Random walks maximizing the probability to visit an interval
Probability
2013-05-30 v1
Abstract
We consider random walks, say , of length starting at 0 and based on the martingale sequence with differences . Assuming that the differences are bounded, , we solve the problem \begin{equation} D_n(x)\=\sup P \left\{W_n \ \text{visits an interval}\ [x,\infty)\right\},\qquad x\in R, \label{piirma} \end{equation} where is taken over all possible . In particular, we describe random walks which maximize the probability in . We also extend the result to super-martingales.
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@article{arxiv.1305.6735,
title = {Random walks maximizing the probability to visit an interval},
author = {Dainius Dzindzalieta},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1305.6735},
year = {2013}
}
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14 pages