STOCHASTIC DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS

Stochastic differential equations arise in modelling a variety of random dynamic phenomena in the physical, biological, engineering and social sciences. Solutions of these equations are often diffusion processes and hence are connected to the subject of partial differential equations.

SOME REFERENCES
Theory

  • Chung, K. L., and Williams, R. J., Introduction to Stochastic Integration, Second Edition, Birkhauser, 1990.
  • Karatzas, I. and Shreve, S., Brownian motion and stochastic calculus, 2nd edition, Springer.
  • Metivier, M., Semimartingales, de Gruyter, Berlin, 1982.
  • Oksendal, B., Stochastic Differential Equations, Springer, 5th edition.
  • Protter, P., Stochastic Integration and Differential Equations, Springer.
  • Revuz, D., and Yor, M., Continuous Martingales and Brownian Motion, Springer, Third Edition, 1999.
  • Rogers, L. C. G., and Williams, D., Diffusions, Markov Processes, and Martingales, Wiley, Volume 1: 1994, Volume 2: 1987.
  • Jacod, J., and Shiryaev, A. N., Limit theorems for stochastic processes, Springer-Verlag, 1987.
    Numerical solution of SDEs
  • Talay, D., and Tubaro, L., Expansion of the global error for numerical schemes solving stochastic differential equations, Stochastic Analysis and Applications, 8 (1990), 94-120.
  • Kloeden, P. E., and Platen, E., Numerical solution of stochastic differential equations, Springer, 1992.
  • Kloeden, P. E., Platen, E., and Schurz, H., Numerical solution of SDEs through computer experiments, Springer, 1994.
  • Bouleau, N., and Lepingle, D., Numerical Methods for Stochastic Processes, Wiley, 1994.
  • Gaines, J. G., and Lyons, T. J., Variable step size control in the numerical solution of stochastic differential equations, SIAM J. Applied Math., to appear.

    SOFTWARE

  • Symbolic Stochastic Calculus Software developed by Wilfrid Kendall, University of Warwick. This runs under Mathematica for example.
  • C programs for the numerical solution of stochastic differential equations, provided by Jessica Gaines, Edinburgh University, U.K.
  • Software for numerical study of the stochastic Brusselator (provided by Gabriele Bleckert and Klaus Reiner Schenk-Hoppe).

    RECOMMENDED COURSE
    Math 286 (Stochastic Differential Equations) is offered by the UCSD Mathematics Department. Please direct any questions to Professor Ruth J. Williams, email: williams@math.ucsd.edu

    STOCHASTIC DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS WORKSHOP WEB SITE AT UCSD
    This post workshop web site (provided by the UCSD Center for Magnetic Recording Research) has some useful links to other sites associated with SDEs, especially those associated with computation. >