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Continuous-time stochastic process

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In probability theory and statistics, a continuous-time stochastic process, or a continuous-space-time stochastic process is a stochastic process for which the index variable takes a continuous set of values, as contrasted with a discrete-time process for which the index variable takes only distict values. A more restricted class of processes are the continuous stochastic processes: here the term often (but not always[1]) implies both that the index variable is continuous and that sample paths of the process are continuous. Given the possible confusion, caution is needed.[1]

Examples

An example of a continuous-time stochastic process for which sample paths are not continous is a Poisson process. An example with continuous paths is the Ornstein–Uhlenbeck process.

See also

References

  1. ^ a b Dodge, Y. (2006) The Oxford Dictionary of Statistical Terms, OUP. ISBN 0-19-920613-9 (Entry for "continuous process")
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