DocumentCode
1817479
Title
Efficient rare event simulation of continuous time Markovian perpetuities
Author
Blanchet, Jose ; Glynn, Peter
Author_Institution
Dept. of Ind. Eng. & Oper. Res., New York, NY, USA
fYear
2009
fDate
13-16 Dec. 2009
Firstpage
444
Lastpage
451
Abstract
We develop rare event simulation methodology for the tail of a perpetuity driven by a continuous time Markov chain. We present a state-dependent importance sampling estimator in continuous time that can be shown to be asymptotically optimal in the context of small interest rates.
Keywords
Markov processes; financial management; importance sampling; continuous time Markovian perpetuity; rare event simulation; state-dependent importance sampling estimator; Context modeling; Discrete event simulation; Economic indicators; Finance; Industrial engineering; Instruments; Probability distribution; Risk analysis; State estimation; Stochastic processes;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Simulation Conference (WSC), Proceedings of the 2009 Winter
Conference_Location
Austin, TX
Print_ISBN
978-1-4244-5770-0
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/WSC.2009.5429355
Filename
5429355
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