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Sibirsk. Mat. Zh., 2005 Volume 46, Number 6, Pages 1265–1287 (Mi smj1038)

Asymptotic analysis for random walks with nonidentically distributed jumps having finite variance

A. A. Borovkov

Sobolev Institute of Mathematics, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences

Abstract: Let $\xi_1\xi_2,\dots$ be independent random variables with distributions $F_1,F_2,\dots$ in a triangular array scheme ($F_i$ may depend on some parameter). Assume that $\mathbf E\xi_i=0$, $\mathbf E\xi_i^2<\infty$ and put $S_n=\sum^n_{i=1}\xi_i$, $\overline S_n=\max_{k\leqslant n}S_k$. Assuming further that some regularly varying functions majorize or minorize the “averaged” distribution $F=\frac1n\sum^n_{i=1}F_i$, we find upper and lower bounds for the probabilities $\mathbf P(S_n>x)$ and $\mathbf P(\overline S_n>x)$. We also study the asymptotics of these probabilities and of the probabilities that a trajectory $\{S_k\}$ crosses the remote boundary $\{g(k)\}$; that is, the asymptotics of $\mathbf P(\max_{k\leqslant n}(S_k-g(k))>0)$. The case $n=\infty$ is not excluded. We also estimate the distribution of the first crossing time.

Keywords: random walks, large deviations, nonidentically distributed jumps, triangular array scheme, finite variance, transient phenomena.

UDC: 519.214

Received: 21.09.2004


 English version:
Siberian Mathematical Journal, 2005, 46:6, 1020–1038

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