Fast, accurate algorithm for numerical simulation of Lévy stable stochastic processes

Rosario Nunzio Mantegna
Phys. Rev. E 49, 4677 – Published 1 May 1994
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Abstract

We propose a fast and accurate algorithm generating Lévy stable stochastic processes of arbitrary index α ranging between 0.3 and 1.99. The scale parameter is also controllable. The algorithm is very fast when α lies between 0.75 and 1.95.

  • Received 28 October 1993

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevE.49.4677

©1994 American Physical Society

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Rosario Nunzio Mantegna

  • Dipartimento di Energetica ed Applicazioni di Fisica, Università degli Studi, viale delle Scienze, I-90128 Palermo, Italy

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Vol. 49, Iss. 5 — May 1994

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