HURST EXPONENTS FOR NON-PRECISE DATA

Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

Department of Mathematics & Statistics, University of Ottawa, 585 King Edward, Ottawa, ON (K1N 5N1), Canada

Abstract

We provide a framework for the study of statistical quantities
related to the Hurst phenomenon when the data are non-precise with bounded
support.

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