scholarly journals Clustered continuous-time random walks: diffusion and relaxation consequences

2012 ◽  
Vol 468 (2142) ◽  
pp. 1615-1628 ◽  
Author(s):  
Karina Weron ◽  
Aleksander Stanislavsky ◽  
Agnieszka Jurlewicz ◽  
Mark M. Meerschaert ◽  
Hans-Peter Scheffler
Keyword(s):  
Random Walks ◽  
Power Law ◽  
Continuous Time ◽  
Waiting Times ◽  
Scaling Limit ◽  
Fractional Diffusion ◽  
Diffusion Equations ◽  
The Novel ◽  
Fractional Diffusion Equations ◽  
Continuous Time Random Walks

We present a class of continuous-time random walks (CTRWs), in which random jumps are separated by random waiting times. The novel feature of these CTRWs is that the jumps are clustered. This introduces a coupled effect, with longer waiting times separating larger jump clusters. We show that the CTRW scaling limits are time-changed processes. Their densities solve two different fractional diffusion equations, depending on whether the waiting time is coupled to the preceding jump, or the following one. These fractional diffusion equations can be used to model all types of experimentally observed two power-law relaxation patterns. The parameters of the scaling limit process determine the power-law exponents and loss peak frequencies.

Limit theorems for continuous-time random walks with infinite mean waiting times

2004 ◽  
Vol 41 (03) ◽  
pp. 623-638 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mark M. Meerschaert ◽  
Hans-Peter Scheffler
Keyword(s):  
Random Walk ◽  
Random Walks ◽  
Continuous Time ◽  
Waiting Times ◽  
Scaling Limit ◽  
Domain Of Attraction ◽  
Simple Random Walk ◽  
Lévy Motion ◽  
Hamiltonian Chaos ◽  
Continuous Time Random Walks

A continuous-time random walk is a simple random walk subordinated to a renewal process used in physics to model anomalous diffusion. In this paper we show that, when the time between renewals has infinite mean, the scaling limit is an operator Lévy motion subordinated to the hitting time process of a classical stable subordinator. Density functions for the limit process solve a fractional Cauchy problem, the generalization of a fractional partial differential equation for Hamiltonian chaos. We also establish a functional limit theorem for random walks with jumps in the strict generalized domain of attraction of a full operator stable law, which is of some independent interest.

Limit theorems for continuous-time random walks with infinite mean waiting times

2004 ◽  
Vol 41 (3) ◽  
pp. 623-638 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mark M. Meerschaert ◽  
Hans-Peter Scheffler
Keyword(s):  
Random Walk ◽  
Random Walks ◽  
Continuous Time ◽  
Waiting Times ◽  
Scaling Limit ◽  
Domain Of Attraction ◽  
Simple Random Walk ◽  
Lévy Motion ◽  
Hamiltonian Chaos ◽  
Continuous Time Random Walks

A continuous-time random walk is a simple random walk subordinated to a renewal process used in physics to model anomalous diffusion. In this paper we show that, when the time between renewals has infinite mean, the scaling limit is an operator Lévy motion subordinated to the hitting time process of a classical stable subordinator. Density functions for the limit process solve a fractional Cauchy problem, the generalization of a fractional partial differential equation for Hamiltonian chaos. We also establish a functional limit theorem for random walks with jumps in the strict generalized domain of attraction of a full operator stable law, which is of some independent interest.

scholarly journals From continuous time random walks to the generalized diffusion equation

2018 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
pp. 10-28 ◽  
Author(s):  
Trifce Sandev ◽  
Ralf Metzler ◽  
Aleksei Chechkin
Keyword(s):  
Diffusion Equation ◽  
Continuous Time ◽  
Fractional Diffusion ◽  
Distribution Functions ◽  
Diffusion Equations ◽  
Fractional Diffusion Equations ◽  
Probability Distribution Functions ◽  
Special Cases ◽  
Continuous Time Random Walks ◽  
Random Walk Theory

AbstractWe obtain a generalized diffusion equation in modified or Riemann-Liouville form from continuous time random walk theory. The waiting time probability density function and mean squared displacement for different forms of the equation are explicitly calculated. We show examples of generalized diffusion equations in normal or Caputo form that encode the same probability distribution functions as those obtained from the generalized diffusion equation in modified form. The obtained equations are general and many known fractional diffusion equations are included as special cases.

scholarly journals Chover-Type Laws of the Iterated Logarithm for Continuous Time Random Walks

2012 ◽  
Vol 2012 ◽  
pp. 1-13
Author(s):  
Kyo-Shin Hwang ◽  
Wensheng Wang
Keyword(s):  
Random Walk ◽  
Random Walks ◽  
Anomalous Diffusion ◽  
Renewal Process ◽  
Continuous Time ◽  
Waiting Times ◽  
Continuous Time Random Walk ◽  
Domains Of Attraction ◽  
Iterated Logarithm ◽  
Continuous Time Random Walks

A continuous time random walk is a random walk subordinated to a renewal process used in physics to model anomalous diffusion. In this paper, we establish Chover-type laws of the iterated logarithm for continuous time random walks with jumps and waiting times in the domains of attraction of stable laws.

Biased continuous-time random walks for ordinary and equilibrium cases: facilitation of diffusion, ergodicity breaking and ageing

2018 ◽  
Vol 20 (32) ◽  
pp. 20827-20848 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ru Hou ◽  
Andrey G. Cherstvy ◽  
Ralf Metzler ◽  
Takuma Akimoto
Keyword(s):  
Random Walks ◽  
Computer Simulations ◽  
Power Law ◽  
Waiting Time ◽  
Continuous Time ◽  
Zero Drift ◽  
Renewal Processes ◽  
Waiting Time Distributions ◽  
Continuous Time Random Walks ◽  
Ergodicity Breaking

We examine renewal processes with power-law waiting time distributions and non-zero drift via computing analytically and by computer simulations their ensemble and time averaged spreading characteristics.

scholarly journals Space–Time Duality for Fractional Diffusion

2009 ◽  
Vol 46 (4) ◽  
pp. 1100-1115 ◽  
Author(s):  
Boris Baeumer ◽  
Mark M. Meerschaert ◽  
Erkan Nane
Keyword(s):  
Contaminant Transport ◽  
Power Law ◽  
Fractional Derivatives ◽  
Waiting Times ◽  
Stable Process ◽  
Fractional Diffusion ◽  
Fractional Diffusion Equations ◽  
Lévy Motion ◽  
Current Controversy ◽  
A Current

Zolotarev (1961) proved a duality result that relates stable densities with different indices. In this paper we show how Zolotarev's duality leads to some interesting results on fractional diffusion. Fractional diffusion equations employ fractional derivatives in place of the usual integer-order derivatives. They govern scaling limits of random walk models, with power-law jumps leading to fractional derivatives in space, and power-law waiting times between the jumps leading to fractional derivatives in time. The limit process is a stable Lévy motion that models the jumps, subordinated to an inverse stable process that models the waiting times. Using duality, we relate the density of a spectrally negative stable process with index 1<α<2 to the density of the hitting time of a stable subordinator with index 1/α, and thereby unify some recent results in the literature. These results provide a concrete interpretation of Zolotarev's duality in terms of the fractional diffusion model. They also illuminate a current controversy in hydrology, regarding the appropriate use of space- and time-fractional derivatives to model contaminant transport in river flows.

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