Information theory for maximum likelihood estimation of diffusion models
扩散模型最大似然估计的信息理论
We develop an information theoretic framework for maximum likelihood estimation of diffusion models. Two information criteria that measure the divergence of a diffusion process from the true diffusion are defined. The maximum likelihood estimator (MLE) converges asymptotically to the limit that minimizes the criteria when sampling interval decreases as sampling span increases. When both drift and diffusion specifications are correct, the criteria become zero and the inverse…