Excursions of Stationary Gaussian Processes above High Moving Barriers

Abstract

Let $X(t)$ be a real stationary Gaussian process with covariance function $r(t);$ and let $f(t), t \geqq 0,$ be a nonnegative continuous function which vanishes only at $t = 0.$ Under certain conditions on $r(t)$ and $f(t),$ we find, for fixed $T > 0$ and for $u \rightarrow \infty$ (i) the asymptotic form of the probability that $X(t)$ exceeds $u + f(t)$ for some $t \in \lbrack 0, T \rbrack;$ and (ii) the conditional limiting distribution of the time spent by $X(t)$ above $u + f(t), 0 \leqq t \leqq T,$ given that the time is positive.