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We propose a Stein characterization of the Kummer distribution on (0, $\infty$). This result follows from our observation that the density of the Kummer distribution satisfies a certain differential equation, leading to a solution of the…

Probability · Mathematics 2018-08-07 Essomanda Konzou , Angelo Koudou

In this paper, we propose a general means of estimating the rate at which convergences in law occur. Our approach, which is an extension of the classical Stein-Tikhomirov method, rests on a new pair of linear operators acting on…

Probability · Mathematics 2017-06-29 Benjamin Arras , Guillaume Mijoule , Guillaume Poly , Yvik Swan

In this article, we introduce an infinite-dimensional analogue of the $\alpha$-stable L\'evy motion, defined as a L\'evy process $Z=\{Z(t)\}_{t \geq 0}$ with values in the space $\mathbb{D}$ of c\`adl\`ag functions on $[0,1]$, equipped with…

Probability · Mathematics 2018-09-07 Raluca M. Balan , Becem Saidani

By a delicate analysis for the Stein's equation associated to the $\alpha$-stable law approximation with $\alpha \in (0,2)$, we prove a quantitative stable central limit theorem in Wasserstein type distance, which generalizes the results in…

Probability · Mathematics 2023-01-26 Peng Chen , Ivan Nourdin , Lihu Xu , Xiaochuan Yang

In this article we show that a finite dimensional stochastic differential equation driven by a L\'evy process can be formulated as a stochastic partial differential equation. We prove the existence and uniqueness of strong solutions of such…

Probability · Mathematics 2018-02-15 Suprio Bhar , Rajeev Bhaskaran , Barun Sarkar

Stochastic diffusion equations are crucial for modeling a range of physical phenomena influenced by uncertainties. We introduce the generalized finite difference method for solving these equations. Then, we examine its consistency,…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2024-11-22 Faezeh Nassajian Mojarrad

We develop a new technique, based on Stein's method, for comparing two stationary distributions of irreducible Markov Chains whose update rules are `close enough'. We apply this technique to compare Ising models on $d$-regular expander…

Probability · Mathematics 2018-09-18 Guy Bresler , Dheeraj M. Nagaraj

We present a method for computing the PDF and CDF of a non-negative infinitely divisible random variable $X$. Our method uses the L\'{e}vy-Khintchine representation of the Laplace transform $\mathbb{E} e^{-\lambda X} = e^{-\phi(\lambda)}$,…

Probability · Mathematics 2015-03-17 Mark S. Veillette , Murad S. Taqqu

A general formulation of translationally invariant, parametrically correlated random matrix ensembles, is used to classify universality in correlation functions. Surprisingly, the range of possible physical systems is bounded, and can be…

chao-dyn · Physics 2016-08-31 Dimitri Kusnezov , Caio H. Lewenkopf

In this paper we establish a multivariate exchangeable pairs approach within the framework of Stein's method to assess distributional distances to potentially singular multivariate normal distributions. By extending the statistics into a…

Probability · Mathematics 2010-04-06 Gesine Reinert , Adrian Röllin

To model subsurface flow in uncertain heterogeneous\ fractured media an elliptic equation with a discontinuous stochastic diffusion coefficient - also called random field - may be used. In case of a one-dimensional parameter space, L\'evy…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2022-08-26 Andrea Barth , Robin Merkle

Stein's method is used to obtain two theorems on multivariate normal approximation. Our main theorem, Theorem 1.2, provides a bound on the distance to normality for any nonnegative random vector. Theorem 1.2 requires multivariate size bias…

Probability · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Larry Goldstein , Yosef Rinott

In this paper we study the problem of statistical inference for a continuous-time moving average L\'evy process of the form $$Z_{t} = \int_{\mathbb{R}}\mathcal{K}(t-s)\, dL_{s},\quad t\in\mathbb{R}$$ with a deterministic kernel (\K\) and a…

Statistics Theory · Mathematics 2016-08-19 Denis Belomestny , Vladimir Panov , Jeannette Woerner

Stochastic gradient descent is a classic algorithm that has gained great popularity especially in the last decades as the most common approach for training models in machine learning. While the algorithm has been well-studied when…

Machine Learning · Statistics 2025-09-09 Jose Blanchet , Aleksandar Mijatović , Wenhao Yang

We study a one-dimensional kinetic stochastic model driven by a L{\'e}vy process with a non-linear time-inhomogeneous drift. More precisely, the process $(V,X)$ is considered, where $X$ is the position of the particle and its velocity $V$…

Probability · Mathematics 2022-04-25 Mihai Gradinaru , Emeline Luirard

In this paper, we study de Finetti's optimal dividend problem with capital injection under the assumption that the dividend strategies are absolutely continuous. In many previous studies, the process before being controlled was assumed to…

Probability · Mathematics 2022-11-03 Kei Noba

Estimation methods for the L\'{e}vy density of a L\'{e}vy process are developed under mild qualitative assumptions. A classical model selection approach made up of two steps is studied. The first step consists in the selection of a good…

Statistics Theory · Mathematics 2016-08-16 José E. Figueroa-López , Christian Houdré

The aim of this paper is to show the interest in fitting features with an $\alpha$-stable distribution to classify imperfect data. The supervised pattern recognition is thus based on the theory of continuous belief functions, which is a way…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2015-01-23 Anthony Fiche , Jean-Christophe Cexus , Arnaud Martin , Ali Khenchaf

Motivated by the central limit problem for convex bodies, we study normal approximation of linear functionals of high-dimensional random vectors with various types of symmetries. In particular, we obtain results for distributions which are…

Probability · Mathematics 2016-09-07 Elizabeth S. Meckes , Mark W. Meckes

We consider a nonlinear stochastic differential equation driven by an $\alpha$-stable L\'{e}vy process ($1<\alpha<2$). We first obtain some regularity results for the probability density of its invariant measure via establishing the a…

Probability · Mathematics 2020-08-17 Qi Zhang , Jinqiao Duan