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We derive a characterization of equilibrium controls in continuous-time, time-inconsistent control (TIC) problems using the Malliavin calculus. For this, the classical duality analysis of adjoint BSDEs is replaced with the Malliavin integration by parts. This results into a necessary and sufficient maximum principle which is applied to a linear-quadratic TIC problem, recovering previous results obtained by duality analysis in the mean-variance case, and extending them to the linear-quadratic setting. We also show that our results apply beyond the linear-quadratic case by treating the generalized Merton problem. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

We derive normal approximation bounds by the Stein method for stochastic integrals with respect to a Poisson random measure over ℝd, d ≥ 2. This approach relies on third cumulant Edgeworth-type expansions based on derivation operators defined by the Malliavin calculus for Poisson random measures. The use of third cumulants can exhibit faster convergence rates than the standard Berry- Esseen rate for some sequences of Poisson stochastic integrals. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

We construct differential forms of all orders and a covariant derivative together with its adjoint on the probability space of a standard Poisson process, using derivation operators. In this framewok we derive a de Rham-Hodge-Kodaira decomposition as well as Weitzenböck and Clark-Ocone formulas for random differential forms. As in the Wiener space setting, this construction provides two distinct approaches to the vanishing of harmonic differential forms. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

We derive sufficient conditions for the mixing of all orders of interacting transformations of a spatial Poisson point process, under a zero-type condition in probability and a generalized adaptedness condition. This extends a classical result in the case of deterministic transformations of Poisson measures. The approach relies on moment and covariance identities for Poisson stochastic integrals with random integrands. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

We derive conditional Gaussian type identities of the form E [ exp ⁡ ( i ∫ 0 T u t d B t ) | ∫ 0 T | u t | 2 d t ] = exp ⁡ ( − 1 2 ∫ 0 T | u t | 2 d t ) , for Brownian stochastic integrals, under conditions on the process ( u t ) t ∈ [ 0 , T ] specified using the Malliavin calculus. This applies in particular to the quadratic Brownian integral ∫ 0 t A B s d B s under the matrix condition A † A 2 = 0 , using a characterization of Yor [6] . [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Based on a new multiplication formula for discrete multiple stochastic integrals with respect to non-symmetric Bernoulli random walks, we extend the results of Nourdin et al. (2010) on the Gaussian approximation of symmetric Rademacher sequences to the setting of possibly non-identically distributed independent Bernoulli sequences. We also provide Poisson approximation results for these sequences, by following the method of Peccati (2011). Our arguments use covariance identities obtained from the Clark-Ocone representation formula in addition to those usually based on the inverse of the Ornstein-Uhlenbeck operator. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Abstract: We propose a formula for the computation of the moments of all orders of Itô and Skorohod stochastic integrals with respect to Brownian motion, based on cumulant operators defined by the Malliavin calculus. Some characterizations of Gaussian distributions for stochastic integrals are recovered as a consequence. [Copyright &y& Elsevier]

Abstract: Given a divergence operator δ on a probability space such that the law of is infinitely divisible with characteristic exponent we derive a family of Laplace transform identities for the derivative when u is a non-necessarily adapted process. These expressions are based on intrinsic geometric tools such as the Carleman–Fredholm determinant of a covariant derivative operator and the characteristic exponent (0.1), in a general framework that includes the Wiener space, the path space over a Lie group, and the Poisson space. We use these expressions for measure characterization and to prove the invariance of transformations having a quasi-nilpotent covariant derivative, for Gaussian and other infinitely divisible distributions. [Copyright &y& Elsevier]

In this paper we provide a Monte Carlo algorithm for the density estimation of functionals of spatial point processes on Lipschitz domains with random marks, using the Malliavin calculus. Our method allows us to explicitly compute the Malliavin weight and is applied to density estimation of the interference in a wireless ad hoc network model. This extends and makes more precise, and under stronger assumptions, some recent results of Privault and Wei [J. Appl. Probab., 44 (2007), pp. 806-823], who dealt with the particular case of the half-line. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In this paper, we derive a formula for the expectation of random Hermite polynomials in Skorohod integrals, extending classical results in the adapted case. As an application we recover, under simple conditions and with short proofs, the anticipative Girsanov identity and quasi-invariance results obtained in Ref. 6 for quasi-nilpotent shifts on the Wiener space. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Abstract: The goal of this paper is to obtain probabilistic representation formulas that are suitable for the numerical computation of the (possibly non-continuous) density functions of infima of reserve processes commonly used in insurance. In particular we show, using Monte Carlo simulations, that these representation formulas perform better than standard finite difference methods. Our approach differs from Malliavin probabilistic representation formulas which generally require more smoothness on random variables and entail the continuity of their density functions. [Copyright &y& Elsevier]

Abstract: In the framework of a nonparametric functional estimation for the drift of a Brownian motion we construct Stein type estimators of the form which are superefficient when is a superharmonic functional on the Wiener space for the Malliavin derivative D. To cite this article: N. Privault, A. Réveillac, C. R. Acad. Sci. Paris, Ser. I 343 (2006). [Copyright &y& Elsevier]

A law of iterated logarithm (LIL) in small time and an asymptotic estimate of modulus of continuity are proved for Brownian motion on the loop group ℒ( G ) over a compact connected Lie group G . Upper bounds are obtained via infinite-dimensional deviation inequalities for functionals on the path space ℙ(ℒ( G )) on ℒ( G ), such as the supremum of Brownian motion on ℒ( G ), which are proved from the Clark–Ocone formula on ℙ(ℒ( G )). The lower bounds rely on analog finite-dimensional results that are proved separately on Riemannian path space. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The non-commutative Malliavin calculus on the Heisenberg–Weyl algebra is extended to the affine algebra. A differential calculus and a non-commutative integration by parts are established. As an application we obtain sufficient conditions for the smoothness of Wigner-type laws of non-commutative random variables with gamma or continuous binomial marginals. [Copyright &y& Elsevier]

We obtain sufficient conditions for the existence of conditional densities of functionals of the Poisson process, and expressions of these densities via the Malliavin calculus on Poisson space. These results are applied to enlargement of filtrations on Poisson space with explicit examples of computations via the Clark formula which is presented as a consequence of the Itô formula and the martingale property. The gradient operators of stochastic analysis on Poisson space are classified into three families, and each type of gradient is considered separately. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

We derive convex comparison inequalities for stochastic integrals of the formand, whereare adapted processes with respect to the filtration generated by a standard Brownian motion, andis an independent Brownian motion. Our method uses forward–backward stochastic integration and the Malliavin calculus, and is also applied to jump–diffusion processes. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]