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Estimation of the multifractional function and the stability index of linear multifractional stable processes

Abstract

In this paper we are interested in multifractional stable processes where the self-similarity index HH is a function of time, in other words HH becomes time changing, and the stability index α\alpha is a constant. Using β\beta- negative power variations (1/2<β<0-1/2<\beta<0), we propose estimators for the value of the multifractional function HH at a fixed time t0t_0 and for α\alpha for two cases: multifractional Brownian motion (α=2\alpha=2) and linear multifractional stable motion (0<α<20<\alpha<2). We get the consistency of our estimates for the underlying processes with the rate of convergence.

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