Stochastic Differential Equation Models with Time-Varying Parameters
- Author:
- Chen, Meng
- Published:
- [University Park, Pennsylvania] : Pennsylvania State University, 2017.
- Physical Description:
- 1 electronic document
- Additional Creators:
- Chow, Sy-Miin
- Access Online:
- etda.libraries.psu.edu
- Restrictions on Access:
- Open Access.
- Summary:
- Self-organization occurs when a system shows distinct shifts in dynamics due to variations in the parameters that govern the system. Relatedly, many human dynamic processes with self-organizing features comprise subprocesses that unfold across multiple time scales. Incorporating time-varying parameters (TVPs) into a dynamic model of choice provides one way of representing self-organization as well as multi-time scale processes. Extant applications involving models with TVPs have been restricted to formulation in discrete time. Related work for representing time-varying parameters in continuous-time models remains scarce. We propose a stochastic differential equation (SDE) modeling framework with TVPs as a way to capture self-organization in continuous time. We present several examples of SDEs with TVPs, including a stochastic damped oscillator model with hypothesized functional shifts in both set-points and damping. Furthermore, we discuss plausible models that may be used to approximate changes in the TVPs in the absence of further knowledge concerning their true change mechanisms.
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- Dissertation Note:
- M.S. Pennsylvania State University 2017.
- Technical Details:
- The full text of the dissertation is available as an Adobe Acrobat .pdf file ; Adobe Acrobat Reader required to view the file.
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