Asymptotic expansion and central limit theorem for multiscale piecewise-deterministic Markov processes

Abstract: We consider a general class of piecewise-deterministic Markov processes with multiple time-scales. In line with recent results on the stochastic averaging principle for these processes, we obtain a description of their law through an asymptotic expansion. We further study the fluctuations around the averaged system in the form of a central limit theorem, and derive consequences on the law of the first passage-time. We apply the mathematical results to the Morris–Lecar model with stochastic ion channels. [Copyright &y& Elsevier]