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Decompositions of the Covariance Matrix of the Discrete Brownian Bridge: New Fast Constructions of Discrete Brownian Motions and Brownian Bridges

Received: 20 June 2022    Accepted: 19 July 2022    Published: 17 August 2022
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Fast constructions from the Brownian motion and Brownian bridge are required in many applications such as Quasi-Monte Carlo simulations and statistical inferences on stochastic processes. The simple method for construction of discrete Brownian motion is a step-by-step method of computing the cumulative sum of i.i.d. normal variables. The construction of a N dimensional discrete Brownian motion (or a N-1 dimensional discrete Brownian bridge) that require at most O(NlogN) floating point operations(flops) is called fast one. Discrete Brownian motion can be also constructed using decompositions of its covariance matrix and the method based on eigenvalue decomposition not only shows superior performances in many simulations to the step-by-step method but also becomes a fast construction. Usually the discrete Brownian bridge can be constructed from the discrete Brownian motion using the linear relationship between them. In this paper, the inverse of the covariance matrix for the discrete Brownian bridge is computed. The explicit expression of eigenvalue decomposition for the covariance matrix is given. Using it, a fast construction of the discrete Brownian Bridge is derived. The LDU (Lower-Diagonal-Upper) decompositions of the covariance matrices for the discrete Brownian motion and Brownian Bridge are obtained, respectively. The constructions of the discrete Brownian motion and Brownian bridge derived from these decompositions are fast ones and have step-by-step types. It is interesting that the discrete Brownian bridge is constructed as the cumulative sum of normal variables. Performances of the step-by-step method and methods using LDU and eigenvalue decompositions are compared through simulation results on the maximum distributions of the Brownian motion and Brownian bridge. Finally, an inserting method for construction of discrete Brownian motion using eigenvalue decompositions which requires O(Nlog(logN)) flops is proposed. The new fast constructions could be significant in Quasi-Monte Carlo simulations require high accuracy.

Published in American Journal of Applied Mathematics (Volume 10, Issue 4)
DOI 10.11648/j.ajam.20221004.13
Page(s) 134-140
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Keywords

Brownian Motion, Brownian Bridge, LDU Decomposition, Eigenvalue Decomposition, Quasi-Monte Carlo

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    Sung-hyon Ri, Ye-rim Ki, Kwang Ri. Decompositions of the Covariance Matrix of the Discrete Brownian Bridge: New Fast Constructions of Discrete Brownian Motions and Brownian Bridges. Am J Appl Math. 2022;10(4):134-140. doi: 10.11648/j.ajam.20221004.13

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  • Faculty of Applied Mathematics, Kim Chaek University of Technology, Pyongyang, Democratic People’s Republic of Korea

  • Faculty of Applied Mathematics, Kim Chaek University of Technology, Pyongyang, Democratic People’s Republic of Korea

  • Faculty of Applied Mathematics, Kim Chaek University of Technology, Pyongyang, Democratic People’s Republic of Korea

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