Diffusion Processes Associated with Nonlinear Evolution Equations for Signed Measures

B. Jourdain ()
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Methodology and Computing in Applied Probability, 2000, vol. 2, issue 1, 69-91

Abstract: Abstract In this paper, we explain how to associate a nonlinear martingale problem with some nonlinear parabolic evolution equations starting at bounded signed measures. Our approach generalizes the classical link made when the initial condition is a probability measure. It consists in giving to each sample-path a signed weight which depends on the initial position. After dealing with the classical McKean-Vlasov equation as an introductory example, we are interested in a viscous scalar conservation law. We prove uniqueness for the corresponding nonlinear martingale problem and then obtain existence thanks to a propagation of chaos result for a system of weakly interacting diffusion processes. Last, we study the behavior of the associated fluctuations and present numerical results which confirm the theoretical rate of convergence.

Keywords: nonlinear martingale problem; propagation of chaos; fluctuations (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2000
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