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48 results for Forward Performance Criteria

The paper analyzes performance criteria for competing fund managers in Ito-diffusion markets.

problem Analyzing performance of competing fund managers in Ito-diffusion markets.
method Developed forward relative performance criteria and forward Nash equilibrium for passive and competitive cases.
result Extended performance criteria for investment problems in Ito-diffusion markets.

New method for dynamic valuation in markets with random endowments.

problem Dynamic valuation in markets with random endowments.
method Developed new FBSDE systems and established optimality conditions.
result Established necessary and sufficient conditions for optimality.

In a Markovian stochastic volatility model, we consider financial agents whose investment criteria are modelled by forward exponential performance processes. The problem of contingent claim indifference valuation is first addressed and a number of properties are proved and discussed. Special attention is given to the c…

2011-09-18abs ↗pdf ↗

The paper solves investment problems with uncertain factors using game theory.

problem Optimal forward investment in an incomplete market with model uncertainty.
method Combining stochastic differential games and ergodic BSDE approach.
result Representation of robust forward performance processes in factor form.

Study optimal portfolios for many players in a market model with random coefficients.

problem Optimal portfolio selection for many players under relative performance criteria in a market model with random coefficients.
method Game theory and stochastic optimal control, focusing on CARA and CRRA risk preferences, and extending to continuum of players.
result Existence of forward Nash equilibrium and mean field equilibrium for the n-agent game and corresponding mean field stochastic optimal control problem.

Recent work on fairness in machine learning has focused on various statistical discrimination criteria and how they trade off. Most of these criteria are observational: They depend only on the joint distribution of predictor, protected attribute, features, and outcome. While convenient to work with, observational crite…

2017-06-08abs ↗pdf ↗

The linearizability of differential equations was first considered by Lie for scalar second order semi-linear ordinary differential equations. Since then there has been considerable work done on the algebraic classification of linearizable equations and even on systems of equations. However, little has been done in the…

2007-11-06abs ↗pdf ↗

In the presence of ambiguity on the driving force of market randomness, we consider the dynamic portfolio choice without any predetermined investment horizon. The investment criteria is formulated as a robust forward performance process, reflecting an investor's dynamic preference. We show that the market risk premium …

2019-04-20abs ↗pdf ↗

The paper examines domain generalization algorithms and finds empirical risk minimization performs well.

problem Comparing domain generalization algorithms is difficult due to inconsistent experimental conditions.
method Implemented DomainBed, a testbed for domain generalization with seven datasets and model selection criteria.
result Empirical risk minimization shows state-of-the-art performance across all datasets.

We consider the nonlinear Kalman filtering problem using Kullback-Leibler (KL) and αα-divergence measures as optimization criteria. Unlike linear Kalman filters, nonlinear Kalman filters do not have closed form Gaussian posteriors because of a lack of conjugacy due to the nonlinearity in the likelihood. In this paper …

2017-05-01abs ↗pdf ↗

Inference-aware meta-alignment of LLMs reduces computational cost.

problem Aligning LLMs to diverse human preferences is challenging due to conflicting criteria.
method IAMA trains a base model to be aligned to multiple tasks via different inference-time alignment algorithms, using non-linear GRPO for optimization.
result IAMA enables effective alignment of LLMs to multiple criteria with limited computational budget.

Develops a new class of forward performance processes for investment pools.

problem Investment performance in market models with continuous semimartingale stock prices.
method Constructs a broad class of forward performance processes with power mixture initial conditions.
result Characterizes and derives properties of two-power mixture forward performance processes.

With the wealth of information produced by social networks, smartphones, medical or financial applications, speculations have been raised about the sensitivity of such data in terms of users' personal privacy and data security. To address the above issues, Federated Learning (FL) has been recently proposed as a means t…

2019-08-20abs ↗pdf ↗

GT-Score reduces overfitting in trading strategies by integrating multiple criteria.

problem Overfitting in data-driven financial models leads to unreliable out-of-sample performance.
method Integrates performance, statistical significance, consistency, and downside risk into a composite objective function.
result Improves generalization ratio by 98% compared to baseline objective functions in walk-forward validation.

This paper optimizes stock portfolios considering ESG criteria using Bayesian optimization.

problem Optimizing financial investments while incorporating ESG criteria.
method Bayesian optimization to maximize stock portfolio performance under ESG constraints.
result A scalable approach to optimize stock portfolios that balance financial performance and ESG compliance.

The study examines Nash equilibria in utility maximization games with multiplicative performance criteria.

problem Existence and uniqueness of Nash equilibria in multiplicative performance criteria games.
method General characterization of Nash equilibria for a large class of utility functions.
result Existence and uniqueness of Nash equilibria for arbitrary initial wealth vectors.

Multi-criteria recommender systems have been increasingly valuable for helping consumers identify the most relevant items based on different dimensions of user experiences. However, previously proposed multi-criteria models did not take into account latent embeddings generated from user reviews, which capture latent se…

2019-06-26abs ↗pdf ↗

The study compares different neural network architectures for option pricing accuracy and training time.

problem Evaluating the impact of network architectures on option pricing accuracy and training time.
method Empirical investigation of various neural network architectures (plain feed forward, highway, DGM) on option pricing problems.
result Generalized highway network architecture achieves the best performance in terms of mean squared error and training time.

Paper proposes an alternative method to price American options using HJM approach.

problem Price American options efficiently and accurately.
method Utilizes HJM technique to model term structure of volatility for equity markets.
result Proposes a new value function, stopping criteria, and stopping time for American options.

Study of portfolio management under relative performance concerns using mean field games.

problem Portfolio management problems under relative performance concerns.
method Forward utilities of CARA type, mean field games, best response and equilibrium strategies.
result Solve forward-utility finite player game and mean-field game under asset specialization.

Selective regression allows abstention to improve fairness criteria.

problem Selective regression can exacerbate disparities between subgroups.
method Proposes new fairness criteria and two approaches to mitigate performance disparity.
result Proposed fairness criteria ensures performance improvement for every subgroup with reduced coverage.

Semi-supervised node classification in graphs is a fundamental problem in graph mining, and the recently proposed graph neural networks (GNNs) have achieved unparalleled results on this task. Due to their massive success, GNNs have attracted a lot of attention, and many novel architectures have been put forward. In thi…

2018-11-14abs ↗pdf ↗

Study finds no statistically significant trading edge in MNQ futures signals from OHLCV data.

problem Testing intraday momentum signals from OHLCV data in MNQ futures under realistic execution constraints.
method 947 trading days of five-minute data, 14 signal families evaluated, strict institutional criteria applied.
result No signal satisfies all criteria simultaneously, gross edge insufficient to overcome costs.

Stress, edge crossings, and crossing angles play an important role in the quality and readability of graph drawings. Most standard graph drawing algorithms optimize one of these criteria which may lead to layouts that are deficient in other criteria. We introduce an optimization framework, Stress-Plus-X (SPX), that sim…

2019-08-04abs ↗pdf ↗

Latent DiTs improve data distribution recovery and inference efficiency under low-dimensional latent space.

problem Improving data distribution recovery and inference efficiency in latent DiTs.
method Investigates statistical and computational limits of latent DiTs under low-dimensional latent space assumption, deriving approximation error bounds, sample complexity, and efficient inference and training algorithms.
result Latent DiTs can bypass high dimensionality challenges and achieve almost-linear time inference and training.

Forward-prediction models enhance physical reasoning, but only for specific tasks.

problem Improving physical reasoning in complex tasks involving many objects.
method Incorporated forward-prediction models into simple physical-reasoning agents and evaluated their performance on the PHYRE benchmark.
result Forward-prediction models improve physical-reasoning performance, especially on complex tasks, but generalization to new task templates is challenging.

Fairness in machine learning has predominantly been studied in static classification settings without concern for how decisions change the underlying population over time. Conventional wisdom suggests that fairness criteria promote the long-term well-being of those groups they aim to protect. We study how static fairne…

2018-03-12abs ↗pdf ↗

Paper presents IMRCs for evolving tasks with forward and backward learning.

problem Incremental learning of evolving tasks with few samples per task.
method Incremental minimax risk classifiers (IMRCs) that exploit forward and backward learning.
result IMRCs provide significant performance improvement, especially with reduced sample sizes.

Even when confronted with the same data, agents often disagree on a model of the real-world. Here, we address the question of how interacting heterogenous agents, who disagree on what model the real-world follows, optimize their trading actions. The market has latent factors that drive prices, and agents account for th…

2018-10-14abs ↗pdf ↗

We propose and investigate two model classes for forward power price dynamics, based on continuous branching processes with immigration, and on Hawkes processes with exponential kernel, respectively. The models proposed exhibit jumps clustering features. Models of this kind have been already proposed for the spot price…

2019-10-29abs ↗pdf ↗

A new method for multi-criteria recommender systems using graph attention networks.

problem Lack of nuanced relationships between users and items based on specific criteria.
method MDGAT, a multi-edge bipartite graph with dual attention networks and contrastive learning.
result MDGAT achieves higher accuracy in predicting item ratings compared to baseline methods.