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Probabilistic sampling of finite renewal processes
Consider a finite renewal process in the sense that interrenewal times are
positive i.i.d. variables and the total number of renewals is a random
variable, independent of interrenewal times. A finite point process can be
obtained by probabilistic sampling of the finite renewal process, where each
renewal is sampled with a fixed probability and independently of other
renewals. The problem addressed in this work concerns statistical inference of
the original distributions of the total number of renewals and interrenewal
times from a sample of i.i.d. finite point processes obtained by sampling
finite renewal processes. This problem is motivated by traffic measurements in
the Internet in order to characterize flows of packets (which can be seen as
finite renewal processes) and where the use of packet sampling is becoming
prevalent due to increasing link speeds and limited storage and processing
capacities.Comment: Published in at http://dx.doi.org/10.3150/10-BEJ321 the Bernoulli
(http://isi.cbs.nl/bernoulli/) by the International Statistical
Institute/Bernoulli Society (http://isi.cbs.nl/BS/bshome.htm
On universal estimates for binary renewal processes
A binary renewal process is a stochastic process taking values in
where the lengths of the runs of 1's between successive zeros are
independent. After observing one would like to predict the
future behavior, and the problem of universal estimators is to do so without
any prior knowledge of the distribution. We prove a variety of results of this
type, including universal estimates for the expected time to renewal as well as
estimates for the conditional distribution of the time to renewal. Some of our
results require a moment condition on the time to renewal and we show by an
explicit construction how some moment condition is necessary.Comment: Published in at http://dx.doi.org/10.1214/07-AAP512 the Annals of
Applied Probability (http://www.imstat.org/aap/) by the Institute of
Mathematical Statistics (http://www.imstat.org
Thickened renewal processes
AbstractLet {ti, i ⩾ 0} be an ordinary renewal process and assume the lifetime distribution function has the form F(x) = cxα (1 + λx + o(x)) near 0+. The asymptotic conditional distribution as n→∞ of {nti, i⩾0}, given that tn ⩽ 1, is that of a renewal process with a gamma lifetime distribution depending only on α
Quantum renewal processes
We introduce a general construction of master equations with memory kernel
whose solutions are given by completely positive trace preserving maps. These
dynamics going beyond the Lindblad paradigm are obtained with reference to
classical renewal processes, so that they are termed quantum renewal processes.
They can be described by means of semigroup dynamics interrupted by jumps,
separated by independently distributed time intervals, following suitable
waiting time distributions. In this framework, one can further introduce
modified processes, in which the first few events follow different
distributions. A crucial role, marking an important difference with respect to
the classical case, is played by operator ordering. Indeed, for the same choice
of basic quantum transformations, different quantum dynamics arise. In
particular, for the case of modified processes, it is natural to consider the
time inverted operator ordering, in which the last few events are distributed
differently.Comment: 23 pages, 6 figure
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