BIRLA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY AND SCIENCE, PILANI
K. K. BIRLA GOA CAMPUS
First Semester 2019-2020
Lab/Practice Sheet-2
Course No. MATH F424 Course title: Applied Stochastic Process
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Attempt the following theoretically, also, verify the same using programming ( in R you
can update library with packages ”ConvergenceConcept” for convergence and ”tseries” for
stationary process.
1. Let U be U (0, 1) random variable and define Xn = I[m/2k ,(m+1)/2k ] (U ) where n = 2k +m
a.s. p
for k ≥ 1 and with 0 ≤ m < 2k . Check if Xn −−→ 0 and Xn → − 0.
2. Let X1 , X2 , · · · be i.i.d. continuous random variables with N (2, 9) distribution. Define
Yn = (0.5)n Xn , n = 1, 2, · · · . Also define Tn and An to be the sum and the average,
p p p d
respectively, of Y1 , Y2 , · · · , Yn . Check if Yn →
− 0, Tn →
− 2, An →
− 0 and Tn →
− N (2, 3).
3. Let X1 , X2 , · · · be U (0, 1) i.i.d. random variables. Define Mn = max {X1 , · · · , Xn }.
p a.s.
Prove that Mn → − 1, and Mn −−→ 1.
4. Suppose we choose at random n numbers from interval [0, 1] with uniform distribution.
Let Xn be the random variable describing nth choice, then show that Xn obeys WLLN.
5. Generate sample path of Gaussian white noise GW N (0, 1), check if it is stationary
time series.
6. Generate the sample of Yt = β0 + β1 t + t , t ∼ GW N (0, σ 2 ), t = 0, 1, · · · for
β0 = 0, β1 = 0.1 and σ 2 = 1. Check if these are stationary time series. Also, choose a
simple transformation Zt = Yt − β1 t, check is resulting time series is stationary.
Solve the following theoretically:
7. Consider a process {Xn }n≥1 , where each Xn have Poisson distribution with parameter
n, n = 1, 2, · · · . Find the limiting distribution of Yn = X√n −n
n
. (Hint: find mgf of Yn as
n → ∞.)
8. Consider a process {Xn }n≥1 , where each Xn having CDF
0
−∞ < x < 0
n
FXn (x) = 1 − 1 − nx
0≤x<n .
1 n≤x<∞
Find the limiting distribution of {Xn }n≥1 .
d p
9. Let Y is U (− 21 , 12 ) and Xn = (−1)n+1 Y, n = 1, 2, · · · . Check if Xn →
− Y and Xn →
− Y.
10. Let X be a random variable and Xn = X + Yn , where E(Yn ) = n1 and variance of Yn is
σ2 p p
n
, where σ > 0 is a constant. Show that Xn →
− X. (Hint: it is easy to show Yn →
− 0.)
d p
11. Let Xn be U (− n1 , n1 ) and X = 0 be a constant. Check if Xn →
− X and if Xn →
− X.
12. Prove or disprove, a process with stationary and independent increments is strongly
stationary.
13. Prove or disprove, strongly stationary process is always weakly stationary.
14. Xn is an i.i.d. random process with mean E(Xn ) = and variance V ar(Xn ) = σ 2 . Find
auto-covariance of the process.
15. Let Xn represent nth Bernoulli trial with probability of success p. Define Yn = ni=1 Xi
P
for n ∈ N, prove that {Yn }n≥1 is a second order process with stationary independent
increments. Find mean and covariance function of {Yn }n≥1 .
16. On time [0, ∞), let events are occurring according to Poisson process {Yt }t≥0 with
rate λ. If Tn is arrival time for the nth event, then show that the process {Tn }n≥1 , is
second order process with stationary independent increments. Also find the mean and
covariance function.
17. Prove or disprove, strictly stationary process is i.i.d..
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