Convergence and stability of numerical methods with variable step size for stochastic pantograph differential equations

The stochastic pantograph equations (SPEs) are very special stochastic delay differential equations (SDDEs) with unbounded memory. When the numerical methods with a constant step size are applied to the pantograph equations, the most difficult problem is the limited computer memory. In this paper, we construct methods with variable step size to solve SPEs. The analysis is motivated by the example of a mean-square stable linear SPE for which the Euler–Maruyama (EM) method with variable step size fails to reproduce this behaviour for any nonzero timestep. Then we consider the Backward Euler (BE) method with variable step size and develop the fundamental numerical analysis concerning its strong convergence and mean-square linear stability. It is proved that the numerical solutions produced by the BE method with variable step size converge to the exact solution under the local Lipschitz condition and the Bounded condition. Furthermore, the order of convergence p=½ is given under the Lipschitz condition. The result of the mean-square linear stability is given. Some illustrative numerical examples are presented to demonstrate the order of strong convergence and the mean-square linear stability of the BE method.     

Five-stage Milstein methods for SDEs

In this paper, we consider the problem of computing numerical solutions for Itô stochastic differential equations (SDEs). The five-stage Milstein (FSM) methods are constructed for solving SDEs driven by an m-dimensional Wiener process. The FSM methods are fully explicit methods. It is proved that the FSM methods are convergent with strong order 1 for SDEs driven by an m-dimensional Wiener process. The analysis of stability (with multidimensional Wiener process) shows that the mean-square stable regions of the FSM methods are unbounded. The analysis of stability shows that the mean-square stable regions of the methods proposed in this paper are larger than the Milstein method and three-stage Milstein methods.     

Delay-dependent exponential stability of the backward Euler method for nonlinear stochastic delay differential equations

Recently, several scholars discussed the question of under what conditions numerical solutions can reproduce exponential stability of exact solutions to stochastic delay differential equations, and some delay-independent stability criteria were obtained. This paper is concerned with delay-dependent stability of numerical solutions. Under a delay-dependent condition for the stability of the exact solution, it is proved that the backward Euler method is mean-square exponentially stable for all positive stepsizes. Numerical experiments are given to confirm the theoretical results.     

The improved split-step backward Euler method for stochastic differential delay equations

A new, improved split-step backward Euler method is introduced and analysed for stochastic differential delay equations (SDDEs) with generic variable delay. The method is proved to be convergent in the mean-square sense under conditions (Assumption 3.1) that the diffusion coefficient g(x, y) is globally Lipschitz in both x and y, but the drift coefficient f(x, y) satisfies the one-sided Lipschitz condition in x and globally Lipschitz in y. Further, the exponential mean-square stability of the proposed method is investigated for SDDEs that have a negative one-sided Lipschitz constant. Our results show that the method has the unconditional stability property, in the sense, that it can well reproduce stability of the underlying system, without any restrictions on stepsize h. Numerical experiments and comparisons with existing methods for SDDEs illustrate the computational efficiency of our method.     

Stability of diffusion stochastic functional differential equations with Markov parameters

The paper justifies the second Lyapunov method for diffusion stochastic functional differential equations with Markov parameters, which generalize stochastic diffusion equations without aftereffect. Analogs of Lyapunov stability theorems, which generalize the results for systems with finite aftereffect, are proved. __________ Translated from Kibernetika i Sistemnyi Analiz, No. 1, pp. 74–88, January–February 2008.     

Discrete gradient methods and linear projection methods for preserving a conserved quantity of stochastic differential equations

Numerical methods preserving a conserved quantity for stochastic differential equations are considered. A class of discrete gradient methods based on the skew-gradient form is constructed, and the sufficient condition of convergence order 1 in the mean-square sense is given. Then a class of linear projection methods is constructed. The relationship of the two classes of methods for preserving a conserved quantity is proved, which is, the constructed linear projection methods can be considered as a subset of the constructed discrete gradient methods. Numerical experiments verify our theory and show the efficiency of proposed numerical methods.     

p-Moment stability of stochastic differential equations with impulsive jump and Markovian switching

This paper introduces some new concepts of p-moment stability for stochastic differential equations with impulsive jump and Markovian switching. Some stability criteria of p-moment stability for stochastic differential equations with impulsive jump and Markovian switching are obtained by using Liapunov function method. An example is also discussed to illustrate the efficiency of the obtained results.     

Moment stability of fractional stochastic evolution equations with Poisson jumps

Fractional differential equations have wide applications in science and engineering. In this paper, we consider a class of fractional stochastic partial differential equations with Poisson jumps. Sufficient conditions for the existence and asymptotic stability in pth moment of mild solutions are derived by employing the Banach fixed point principle. Further, we extend the result to study the asymptotic stability of fractional systems with Poisson jumps. An example is provided to illustrate the effectiveness of the proposed results.     

p-th moment exponential stability of stochastic differential equations with impulse effect

The p-th moment exponential stability of stochastic differential equations with impulse effect is addressed.By employing the method of vector Lyapunov functions,some sufficient conditions for the p-th moment exponential stability are established.In addition,the usual restriction of the growth rate of Lyapunov function is replaced by the condition of the drift and diffusion coefficients to study the p-th moment exponential stability.Several examples are also discussed to illustrate the effectiremess of the r...     

Strong convergence of split-step theta methods for non-autonomous stochastic differential equations

In this paper, we first prove the strong convergence of the split-step theta methods for non-autonomous stochastic differential equations under a linear growth condition on the diffusion coefficient and a one-sided Lipschitz condition on the drift coefficient. Then, if the drift coefficient satisfies a polynomial growth condition, we further get the rate of convergence. Finally, the obtained results are supported by numerical experiments.     

The improved stability analysis of the backward Euler method for neutral stochastic delay differential equations

The aim of this paper is to improve some results obtained in our earlier paper [Z. Yu and M. Liu, Almost surely asymptotic stability of numerical solutions for neutral stochastic delay differential equations, Discrete Dyn. Nat. Soc. 2011 (2011), article id 217672, 11 p., doi:10.1155/2011/217672]. In this paper, we establish an improved theorem and show that the backward Euler method can reproduce the property of almost sure and mean square exponential stability of exact solutions to neutral stochastic delay differential equations. To obtain the desired result, some new proof techniques are adopted.     

Exponential stability for second-order neutral stochastic differential equations with impulses

In this paper, we investigate the problem on the exponential stability of mild solution for the second-order neutral stochastic partial differential equations with impulses by utilising the cosine function theory. A set of novel sufficient conditions is derived by establishing an impulsive integral inequality. As a final point, an example is given to illustrate the effectiveness of the obtained theory.     

Mean square stability of stochastic Volterra integro-differential equations

The mean square stability of a non-linear stochastic Volterra integro-differential equation is studied. Non-convolution Volterra terms arise in both the drift and the dispersion term. Moreover, for the convolution case we determine the rate of convergence in terms of an integrability condition on the Volterra kernels.     

Multilevel Monte Carlo method with applications to stochastic partial differential equations

In this work, the approximation of Hilbert-space-valued random variables is combined with the approximation of the expectation by a multilevel Monte Carlo (MLMC) method. The number of samples on the different levels of the multilevel approximation are chosen such that the errors are balanced. The overall work then decreases in the optimal case to O(h ^?2) if h is the error of the approximation. The MLMC method is applied to functions of solutions of parabolic and hyperbolic stochastic partial differential equations as needed, for example, for option pricing. Simulations complete the paper.     

Global stability for separable nonlinear delay differential equations

Consider the following separable nonlinear delay differential equation

, where we assume that, there is a strictly monotone increasing function f(x) on (−∞, +∞) such that

In this paper, to the above separable nonlinear delay differential equation, we establish conditions of global asymptotic stability for the zero solution. In particular, for a special wide class of f(x) which contains a case of f(x) = e^x−1, we give more explicit conditions. Applying these, we offer conditions of global asymptotic stability for solutions of nonautonomous logistic equations with delays.     

Stochastic stability of a class of unbounded delay neutral stochastic differential equations with general decay rate

Without the linear growth condition on the drift coefficient, this article examines the existence and uniqueness of global solutions of a class of neutral stochastic differential equations with unbounded delay and their asymptotic stabilities with general decay rate. To illustrate the application of our results, this article gives a two-dimensional system as an example.     

Stabilization of stochastic systems with hidden Markovian jumps

This paper considers the adaptive control of discrete-time hybrid stochastic systems with unknown randomly jumping parameters described by a finite-state hidden Markov chain. An intuitive yet longstanding conjecture in this area is that such hybrid systems can be adaptively stabilized whenever the rate of transition of the hidden Markov chain is small enough. This paper provides a rigorous positive answer to this conjecture by establishing the global stability of a gradient-algorithm-based adaptive linear-quadratic control.     

pth moment and almost sure exponential stability of impulsive neutral stochastic functional differential equations with Markovian switching

In this paper, the problems on the pth moment and the almost sure exponential stability for a class of impulsive neutral stochastic functional differential equations with Markovian switching are investigated. By using the Lyapunov function, the Razumikhin-type theorem and the stochastic analysis, some new conditions about the pth moment exponential stability are first obtained. Then, by using the Borel–Cantelli lemma, the almost sure exponential stability is also discussed. The results generalise and improve some results obtained in the existing literature. Finally, two examples are given to illustrate the obtained results.