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The study measures systemic risk using common and tail dependence factors.

problem Measuring systemic risk accurately during economic downturns.
method Modeling systemic risk with a common factor for market-wide shocks and a tail dependence factor for extreme events.
result Measures including a tail dependence factor offer better forecasting of financial stress than measures based solely on a common factor.

A mixture of common skew-t factor analyzers model is introduced for model-based clustering of high-dimensional data. By assuming common component factor loadings, this model allows clustering to be performed in the presence of a large number of mixture components or when the number of dimensions is too large to be well…

2013-07-21abs ↗pdf ↗

Paper develops a new estimator for high-dimensional panel data with common shocks.

problem Cross-sectionally dependent errors driven by common shocks in high-dimensional panel data.
method Factor-augmented sparse-group LASSO estimator combining MIDAS aggregation with latent factors.
result The estimator outperforms standard LASSO for prediction and estimation in settings with cross-sectional dependence.

Study finds significant premium for low-beta stocks in firm-level idiosyncratic return distributions.

problem Understanding the role of common idiosyncratic quantile factors in asset pricing.
method Quantile factor analysis to extract common idiosyncratic quantile factors with asymmetric pricing effects.
result Significant premium for innovations to the lower-tail factor: high-beta stocks outperform low-beta stocks by around 7-8% per year.

This paper improves credit risk analysis by incorporating state-dependent recovery rates into a factor model.

problem Accurate default forecasting in credit risk analysis.
method Extends a one-factor Gaussian copula model to include state-dependent recovery rates and a common factor.
result The proposed model outperforms other models in default prediction, especially during hectic periods.

Extract common latent factors from graphs for better representation learning.

problem Graph-level representation learning challenges due to limited labeled data and poor negative sample selection.
method Graph-wise Common Latent Factor Extraction (GCFX) using deepGCFX model.
result Improved graph-level and node-level tasks performance compared to state-of-the-art methods.

New method improves deep CCA by modeling private components conditionally independent of common factors.

problem Discovering latent co-variation in multiview datasets with weak common factors.
method Proposes a novel formulation that models private components conditionally independent of common factors.
result Validates the approach with synthetic and real datasets, showing improved identification of common factors.

Dynamic factor analysis reveals insights into Philippine stock market dynamics.

problem Understanding complex stock market dynamics.
method Dynamic factor model using Kalman method and maximum likelihood estimation.
result Common factors extracted from the model represent market trends and volatility.

Fair and unbiased machine learning is an important and active field of research, as decision processes are increasingly driven by models that learn from data. Unfortunately, any biases present in the data may be learned by the model, thereby inappropriately transferring that bias into the decision making process. We id…

2020-02-26abs ↗pdf ↗

New method detects intrinsic cross-correlations in non-stationary time series affected by common factors.

problem Bias in cross-correlation analysis due to common external factors.
method Multifractal temporally weighted detrended partial cross-correlation analysis (MF-TWDPCCA).
result MF-TWDPCCA accurately detects intrinsic cross-correlations between non-stationary time series.

Develops FGL for better portfolio allocation under common factor influence.

problem Sparsity assumption fails for stock returns driven by common factors.
method Integrates graphical models with factor structure to estimate portfolio weights and risk exposure robust to heavy-tailed distributions.
result FGL-based portfolios outperform equal-weighted and Index portfolios in empirical applications.

Sparse GFA identifies disease factors in FTD subgroups.

problem Heterogeneity in neurological disorders hinders understanding and treatment.
method Sparse Group Factor Analysis (GFA) with regularised horseshoe priors.
result Identified latent disease factors differentially expressed in FTD subgroups.

The paper compares traditional regression with modern neural network methods for financial hedging and risk compression.

problem Finding optimal hedge ratios and managing portfolio risk using traditional regression methods has limitations.
method The paper introduces regularization techniques and common factor analyses using neural networks to improve upon regression methods.
result Neural network methods provide better performance in hedge ratio estimation and risk compression compared to traditional regression.

We build a simple diagnostic criterion for approximate factor structure in large cross-sectional equity datasets. Given a model for asset returns with observable factors, the criterion checks whether the error terms are weakly cross-sectionally correlated or share at least one unobservable common factor. It only requir…

2016-12-15abs ↗pdf ↗

Techniques involving factorization are found in a wide range of applications and have enjoyed significant empirical success in many fields. However, common to a vast majority of these problems is the significant disadvantage that the associated optimization problems are typically non-convex due to a multilinear form or…

2015-06-24abs ↗pdf ↗

The paper develops a method to model high-dimensional data with many variables and weak signals.

problem Modeling high-dimensional dependent data with many explanatory variables and low signal-to-noise ratio.
method Penalized regression for high-dimensional data, factor modeling of residuals, high-dimensional white noise testing, projected Principal Component Analysis.
result Established asymptotic properties of the proposed method for high-dimensional data.

Develops a new model for collateral choice options under stochastic rates.

problem Challenges in quantifying the value of collateral choice options under stochastic rates.
method Develops a scalable and stable stochastic model of collateral spreads under conditional independence, using a common factor approximation.
result Second order model yields accurate results for the value of the collateral choice option.

Proves a connectivity conjecture for free groups, showing homotopy type of spheres.

problem Establishing a connectivity conjecture for free groups.
method Provided homotopy-equivalent models of the common basis complex using free factors and sphere systems.
result The common basis complex of a free group of rank n has the homotopy type of a wedge of spheres of dimension 2n-3.

We present a novel factor analysis method that can be applied to the discovery of common factors shared among trajectories in multivariate time series data. These factors satisfy a precedence-ordering property: certain factors are recruited only after some other factors are activated. Precedence-ordering arise in appli…

2011-05-09abs ↗pdf ↗

Study reveals supply chain correlations in firm growth rates.

problem Understanding correlations in firm growth rates and their supply chain relationships.
method Investigated correlation structure of firm growth rates and used Gaussian Markov Models to reconstruct supply chain networks.
result Supply chain-linked firms exhibit stronger correlation in growth rates than non-linked firms.

It is widely known that the common risk-factors derived from PCA beyond the first eigenportfolio are generally difficult to interpret and thus to use in practical portfolio management. We explore a alternative approach (HPCA) which makes strong use of the partition of the market into sectors. We show that this approach…

2019-10-05abs ↗pdf ↗

Matrix factorization (MF) has become a common approach to collaborative filtering, due to ease of implementation and scalability to large data sets. Two existing drawbacks of the basic model is that it does not incorporate side information on either users or items, and assumes a common variance for all users. We extend…

2014-07-29abs ↗pdf ↗

REFIL learns from imagined sub-group interactions to improve multi-agent reinforcement learning.

problem Learning efficiency in multi-agent reinforcement learning settings.
method Randomized Entity-wise Factorization (REFIL) approach.
result REFIL outperforms all strong baselines in challenging multi-task StarCraft settings.

New tests for identifying the number of latent factors in short panels with small time dimensions.

problem Determining the number of latent factors in short panels with small time dimensions.
method Eigenvalue tests based on variance-covariance matrices of asset returns, with assumptions on spherical errors or instrumental variables for factor betas.
result Established asymptotic distributional results and proposed a novel statistical test for weak factors.

A study finds that only a few factors explain corporate bond risk, rendering extensive bond factor literature redundant.

problem The redundancy of extensive bond factor literature in explaining corporate bond risk premia.
method Bayesian Model Averaging Stochastic Discount Factor analysis of 18 quadrillion models.
result A Bayesian Model Averaging SDF explains risk premia better than low-dimensional models, with an out-of-sample Sharpe ratio of 1.5 to 1.8.

The study examines cross-border lending behavior from G7 countries, showing changes in driving factors after the 2008 financial crisis.

problem Understanding the factors affecting cross-border lending behavior among G7 countries.
method Employed a gravity model to analyze bilateral and global factors influencing cross-border lending.
result Driving factors for cross-border lending have changed since the 2008 financial crisis, with continent variable becoming more significant.

In this paper, we extend the ββ-CNMF to two dimensions and derive exact multiplicative updates for its factors. The new updates generalize and correct the nonnegative matrix factor deconvolution previously proposed by Schmidt and Mørup. We show by simulation that the updates lead to a monotonically decreasing ββ-dive…

2018-11-05abs ↗pdf ↗

Algorithm estimates common mean from Gaussian variables with unknown variances.

problem Estimating common mean from Gaussian variables with different unknown variances.
method Intuitive and efficient algorithm using Subset-of-Signals model as benchmark.
result Improved estimation error by polynomial factors compared to previous work.

SepVAE separates patient-specific patterns from healthy ones using contrastive VAE.

problem Separating patient-specific patterns from healthy ones in medical datasets.
method SepVAE uses a contrastive VAE with disentangling and classification losses to differentiate between common and salient features.
result SepVAE outperforms previous methods in three medical applications and a CelebA dataset.

Study optimal reinsurance and investment strategies under common shocks affecting financial and actuarial markets.

problem Maximizing expected exponential utility of terminal wealth in a company facing both ordinary and catastrophic claims.
method Modeling common shocks affecting financial and actuarial markets, using stochastic control and Hamilton-Jacobi-Bellman equations.
result Characterization of optimal reinsurance and investment strategies under common shock dependence.

Discond-VAE separates continuous and discrete factors in data.

problem Separating shared and class-specific variations in real-world data.
method Introduces private and public latent variables to represent continuous and discrete factors, respectively.
result Discond-VAE successfully disentangles class-dependent continuous factors from discrete factors.

We develop a monitoring procedure to detect changes in a large approximate factor model. Letting rr be the number of common factors, we base our statistics on the fact that the (r+1)\left( r+1\right) -th eigenvalue of the sample covariance matrix is bounded under the null of no change, whereas it becomes spiked under cha…

2017-08-09abs ↗pdf ↗

This paper analyzes privacy threats in federated matrix factorization.

problem Privacy threats in federated matrix factorization models.
method Categorizes federated matrix factorization into three types and analyzes privacy threats.
result This is the first study of privacy threats in federated matrix factorization.

Factor analysis is a statistical technique employed to evaluate how observed variables correlate through common factors and unique variables. While it is often used to analyze price movement in the unstable stock market, it does not always yield easily interpretable results. In this study, we develop improved factor mo…

2014-08-11abs ↗pdf ↗