We consider an iterated Kolmogorov diffusion $X_{t}$ of step $n$. The small ball problem for $X_{t}$ is solved by means of the Gaussian correlation inequality. We also prove Chung's laws of iterated logarithm for $X_{t}$ both at time zero and infinity.
We study Gaussian approximations to the distribution of a diffusion. The approximations are easy to compute: they are defined by two simple ordinary differential equations for the mean and the covariance. Time correlations can also be computed via solution of a linear stochastic differential equation. We show, using the Kullback-Leibler divergence, that the approximations are accurate in the small noise regime. An analogous discrete time setting is also studied. The results provide both theoretical support for the use of Gaussian processes in the approximation of diffusions, and methodological…
We obtain non-asymptotic Gaussian concentration bounds for the difference between the invariant measure $ν$ of an ergodic Brownian diffusion process and the empirical distribution of an approximating scheme with decreasing time step along a suitable class of (smooth enough) test functions f such that f -- $ν$(f) is a coboundary of the infinitesimal generator. We show that these bounds can still be improved when the (squared) Fr{ö}benius norm of the diffusion coefficient lies in this class. We apply these bounds to design computable non-asymptotic confidence intervals for the approximating sche…
We prove transportation-cost inequalities for the law of SDE solutions driven by general Gaussian processes. Examples include the fractional Brownian motion, but also more general processes like bifractional Brownian motion. In case of multiplicative noise, our main tool is Lyons' rough paths theory. We also give a new proof of Talagrand's transportation-cost inequality on Gaussian Fréchet spaces. We finally show that establishing transportation-cost inequalities implies that there is an easy criterion for proving Gaussian tail estimates for functions defined on that space. This result can be …
In this article, we consider the following stochastic fractional diffusion equation \begin{equation*} \left(\partial^β+\dfracν{2}\left(-Δ\right)^{α/ 2}\right) u(t, x)= λ\: I_{0_+}^γ\left[u(t, x) \dot{W}(t, x)\right] ,\quad t>0,\: x \in \mathbb{R}, \end{equation*} where $α>0$, $β\in(0,2]$, $γ\ge 0$, $λ\neq0$, $ν>0$, and $\dot{W}$ is a Gaussian noise which is white or fractional in time and rough in space. We prove the existence and uniqueness of the solution in the Itô-Skorohod sense and obtain the lower and upper bounds for the $p$-th moment. The Hölder regularity of the solution is also studi…
This paper studies the linear stochastic partial differential equation of fractional orders both in time and space variables $\left(\partial^β+ \fracν{2} (-Δ)^{α/2} \right) u(t,x)= λu(t,x) \dot{W}(t,x)$, where $\dot W$ is a general Gaussian noise and $β\in (1/2, 2)$, $α\in (0, 2]$. The existence and uniqueness of the solution, the moment bounds of the solution are obtained by using the fundamental solutions of the corresponding deterministic counterpart represented by the Fox H-functions. Along the way, we obtain some new properties of the fundamental solutions.
We consider the behavior of the Gaussian concentration bound (GCB) under stochastic time evolution. More precisely, we consider a Markovian diffusion process on $\mathbb{R}^d$ and start the process from an initial distribution $μ$ that satisfies GCB. We then study the question whether GCB is preserved under the time-evolution, and if yes, how the constant behaves as a function of time. In particular, if for the constant we obtain a uniform bound, then we can also conclude properties of the stationary measure(s) of the diffusion process. This question, as well as the methodology developed in th…
Shot noise processes have been extensively studied due to their mathematical properties and their relevance in several applications. Here, we consider nonnegative shot noise processes and prove their weak convergence to Lévy-driven Ornstein-Uhlenbeck (OU), whose features depend on the underlying jump distributions. Among others, we obtain the OU-Gamma and OU-Inverse Gaussian processes, having gamma and inverse gaussian processes as background Lévy processes, respectively. Then, we derive the necessary conditions guaranteeing the diffusion limit to a Gaussian OU process, show that they are not …
In this paper, we develop asymptotic theory for the mixing detection methodology proposed by M. Magdziarz and A. Weron [Physical Review E, 84:051138 (2011)]. The assumptions cover a broad family of Gaussian stochastic processes including fractional Gaussian noise and the fractional Ornstein-Uhlenbeck process. We show that the asymptotic distribution and convergence rates of the detection statistic may be, respectively, Gaussian or non-Gaussian and standard or nonstandard depending on the diffusion exponent. The results pave the way for mixing detection based on a single observed sample path an…
The standard diffusive spreading, characterized by a Gaussian distribution with mean square displacement that grows linearly with time, can break down, for instance, under the presence of correlations and heterogeneity. In this work, we consider the spread of a population of fractional (long-time correlated) Brownian walkers, with time-dependent and heterogeneous diffusivity. We aim to obtain the possible scenarios related to these individual-level features from the observation of the temporal evolution of the population spatial distribution. We develop and discuss the possibility and limitati…
Generalizing Brownian motion (BM), fractional Brownian motion (FBM) is a paradigmatic selfsimilar model for anomalous diffusion. Specifically, varying its Hurst exponent, FBM spans: sub-diffusion, regular diffusion, and super-diffusion. As BM, also FBM is a symmetric and Gaussian process, with a continuous trajectory, and with a stationary velocity. In contrast to BM, FBM is neither a Markov process nor a martingale, and its velocity is correlated. Based on a recent study of selfsimilar Ito diffusions, we explore an alternative selfsimilar model for anomalous diffusion: fractional Ito motion (…
Dynamical systems driven by nonlinear delay SDEs with small noise can exhibit important rare events on long timescales. When there is no delay, classical large deviations theory quantifies rare events such as escapes from metastable fixed points. Near such fixed points, one can approximate nonlinear delay SDEs by linear delay SDEs. Here, we develop a fully explicit large deviations framework for (necessarily Gaussian) processes $X_t$ driven by linear delay SDEs with small diffusion coefficients. Our approach enables fast numerical computation of the action functional controlling rare events fo…
The stochastic solution with Gaussian stationary increments is establihsed for the symmetric space-time fractional diffusion equation when $0 < β< α\le 2$, where $0 < β\le 1$ and $0 < α\le 2$ are the fractional derivation orders in time and space, respectively. This solution is provided by imposing the identity between two probability density functions resulting (i) from a new integral representation formula of the fundamental solution of the symmetric space-time fractional diffusion equation and (ii) from the product of two independent random variables. This is an alternative method with resp…
One-step lowest-variance selection in a Gaussian random-field model motivated by masked diffusion: Total correlation and a square root collision threshold
Transfer Entropy and Directed Information are information-theoretic measures of the directional dependency between stochastic processes. Following the definitions of Schreiber and Massey in discrete time, we define and evaluate these measures for the components of multidimensional Gaussian diffusion processes. When the components are jointly Markov, the Transfer Entropy and Directed Information are both measures of influence according to a simple physical principle. More generally, the effect of other components has to be accounted for, and this can be achieved in more than one way. We propose…