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Supercomputer simulation of ITO stochastic differential equations. Phase 1

Technical Report ·
OSTI ID:6597247

It was the intent of the project to improve the methods for simulating stochastic differential equations, both in terms of optimizing computer codes for execution time and improving the accuracy of determining functionals of the simulated process. By appropriate modifications of the existing theory about stability in numerical methods for ordinary differential equations, researchers found encouraging results for stochastic differential equations. They concluded that sample sizes and stability are far more important than the step size for obtaining satisfactory results. The methods are well adapted for vector or parallel computers. Examining vector/parallel computing methods for such processes inspires new methods for generating uniform and gaussian random numbers and produces a new and welcome attitude change about such simulations.

Research Organization:
Principia Supervectus, Inc., Seattle, WA (USA)
OSTI ID:
6597247
Report Number(s):
PB-90-257387/XAB; CNN: NSF-ISI8660377
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English