Itô processes

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Itô processes are a class of stochastic processes, typically modeled as solutions to stochastic differential equations, that form the fundamental objects of study in Itô calculus and modern stochastic analysis.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf mathematical object
stochastic process
definedOn filtered probability space
probability space
enables Itô’s lemma
surface form: Itô formula

stochastic integration
field probability theory
stochastic analysis
stochastic calculus
generalForm X_t = X_0 + ∫_0^t a_s ds + ∫_0^t b_s dW_s
hasCoefficient diffusion coefficient
drift coefficient
hasComponent diffusion term
drift term
finite variation part
local martingale part
hasDrivingProcess Brownian motion
Brownian motion
surface form: Wiener process
hasMathematicalStructure quadratic variation
hasOperation stochastic integral with respect to Brownian motion
hasProperty adapted to filtration
almost surely continuous paths
finite quadratic variation
semimartingale
hasRepresentation sum of local martingale and finite variation process
namedAfter Kiyoshi Itô
relatedTo Ornstein–Uhlenbeck process
Stratonovich process
geometric Brownian motion
local martingale
martingale
satisfies stochastic differential equation
specialCase Brownian motion
martingale with zero drift
subclassOf Markov process
continuous semimartingale
semimartingale
usedIn Itô calculus
filtering theory
mathematical finance
population dynamics
quantitative finance
statistical physics
stochastic control
usedToModel asset prices
diffusion phenomena
interest rates
volatility

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Itô calculus appliesTo Itô processes
Itô’s lemma appliesTo Itô processes
Kolmogorov backward equation appliesTo Itô processes
this entity surface form: Itô diffusion
Kiyoshi Itô knownFor Itô processes
this entity surface form: Itô process
Kiyoshi Itô notableWork Itô processes
this entity surface form: On stochastic processes (seminal papers on stochastic calculus)