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I am absolute newbie to stochastic calculus and have to solve a weighted hazard rates integral, where the hazard rates are stochastic, their logarithm governed by arithmetic Ornstein-Uhlenbeck (OU) process (if it simplifies, asymptotically for large times so that all transients are gone).

I.e. I am looking for the distribution at time $t$ of the stochastic process

$$A(t) = \int_0^t q(s) e^{x_s} ds $$

where $q(s)$ is the weight function of time (let's for simplicity think it polynomial or even constant),

and $x_s = x_0 e^{-as} + (1-e^{-as})\mu + \sigma e^{as} \int_0^s e^{-as} dW_s$ being the OU solution with mean $\mu$ and mean-reversion strength parameter $a$.

After transients, $$ x_s \approx \mu + \sigma e^{as} \int_0^s e^{-as} dW_s = \mu + \beta W_s $$

with $\beta^2 = \frac{\sigma^2}{2a}(1 - e^{- 2 a s}) \approx \frac{\sigma^2}{2a}$


So the simplified version of the initial problem: $$A(t) = \int_0^t q(s) e^{\mu + \beta W_s} ds $$ with constant $\mu$ and $\beta$ and a Wiener process $W_s$ (to be more precise, a random variable with density N(0,1))


Now my problem:

tried to solve $A(t)$ integral by parts and got stuck $\Rightarrow$ need any possible hint top get any further:

With $Q(t) = \int q(s) ds$

$$ A(t) = Q(t)e^{\mu + \beta W_t} - Q(0)e^{\mu} - \beta \int_0^t Q(s) e^{\mu + \beta W_s} dW_s $$

If I am correct so far, how to solve the right integral?

Must be a one-liner well described in the literature but I could not find any information. Maybe solvable by Taylor expansion of $e^W_s$?

Would be very grateful for any hint!!!

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  • $\begingroup$ @ user40531 : I think this is the best you can do. But it might depend on what you mean exactly by saying "solving an integral" and what you want to do with it. Best regards $\endgroup$
    – The Bridge
    Sep 27, 2013 at 12:34
  • $\begingroup$ @user40531, could you please give a related reference for this problem? $\endgroup$
    – richard
    Jun 12, 2016 at 10:13
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    $\begingroup$ @user40531 Closed form expressions for the integral of an exponential Brownian motion are not known. Mark Yor and Daniel Dufresne both have studied the problem extensively and provide numerical solution through the Laplace transform. This problem is also central to the pricing and arithmetic Asian options, in which the payout depends on the arithmetic average value. The underlying difficulty stems from the fact that the sum (or Riemann integral) of lognormals does not have a Gaussian density. $\endgroup$ Apr 6, 2018 at 23:23

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