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48 results for 2D Levy flights

Analyzes Lévy flights on manifolds for finding small targets.

problem Finding small targets using Lévy flights on various manifolds.
method Analytic description of Lévy flights on closed Riemannian manifolds, including asymptotics of expected stopping time.
result Computes the expected time for finding a small target by Lévy flight on surfaces.

The problem of an arbitrary truncated Levy flight description using the method of cumulant approach has been solved. The set of cumulants of the truncated Levy distribution given the assumption of arbitrary truncation has been found. The influence of truncation shape on the truncated Levy flight properties in the Gauss…

2010-06-12abs ↗pdf ↗

Study of Lévy flights on Zoll surfaces, revealing geometric information.

problem Understanding the mean first capture time of Lévy flights on Zoll surfaces.
method Analysis of geodesic Lévy processes on Zoll surfaces, focusing on the first correction term.
result The first correction term encodes geometric information, specifically the degree of the conjugate point.

Truncated Lévy flights are random walks in which the arbitrarily large steps of a Lévy flight are eliminated. Since this makes the variance finite, the central limit theorem applies, and as time increases the probability distribution of the increments becomes Gaussian. Here, truncated Lévy flights with correlated fluct…

1999-06-28abs ↗pdf ↗

Study analyzes fluctuations in Mexican financial market index.

problem Understanding intra-day fluctuations in Mexican financial market index.
method Statistical analysis of high frequency tick-to-tick data, temporal aggregation, and comparison of distributions.
result Intra-day fluctuations do not follow alpha-stable distributions, suggesting autocorrelations.

The paper approximates Levi-Civita connection and curvature on 2D manifolds using finite elements.

problem Approximating Levi-Civita connection and curvature on 2D manifolds with finite elements.
method Using Regge finite elements, piecewise polynomial symmetric (0,2)-tensor fields, and distributional sense for non-regular tensors.
result Distributional quantities converge to their smooth counterparts under refinement of triangulation.

The concepts of scale invariance, self-similarity and scaling have been fruitfully applied to the study of price fluctuations in financial markets. After a brief review of the properties of stable Levy distributions and their applications to market data we indicate the shortcomings of such models and describe the trunc…

1997-05-09abs ↗pdf ↗

Method extracts governing laws from non-Gaussian stochastic systems data.

problem Modeling complex dynamics with non-Gaussian Lévy noise.
method Data-driven method to extract stochastic dynamical systems from noisy data.
result Established a theoretical framework and numerical algorithm to compute Lévy jump measure, drift, and diffusion.

Method extends option valuation for 2D Lévy models.

problem Valuation of European options under 2-asset infinite-activity Lévy models.
method Developed numerical method extending Wang et al. (2007) for 1D to 2D, using Fourier transform for integral term and semi-Lagrangian theta-method for temporal discretization.
result Favourable second-order convergence for Normal Tempered Stable dynamics.

A new model that combines economic growth rate fluctuations at the microscopic and macroscopic level is presented. At the microscopic level, firms are growing at different rates while also being exposed to idiosyncratic shocks at the firm and sector level. We describe such fluctuations as independent Lévy-stable fluctu…

2017-08-26abs ↗pdf ↗

Traditional control methods are inadequate in many deployment settings involving control of Cyber-Physical Systems (CPS). In such settings, CPS controllers must operate and respond to unpredictable interactions, conditions, or failure modes. Dealing with such unpredictability requires the use of executive and cognitive…

2019-09-14abs ↗pdf ↗

This paper proposes a new method to learn combinatorial patterns for airline crew pairing optimization.

problem Enhancing airline crew pairing optimization for large-scale, complex flight networks.
method Variational Graph Auto-Encoder for learning combinatorial patterns among flight-connection graphs.
result The proposed method generates new pairings for the optimizer, improving the efficacy of airline crew pairing optimization.

Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs), autonomously-guided aircraft, are widely used for tasks involving surveillance and reconnaissance. A version of the pursuit-evasion problems centered around UAVs and its variants has been extensively studied in recent years due to numerous breakthroughs in AI. We present an approach to …

2019-11-02abs ↗pdf ↗

Machine learning improves aircraft performance prediction by analyzing flight data.

problem Limited aircraft performance models based on industry-wide guidelines.
method Use machine learning on flight data to estimate drag and lift coefficients.
result Excellent accuracy in real-life data, supporting aerodynamics principles.

Machine learning predicts flight connections for airline crew scheduling.

problem Predicting the next connecting flight for airline crews.
method Adapted neural network for multiclass classification from historical data.
result High accuracy (99.7%) in flight connection prediction.

Paper addresses CPA line forecasting in online advertising mid-flight.

problem Forecasting ad campaign performance mid-flight considering bidding mechanisms.
method Generates relationships between metrics and optimization signals, estimates sensitivity, and characterizes advertiser spends vs. eCPA.
result Demonstrates promising accuracy in forecasting against actual deliveries.

We reformulate the Cont-Bouchaud model of financial markets in terms of classical "super-spins" where the spin value is a measure of the number of individual traders represented by a portfolio manager of an investment agency. We then extend this simplified model by switching on interactions among the super-spins to mod…

1998-10-14abs ↗pdf ↗

This study analyzes and predicts airline delays using machine learning models.

problem Improving the accuracy of predicting airline flight delays.
method The study combines airline and weather datasets, using various machine learning models (Logistic Regression, Naive Bayes, K-NN, Decision Tree, Random Forest) to predict flight delays.
result The Random Forest model achieved an accuracy of 82% in predicting flight delays of 15 minutes or more.

In this paper, we use the generalized Hurst exponent approach to study the multi- scaling behavior of different financial time series. We show that this approach is robust and powerful in detecting different types of multiscaling. We observe a puzzling phenomenon where an apparent increase in multifractality is measure…

2012-01-07abs ↗pdf ↗

EDU method finds diverse optimal solutions for expensive simulators.

problem Optimizing expensive black-box simulators for diverse solutions.
method EDU method searches for diverse locally-optimal solutions within a tolerance level.
result EDU yields a closed-form acquisition function facilitating efficient sequential queries.

Gradient-enhanced deep GPs improve multifidelity model accuracy.

problem Improving accuracy in multifidelity models using gradient data.
method Extending deep Gaussian processes to incorporate gradient data.
result Gradient-enhanced deep GP outperforms other models in predicting aerodynamic coefficients.

We study noncommutative bundles and Riemannian geometry at the semiclassical level of first order in a deformation parameter λλ, using a functorial approach. The data for quantisation of the cotangent bundle is known to be a Poisson structure and Poisson preconnection and we now show that this data defines to a functo…

2014-03-17abs ↗pdf ↗

We study a simple modification to the conventional time of flight mass spectrometry (TOFMS) where a \emph{variable} and (pseudo)-\emph{random} pulsing rate is used which allows for traces from different pulses to overlap. This modification requires little alteration to the currently employed hardware. However, it requi…

2012-12-18abs ↗pdf ↗

Recent advances in unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) technology have revolutionized a broad class of civil and military applications. However, the designs of wireless technologies that enable real-time streaming of high-definition video between UAVs and ground clients present a conundrum. Most existing adaptive bitrate (AB…

2019-09-23abs ↗pdf ↗

We consider the problem of efficiently constructing cheap and novel round trip flight itineraries by combining legs from different airlines. We analyse the factors that contribute towards the price of such itineraries and find that many result from the combination of just 30% of airlines and that the closer the departu…

2018-12-04abs ↗pdf ↗

Study reveals finite-size effects and sensitivity to random numbers in Levy-Levy-Solomon model.

problem Finite-size effects and sensitivity to random numbers in Levy-Levy-Solomon model.
method Simulations and analysis of Levy-Levy-Solomon model with different random number generators and stopping criteria.
result Low-quality pseudo random number generators significantly impact simulation results.

These lectures notes aim at introducing Lévy processes in an informal and intuitive way, accessible to non-specialists in the field. In the first part, we focus on the theory of Lévy processes. We analyze a `toy' example of a Lévy process, viz. a Lévy jump-diffusion, which yet offers significant insight into the distri…

2008-04-03abs ↗pdf ↗

The recent crisis and the following flight to simplicity put most derivative businesses around the world under considerable pressure. We argue that the traditional modeling techniques must be extended to include product design. We propose a quantitative framework for creating products which meet the challenge of being …

2011-06-15abs ↗pdf ↗

DeFi exploits lead to reduced CP spreads, contrary to contagion hypothesis.

problem Vulnerabilities in DeFi destabilize traditional short-term funding markets.
method Analysis of commercial paper spreads and regulatory segmentation.
result DeFi exploits lead to a 'Flight-to-Quality' pattern, narrowing rather than widening CP spreads.

Develops information geometry for Lévy processes in finance.

problem Understanding the statistical properties of Lévy processes for financial modeling.
method Deriving α\alpha-divergences from Lévy triplets, identifying Fisher information matrix and α\alpha-connection.
result Identifies statistical implications and differential-geometric structures of Lévy processes.

Proposes a model to generate 3D-aware images from 2D images.

problem Generating 3D-aware images from 2D images.
method Likelihood-based top-down model using Neural Radiance Fields and energy-based latent variables.
result Model can infer 3D object structures from 2D images and generate novel views.

A drone catches another agile drone using competitive reinforcement learning.

problem Intercepting an agile drone with another agile drone.
method Formulated as a Competitive Reinforcement Learning problem, trained with PPO, using a high-fidelity simulation environment.
result Trained policies outperform common heuristic baselines in catch rate, time to catch, and crash rate.

Study of Yang-Mills fields on 4-manifolds using modified Lévy Laplacians.

problem Connection between Yang-Mills fields and modified Lévy Laplacians on 4-manifolds.
method Analysis of modified Lévy Laplacians and their relation to Yang-Mills equations under nontrivial holonomy groups.
result Existence of a modified Lévy Laplacian related to Yang-Mills self-duality equations.