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Large deviations and fast simulation in the presence of boundaries

Asmussen, Sören LU ; Fuckerieder, P ; Jobmann, M and Schwefel, HP (2002) In Stochastic Processes and their Applications 102(1). p.1-23
Abstract
Let c(x) = inf {t > 0: Q(t) greater than or equal to x} be the time of first overflow of a queueing process 1001 over level x (the buffer size) and Z = P(T(X) less than or equal to T). Assuming that {Q(t)) is the reflected version of a Levy process {X(t)} or a Markov additive process, we study a variety of algorithms for estimating z by simulation when the event {tau(X) less than or equal to T} is rare, and analyse their performance. In particular, we exhibit an estimator using a filtered Monte Carlo argument which is logarithmically efficient whenever an efficient estimator for the probability of overflow within a busy cycle (i.e., for first passage probabilities for the unrestricted netput process) is available, thereby providing a... (More)
Let c(x) = inf {t > 0: Q(t) greater than or equal to x} be the time of first overflow of a queueing process 1001 over level x (the buffer size) and Z = P(T(X) less than or equal to T). Assuming that {Q(t)) is the reflected version of a Levy process {X(t)} or a Markov additive process, we study a variety of algorithms for estimating z by simulation when the event {tau(X) less than or equal to T} is rare, and analyse their performance. In particular, we exhibit an estimator using a filtered Monte Carlo argument which is logarithmically efficient whenever an efficient estimator for the probability of overflow within a busy cycle (i.e., for first passage probabilities for the unrestricted netput process) is available, thereby providing a way out of counterexamples in the literature on the scope of the large deviations approach to rare events simulation. We also add a counterexample of this type and give various theoretical results on asymptotic properties of Z=P(tau(x) less than or equal to T), both in the reflected Levy process setting and more generally for regenerative processes in a regime where T is so small that the exponential approximation for T(x) is not a priori valid. (Less)
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rare, queueing theory, local time, Levy process, importance sampling, filtered Monte Carlo, buffer overflow, exponential change of measure, event, reflection, regenerative process, saddlepoint
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Stochastic Processes and their Applications
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102
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1
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1 - 23
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Elsevier
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1879-209X
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10.1016/S0304-4149(02)00152-7
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English
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  author       = {{Asmussen, Sören and Fuckerieder, P and Jobmann, M and Schwefel, HP}},
  issn         = {{1879-209X}},
  keywords     = {{rare; queueing theory; local time; Levy process; importance sampling; filtered Monte Carlo; buffer overflow; exponential change of measure; event; reflection; regenerative process; saddlepoint}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  number       = {{1}},
  pages        = {{1--23}},
  publisher    = {{Elsevier}},
  series       = {{Stochastic Processes and their Applications}},
  title        = {{Large deviations and fast simulation in the presence of boundaries}},
  url          = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0304-4149(02)00152-7}},
  doi          = {{10.1016/S0304-4149(02)00152-7}},
  volume       = {{102}},
  year         = {{2002}},
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