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48 results for ATE estimators

This study optimizes neural networks for doubly robust ATE estimation to balance bias and variance.

problem Balancing bias and variance in doubly robust estimators with neural networks.
method Investigates two neural network architectures and their hyperparameters in the presence of confounders and IVs.
result Optimal hyperparameters for neural networks reduce bias-variance tradeoff for ATE estimators.

This study optimizes covariate density and propensity score for efficient ATE estimation.

problem Efficiently estimating average treatment effects (ATEs) with minimal variance.
method Adaptive experiment optimizing both covariate density and propensity score.
result Proposed method minimizes the semiparametric efficiency bound for ATE estimation.

Study proposes a new method to estimate bias-correction term for ATE estimation.

problem Estimating the bias-correction term for ATE estimation.
method Directly estimating the bias-correction term by minimizing Bregman divergence.
result Automatic covariate balancing property achieved through specific model choices.

FIDDLE uses deep learning to estimate ATE from complex data.

problem Estimating ATE from high-dimensional, correlated covariates with sparse nonlinear effects.
method Factor-augmented deep learning for propensity and outcome models.
result FIDDLE consistently estimates ATE under model misspecification and is semiparametrically efficient.

We develop some estimates under the Ricci flow and use these estimates to study the blowup rates of curvatures at singularities. As applications, we obtain some gap theorems: supXRic\displaystyle \sup_X |Ric| and supXRmsupXR\displaystyle \sqrt{\sup_X |Rm|} \cdot \sqrt{\sup_X |R|} must blowup at least at the rate of type-I. Our estim…

2011-07-26abs ↗pdf ↗

Study uses surrogate data to improve treatment effect estimation with scarce outcome data.

problem Limited outcome data hinders estimating treatment effects.
method Uses abundant surrogate data to estimate treatment effects without stringent assumptions.
result Improves precision of treatment effect estimation.

We estimate risk measures in Markov cost processes with lower and upper bounds.

problem Estimating risk measures in infinite-horizon discounted costs within Markov processes.
method Truncation scheme and lower/upper bounds for CVaR and variance estimation.
result Upper and lower bounds for CVaR and variance estimation match up to logarithmic factors.

This research improves value-at-risk estimation during financial crises using non-extensive statistical methods.

problem Underestimation of value-at-risk during financial crises.
method Non-extensive value-at-risk model based on Tsallis entropy and q-Gaussian probability density function.
result The q-Gaussian model provides better value-at-risk estimation during financial crises.

New estimator for survival function with missing not at random censoring indicators.

problem Estimating survival function with missing not at random censoring indicators.
method Proposes a new estimator based on a conditional copula model for the missingness mechanism.
result Provides a new method for estimating conditional survival function with MNAR censoring indicators.

Paper presents efficient IS for tail risk estimation with machine learning features.

problem Estimating Value at Risk and Conditional Value at Risk with black-box access.
method Efficient Importance Sampling algorithm with self-structuring transformation.
result Asymptotically optimal variance reduction in logarithmic scale.

Paper proposes real-time VaR estimation using quantile regression forest with conformal calibration.

problem Real-time estimation of Value at Risk (VaR) in rapidly changing markets.
method Quantile regression forest trained offline, real-time VaR estimates via observed risk factors, conformalized estimator for reliability.
result The proposed method provides reliable real-time VaR estimates.

Algorithm reduces variance in causal effect estimation from multiple datasets.

problem Unidentifiable average treatment effect in observational data due to selection bias.
method Constructs control variates using datasets where ATE is not identifiable to reduce variance.
result Significant reduction in variance of ATE estimate using control variates.

The paper uses deep neural networks to estimate and infer ATE without needing to know the dimension of the data.

problem Estimating and inferring the average treatment effect (ATE) in complex data settings.
method The paper uses deep neural networks to estimate the mean regression function and then calculates the ATE. It establishes consistency and asymptotic normality of the estimators.
result The deep neural network estimates of ATE are consistent and asymptotically normal, providing dimension-free rates.

We prove an interior Schauder estimate for the Laplacian on metric products of two dimensional cones with a Euclidean factor, generalizing the work of Donaldson and reproving the Schauder estimate of Guo-Song. We characterize the space of homogeneous subquadratic harmonic functions on products of cones, and identify sc…

2020-02-18abs ↗pdf ↗

Measuring Mutual Information (MI) between high-dimensional, continuous, random variables from observed samples has wide theoretical and practical applications. Recent work, MINE (Belghazi et al. 2018), focused on estimating tight variational lower bounds of MI using neural networks, but assumed unlimited supply of samp…

2019-05-08abs ↗pdf ↗

Sharp bounds on ATE with unmeasured confounders, valid even when misspecified.

problem Bounding average treatment effects with unmeasured confounders.
method Distributionally robust optimization, double sharpness, double validity.
result Proposes estimators with robustness properties for valid bounds.

New method estimates minimizer and minimum value of a regression function.

problem Estimating minimizer and minimum value of a regression function from noisy data.
method Projected gradient descent with gradient estimated by regularized local polynomial algorithm, followed by a rate optimal nonparametric procedure.
result Achieves minimax optimal rates of convergence for smooth and strongly convex functions.

The paper establishes curvature estimates for solitons in higher dimensions.

problem Curvature estimates for steady and expanding solitons in higher dimensions.
method Curvature estimates using gradient Ricci solitons and integral estimates.
result Curvature operator decays at specific rates for different cases of solitons.

Study on predicting graph labels at nodes using local averaging and distance estimation.

problem Predicting graph labels at nodes given observations at other nodes.
method Local averaging and distance estimation methods for graph regression.
result Alternative methods can achieve standard nonparametric rates even when graph neighborhoods are too large or small.

Extended univariate Range Value-at-Risk to multivariate settings.

problem Inability of traditional risk measures for heavy-tail distributions and infinite tail expectations.
method Multivariate definitions of robust truncated tail expectations, robustness and properties derived, closed-form expressions and special cases discussed.
result Empirical estimators accuracy examined through numerical and graphical examples.

For purposes of Value-at-Risk estimation, we consider several multivariate families of heavy-tailed distributions, which can be seen as multidimensional versions of Paretian stable and Student's t distributions allowing different marginals to have different tail thickness. After a discussion of relevant estimation and …

2010-05-17abs ↗pdf ↗

Private estimation of many quantiles using differential privacy.

problem Estimating quantiles of a distribution privately.
method Two approaches: 1) Private estimation of empirical quantiles, 2) Uniform density estimation.
result There is a tradeoff between estimating quantiles at specific points and uniformly estimating the quantile function.

Study shows how weak inverse anisotropic mean curvature flow behaves at infinity.

problem Understanding the asymptotic behavior of anisotropic mean curvature flow.
method Established local gradient estimates for anisotropic pp-harmonic functions and weak solutions of IAMCF.
result Weak IAMCF is asymptotic to the expanding Wulff shape solution at infinity.

Paper improves VaR risk allocation by avoiding zero probability events.

problem Computing VaR contributions for zero probability events.
method Reformulates Euler contributions to a ratio of conditional expectations with strictly positive probability events.
result Proposed estimator outperforms standard Monte Carlo methods in bias and variance.