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Markov analysis and Kramers-Moyal expansion of nonstationary stochastic processes with application to the fluctuations in the oil price | Fatemeh Ghasemi
; Muhammad Sahimi
; J Peinke
; R Friedrich
; G Reza Jafari
; M Reza Rahimi Tabar
; | Date: |
31 May 2007 | Journal: | Phys Rev E, 75 (6 Pt 1), 060102 | Abstract: | We describe a general method for analyzing a nonstationary stochastic process X(t) which, unlike many of the previous analysis methods, does not require X(t) to have any scaling feature. The method is used to study the fluctuations in the daily price of oil. It is shown that the returns time series, y(t)=ln[X(t+1)X(t)] , is a stationary and Markov process, characterized by a Markov time scale t_{M} . The coefficients of the Kramers-Moyal expansion for the probability density function P(y,tmid R:y_{0},t_{0}) are computed. P(y,tmid R:,y_{0},t_{0}) satisfies a Fokker-Planck equation, which is equivalent to a Langevin equation for y(t) that provides quantitative predictions for the oil price over times that are of the order of t_{M}. Also studied is the average frequency of positive-slope crossings, nu_{alpha};{+}=P(y_{i}>alpha,y_{i-1}<alpha) , for the returns, where T(alpha)=1nu_{alpha};{+} is the average waiting time for observing y(t)=alpha again. | Source: | PubMed, pmid17677203 | Services: | Forum | Review | Favorites |
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