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The gamma process is a <a href="/wiki/Stochastic_process" title="Stochastic process">stochastic or random process</a> consisting of independently distributed <a href="/wiki/Gamma_distribution" title="Gamma distribution">gamma distributions</a> where <span class="mwe-math-element"><span class="mwe-math-mathml-inline mwe-math-mathml-a11y" style="display: none;"><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" alttext="{\displaystyle N(t)}"> <semantics> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mstyle displaystyle="true" scriptlevel="0"> <mi>N</mi> <mo stretchy="false">(</mo> <mi>t</mi> <mo stretchy="false">)</mo> </mstyle> </mrow> <annotation encoding="application/x-tex">{\displaystyle N(t)}</annotation> </semantics> </math></span><img src="https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/media/math/render/svg/4a8aa64e349180ee714adfb6620d3bb4610d97d0" class="mwe-math-fallback-image-inline mw-invert skin-invert" aria-hidden="true" style="vertical-align: -0.838ex; width:4.713ex; height:2.843ex;" alt="{\displaystyle N(t)}"></span> represents the number of event occurrences from time 0 to time <span class="mwe-math-element"><span class="mwe-math-mathml-inline mwe-math-mathml-a11y" style="display: none;"><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" alttext="{\displaystyle t}"> <semantics> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mstyle displaystyle="true" scriptlevel="0"> <mi>t</mi> </mstyle> </mrow> <annotation encoding="application/x-tex">{\displaystyle t}</annotation> </semantics> </math></span><img src="https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/media/math/render/svg/65658b7b223af9e1acc877d848888ecdb4466560" class="mwe-math-fallback-image-inline mw-invert skin-invert" aria-hidden="true" style="vertical-align: -0.338ex; width:0.84ex; height:2.009ex;" alt="{\displaystyle t}"></span>. The <i>gamma distribution</i> has shape parameter <span class="mwe-math-element"><span class="mwe-math-mathml-inline mwe-math-mathml-a11y" style="display: none;"><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" alttext="{\displaystyle \gamma }"> <semantics> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mstyle displaystyle="true" scriptlevel="0"> <mi>γ<!-- γ --></mi> </mstyle> </mrow> <annotation encoding="application/x-tex">{\displaystyle \gamma }</annotation> </semantics> </math></span><img src="https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/media/math/render/svg/a223c880b0ce3da8f64ee33c4f0010beee400b1a" class="mwe-math-fallback-image-inline mw-invert skin-invert" aria-hidden="true" style="vertical-align: -0.838ex; width:1.262ex; height:2.176ex;" alt="{\displaystyle \gamma }"></span> and rate parameter <span class="mwe-math-element"><span class="mwe-math-mathml-inline mwe-math-mathml-a11y" style="display: none;"><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" alttext="{\displaystyle \lambda }"> <semantics> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mstyle displaystyle="true" scriptlevel="0"> <mi>λ<!-- λ --></mi> </mstyle> </mrow> <annotation encoding="application/x-tex">{\displaystyle \lambda }</annotation> </semantics> </math></span><img src="https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/media/math/render/svg/b43d0ea3c9c025af1be9128e62a18fa74bedda2a" class="mwe-math-fallback-image-inline mw-invert skin-invert" aria-hidden="true" style="vertical-align: -0.338ex; width:1.355ex; height:2.176ex;" alt="{\displaystyle \lambda }"></span>, often written as <span class="mwe-math-element"><span class="mwe-math-mathml-inline mwe-math-mathml-a11y" style="display: none;"><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" alttext="{\displaystyle \Gamma (\gamma ,\lambda )}"> <semantics> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mstyle displaystyle="true" scriptlevel="0"> <mi mathvariant="normal">Γ<!-- Γ --></mi> <mo stretchy="false">(</mo> <mi>γ<!-- γ --></mi> <mo>,</mo> <mi>λ<!-- λ --></mi> <mo stretchy="false">)</mo> </mstyle> </mrow> <annotation encoding="application/x-tex">{\displaystyle \Gamma (\gamma ,\lambda )}</annotation> </semantics> </math></span><img src="https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/media/math/render/svg/bdb27daa1ba44c4ad7bdfead9ac6200adb03cb95" class="mwe-math-fallback-image-inline mw-invert skin-invert" aria-hidden="true" style="vertical-align: -0.838ex; width:6.914ex; height:2.843ex;" alt="{\displaystyle \Gamma (\gamma ,\lambda )}"></span>.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Both <span class="mwe-math-element"><span class="mwe-math-mathml-inline mwe-math-mathml-a11y" style="display: none;"><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" alttext="{\displaystyle \gamma }"> <semantics> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mstyle displaystyle="true" scriptlevel="0"> <mi>γ<!-- γ --></mi> </mstyle> </mrow> <annotation encoding="application/x-tex">{\displaystyle \gamma }</annotation> </semantics> </math></span><img src="https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/media/math/render/svg/a223c880b0ce3da8f64ee33c4f0010beee400b1a" class="mwe-math-fallback-image-inline mw-invert skin-invert" aria-hidden="true" style="vertical-align: -0.838ex; width:1.262ex; height:2.176ex;" alt="{\displaystyle \gamma }"></span> and <span class="mwe-math-element"><span class="mwe-math-mathml-inline mwe-math-mathml-a11y" style="display: none;"><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" alttext="{\displaystyle \lambda }"> <semantics> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mstyle displaystyle="true" scriptlevel="0"> <mi>λ<!-- λ --></mi> </mstyle> </mrow> <annotation encoding="application/x-tex">{\displaystyle \lambda }</annotation> </semantics> </math></span><img src="https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/media/math/render/svg/b43d0ea3c9c025af1be9128e62a18fa74bedda2a" class="mwe-math-fallback-image-inline mw-invert skin-invert" aria-hidden="true" style="vertical-align: -0.338ex; width:1.355ex; height:2.176ex;" alt="{\displaystyle \lambda }"></span> must be greater than 0. The <b>gamma process</b> is often written as <span class="mwe-math-element"><span class="mwe-math-mathml-inline mwe-math-mathml-a11y" style="display: none;"><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" alttext="{\displaystyle \Gamma (t,\gamma ,\lambda )}"> <semantics> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mstyle displaystyle="true" scriptlevel="0"> <mi mathvariant="normal">Γ<!-- Γ --></mi> <mo stretchy="false">(</mo> <mi>t</mi> <mo>,</mo> <mi>γ<!-- γ --></mi> <mo>,</mo> <mi>λ<!-- λ --></mi> <mo stretchy="false">)</mo> </mstyle> </mrow> <annotation encoding="application/x-tex">{\displaystyle \Gamma (t,\gamma ,\lambda )}</annotation> </semantics> </math></span><img src="https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/media/math/render/svg/2fdd563fd7bc7512e7b232fcb171399c4455ae95" class="mwe-math-fallback-image-inline mw-invert skin-invert" aria-hidden="true" style="vertical-align: -0.838ex; width:8.787ex; height:2.843ex;" alt="{\displaystyle \Gamma (t,\gamma ,\lambda )}"></span> where <span class="mwe-math-element"><span class="mwe-math-mathml-inline mwe-math-mathml-a11y" style="display: none;"><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" alttext="{\displaystyle t}"> <semantics> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mstyle displaystyle="true" scriptlevel="0"> <mi>t</mi> </mstyle> </mrow> <annotation encoding="application/x-tex">{\displaystyle t}</annotation> </semantics> </math></span><img src="https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/media/math/render/svg/65658b7b223af9e1acc877d848888ecdb4466560" class="mwe-math-fallback-image-inline mw-invert skin-invert" aria-hidden="true" style="vertical-align: -0.338ex; width:0.84ex; height:2.009ex;" alt="{\displaystyle t}"></span> represents the time from 0. The process is a pure-jump <a href="/wiki/Increasing" class="mw-redirect" title="Increasing">increasing</a> <a href="/wiki/L%C3%A9vy_process" title="Lévy process">Lévy process</a> with intensity measure <span class="mwe-math-element"><span class="mwe-math-mathml-inline mwe-math-mathml-a11y" style="display: none;"><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" alttext="{\displaystyle \nu (x)=\gamma x^{-1}\exp(-\lambda x),}"> <semantics> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mstyle displaystyle="true" scriptlevel="0"> <mi>ν<!-- ν --></mi> <mo stretchy="false">(</mo> <mi>x</mi> <mo stretchy="false">)</mo> <mo>=</mo> <mi>γ<!-- γ --></mi> <msup> <mi>x</mi> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mo>−<!-- − --></mo> <mn>1</mn> </mrow> </msup> <mi>exp</mi> <mo>⁡<!-- --></mo> <mo stretchy="false">(</mo> <mo>−<!-- − --></mo> <mi>λ<!-- λ --></mi> <mi>x</mi> <mo stretchy="false">)</mo> <mo>,</mo> </mstyle> </mrow> <annotation encoding="application/x-tex">{\displaystyle \nu (x)=\gamma x^{-1}\exp(-\lambda x),}</annotation> </semantics> </math></span><img src="https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/media/math/render/svg/4322712c793bde70a5b716300e7a6c89a833b801" class="mwe-math-fallback-image-inline mw-invert skin-invert" aria-hidden="true" style="vertical-align: -0.838ex; width:23.283ex; height:3.176ex;" alt="{\displaystyle \nu (x)=\gamma x^{-1}\exp(-\lambda x),}"></span> for all positive <span class="mwe-math-element"><span class="mwe-math-mathml-inline mwe-math-mathml-a11y" style="display: none;"><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" alttext="{\displaystyle x}"> <semantics> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mstyle displaystyle="true" scriptlevel="0"> <mi>x</mi> </mstyle> </mrow> <annotation encoding="application/x-tex">{\displaystyle x}</annotation> </semantics> </math></span><img src="https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/media/math/render/svg/87f9e315fd7e2ba406057a97300593c4802b53e4" class="mwe-math-fallback-image-inline mw-invert skin-invert" aria-hidden="true" style="vertical-align: -0.338ex; width:1.33ex; height:1.676ex;" alt="{\displaystyle x}"></span>. Thus jumps whose size lies in the interval <span class="mwe-math-element"><span class="mwe-math-mathml-inline mwe-math-mathml-a11y" style="display: none;"><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" alttext="{\displaystyle [x,x+dx)}"> <semantics> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mstyle displaystyle="true" scriptlevel="0"> <mo stretchy="false">[</mo> <mi>x</mi> <mo>,</mo> <mi>x</mi> <mo>+</mo> <mi>d</mi> <mi>x</mi> <mo stretchy="false">)</mo> </mstyle> </mrow> <annotation encoding="application/x-tex">{\displaystyle [x,x+dx)}</annotation> </semantics> </math></span><img src="https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/media/math/render/svg/345e2e8ad72545e8fa2efc2ff13ce198b1d42a35" class="mwe-math-fallback-image-inline mw-invert skin-invert" aria-hidden="true" style="vertical-align: -0.838ex; width:10.631ex; height:2.843ex;" alt="{\displaystyle [x,x+dx)}"></span> occur as a <a href="/wiki/Poisson_process" class="mw-redirect" title="Poisson process">Poisson process</a> with intensity <span class="mwe-math-element"><span class="mwe-math-mathml-inline mwe-math-mathml-a11y" style="display: none;"><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" alttext="{\displaystyle \nu (x)\,dx.}"> <semantics> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mstyle displaystyle="true" scriptlevel="0"> <mi>ν<!-- ν --></mi> <mo stretchy="false">(</mo> <mi>x</mi> <mo stretchy="false">)</mo> <mspace width="thinmathspace" /> <mi>d</mi> <mi>x</mi> <mo>.</mo> </mstyle> </mrow> <annotation encoding="application/x-tex">{\displaystyle \nu (x)\,dx.}</annotation> </semantics> </math></span><img src="https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/media/math/render/svg/a8d68d0affc5eb4e09bfc592f70ebc5b30fbdc98" class="mwe-math-fallback-image-inline mw-invert skin-invert" aria-hidden="true" style="vertical-align: -0.838ex; width:7.951ex; height:2.843ex;" alt="{\displaystyle \nu (x)\,dx.}"></span> The parameter <span class="mwe-math-element"><span class="mwe-math-mathml-inline mwe-math-mathml-a11y" style="display: none;"><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" alttext="{\displaystyle \gamma }"> <semantics> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mstyle displaystyle="true" scriptlevel="0"> <mi>γ<!-- γ --></mi> </mstyle> </mrow> <annotation encoding="application/x-tex">{\displaystyle \gamma }</annotation> </semantics> </math></span><img src="https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/media/math/render/svg/a223c880b0ce3da8f64ee33c4f0010beee400b1a" class="mwe-math-fallback-image-inline mw-invert skin-invert" aria-hidden="true" style="vertical-align: -0.838ex; width:1.262ex; height:2.176ex;" alt="{\displaystyle \gamma }"></span> controls the rate of jump arrivals and the scaling parameter <span class="mwe-math-element"><span class="mwe-math-mathml-inline mwe-math-mathml-a11y" style="display: none;"><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" alttext="{\displaystyle \lambda }"> <semantics> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mstyle displaystyle="true" scriptlevel="0"> <mi>λ<!-- λ --></mi> </mstyle> </mrow> <annotation encoding="application/x-tex">{\displaystyle \lambda }</annotation> </semantics> </math></span><img src="https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/media/math/render/svg/b43d0ea3c9c025af1be9128e62a18fa74bedda2a" class="mwe-math-fallback-image-inline mw-invert skin-invert" aria-hidden="true" style="vertical-align: -0.338ex; width:1.355ex; height:2.176ex;" alt="{\displaystyle \lambda }"></span> inversely controls the jump size. It is assumed that the process starts from a value 0 at <i>t</i> = 0 meaning <span class="mwe-math-element"><span class="mwe-math-mathml-inline mwe-math-mathml-a11y" style="display: none;"><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" alttext="{\displaystyle N(0)=0}"> <semantics> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mstyle displaystyle="true" scriptlevel="0"> <mi>N</mi> <mo stretchy="false">(</mo> <mn>0</mn> <mo stretchy="false">)</mo> <mo>=</mo> <mn>0</mn> </mstyle> </mrow> <annotation encoding="application/x-tex">{\displaystyle N(0)=0}</annotation> </semantics> </math></span><img src="https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/media/math/render/svg/3c790c25967ce6198c9c10a0c588c38c1417e01a" class="mwe-math-fallback-image-inline mw-invert skin-invert" aria-hidden="true" style="vertical-align: -0.838ex; width:9.296ex; height:2.843ex;" alt="{\displaystyle N(0)=0}"></span>.   </p><p>The gamma process is sometimes also parameterised in terms of the mean (<span class="mwe-math-element"><span class="mwe-math-mathml-inline mwe-math-mathml-a11y" style="display: none;"><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" alttext="{\displaystyle \mu }"> <semantics> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mstyle displaystyle="true" scriptlevel="0"> <mi>μ<!-- μ --></mi> </mstyle> </mrow> <annotation encoding="application/x-tex">{\displaystyle \mu }</annotation> </semantics> </math></span><img src="https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/media/math/render/svg/9fd47b2a39f7a7856952afec1f1db72c67af6161" class="mwe-math-fallback-image-inline mw-invert skin-invert" aria-hidden="true" style="vertical-align: -0.838ex; width:1.402ex; height:2.176ex;" alt="{\displaystyle \mu }"></span>) and variance (<span class="mwe-math-element"><span class="mwe-math-mathml-inline mwe-math-mathml-a11y" style="display: none;"><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" alttext="{\displaystyle v}"> <semantics> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mstyle displaystyle="true" scriptlevel="0"> <mi>v</mi> </mstyle> </mrow> <annotation encoding="application/x-tex">{\displaystyle v}</annotation> </semantics> </math></span><img src="https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/media/math/render/svg/e07b00e7fc0847fbd16391c778d65bc25c452597" class="mwe-math-fallback-image-inline mw-invert skin-invert" aria-hidden="true" style="vertical-align: -0.338ex; width:1.128ex; height:1.676ex;" alt="{\displaystyle v}"></span>) of the increase per unit time, which is equivalent to <span class="mwe-math-element"><span class="mwe-math-mathml-inline mwe-math-mathml-a11y" style="display: none;"><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" alttext="{\displaystyle \gamma =\mu ^{2}/v}"> <semantics> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mstyle displaystyle="true" scriptlevel="0"> <mi>γ<!-- γ --></mi> <mo>=</mo> <msup> <mi>μ<!-- μ --></mi> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mn>2</mn> </mrow> </msup> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mo>/</mo> </mrow> <mi>v</mi> </mstyle> </mrow> <annotation encoding="application/x-tex">{\displaystyle \gamma =\mu ^{2}/v}</annotation> </semantics> </math></span><img src="https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/media/math/render/svg/c62f32274ff16e2b18c232a3c08fa810a5b9442c" class="mwe-math-fallback-image-inline mw-invert skin-invert" aria-hidden="true" style="vertical-align: -0.838ex; width:9.107ex; height:3.176ex;" alt="{\displaystyle \gamma =\mu ^{2}/v}"></span> and <span class="mwe-math-element"><span class="mwe-math-mathml-inline mwe-math-mathml-a11y" style="display: none;"><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" alttext="{\displaystyle \lambda =\mu /v}"> <semantics> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mstyle displaystyle="true" scriptlevel="0"> <mi>λ<!-- λ --></mi> <mo>=</mo> <mi>μ<!-- μ --></mi> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mo>/</mo> </mrow> <mi>v</mi> </mstyle> </mrow> <annotation encoding="application/x-tex">{\displaystyle \lambda =\mu /v}</annotation> </semantics> </math></span><img src="https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/media/math/render/svg/962b1a2f32d4b848c9055e95f69866041fb4768c" class="mwe-math-fallback-image-inline mw-invert skin-invert" aria-hidden="true" style="vertical-align: -0.838ex; width:8.145ex; height:2.843ex;" alt="{\displaystyle \lambda =\mu /v}"></span>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Plain_English_definition">Plain English definition</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gamma_process&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Plain English definition"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <b>gamma process</b> is a process which measures the number of <i>occurrences</i> of independent <b>gamma-distributed variables</b> over a span of <i>time</i>. This image below displays two different gamma processes on from time 0 until time 4. The red process has more occurrences in the timeframe compared to the blue process because its <i>shape</i> parameter is larger than the blue shape parameter. </p><p><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Gamma-Process.png" class="mw-file-description" title="Gamma-Process"><img alt="Gamma-Process" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6c/Gamma-Process.png/326px-Gamma-Process.png" decoding="async" width="326" height="245" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6c/Gamma-Process.png/489px-Gamma-Process.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6c/Gamma-Process.png/652px-Gamma-Process.png 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="768" /></a></span> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Properties">Properties</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gamma_process&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Properties"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>We use the <a href="/wiki/Gamma_function" title="Gamma function">Gamma function</a> in these properties, so the reader should distinguish between <span class="mwe-math-element"><span class="mwe-math-mathml-inline mwe-math-mathml-a11y" style="display: none;"><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" alttext="{\displaystyle \Gamma (\cdot )}"> <semantics> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mstyle displaystyle="true" scriptlevel="0"> <mi mathvariant="normal">Γ<!-- Γ --></mi> <mo stretchy="false">(</mo> <mo>⋅<!-- ⋅ --></mo> <mo stretchy="false">)</mo> </mstyle> </mrow> <annotation encoding="application/x-tex">{\displaystyle \Gamma (\cdot )}</annotation> </semantics> </math></span><img src="https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/media/math/render/svg/fb56054f7834e05862ff50930fc46b4f8e3f8280" class="mwe-math-fallback-image-inline mw-invert skin-invert" aria-hidden="true" style="vertical-align: -0.838ex; width:3.909ex; height:2.843ex;" alt="{\displaystyle \Gamma (\cdot )}"></span> (the Gamma function) and <span class="mwe-math-element"><span class="mwe-math-mathml-inline mwe-math-mathml-a11y" style="display: none;"><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" alttext="{\displaystyle \Gamma (t;\gamma ,\lambda )}"> <semantics> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mstyle displaystyle="true" scriptlevel="0"> <mi mathvariant="normal">Γ<!-- Γ --></mi> <mo stretchy="false">(</mo> <mi>t</mi> <mo>;</mo> <mi>γ<!-- γ --></mi> <mo>,</mo> <mi>λ<!-- λ --></mi> <mo stretchy="false">)</mo> </mstyle> </mrow> <annotation encoding="application/x-tex">{\displaystyle \Gamma (t;\gamma ,\lambda )}</annotation> </semantics> </math></span><img src="https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/media/math/render/svg/02d657c59834218b9f288d497331975a68cd66e4" class="mwe-math-fallback-image-inline mw-invert skin-invert" aria-hidden="true" style="vertical-align: -0.838ex; width:8.787ex; height:2.843ex;" alt="{\displaystyle \Gamma (t;\gamma ,\lambda )}"></span> (the Gamma process). We will sometimes abbreviate the process as <span class="mwe-math-element"><span class="mwe-math-mathml-inline mwe-math-mathml-a11y" style="display: none;"><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" alttext="{\displaystyle X_{t}\equiv \Gamma (t;\gamma ,\lambda )}"> <semantics> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mstyle displaystyle="true" scriptlevel="0"> <msub> <mi>X</mi> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mi>t</mi> </mrow> </msub> <mo>≡<!-- ≡ --></mo> <mi mathvariant="normal">Γ<!-- Γ --></mi> <mo stretchy="false">(</mo> <mi>t</mi> <mo>;</mo> <mi>γ<!-- γ --></mi> <mo>,</mo> <mi>λ<!-- λ --></mi> <mo stretchy="false">)</mo> </mstyle> </mrow> <annotation encoding="application/x-tex">{\displaystyle X_{t}\equiv \Gamma (t;\gamma ,\lambda )}</annotation> </semantics> </math></span><img src="https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/media/math/render/svg/641b3e19310aee4f4b8387f0f1bc3ad0f22629e3" class="mwe-math-fallback-image-inline mw-invert skin-invert" aria-hidden="true" style="vertical-align: -0.838ex; width:14.636ex; height:2.843ex;" alt="{\displaystyle X_{t}\equiv \Gamma (t;\gamma ,\lambda )}"></span>. </p><p>Some basic properties of the gamma process are:<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (February 2012)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Marginal_distribution">Marginal distribution</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gamma_process&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Marginal distribution"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Marginal_distribution" title="Marginal distribution">marginal distribution</a> of a gamma process at time <span class="mwe-math-element"><span class="mwe-math-mathml-inline mwe-math-mathml-a11y" style="display: none;"><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" alttext="{\displaystyle t}"> <semantics> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mstyle displaystyle="true" scriptlevel="0"> <mi>t</mi> </mstyle> </mrow> <annotation encoding="application/x-tex">{\displaystyle t}</annotation> </semantics> </math></span><img src="https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/media/math/render/svg/65658b7b223af9e1acc877d848888ecdb4466560" class="mwe-math-fallback-image-inline mw-invert skin-invert" aria-hidden="true" style="vertical-align: -0.338ex; width:0.84ex; height:2.009ex;" alt="{\displaystyle t}"></span> is a <a href="/wiki/Gamma_distribution" title="Gamma distribution">gamma distribution</a> with mean <span class="mwe-math-element"><span class="mwe-math-mathml-inline mwe-math-mathml-a11y" style="display: none;"><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" alttext="{\displaystyle \gamma t/\lambda }"> <semantics> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mstyle displaystyle="true" scriptlevel="0"> <mi>γ<!-- γ --></mi> <mi>t</mi> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mo>/</mo> </mrow> <mi>λ<!-- λ --></mi> </mstyle> </mrow> <annotation encoding="application/x-tex">{\displaystyle \gamma t/\lambda }</annotation> </semantics> </math></span><img src="https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/media/math/render/svg/e028769bf1116dac1f45cfddc68c8e0754be2841" class="mwe-math-fallback-image-inline mw-invert skin-invert" aria-hidden="true" style="vertical-align: -0.838ex; width:4.62ex; height:2.843ex;" alt="{\displaystyle \gamma t/\lambda }"></span> and variance <span class="mwe-math-element"><span class="mwe-math-mathml-inline mwe-math-mathml-a11y" style="display: none;"><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" alttext="{\displaystyle \gamma t/\lambda ^{2}.}"> <semantics> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mstyle displaystyle="true" scriptlevel="0"> <mi>γ<!-- γ --></mi> <mi>t</mi> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mo>/</mo> </mrow> <msup> <mi>λ<!-- λ --></mi> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mn>2</mn> </mrow> </msup> <mo>.</mo> </mstyle> </mrow> <annotation encoding="application/x-tex">{\displaystyle \gamma t/\lambda ^{2}.}</annotation> </semantics> </math></span><img src="https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/media/math/render/svg/2a74357baa6bcc5c7e4ef75755faaf55d4bd98a4" class="mwe-math-fallback-image-inline mw-invert skin-invert" aria-hidden="true" style="vertical-align: -0.838ex; width:6.321ex; height:3.176ex;" alt="{\displaystyle \gamma t/\lambda ^{2}.}"></span> </p><p>That is, the probability distribution <span class="mwe-math-element"><span class="mwe-math-mathml-inline mwe-math-mathml-a11y" style="display: none;"><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" alttext="{\displaystyle f}"> <semantics> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mstyle displaystyle="true" scriptlevel="0"> <mi>f</mi> </mstyle> </mrow> <annotation encoding="application/x-tex">{\displaystyle f}</annotation> </semantics> </math></span><img src="https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/media/math/render/svg/132e57acb643253e7810ee9702d9581f159a1c61" class="mwe-math-fallback-image-inline mw-invert skin-invert" aria-hidden="true" style="vertical-align: -0.671ex; width:1.279ex; height:2.509ex;" alt="{\displaystyle f}"></span> of the random variable <span class="mwe-math-element"><span class="mwe-math-mathml-inline mwe-math-mathml-a11y" style="display: none;"><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" alttext="{\displaystyle X_{t}}"> <semantics> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mstyle displaystyle="true" scriptlevel="0"> <msub> <mi>X</mi> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mi>t</mi> </mrow> </msub> </mstyle> </mrow> <annotation encoding="application/x-tex">{\displaystyle X_{t}}</annotation> </semantics> </math></span><img src="https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/media/math/render/svg/82120d04dfb3cbadc4912951dd12b5568c9cd8f3" class="mwe-math-fallback-image-inline mw-invert skin-invert" aria-hidden="true" style="vertical-align: -0.671ex; width:2.75ex; height:2.509ex;" alt="{\displaystyle X_{t}}"></span> is given by the density <span class="mwe-math-element"><span class="mwe-math-mathml-display mwe-math-mathml-a11y" style="display: none;"><math display="block" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" alttext="{\displaystyle f(x;t,\gamma ,\lambda )={\frac {\lambda ^{\gamma t}}{\Gamma (\gamma t)}}x^{\gamma t\,-\,1}e^{-\lambda x}.}"> <semantics> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mstyle displaystyle="true" scriptlevel="0"> <mi>f</mi> <mo stretchy="false">(</mo> <mi>x</mi> <mo>;</mo> <mi>t</mi> <mo>,</mo> <mi>γ<!-- γ --></mi> <mo>,</mo> <mi>λ<!-- λ --></mi> <mo stretchy="false">)</mo> <mo>=</mo> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mfrac> <msup> <mi>λ<!-- λ --></mi> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mi>γ<!-- γ --></mi> <mi>t</mi> </mrow> </msup> <mrow> <mi mathvariant="normal">Γ<!-- Γ --></mi> <mo stretchy="false">(</mo> <mi>γ<!-- γ --></mi> <mi>t</mi> <mo stretchy="false">)</mo> </mrow> </mfrac> </mrow> <msup> <mi>x</mi> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mi>γ<!-- γ --></mi> <mi>t</mi> <mspace width="thinmathspace" /> <mo>−<!-- − --></mo> <mspace width="thinmathspace" /> <mn>1</mn> </mrow> </msup> <msup> <mi>e</mi> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mo>−<!-- − --></mo> <mi>λ<!-- λ --></mi> <mi>x</mi> </mrow> </msup> <mo>.</mo> </mstyle> </mrow> <annotation encoding="application/x-tex">{\displaystyle f(x;t,\gamma ,\lambda )={\frac {\lambda ^{\gamma t}}{\Gamma (\gamma t)}}x^{\gamma t\,-\,1}e^{-\lambda x}.}</annotation> </semantics> </math></span><img src="https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/media/math/render/svg/f78cb26399f62cffd4b7a591025adaac12d9176d" class="mwe-math-fallback-image-display mw-invert skin-invert" aria-hidden="true" style="vertical-align: -2.671ex; width:31.338ex; height:6.343ex;" alt="{\displaystyle f(x;t,\gamma ,\lambda )={\frac {\lambda ^{\gamma t}}{\Gamma (\gamma t)}}x^{\gamma t\,-\,1}e^{-\lambda x}.}"></span> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Scaling">Scaling</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gamma_process&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Scaling"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Multiplication of a gamma process by a scalar constant <span class="mwe-math-element"><span class="mwe-math-mathml-inline mwe-math-mathml-a11y" style="display: none;"><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" alttext="{\displaystyle \alpha }"> <semantics> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mstyle displaystyle="true" scriptlevel="0"> <mi>α<!-- α --></mi> </mstyle> </mrow> <annotation encoding="application/x-tex">{\displaystyle \alpha }</annotation> </semantics> </math></span><img src="https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/media/math/render/svg/b79333175c8b3f0840bfb4ec41b8072c83ea88d3" class="mwe-math-fallback-image-inline mw-invert skin-invert" aria-hidden="true" style="vertical-align: -0.338ex; width:1.488ex; height:1.676ex;" alt="{\displaystyle \alpha }"></span> is again a gamma process with different mean increase rate. </p> <dl><dd><span class="mwe-math-element"><span class="mwe-math-mathml-inline mwe-math-mathml-a11y" style="display: none;"><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" alttext="{\displaystyle \alpha \Gamma (t;\gamma ,\lambda )\simeq \Gamma (t;\gamma ,\lambda /\alpha )}"> <semantics> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mstyle displaystyle="true" scriptlevel="0"> <mi>α<!-- α --></mi> <mi mathvariant="normal">Γ<!-- Γ --></mi> <mo stretchy="false">(</mo> <mi>t</mi> <mo>;</mo> <mi>γ<!-- γ --></mi> <mo>,</mo> <mi>λ<!-- λ --></mi> <mo stretchy="false">)</mo> <mo>≃<!-- ≃ --></mo> <mi mathvariant="normal">Γ<!-- Γ --></mi> <mo stretchy="false">(</mo> <mi>t</mi> <mo>;</mo> <mi>γ<!-- γ --></mi> <mo>,</mo> <mi>λ<!-- λ --></mi> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mo>/</mo> </mrow> <mi>α<!-- α --></mi> <mo stretchy="false">)</mo> </mstyle> </mrow> <annotation encoding="application/x-tex">{\displaystyle \alpha \Gamma (t;\gamma ,\lambda )\simeq \Gamma (t;\gamma ,\lambda /\alpha )}</annotation> </semantics> </math></span><img src="https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/media/math/render/svg/b301adf346557c131c847b0bd8e95023abdf03ed" class="mwe-math-fallback-image-inline mw-invert skin-invert" aria-hidden="true" style="vertical-align: -0.838ex; width:24.81ex; height:2.843ex;" alt="{\displaystyle \alpha \Gamma (t;\gamma ,\lambda )\simeq \Gamma (t;\gamma ,\lambda /\alpha )}"></span></dd></dl> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Adding_independent_processes">Adding independent processes</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gamma_process&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Adding independent processes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The sum of two independent gamma processes is again a gamma process. </p> <dl><dd><span class="mwe-math-element"><span class="mwe-math-mathml-inline mwe-math-mathml-a11y" style="display: none;"><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" alttext="{\displaystyle \Gamma (t;\gamma _{1},\lambda )+\Gamma (t;\gamma _{2},\lambda )\simeq \Gamma (t;\gamma _{1}+\gamma _{2},\lambda )}"> <semantics> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mstyle displaystyle="true" scriptlevel="0"> <mi mathvariant="normal">Γ<!-- Γ --></mi> <mo stretchy="false">(</mo> <mi>t</mi> <mo>;</mo> <msub> <mi>γ<!-- γ --></mi> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mn>1</mn> </mrow> </msub> <mo>,</mo> <mi>λ<!-- λ --></mi> <mo stretchy="false">)</mo> <mo>+</mo> <mi mathvariant="normal">Γ<!-- Γ --></mi> <mo stretchy="false">(</mo> <mi>t</mi> <mo>;</mo> <msub> <mi>γ<!-- γ --></mi> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mn>2</mn> </mrow> </msub> <mo>,</mo> <mi>λ<!-- λ --></mi> <mo stretchy="false">)</mo> <mo>≃<!-- ≃ --></mo> <mi mathvariant="normal">Γ<!-- Γ --></mi> <mo stretchy="false">(</mo> <mi>t</mi> <mo>;</mo> <msub> <mi>γ<!-- γ --></mi> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mn>1</mn> </mrow> </msub> <mo>+</mo> <msub> <mi>γ<!-- γ --></mi> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mn>2</mn> </mrow> </msub> <mo>,</mo> <mi>λ<!-- λ --></mi> <mo stretchy="false">)</mo> </mstyle> </mrow> <annotation encoding="application/x-tex">{\displaystyle \Gamma (t;\gamma _{1},\lambda )+\Gamma (t;\gamma _{2},\lambda )\simeq \Gamma (t;\gamma _{1}+\gamma _{2},\lambda )}</annotation> </semantics> </math></span><img src="https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/media/math/render/svg/af5e276da3b491badfe570eabc1ed92e5aef0200" class="mwe-math-fallback-image-inline mw-invert skin-invert" aria-hidden="true" style="vertical-align: -0.838ex; width:40.388ex; height:2.843ex;" alt="{\displaystyle \Gamma (t;\gamma _{1},\lambda )+\Gamma (t;\gamma _{2},\lambda )\simeq \Gamma (t;\gamma _{1}+\gamma _{2},\lambda )}"></span></dd></dl> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Moments">Moments</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gamma_process&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Moments"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <dl><dd>The <a href="/wiki/Moment_(mathematics)" title="Moment (mathematics)">moment function</a> helps mathematicians find expected values, variances, skewness, and kurtosis.</dd> <dd><span class="mwe-math-element"><span class="mwe-math-mathml-inline mwe-math-mathml-a11y" style="display: none;"><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" alttext="{\displaystyle \operatorname {E} (X_{t}^{n})=\lambda ^{-n}\cdot {\frac {\Gamma (\gamma t+n)}{\Gamma (\gamma t)}},\ \quad n\geq 0,}"> <semantics> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mstyle displaystyle="true" scriptlevel="0"> <mi mathvariant="normal">E</mi> <mo>⁡<!-- --></mo> <mo stretchy="false">(</mo> <msubsup> <mi>X</mi> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mi>t</mi> </mrow> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mi>n</mi> </mrow> </msubsup> <mo stretchy="false">)</mo> <mo>=</mo> <msup> <mi>λ<!-- λ --></mi> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mo>−<!-- − --></mo> <mi>n</mi> </mrow> </msup> <mo>⋅<!-- ⋅ --></mo> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mfrac> <mrow> <mi mathvariant="normal">Γ<!-- Γ --></mi> <mo stretchy="false">(</mo> <mi>γ<!-- γ --></mi> <mi>t</mi> <mo>+</mo> <mi>n</mi> <mo stretchy="false">)</mo> </mrow> <mrow> <mi mathvariant="normal">Γ<!-- Γ --></mi> <mo stretchy="false">(</mo> <mi>γ<!-- γ --></mi> <mi>t</mi> <mo stretchy="false">)</mo> </mrow> </mfrac> </mrow> <mo>,</mo> <mtext> </mtext> <mspace width="1em" /> <mi>n</mi> <mo>≥<!-- ≥ --></mo> <mn>0</mn> <mo>,</mo> </mstyle> </mrow> <annotation encoding="application/x-tex">{\displaystyle \operatorname {E} (X_{t}^{n})=\lambda ^{-n}\cdot {\frac {\Gamma (\gamma t+n)}{\Gamma (\gamma t)}},\ \quad n\geq 0,}</annotation> </semantics> </math></span><img src="https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/media/math/render/svg/72c2114b122234848be21c6577b5e969997e489f" class="mwe-math-fallback-image-inline mw-invert skin-invert" aria-hidden="true" style="vertical-align: -2.671ex; width:35.912ex; height:6.509ex;" alt="{\displaystyle \operatorname {E} (X_{t}^{n})=\lambda ^{-n}\cdot {\frac {\Gamma (\gamma t+n)}{\Gamma (\gamma t)}},\ \quad n\geq 0,}"></span> where <span class="mwe-math-element"><span class="mwe-math-mathml-inline mwe-math-mathml-a11y" style="display: none;"><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" alttext="{\displaystyle \Gamma (z)}"> <semantics> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mstyle displaystyle="true" scriptlevel="0"> <mi mathvariant="normal">Γ<!-- Γ --></mi> <mo stretchy="false">(</mo> <mi>z</mi> <mo stretchy="false">)</mo> </mstyle> </mrow> <annotation encoding="application/x-tex">{\displaystyle \Gamma (z)}</annotation> </semantics> </math></span><img src="https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/media/math/render/svg/11ca17f880240539116aac7e6326909299e2a080" class="mwe-math-fallback-image-inline mw-invert skin-invert" aria-hidden="true" style="vertical-align: -0.838ex; width:4.35ex; height:2.843ex;" alt="{\displaystyle \Gamma (z)}"></span> is the <a href="/wiki/Gamma_function" title="Gamma function">Gamma function</a>.</dd></dl> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Moment_generating_function">Moment generating function</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gamma_process&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Moment generating function"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <dl><dd>The <a href="/wiki/Moment-generating_function" title="Moment-generating function">moment generating function</a> is the expected value of <span class="mwe-math-element"><span class="mwe-math-mathml-inline mwe-math-mathml-a11y" style="display: none;"><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" alttext="{\displaystyle \exp(tX)}"> <semantics> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mstyle displaystyle="true" scriptlevel="0"> <mi>exp</mi> <mo>⁡<!-- --></mo> <mo stretchy="false">(</mo> <mi>t</mi> <mi>X</mi> <mo stretchy="false">)</mo> </mstyle> </mrow> <annotation encoding="application/x-tex">{\displaystyle \exp(tX)}</annotation> </semantics> </math></span><img src="https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/media/math/render/svg/302ea89c0b4dde43bb722647e66cd8fab6081a0a" class="mwe-math-fallback-image-inline mw-invert skin-invert" aria-hidden="true" style="vertical-align: -0.838ex; width:8.181ex; height:2.843ex;" alt="{\displaystyle \exp(tX)}"></span> where X is the <a href="/wiki/Random_variable" title="Random variable">random variable</a>.</dd> <dd><span class="mwe-math-element"><span class="mwe-math-mathml-inline mwe-math-mathml-a11y" style="display: none;"><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" alttext="{\displaystyle \operatorname {E} {\Big (}\exp(\theta X_{t}){\Big )}=\left(1-{\frac {\theta }{\lambda }}\right)^{-\gamma t},\ \quad \theta <\lambda }"> <semantics> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mstyle displaystyle="true" scriptlevel="0"> <mi mathvariant="normal">E</mi> <mo>⁡<!-- --></mo> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mo maxsize="1.623em" minsize="1.623em">(</mo> </mrow> </mrow> <mi>exp</mi> <mo>⁡<!-- --></mo> <mo stretchy="false">(</mo> <mi>θ<!-- θ --></mi> <msub> <mi>X</mi> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mi>t</mi> </mrow> </msub> <mo stretchy="false">)</mo> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mo maxsize="1.623em" minsize="1.623em">)</mo> </mrow> </mrow> <mo>=</mo> <msup> <mrow> <mo>(</mo> <mrow> <mn>1</mn> <mo>−<!-- − --></mo> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mfrac> <mi>θ<!-- θ --></mi> <mi>λ<!-- λ --></mi> </mfrac> </mrow> </mrow> <mo>)</mo> </mrow> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mo>−<!-- − --></mo> <mi>γ<!-- γ --></mi> <mi>t</mi> </mrow> </msup> <mo>,</mo> <mtext> </mtext> <mspace width="1em" /> <mi>θ<!-- θ --></mi> <mo><</mo> <mi>λ<!-- λ --></mi> </mstyle> </mrow> <annotation encoding="application/x-tex">{\displaystyle \operatorname {E} {\Big (}\exp(\theta X_{t}){\Big )}=\left(1-{\frac {\theta }{\lambda }}\right)^{-\gamma t},\ \quad \theta <\lambda }</annotation> </semantics> </math></span><img src="https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/media/math/render/svg/d5b18453ce8ce5556d5098bdf13025303faa51be" class="mwe-math-fallback-image-inline mw-invert skin-invert" aria-hidden="true" style="vertical-align: -2.505ex; width:39.527ex; height:6.509ex;" alt="{\displaystyle \operatorname {E} {\Big (}\exp(\theta X_{t}){\Big )}=\left(1-{\frac {\theta }{\lambda }}\right)^{-\gamma t},\ \quad \theta <\lambda }"></span></dd></dl> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Correlation">Correlation</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gamma_process&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Correlation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Correlation" title="Correlation">Correlation</a> displays the statistical relationship between any two gamma processes. </p> <dl><dd><span class="mwe-math-element"><span class="mwe-math-mathml-inline mwe-math-mathml-a11y" style="display: none;"><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" alttext="{\displaystyle \operatorname {Corr} (X_{s},X_{t})={\sqrt {\frac {s}{t}}},\ s<t}"> <semantics> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mstyle displaystyle="true" scriptlevel="0"> <mi>Corr</mi> <mo>⁡<!-- --></mo> <mo stretchy="false">(</mo> <msub> <mi>X</mi> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mi>s</mi> </mrow> </msub> <mo>,</mo> <msub> <mi>X</mi> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mi>t</mi> </mrow> </msub> <mo stretchy="false">)</mo> <mo>=</mo> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <msqrt> <mfrac> <mi>s</mi> <mi>t</mi> </mfrac> </msqrt> </mrow> <mo>,</mo> <mtext> </mtext> <mi>s</mi> <mo><</mo> <mi>t</mi> </mstyle> </mrow> <annotation encoding="application/x-tex">{\displaystyle \operatorname {Corr} (X_{s},X_{t})={\sqrt {\frac {s}{t}}},\ s<t}</annotation> </semantics> </math></span><img src="https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/media/math/render/svg/7fecbd6058412b339ede146ec6e140609dc208cb" class="mwe-math-fallback-image-inline 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title="Fleming–Viot process">Fleming–Viot process</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Gamma process</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Geometric_process" title="Geometric process">Geometric process</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hawkes_process" title="Hawkes process">Hawkes process</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hunt_process" title="Hunt process">Hunt process</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Interacting_particle_system" title="Interacting particle system">Interacting particle systems</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/It%C3%B4_diffusion" title="Itô diffusion">Itô diffusion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/It%C3%B4_process" class="mw-redirect" title="Itô process">Itô process</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jump_diffusion" title="Jump diffusion">Jump diffusion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jump_process" title="Jump process">Jump process</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/L%C3%A9vy_process" title="Lévy process">Lévy process</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Local_time_(mathematics)" title="Local time (mathematics)">Local time</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Markov_additive_process" title="Markov additive process">Markov additive process</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/McKean%E2%80%93Vlasov_process" title="McKean–Vlasov process">McKean–Vlasov process</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ornstein%E2%80%93Uhlenbeck_process" title="Ornstein–Uhlenbeck process">Ornstein–Uhlenbeck process</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Poisson_point_process" title="Poisson point process">Poisson process</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Compound_Poisson_process" title="Compound Poisson process">Compound</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Non-homogeneous_Poisson_process" class="mw-redirect" title="Non-homogeneous Poisson process">Non-homogeneous</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Schramm%E2%80%93Loewner_evolution" title="Schramm–Loewner evolution">Schramm–Loewner evolution</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Semimartingale" title="Semimartingale">Semimartingale</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sigma-martingale" title="Sigma-martingale">Sigma-martingale</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stable_process" title="Stable process">Stable process</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Superprocess" title="Superprocess">Superprocess</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Telegraph_process" title="Telegraph process">Telegraph process</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Variance_gamma_process" title="Variance gamma process">Variance gamma process</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wiener_process" title="Wiener process">Wiener process</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wiener_sausage" title="Wiener sausage">Wiener sausage</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Both</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Branching_process" title="Branching process">Branching process</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gaussian_process" title="Gaussian process">Gaussian process</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hidden_Markov_model" title="Hidden Markov model">Hidden Markov model (HMM)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Markov_process" class="mw-redirect" title="Markov process">Markov process</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Martingale_(probability_theory)" title="Martingale (probability theory)">Martingale</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Martingale_difference_sequence" title="Martingale difference sequence">Differences</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Local_martingale" title="Local martingale">Local</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Submartingale" class="mw-redirect" title="Submartingale">Sub-</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Supermartingale" class="mw-redirect" title="Supermartingale">Super-</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Random_dynamical_system" title="Random dynamical system">Random dynamical system</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Regenerative_process" title="Regenerative process">Regenerative process</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Renewal_process" class="mw-redirect" title="Renewal process">Renewal process</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stochastic_chains_with_memory_of_variable_length" title="Stochastic chains with memory of variable length">Stochastic chains with memory of variable length</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/White_noise" title="White noise">White noise</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Fields and other</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Dirichlet_process" title="Dirichlet process">Dirichlet process</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gaussian_random_field" title="Gaussian random field">Gaussian random field</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gibbs_measure" title="Gibbs measure">Gibbs measure</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hopfield_model" class="mw-redirect" title="Hopfield model">Hopfield model</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ising_model" title="Ising model">Ising model</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Potts_model" title="Potts model">Potts model</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boolean_network" title="Boolean network">Boolean network</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Markov_random_field" title="Markov random field">Markov random field</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Percolation_theory" title="Percolation theory">Percolation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pitman%E2%80%93Yor_process" title="Pitman–Yor process">Pitman–Yor process</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Point_process" title="Point process">Point process</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Point_process#Cox_point_process" title="Point process">Cox</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Poisson_point_process" title="Poisson point process">Poisson</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Random_field" title="Random field">Random field</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Random_graph" title="Random graph">Random graph</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Time_series" title="Time series">Time series models</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Autoregressive_conditional_heteroskedasticity" title="Autoregressive conditional heteroskedasticity">Autoregressive conditional heteroskedasticity (ARCH) model</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Autoregressive_integrated_moving_average" title="Autoregressive integrated moving average">Autoregressive integrated moving average (ARIMA) model</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Autoregressive_model" title="Autoregressive model">Autoregressive (AR) model</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Autoregressive%E2%80%93moving-average_model" class="mw-redirect" title="Autoregressive–moving-average model">Autoregressive–moving-average (ARMA) model</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Autoregressive_conditional_heteroskedasticity" title="Autoregressive conditional heteroskedasticity">Generalized autoregressive conditional heteroskedasticity (GARCH) model</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Moving-average_model" title="Moving-average model">Moving-average (MA) model</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Asset_pricing_model" class="mw-redirect" title="Asset pricing model">Financial models</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Binomial_options_pricing_model" title="Binomial options pricing model">Binomial options pricing model</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Black%E2%80%93Derman%E2%80%93Toy_model" title="Black–Derman–Toy model">Black–Derman–Toy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Black%E2%80%93Karasinski_model" title="Black–Karasinski model">Black–Karasinski</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Black%E2%80%93Scholes_model" title="Black–Scholes model">Black–Scholes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chan%E2%80%93Karolyi%E2%80%93Longstaff%E2%80%93Sanders_process" title="Chan–Karolyi–Longstaff–Sanders process">Chan–Karolyi–Longstaff–Sanders (CKLS)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chen_model" title="Chen model">Chen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Constant_elasticity_of_variance_model" title="Constant elasticity of variance model">Constant elasticity of variance (CEV)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cox%E2%80%93Ingersoll%E2%80%93Ross_model" title="Cox–Ingersoll–Ross model">Cox–Ingersoll–Ross (CIR)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Garman%E2%80%93Kohlhagen_model" class="mw-redirect" title="Garman–Kohlhagen model">Garman–Kohlhagen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Heath%E2%80%93Jarrow%E2%80%93Morton_framework" title="Heath–Jarrow–Morton framework">Heath–Jarrow–Morton (HJM)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Heston_model" title="Heston model">Heston</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ho%E2%80%93Lee_model" title="Ho–Lee model">Ho–Lee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hull%E2%80%93White_model" title="Hull–White model">Hull–White</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Korn%E2%80%93Kreer%E2%80%93Lenssen_model" title="Korn–Kreer–Lenssen model">Korn-Kreer-Lenssen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/LIBOR_market_model" title="LIBOR market model">LIBOR market</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rendleman%E2%80%93Bartter_model" title="Rendleman–Bartter model">Rendleman–Bartter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/SABR_volatility_model" title="SABR volatility model">SABR volatility</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vasicek_model" title="Vasicek model">Vašíček</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wilkie_investment_model" title="Wilkie investment model">Wilkie</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Actuarial_mathematics" class="mw-redirect" title="Actuarial mathematics">Actuarial models</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/B%C3%BChlmann_model" title="Bühlmann model">Bühlmann</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cram%C3%A9r%E2%80%93Lundberg_model" class="mw-redirect" title="Cramér–Lundberg model">Cramér–Lundberg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Risk_process" class="mw-redirect" title="Risk process">Risk process</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sparre%E2%80%93Anderson_model" class="mw-redirect" title="Sparre–Anderson model">Sparre–Anderson</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Queueing_model" class="mw-redirect" title="Queueing model">Queueing models</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bulk_queue" title="Bulk queue">Bulk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fluid_queue" title="Fluid queue">Fluid</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/G-network" title="G-network">Generalized queueing network</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/M/G/1_queue" title="M/G/1 queue">M/G/1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/M/M/1_queue" title="M/M/1 queue">M/M/1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/M/M/c_queue" title="M/M/c queue">M/M/c</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Properties</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/C%C3%A0dl%C3%A0g" title="Càdlàg">Càdlàg paths</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Continuous_stochastic_process" title="Continuous stochastic process">Continuous</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sample-continuous_process" title="Sample-continuous process">Continuous paths</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ergodicity" title="Ergodicity">Ergodic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Exchangeable_random_variables" title="Exchangeable random variables">Exchangeable</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Feller-continuous_process" title="Feller-continuous process">Feller-continuous</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gauss%E2%80%93Markov_process" title="Gauss–Markov process">Gauss–Markov</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Markov_property" title="Markov property">Markov</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mixing_(mathematics)" title="Mixing (mathematics)">Mixing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Piecewise-deterministic_Markov_process" title="Piecewise-deterministic Markov process">Piecewise-deterministic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Predictable_process" title="Predictable process">Predictable</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Progressively_measurable_process" title="Progressively measurable process">Progressively measurable</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Self-similar_process" title="Self-similar process">Self-similar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stationary_process" title="Stationary process">Stationary</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Time_reversibility" title="Time reversibility">Time-reversible</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Limit theorems</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Central_limit_theorem" title="Central limit theorem">Central limit theorem</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Donsker%27s_theorem" title="Donsker's theorem">Donsker's theorem</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Doob%27s_martingale_convergence_theorems" title="Doob's martingale convergence theorems">Doob's martingale convergence theorems</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ergodic_theorem" class="mw-redirect" title="Ergodic theorem">Ergodic theorem</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fisher%E2%80%93Tippett%E2%80%93Gnedenko_theorem" title="Fisher–Tippett–Gnedenko theorem">Fisher–Tippett–Gnedenko theorem</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Large_deviation_principle" class="mw-redirect" title="Large deviation principle">Large deviation principle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Law_of_large_numbers" title="Law of large numbers">Law of large numbers (weak/strong)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Law_of_the_iterated_logarithm" title="Law of the iterated logarithm">Law of the iterated logarithm</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maximal_ergodic_theorem" title="Maximal ergodic theorem">Maximal ergodic theorem</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sanov%27s_theorem" title="Sanov's theorem">Sanov's theorem</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zero%E2%80%93one_law" title="Zero–one law">Zero–one laws</a> (<a href="/wiki/Blumenthal%27s_zero%E2%80%93one_law" title="Blumenthal's zero–one law">Blumenthal</a>, <a href="/wiki/Borel%E2%80%93Cantelli_lemma" title="Borel–Cantelli lemma">Borel–Cantelli</a>, <a href="/wiki/Engelbert%E2%80%93Schmidt_zero%E2%80%93one_law" title="Engelbert–Schmidt zero–one law">Engelbert–Schmidt</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hewitt%E2%80%93Savage_zero%E2%80%93one_law" title="Hewitt–Savage zero–one law">Hewitt–Savage</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kolmogorov%27s_zero%E2%80%93one_law" title="Kolmogorov's zero–one law"> Kolmogorov</a>, <a href="/wiki/L%C3%A9vy%27s_zero%E2%80%93one_law" class="mw-redirect" title="Lévy's zero–one law">Lévy</a>)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_inequalities#Probability_theory_and_statistics" title="List of inequalities">Inequalities</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Burkholder%E2%80%93Davis%E2%80%93Gundy_inequalities" class="mw-redirect" title="Burkholder–Davis–Gundy inequalities">Burkholder–Davis–Gundy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Doob%27s_martingale_inequality" title="Doob's martingale inequality">Doob's martingale</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Doob%27s_upcrossing_inequality" class="mw-redirect" title="Doob's upcrossing inequality">Doob's upcrossing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kunita%E2%80%93Watanabe_inequality" title="Kunita–Watanabe inequality">Kunita–Watanabe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marcinkiewicz%E2%80%93Zygmund_inequality" title="Marcinkiewicz–Zygmund inequality">Marcinkiewicz–Zygmund</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Tools</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Cameron%E2%80%93Martin_formula" class="mw-redirect" title="Cameron–Martin formula">Cameron–Martin formula</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Convergence_of_random_variables" title="Convergence of random variables">Convergence of random variables</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dol%C3%A9ans-Dade_exponential" title="Doléans-Dade exponential">Doléans-Dade exponential</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Doob_decomposition_theorem" title="Doob decomposition theorem">Doob decomposition theorem</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Doob%E2%80%93Meyer_decomposition_theorem" title="Doob–Meyer decomposition theorem">Doob–Meyer decomposition theorem</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Doob%27s_optional_stopping_theorem" class="mw-redirect" title="Doob's optional stopping theorem">Doob's optional stopping theorem</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dynkin%27s_formula" title="Dynkin's formula">Dynkin's formula</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Feynman%E2%80%93Kac_formula" title="Feynman–Kac formula">Feynman–Kac formula</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Filtration_(probability_theory)" title="Filtration (probability theory)">Filtration</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Girsanov_theorem" title="Girsanov theorem">Girsanov theorem</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Infinitesimal_generator_(stochastic_processes)" title="Infinitesimal generator (stochastic processes)">Infinitesimal generator</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/It%C3%B4_integral" class="mw-redirect" title="Itô integral">Itô integral</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/It%C3%B4%27s_lemma" title="Itô's lemma">Itô's lemma</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Karhunen%E2%80%93Lo%C3%A8ve_theorem" class="mw-redirect" title="Karhunen–Loève theorem">Karhunen–Loève theorem</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kolmogorov_continuity_theorem" title="Kolmogorov continuity theorem">Kolmogorov continuity theorem</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kolmogorov_extension_theorem" title="Kolmogorov extension theorem">Kolmogorov extension theorem</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/L%C3%A9vy%E2%80%93Prokhorov_metric" title="Lévy–Prokhorov metric">Lévy–Prokhorov metric</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Malliavin_calculus" title="Malliavin calculus">Malliavin calculus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Martingale_representation_theorem" title="Martingale representation theorem">Martingale representation theorem</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Optional_stopping_theorem" title="Optional stopping theorem">Optional stopping theorem</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prokhorov%27s_theorem" title="Prokhorov's theorem">Prokhorov's theorem</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Quadratic_variation" title="Quadratic variation">Quadratic variation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Reflection_principle_(Wiener_process)" title="Reflection principle (Wiener process)">Reflection principle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Skorokhod_integral" title="Skorokhod integral">Skorokhod integral</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Skorokhod%27s_representation_theorem" title="Skorokhod's representation theorem">Skorokhod's representation theorem</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Skorokhod_space" class="mw-redirect" title="Skorokhod space">Skorokhod space</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Snell_envelope" title="Snell envelope">Snell envelope</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stochastic_differential_equation" title="Stochastic differential equation">Stochastic differential equation</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Tanaka_equation" title="Tanaka equation">Tanaka</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stopping_time" title="Stopping time">Stopping time</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stratonovich_integral" title="Stratonovich integral">Stratonovich integral</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Uniform_integrability" title="Uniform integrability">Uniform integrability</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Usual_hypotheses" class="mw-redirect" title="Usual hypotheses">Usual hypotheses</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wiener_space" class="mw-redirect" title="Wiener space">Wiener space</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Classical_Wiener_space" title="Classical Wiener space">Classical</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Abstract_Wiener_space" title="Abstract Wiener space">Abstract</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Disciplines</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Actuarial_mathematics" class="mw-redirect" title="Actuarial mathematics">Actuarial mathematics</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stochastic_control" title="Stochastic control">Control theory</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Econometrics" title="Econometrics">Econometrics</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ergodic_theory" title="Ergodic theory">Ergodic theory</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Extreme_value_theory" title="Extreme value theory">Extreme value theory (EVT)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Large_deviations_theory" title="Large deviations theory">Large deviations theory</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mathematical_finance" title="Mathematical finance">Mathematical finance</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mathematical_statistics" 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