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Exact Simulation and Bayesian Inference for Jump-DiffusionProcessesFlávio B. Gonçalves ∗University of WarwickGareth O. RobertsUniversity of WarwickThe last 10 years have seen a large increase in statistical methodology for diffusions, and computationallyintensive Bayesian methods using data augmentation have been particulary prominent. This activityhas been fuelled by existing and emerging applications in economics, biology, genetics, chemistry, physicsand engineering. However diffusions have continuous sample paths so may natural continuous time phenomenarequire more general classes of models. Jump-diffusions have considerable appeal as flexiblefamilies of stochastic models. Bayesian inference for jump-diffusion models motivates new methodologicalchallenges, in particular requires the construction of novel simulation schemes for use within dataaugmentation algorithms and within discretely observed data. In this paper we propose a new methodologyfor exact simulation of jump-diffusion processes. Such method is based on the recently introducedExact Algorithm for exact simulation of diffusions. We also propose a simulation-based method to makelikelihood-based inference for discretely observed jump-diffusions in a Bayesian framework. Simulatedexamples are presented to illustrate the proposed methodology.∗ Apresentador/Speaker32

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