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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 XX. Our method uses the L\'{e}vy-Khintchine representation of the Laplace transform EeλX=eϕ(λ)\mathbb{E} e^{-\lambda X} = e^{-\phi(\lambda)}, where ϕ\phi 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}
}

Comments

24 pages, 7 figures, 1 table

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