Limit theorems for randomly coarse grained continuous-time random walks

Dissertationes Mathematicae

Volumn , Issue 431, 2005, Pages 5-45

  Jurlewicz, Agnieszka ^a  

^a WROCLAW UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Coarse graining; Continuous time random walk; Limit theorem; Random index; Random sum; Relaxation phenomenon; Renormalization group; Stable distribution

Indexed keywords

EID: 84893494448     PISSN: 00123862     EISSN: 17306310     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4064/dm431-0-1     Document Type: Article

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