Generalized Counting Process: its Non-Homogeneous and Time-Changed Versions

K. K. Kataria, M. Khandakar, P. Vellaisamy

Published 2022-10-08Version 1

We introduce a non-homogeneous version of the generalized counting process (GCP), namely, the non-homogeneous generalized counting process (NGCP). We time-change the NGCP by an independent inverse stable subordinator to obtain its fractional version, and call it as the non-homogeneous generalized fractional counting process (NGFCP). A generalization of the NGFCP is obtained by time-changing the NGCP with an independent inverse subordinator. We derive the system of governing differential-integral equations for the marginal distributions of the increments of NGCP, NGFCP and its generalization. Then, we consider the GCP time-changed by a multistable subordinator and obtain its L\'evy measure, associated Bern\v{s}tein function and distribution of the first passage times. The GCP and its fractional version, that is, the generalized fractional counting process when time-changed by a L\'evy subordinator are known as the time-changed generalized counting process-I (TCGCP-I) and the time-changed generalized fractional counting process-I (TCGFCP-I), respectively. We obtain the distribution of first passage times and related governing equations for the TCGCP-I. An application of the TCGCP-I to ruin theory is discussed. We obtain the conditional distribution of the $k$th order statistic from a sample whose size is modelled by a particular case of TCGFCP-I, namely, the time fractional negative binomial process. Later, we consider a fractional version of the TCGCP-I and obtain the system of differential equations that governs its state probabilities. Its mean, variance, covariance, {\it etc.} are obtained and using which its long-range dependence property is established. Some results for its two particular cases are obtained.