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Efficient conditional Monte Carlo simulations for the exponential integrals of Gaussian random fields

Part of: Stochastic processes Probabilistic methods, simulation and stochastic differential equations

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 February 2022

Quang Huy Nguyen  and
Christian Y. Robert Open the ORCID record for Christian Y. Robert [Opens in a new window]
Quang Huy Nguyen*
Affiliation:
National Economics University
Christian Y. Robert*
Affiliation:
Center for Research in Economics and Statistics, ENSAE and Université de Lyon
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*Postal address: Faculty of Mathematical Economics, National Economics University, Hanoi, Vietnam. Email: uynqtkt@neu.edu.vn
**Postal adress: Laboratory in Finance and Insurance - LFA CREST - Center for Research in Economics and Statistics, ENSAE, Paris, France. Email: Christian-Yann.Robert@ensae.fr
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Abstract

We consider a continuous Gaussian random field living on a compact set $T\subset \mathbb{R}^{d}$. We are interested in designing an asymptotically efficient estimator of the probability that the integral of the exponential of the Gaussian process over T exceeds a large threshold u. We propose an Asmussen–Kroese conditional Monte Carlo type estimator and discuss its asymptotic properties according to the assumptions on the first and second moments of the Gaussian random field. We also provide a simulation study to illustrate its effectiveness and compare its performance with the importance sampling type estimator of Liu and Xu (2014a).

Keywords

Exponential integralAsmussen–Kroese estimatorlogarithmically efficient estimatorsrare event simulation

MSC classification

Primary: 65C05: Monte Carlo methods
Secondary: 60G15: Gaussian processes

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Original Article
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Journal of Applied Probability , Volume 59 , Issue 2 , June 2022 , pp. 366 - 383
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© The Author(s), 2022. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of Applied Probability Trust

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