Numerical simulation of a linear stochastic oscillator with additive noise

  • Authors:
  • Aslaug H. Strømmen Melbø;Desmond J. Higham

  • Affiliations:
  • WesternGeco Oslo Technology Center, P.O. Box 234, 1372 Asker, Norway and Department of Mathematical Sciences, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, 7491 Trondheim, Norway;Department of Mathematics, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow G1 1XH, UK

  • Venue:
  • Applied Numerical Mathematics
  • Year:
  • 2004

Quantified Score

Hi-index 0.00

Visualization

Abstract

The ability of numerical methods to reproduce long-time features of a linear stochastic oscillator is examined. It is shown that certain, widely-used, methods fail to capture the correct second moment growth rate, whereas a customized extension of the partitioned Euler method behaves well in this respect. It is also shown that the partitioned Euler method inherits an infinite-oscillation property. A weaker oscillation result is proved for a wide class of numerical methods.