A second-order weak approximation of SDEs using a Markov chain without Lévy area simulation

Abstract

Abstract This paper proposes a new Markov chain approach to second-order weak approximations of stochastic differential equations (SDEs) driven by d-dimensional Brownian motion. The scheme is explicitly constructed by polynomials of Brownian motions up to second order, and any discrete moment-matched random variables or the Lévy area simulation method are not used. The required number of random variables is still d in one-step simulation of the implementation of the scheme. In the Markov chain, a correction term with Lie bracket of vector fields associated with SDEs appears as the cost of not using moment-matched random variables.