Moderate Deviations for a Diffusion-Type Process in a Random Environment

R. Sh. Liptser   ; P. Chigansky

Teoriâ veroâtnostej i ee primeneniâ, Tome 54 (2009) no. 1, pp. 39-62

Résumé

Let $\sigma(u)$, $u\in\mathbf{R}$, be an ergodic stationary Markov chain, taking a finite number of values $a_1,\ldots,a_m$, and let $b(u)=g(\sigma(u))$, where $g$ is a bounded and measurable function. We consider the diffusion-type process $$ dX^\varepsilon_t = b\biggl(\frac{X^\varepsilon_t}{\varepsilon}\biggr)\,dt+\varepsilon^\kappa\sigma\biggl(\frac{X^\varepsilon_t}{\varepsilon}\biggr)\,dB_t,\qquad t\le T, $$ subject to $X^\varepsilon_0=x_0$, where $\varepsilon$ is a small positive parameter, $B_t$ is a Brownian motion, independent of $\sigma$, and $\kappa>0$ is a fixed constant. We show that for $\kappa<\frac16$, the family $\{X^\varepsilon_t\}_{\varepsilon\to 0}$ satisfies the large deviation principle (LDP) of Freidlin–Wentzell type with the constant drift $\mathbf{b}$ and the diffusion $\mathbf{a}$, given by $$ \mathbf{b}=\sum_{i=1}^m\frac{g(a_i)}{a^2_i}\,\pi_i\Big/ \sum_{i=1}^m\frac{1}{a^2_i}\,\pi_i, \quad \mathbf{a}=1\Big/\sum_{i=1}^m\frac{1}{a^2_i}\,\pi_i, $$ where $\{\pi_1,\ldots,\pi_m\}$ is the invariant distribution of the chain $\sigma(u)$.

Détail

Keywords: random environment, moderate deviations, Freidlin–Wentzell large deviation principle.
Mots-clés : diffusion-type processes

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