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48 results for Fokker-Planck equation

We determine the Lie point symmetries of the Fokker-Planck equation and provide examples of solutions of this equation. The Fokker-Planck equation admits a conserved form, hence there is an auxiliary system associated to this equation and whose point symmetries give rise to potential symmetries of the Fokker-Planck equ…

2015-03-07abs ↗pdf ↗

This paper bridges the gap between ODE and SDE in diffusion models using Fokker-Planck equations.

problem Empirical evidence shows that ODE-based samples from score-based diffusion models are inferior to SDE-based samples.
method The paper rigorously describes dynamics and approximations in training score-based diffusion models, linking them to Fokker-Planck equations.
result Adding a regularisation term based on the Fokker-Planck residual can close the gap between ODE- and SDE-induced distributions.

Wealth redistribution through Fokker-Planck equation controls preserves Gini coefficient.

problem Preserving Gini coefficient through proportional wealth tax.
method Formulating optimal redistribution as a control problem for Fokker-Planck equation.
result Progressive taxes redistribute within policy-relevant timescales.

The Fokker-Planck equation with diffusion coefficient quadratic in space variable, linear drift coefficient, and nonlocal nonlinearity term is considered in the framework of a model of analysis of asset returns at financial markets. For special cases of such a Fokker-Planck equation we describe a construction of exact …

2008-04-06abs ↗pdf ↗

We reformulate wealth taxation using Fokker-Planck equations to ensure tax neutrality.

problem Ensuring tax neutrality in wealth taxation frameworks.
method Reformulating the neutral wealth tax framework using stochastic dynamics and statistical physics, specifically Fokker-Planck equations.
result The framework clarifies when wealth taxation is a benign rescaling of dynamics and when it introduces new physics.

FlowKac solves high-dimensional Fokker-Planck equations efficiently.

problem Intractability of Fokker-Planck equation solutions in high dimensions.
method Reformulates Fokker-Planck using Feynman-Kac, adaptive stochastic sampling, and normalizing flows.
result Significant computational efficiency and accuracy improvements over existing methods.

New method uses Fokker-Planck equation for sampling and inference.

problem Intractability of evaluating probability density in practical applications.
method Reformulates Fokker-Planck equation as a particle flow method, using velocity field.
result Turns intractable density evaluation into an advantage for variational inference, kernel mean embeddings, and sequential Monte Carlo.

Study extends wealth tax neutrality framework to heterogeneous investors.

problem Analyzing wealth tax neutrality in populations with varying return-generating ability.
method Extended Fokker-Planck framework to heterogeneous investors, deriving extended Fokker-Planck equation.
result Proportional wealth tax no longer neutral due to varying return-generating ability, leading to different real incidence and wealth distribution changes.

Study measures inequality in social-economic systems using Fokker-Planck equations and Lotka-Volterra dynamics.

problem Measuring inequality in oscillatory social-economic systems described by Fokker-Planck equations and Lotka-Volterra dynamics.
method Used Fokker-Planck equations and Lotka-Volterra dynamics to model inequality, focusing on coefficient of variation as a measure.
result Inequality initially tends to decrease in oscillatory systems, contrary to steady-state models.

A new numerical scheme approximates nonlinear filtering densities for noisy and partial measurements.

problem Approximating nonlinear filtering densities for noisy and partial measurements.
method Deep splitting scheme applied to the Fokker--Planck equation followed by Bayes' formula.
result Convergence rate established for the numerical scheme under parabolic Hörmander condition.

We consider here a Fokker--Planck equation with variable coefficient of diffusion which appears in the modeling of the wealth distribution in a multi-agent society. At difference with previous studies, to describe a society in which agents can have debts, we allow the wealth variable to be negative. It is shown that, e…

2017-09-28abs ↗pdf ↗

In this paper, we obtain a necessary and sufficient condition for LL^{\infty}-uniqueness of Sturm-Liouville operator a(x)d2dx2+b(x)ddxVa(x)\frac{d^2}{dx^2} + b(x) \frac d{dx} -V on an open interval of $\rr$, which is equivalent to the L1L^1-uniqueness of the associated Fokker-Planck equation. For a general elliptic operator $\LL^V:=Δ…

2013-07-29abs ↗pdf ↗

A new kernel framework analyzes spatio-temporal data from dynamic equations.

problem Analyzing spatio-temporal data from dynamic equations with noisy measurements.
method Kernel-based framework with representer theorem for minimizing error with given samples.
result Minimizes error in solutions of dynamic equations with noisy spatio-temporal data.
Financial Market Dynamicscond-mat.stat-mech

Distributions derived from non-extensive Tsallis statistics are closely connected with dynamics described by a nonlinear Fokker-Planck equation. The combination shows promise in describing stochastic processes with power-law distributions and superdiffusive dynamics. We investigate intra-day price changes in the S&P500…

2001-08-01abs ↗pdf ↗

Study of a risk-averse informed trader in a multi-asset market with non-Gaussian prices.

problem Existence of equilibrium in a multi-asset market with non-Gaussian prices and a risk-averse informed trader.
method Constructed equilibrium using Fokker-Planck equation and coupled partial differential equations with an optimal transport constraint.
result Equilibrium exists in a market with multiple assets and non-Gaussian prices.

Develops a local Fokker--Planck geometric framework for more accurate score estimation.

problem Inaccurate estimation of score function in non-linear, state-dependent drifts.
method Local Fokker--Planck geometric framework, time change to cumulative-variance coordinate, heat-ball mean-value representations, exact high-dimensional sampling.
result Exact local mean-value representations for the score and density, improved accuracy in low-density regions.

Study on convergence of SDEs using entropy methods.

problem Analyzing convergence of stochastic differential equations.
method Applied Lyapunov method to Fokker-Planck equation with weighted relative Fisher information.
result Exponential convergence of probability density function to invariant distribution in L1L_1 distance.

We derive a diffusion approximation for the kinetic Vlasov-Fokker-Planck equation in bounded spatial domains with specular reflection type boundary conditions. The method of proof involves the construction of a particular class of test functions to be chosen in the weak formulation of the kinetic model. This involves t…

2016-04-28abs ↗pdf ↗

Model predicts stock price volatility using stochastic differential equations.

problem Predicting stock price volatility in financial markets.
method Continuous cascade model using stochastic differential equations with two independent Brownian motions.
result The model accurately reproduces empirical volatility and multifractality.

The paper proposes a method to learn evolving multivariate distributions from sample paths.

problem Learning the temporal evolution of multivariate densities from sample data.
method Normalizing flows to construct time-dependent mappings.
result The method can approximate evolving probability density functions from observed data.

Score-fPINN tackles high-dimensional FPL equations using fractional score functions.

problem High-dimensional Fokker-Planck-Lévy equations with non-Brownian processes.
method Fractional score function and Physics-informed neural networks (PINN) to solve CoD and numerical overflow.
result Effective solution to high-dimensional FPL equations without fractional Laplacian.

Projects Markovian processes from Itô semimartingales with jumps.

problem Modeling Itô semimartingales with jumps using Markovian projections.
method Construct Markovian projections for Itô semimartingales with jumps using non-local FPKEs.
result Markovian projections match the marginal laws of the original process.

The paper analyzes McKean-Vlasov equations with hitting times, proving global solvability.

problem Analyzing blow-ups in McKean-Vlasov equations involving hitting times.
method Connection to the supercooled Stefan problem, comparison principles, and new transform.
result Proves global solvability for McKean-Vlasov dynamics under certain conditions.

New method combines Monte Carlo and tensor networks for solving complex equations.

problem Solving high-dimensional partial differential equations efficiently.
method Uses Monte Carlo simulations and tensor train sketching for updates and re-estimations.
result Demonstrates versatility and efficacy in solving specific equations.

We study the evolution of probability distribution functions of returns, from the tick data of the Korean treasury bond (KTB) futures and the S$&$P 500 stock index, which can be described by means of the Fokker-Planck equation. We show that the Fokker-Planck equation and the Langevin equation from the estimated Kramers…

2005-12-22abs ↗pdf ↗

A novel score-based method solves high-dimensional Fokker-Planck equations with improved accuracy and speed.

problem High-dimensional Fokker-Planck equations suffer from the curse of dimensionality, leading to numerical errors and slow sampling.
method Score-based Physics-Informed Neural Networks (PINNs) that fit the score function in SDEs, using three methods: Score Matching, Sliced Score Matching, and Score-PINN.
result The score-based method outperforms traditional Monte Carlo and vanilla PINNs in high-dimensional settings, offering faster sampling and reduced errors.

Quantum Portfolios of quantum algorithms encoded on qbits have recently been reported. In this paper a discussion of the continuous variables version of quantum portfolios is presented. A risk neutral valuation model for options dependent on the measured values of the observables, analogous to the traditional Black-Sch…

2010-04-02abs ↗pdf ↗

Construct intrinsic Langevin dynamics for rigid inclusions on curved surfaces.

problem Stochastic dynamics of rigid inclusions on curved surfaces.
method Cartan's method of moving frames, Hamiltonian equations, intrinsic Langevin equations, Fokker-Planck equation.
result Extracted overdamped equations for accurate simulations of diffusion processes.

The evolution of the probability distributions of Japan and US major market indices, NIKKEI 225 and NASDAQ composite index, and JPY/DEMJPY/DEM and DEM/USDDEM/USD currency exchange rates is described by means of the Fokker-Planck equation (FPE). In order to distinguish and quantify the deterministic and random influences on these…

2003-01-15abs ↗pdf ↗

We present a stochastic analysis of a data set consisiting of 10^6 quotes of the US Doller - German Mark exchange rate. Evidence is given that the price changes x(tau) upon different delay times tau can be described as a Markov process evolving in tau. Thus, the tau-dependence of the probability density function (pdf) …

2001-02-27abs ↗pdf ↗

This paper proposes an efficient method for sampling from stochastic differential equations using PSD models.

problem Efficient sampling from stochastic differential equations with positive semi-definite models.
method The approach leverages a PSD model to sample from the Fokker-Planck equation or its fractional variant, with a complexity of m2dlog(1/ε)m^2 d \log(1/\varepsilon).
result The method produces i.i.d. samples with error ε in Wasserstein-1 distance, with a cost of O(dε2(d+1)/β2log(1/ε)2d+3)O(d \varepsilon^{-2(d+1)/β-2} \log(1/\varepsilon)^{2d+3}) per sample.

Motivated by empirical data, we develop a statistical description of the queue dynamics for large tick assets based on a two-dimensional Fokker-Planck (diffusion) equation, that explicitly includes state dependence, i.e. the fact that the drift and diffusion depends on the volume present on both sides of the spread. "J…

2013-04-25abs ↗pdf ↗

New gauge fields modify Fokker-Planck dynamics without changing the stationary state.

problem Understanding and modifying nonreversible dynamics in Fokker-Planck models.
method Formulate nonreversible perturbations as gauge fields, mapping to supersymmetric Hamiltonians, and learning finite forces.
result Learned finite forces can recover the optimal Lyapunov-equation solution in nonconvex landscapes.

Study examines USD exchange rate dynamics using Kramers-Moyal expansion.

problem Understanding and predicting exchange rate instability.
method Kramers-Moyal expansion and Fokker-Planck formalism applied to log-return data.
result Identifies a stabilizing linear drift and nonlinear diffusion term in exchange rate fluctuations.

We consider some elementary aspects of the geometry of the space of probability measures endowed with Wasserstein distance. In such a setting, we discuss the various terms entering Perelman's shrinker entropy, and characterize two new monotonic functionals for the volume-normalized Ricci flow. One is obtained by a resc…

2005-07-15abs ↗pdf ↗