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dc.contributor.advisorFalconer, K. J.
dc.contributor.authorLiu, Lining
dc.coverage.spatial91en_US
dc.date.accessioned2010-06-30T13:34:12Z
dc.date.available2010-06-30T13:34:12Z
dc.date.issued2010-06-23
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10023/948
dc.description.abstractWe first review recent work on stable and multistable random processes and their localisability. Then most of the thesis concerns a new approach to these topics based on characteristic functions. Our aim is to construct processes on R, which are α(x)-multistable, where the stability index α(x) varies with x. To do this we first use characteristic functions to define α(x)-multistable random integrals and measures and examine their properties. We show that an α(x)-multistable random measure may be obtained as the limit of a sequence of measures made up of α-stable random measures restricted to small intervals with α constant on each interval. We then use the multistable random integrals to define multistable random processes on R and study the localisability of these processes. Thus we find conditions that ensure that a process locally ‘looks like’ a given stochastic process under enlargement and appropriate scaling. We give many examples of multistable random processes and examine their local forms. Finally, we examine the dimensions of graphs of α-stable random functions defined by series with α-stable random variables as coefficients.en_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherUniversity of St Andrews
dc.subjectMultistableen_US
dc.subjectLocalisabilityen_US
dc.subject.lccQA274.L58
dc.subject.lcshStochastic processesen
dc.subject.lcshCharacteristic functionsen
dc.titleStable and multistable processes and localisabilityen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
dc.type.qualificationlevelDoctoralen_US
dc.type.qualificationnamePhD Doctor of Philosophyen_US
dc.publisher.institutionThe University of St Andrewsen_US


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