Perturbation of transition functions and a Feynman-Kac formula for the incorporation of mortality

Timothy Lant; Horst Thieme

doi:10.1007/s11117-006-2044-8

Perturbation of transition functions and a Feynman-Kac formula for the incorporation of mortality

Timothy Lant, Horst Thieme

Mathematical and Statistical Sciences, School of (SoMSS)

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Abstract

Markov transition kernels are perturbed by output kernels with a special emphasis on building mortality into structured population models. A Feynman-Kac formula is derived which illustrates the interplay of mortality with a Markov process associated with the unperturbed kernel.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	299-318
Number of pages	20
Journal	Positivity
Volume	11
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s11117-006-2044-8
State	Published - May 2007

Keywords

(Markov) transition functions
Feynman-Kac formula
Forward equation
Hille-Yosida operators
Markov processes
Output kernels
Stochastic continuity

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Analysis
Theoretical Computer Science
General Mathematics

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