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http://dx.doi.org/10.5351/KJAS.2010.23.2.383

A Note on Series Approximation of Transition Density of Diffusion Processes  

Lee, Eun-Kyung (Department of Statistics, Ewha Womans University)
Choi, Young-Soo (Department of Mathematics, Hankuk University of Foreign Studies)
Lee, Yoon-Dong (Sogang University University)
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The Korean Journal of Applied Statistics / v.23, no.2, 2010 , pp. 383-392 More about this Journal
Abstract
Modelling financial phenomena with diffusion processes is frequently used technique. This study reviews the earlier researches on the approximation problem of transition densities of diffusion processes, which takes important roles in estimating diffusion processes, and consider the method to obtain the coefficients of series efficiently, in series approximation method of transition densities. We developed a new efficient algorithm to compute the coefficients which are represented by repeated Dynkin operator on Hermite polynomial.
Keywords
Diffusion processes; transition density; Girsanov theorem; Dynkin operator; Hermite polynomial;
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