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This paper develops inference methods for ratios of deterministic trend slopes in systems of pairs of time series. Hypotheses based on linear cross-equation restrictions are considered with particular interest in tests that trend ratios are…

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We consider the stochastic heat equation which includes a fractional power of the Laplacian of order $\alpha \in (1, 2]$ and it is driven by a nonlinear space-time Gaussian white noise. We study two types of power variations for the…

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Consider the $[0,1]$-valued continuous random field solution $(u_t(x))_{t\geq 0, x\in \mathbb R}$ to the one-dimensional stochastic heat equation \[ \partial_t u_t = \frac{1}{2}\Delta u_t + b(u_t) + \sqrt{u_t(1-u_t)} \dot W, \] where…

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We revisit the fundamental question of simple-versus-simple hypothesis testing with an eye towards computational complexity, as the statistically optimal likelihood ratio test is often computationally intractable in high-dimensional…

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Consider a process satisfying a stochastic differential equation with unknown drift parameter, and suppose that discrete observations are given. It is known that a simple least squares estimator (LSE) can be consistent, but numerically…

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We consider an approach to fault tolerant quantum computing based on a simple error detecting code operating as the substrate for a conventional surface code. We develop a customised decoder to process the information about the likely…

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We consider a Cauchy problem for stochastic heat equation driven by a real harmonizable fractional stable process $Z$ with Hurst parameter $H>1/2$ and stability index $\alpha>1$. It is shown that the approximations for its solution, which…

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We introduce a bootstrap procedure for high-frequency statistics of Brownian semistationary processes. More specifically, we focus on a hypothesis test on the roughness of sample paths of Brownian semistationary processes, which uses an…

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In studying randomized search heuristics, a frequent quantity of interest is the first time a (real-valued) stochastic process obtains (or passes) a certain value. The processes under investigation commonly show a bias towards this goal,…

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We investigate a stochastic partial differential equation with second order elliptic operator in divergence form, having a piecewise constant diffusion coefficient, and driven by a space-time white noise. We introduce a notion of weak…

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