Least energy approximation for processes with stationary increments

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Abstract: A function f=fT is called least energy approximation to a function B on the interval [0,T] with penalty Q if it solves the variational problem int_0^T left[ f'(t)^2 + Q(f(t)-B(t)) ight] dt searrow min. For quadratic penalty the least energy approximation can be found explicitly. If B is a random process with stationary increments, then on large intervals fT also is close to a process of the same class and the relation between the corresponding spectral measures can be found. We show that in a long run (when Toinfty) the expectation of energy of optimal approximation per unit of time converges to some limit which we compute explicitly. For Gaussian and L'evy processes we complete this result with almost sure and L1 convergence. As an example, the asymptotic expression of approximation energy is found for fractional Brownian motion.


The paper starts with the definition of a function $f=f_T$ to be the least energy approximation to a function $B$ on an interval $[0,T]$ with penalty $Q$, and the known example of the taut string is presented. After an analysis of the approximation on a fixed interval $[0,T]$, the approximation in a long run $(T\rightarrow\infty)$ is studied. The main results of the paper are obtained in the third section, where applications to processes with stationary increments are given. Here a brief reminder on the processes with stationary increments is presented, and results which describe the behavior of the average least energy approximation for arbitrary process with stationary increments are obtained. If $B$ is a random process with stationary increments, then on large intervals its least energy approximation also is closed with a process of the same class and the relation between corresponding spectral measures can be found. Almost sure and $L_1$ convergence is studied for Gaussian processes and for processes with independent stationary increments (Lévy processes). Also an alternative approach to the least energy approximation for a Wiener process is given.











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