDFs of non-negative infinitely divisible random variables
Probability
2015-03-17 v1 Numerical Analysis
Abstract
We present a method for computing the PDF and CDF of a non-negative infinitely divisible random variable . Our method uses the L\'{e}vy-Khintchine representation of the Laplace transform , where is the Laplace exponent. We apply the Post-Widder method for Laplace transform inversion combined with a sequence convergence accelerator to obtain accurate results. We demonstrate this technique on several examples including the stable distribution, mixtures thereof, and integrals with respect to non-negative L\'{e}vy processes. Software to implement this method is available from the authors and we illustrate its use at the end of the paper.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1005.2614,
title = {Technique for computing the PDFs and CDFs of non-negative infinitely divisible random variables},
author = {Mark S. Veillette and Murad S. Taqqu},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1005.2614},
year = {2015}
}
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24 pages, 7 figures, 1 table