# On the simulation of iterated Itô integrals

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## Abstract

We consider algorithms for simulation of iterated Itô integrals with
application to simulation of stochastic differential equations. The
fact that the iterated Itô integral
I_{ij}(t_n,t_n+h)=\int_{t_n}^{t_n+h} \int_{t_n}^{s} dW_{i}(u)dW_{j}(s)
conditioned on W_i(t_n+h)-W_i(t_n) and W_j(t_n+h)-W_j(t_n), has an
infinitely divisible distribution is utilised for the simultaneous
simulation of $I_{ij}(t_n,t_n+h)$,W_{i}(t_n+h)-W_{i}(t_n) and
W_j(t_n+h)-W_j(t_n). Different simulation methods for the iterated
Itô integrals are investigated. We show mean square convergence rates
for approximations of shot-noise type and asymptotic normality of the
remainder of the approximations. This together with the fact that the
conditional distribution of I_{ij}(t_n,t_n+h), apart from an additive
constant, is a Gaussian variance mixture is used to achieve an
improved convergence rate. This is done by a coupling method for the
remainder of the approximation.

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### Subject classification (UKÄ) – MANDATORY

• Probability Theory and Statistics

### Keywords

• Iterated Itô integral, Infinitely divisible distribution, Multi-dimensional stochastic differential equation, Numerical approximation, Class G distribution, Variance mixture, Coupling
Original language English 151-168 Stochastic Processes and their Applications 91 1 Published - 2001 Research Yes