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On the numerical solution of Brownian motion processes

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 July 2016

R. Weiss
Affiliation:
Computer Centre, The Australian National University

Abstract

A new class of finite difference methods based on the concept of product integration is proposed for the numerical solution of the systems of weakly singular first kind Volterra equations which arise in the study of Brownian motion processes.

Type
Research Papers
Copyright
Copyright © Applied Probability Trust 1973 

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