Recovering a distribution from its translated fractional moments

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作者
Gzyl, H. [1 ]
Tagliani, A. [2 ]
机构
[1] Ctr Finanzas IESA, Caracas, Venezuela
[2] Univ Trento, Dept Econ & Management, I-38100 Trento, Italy
关键词
Entropy; Entropy convergence; Fractional moment; Kullback-Leibler distance; Maximum entropy; 1ST PASSAGE PROBLEM; CROSSING PROBABILITIES; DIFFUSION-PROCESSES; WIENER PROCESS; BOUNDARIES;
D O I
10.1016/j.spl.2016.06.024
中图分类号
O21 [概率论与数理统计]; C8 [统计学];
学科分类号
020208 ; 070103 ; 0714 ;
摘要
We take up the problem of determining the distribution of the hitting time of a parabola by a Brownian motion. We use the maximum entropy method to obtain a good approximation to the true density from its translated fractional moments. (C) 2016 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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页码:171 / 176
页数:6
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