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Higher order schemes for stochastic partial differential equations that do not possess commutative noise require the simulation of iterated stochastic integrals. In this work, we propose a derivative-free Milstein type scheme to approximate…
We establish the existence of smooth densities for solutions to a broad class of path-dependent SDEs under a H\"ormander-type condition. The classical scheme based on the reduced Malliavin matrix turns out to be unavailable in the…
We consider stochastic differential equations of the form $dY_t=V(Y_t)\,dX_t+V_0(Y_t)\,dt$ driven by a multi-dimensional Gaussian process. Under the assumption that the vector fields $V_0$ and $V=(V_1,\ldots,V_d)$ satisfy H\"{o}rmander's…
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Explicit discretizations of stochastic differential equations often encounter instability when the coefficients are not globally Lipschitz. The truncated schemes and tamed schemes have been proposed to handle this difficulty, but truncated…
In this paper we study general nonlinear stochastic differential equations, where the usual Brownian motion is replaced by a L\'evy process. We also suppose that the coefficient multiplying the increments of this process is merely Lipschitz…
We introduce a framework for stochastic differential equations (SDEs) with interaction on compact, connected, $d$-dimensional manifolds. For SDEs whose drift and diffusion coefficients may depend on both the state variable and the empirical…
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We introduce stochastic normalizing flows, an extension of continuous normalizing flows for maximum likelihood estimation and variational inference (VI) using stochastic differential equations (SDEs). Using the theory of rough paths, the…
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In this paper, we present a novel derivative-free optimization framework for solving unconstrained stochastic optimization problems. Many problems in fields ranging from simulation optimization to reinforcement learning involve settings…
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We consider the stochastic continuity equation driven by Brownian motion. We use the techniques of the Malliavin calculus to show that the law of the solution has a density with respect to the Lebesgue measure. We also prove that the…