Probability Distribution Function for the Euclidean Distance Between Two Telegraph Processes

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Abstract

Consider two independent Goldstein-Kac telegraph processes X1(t)X_1(t) and X2(t)X_2(t) on the real line R\Bbb R. The processes Xk(t),  k=1,2,X_k(t), \; k=1,2, are performed by stochastic motions at finite constant velocities c1>0,  c2>0,c_1>0, \; c_2>0, that start at the initial time instant t=0t=0 from the origin of the real line R\Bbb R and are controlled by two independent homogeneous Poisson processes of rates λ1>0,  λ2>0λ_1>0, \; λ_2>0, respectively. Closed-form expression for the probability distribution function of the Euclidean distance ρ(t)=∣X1(t)−X2(t)∣,t>0,ρ(t) = |X_1(t) - X_2(t) |, \qquad t>0, between these processes at arbitrary time instant t>0t>0, is obtained. Some numerical results are presented.

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