## Stochastic Systems

### Optimal paths in large deviations of symmetric reflected Brownian motion in the octant

#### Abstract

We study the variational problem that arises from consideration of large deviations for semimartingale reflected Brownian motion (SRBM) in $\mathbb{R}^{3}_{+}$. Due to the difficulty of the general problem, we consider the case in which the SRBM has rotationally symmetric parameters. In this case, we are able to obtain conditions under which the optimal solutions to the variational problem are paths that are gradual (moving through faces of strictly increasing dimension) or that spiral around the boundary of the octant. Furthermore, these results allow us to provide an example for which it can be verified that a spiral path is optimal. For rotationally symmetric SRBM’s, our results facilitate the simplification of computational methods for determining optimal solutions to variational problems and give insight into large deviations behavior of these processes.

#### Article information

Source
Stoch. Syst., Volume 3, Number 1 (2013), 187-229.

Dates
First available in Project Euclid: 24 February 2014

https://projecteuclid.org/euclid.ssy/1393251984

Digital Object Identifier
doi:10.1214/12-SSY082

Mathematical Reviews number (MathSciNet)
MR3353471

Zentralblatt MATH identifier
1323.60046

#### Citation

Liang, Ziyu; Hasenbein, John J. Optimal paths in large deviations of symmetric reflected Brownian motion in the octant. Stoch. Syst. 3 (2013), no. 1, 187--229. doi:10.1214/12-SSY082. https://projecteuclid.org/euclid.ssy/1393251984

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