Score function of a stochastic process

In this post, I will introduce the score function of a stochastic process. Before proceeding, I recommend that reading my previous posts below

Score function of a random vector

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Stochastic process

A stochastic process is a collection of random vectors x_t \in \mathbf{R}^d , 0\leq t \leq T . For each time index t \in [0, T ] , x_t is a random vector whose probability density function (pdf) is denoted as p_t (x_t) .

Definition of the score function of a stochastic process

The score function of the stochastic process \{ x_t \} is defined for each t as follows

\nabla_{x_t} \log p_t (x_t) \tag{Score function of $\{x_t\}$ for each t}

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