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On the evaluation of first-passage-time probability densities via non-singular integral equations

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 July 2016

V. Giorno*
Affiliation:
University of Salerno
A. G. Nobile*
Affiliation:
University of Salerno
L. M. Ricciardi*
Affiliation:
University of Naples
S. Sato*
Affiliation:
Osaka University
*
Postal address: Dipartimento di Informatica e Applicazioni, University of Salerno, 84100 Salerno, Italy.
Postal address: Dipartimento di Informatica e Applicazioni, University of Salerno, 84100 Salerno, Italy.
∗∗ Postal address: Dipartimento di Matematica e Applicazioni, Università di Napoli, Via Mezzocannone 8, 80134 Napoli, Italy.
∗∗∗ Postal address: Department of Biophysical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering Science, Osaka University, Toyonaka (Osaka), Japan.

Abstract

The algorithm given by Buonocore et al. [1] to evaluate first-passage-time p.d.f.’s for Wiener and Ornstein–Uhlenbeck processes through a time-dependent boundary is extended to a wide class of time-homogeneous one-dimensional diffusion processes. Several examples are thoroughly discussed along with some computational results.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Applied Probability Trust 1989 

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