Nonlocal Convection-Diffusion Problems on Bounded Domains and Finite-Range Jump Processes

Abstract

A nonlocal convection-diffusion model is introduced for the master equation of Markov jump processes in bounded domains. With minimal assumptions on the model parameters, the nonlocal steady and unsteady state master equations are shown to be well-posed in a weak sense. Then the nonlocal operator is shown to be the generator of finite-range nonsymmetric jump processes and, when certain conditions on the model parameters hold, the generators of finite and infinite activity Lévy and Lévy-type jump processes are shown to be special instances of the nonlocal operator.

Document Details

Document Type
Pub Defense Publication
Publication Date
Aug 31, 2017
Source ID
10.1515/cmam-2017-0029

Entities

People

  • Marta D’Elia
  • Max Gunzburger
  • Qiang Du
  • Richard B. Lehoucq

Organizations

  • Air Force Office of Scientific Research
  • Army Research Office
  • Columbia University
  • Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
  • Florida State University
  • National Nuclear Security Administration
  • National Science Foundation Division of Mathematical Sciences
  • Oak Ridge National Laboratory
  • Office of Advanced Scientific Computing Research
  • Sandia National Laboratories

Tags

Fields of Study

  • Mathematics

Readers

  • Calculus or Mathematical Analysis
  • Finite Element Method (FEM) for solving Partial Differential Equations (PDEs)
  • Statistical inference.