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When the distribution p H ( h ) of the jump sizes is exponential with mean
α
, we obtain
the following steady-state solution of Eq. ( B2.3-7 ):
( z ) exp
( z ) d z
1
z
α λ
1
p ( z )
=
C
,
(B2.3-8)
ρ
ρ
z
where C is an integration constant. Backtransforming Eq. ( B2.3-8 )fromthe z to the
φ
domain, we recover Eq. ( 2.69 ). To this end, we recall that if z (
φ
) is a monotonic function
the derived distribution of
. Moreover, the expressions of
master equation ( B2.3-7 ) and probability distribution ( B2.3-8 )of z determined in this
box are for the case of WSN,
φ
is p (
φ
)
=
p Z ( z )
|
d z
/
d
φ |
ξ sn with mean
ξ sn = αλ
, whereas ( 2.69 ) refers to the case
ξ sn . Thus, to compare with ( 2.69 ) the pdf of
of zero-mean WSN
φ
obtained as a derived
distribution of p Z (
φ
)using( B2.3-8 ), we need to use the transformation f (
φ
)
f (
φ
)
αλ
).
The results obtained in this box can be also generalized to the case of processes
driven by WSN with state-dependent rate
g (
φ
). Following the same steps as in
( B2.3-3 )-( B2.3-7 ) [with an additional Taylor expansion of
λ
(
φ
λ
(
φ
) about
φ
] and neglecting
the higher-order terms, we obtain the pdf of
φ
for the case of state-dependent WSN
( Porporato and D'Odorico , 2004 ):
( z ) exp
( z ) d z
( z )
1
z
α
λ
p ( z )
=
C
.
(B2.3-9)
ρ
ρ
z
The effect of the state dependency of the rate
λ
on the properties of the probability
distribution of
are discussed in Chapter 4; in Subsection 2.3.4.3 we show that the same
result can be obtained as a limit of the pdf of
φ
φ
in the case of state-dependent
dichotomous noise [Eq. ( 2.44 )].
p
φ
3
2.5
2
1.5
1
0.5
2 φ
0.25
0.5
0.75
1
1.25
1.5
1.75
Figure 2.12. The pdf's for Examples 2.5 (continuous curve) and 2.6 (dotted curve)
with
α =
0
.
5 and
λ =
1.
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