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48 results for Gaussian drift

The paper studies how expert opinions improve stock return predictions in a market with a hidden drift.

problem Improving stock return predictions in a market with a hidden Gaussian drift.
method Uses Kalman filter techniques to estimate the hidden drift from noisy expert opinions and stock returns.
result The Kalman filter estimates of the drift converge to the hidden drift as the frequency of expert opinions increases.

Study optimal trading strategies with expert signals in a hidden Gaussian drift market.

problem Optimal trading strategies in a financial market with hidden Gaussian drift and expert signals.
method Transformed power utility maximization problem into full information problem using Kalman filter estimates of the drift.
result Closed-form solutions for value function and optimal trading strategy derived.

The paper examines utility maximization in markets with hidden Gaussian drift, finding restrictions on model parameters.

problem Utility maximization problems in markets with hidden Gaussian drift mean-reverting processes.
method Derives sufficient conditions for bounded maximum expected utility of terminal wealth for models with full and partial information.
result Restrictions on model parameters for bounded maximum expected utility.

The paper optimizes portfolios in a market with hidden drift and random expert opinions.

problem Optimizing portfolios in a market with hidden Gaussian drift and random expert signals.
method Modeling the hidden drift using Kalman filters and solving the utility maximization problem with dynamic programming.
result Derivation of optimal portfolio weights and utility maximization under the given market conditions.

The paper optimizes interpolation schedules in generative models to improve sampling accuracy.

problem Improving sampling accuracy in generative models with fewer resources.
method Minimizing the averaged squared Lipschitzness of the drift field, using transfer formulas.
result Designed schedules yield more accurate fine-scale statistics at fixed integrator budget.

Paper studies identifiability and stability of drifting fields in generative modeling.

problem Identify and stabilize drifting fields in generative modeling.
method Introduces companion-elliptic kernel families to address limitations of Laplace kernel.
result Establishes field identifiability and demonstrates scalar observables for weak convergence.

The paper explores identifiability and stability in drifting fields using companion-elliptic kernels.

problem Identifying and stabilizing drifting fields in generative modeling.
method Introduces companion-elliptic kernel families and analyzes their properties to address identifiability and stability issues.
result Established field identifiability for arbitrary Borel probability measures and demonstrated that field convergence alone does not guarantee weak convergence.

We introduce a nonparametric approach for estimating drift and diffusion functions in systems of stochastic differential equations from observations of the state vector. Gaussian processes are used as flexible models for these functions and estimates are calculated directly from dense data sets using Gaussian process r…

2017-02-17abs ↗pdf ↗

This paper extends neural network approximation results to denoising diffusion models.

problem Improving the efficiency and accuracy of generative models.
method Leveraging connections to stochastic control and neural network approximation.
result Established neural network approximation results for the Föllmer drift are extended to denoising diffusion models.

Using integration by parts on Gaussian space we construct a Stein Unbiased Risk Estimator (SURE) for the drift of Gaussian processes using their local and occupation times. By almost-sure minimization of the SURE risk of shrinkage estimators we derive an estimation and de-noising procedure for an input signal perturbed…

2008-09-09abs ↗pdf ↗

New approach to portfolio optimization shows entropy regularization is ineffective.

problem Entropy regularization in mean-variance portfolio optimization under drift uncertainty.
method Combining Bayesian filtering and stochastic policy optimization.
result Entropy regularization does not accelerate learning about unknown drift.

ZDP detects drift in large language models without labels, proving key theorems and metrics.

problem Detecting drift in large language models without task labels or output evaluations.
method Zero-Direction Probing (ZDP) framework based on null directions of transformer activations, proving theoretical guarantees.
result Proves the Variance--Leak Theorem, Fisher Null-Conservation, Rank--Leak bound, and logarithmic-regret guarantee.

A new stochastic volatility model with quadratic drift prevents moment explosions and preserves stock price martingale property.

problem Avoiding moment explosions and preserving stock price martingale property in stochastic volatility models.
method Introduces a one-factor stochastic volatility model with quadratic drift and a linear dispersion function, showing that the quadratic term is crucial.
result The model prevents moment explosions and preserves the martingale property of the stock price process.

Study eigenvalues of drift Laplacian on symmetric self-shrinkers in R^3.

problem Estimating the first eigenvalue of the drift Laplacian on symmetric self-shrinkers.
method Analyzing the dihedral and prismatic groups to prove the first eigenvalue is 1/2.
result Proved that the first eigenvalue of the drift Laplacian is 1/2 for symmetric self-shrinkers.

The behavior of stock market returns over a period of 1-60 days has been investigated for S&P 500 and Nasdaq within the framework of nonextensive Tsallis statistics. Even for such long terms, the distributions of the returns are non-Gaussian. They have fat tails indicating that the stock returns do not follow a random …

2016-08-28abs ↗pdf ↗

Estimates time-series drifts from i.i.d. data using a direct Nadaraya-Watson plug-in method.

problem Nonparametric estimation of Schrödinger bridge drifts from single time interval data.
method Direct Nadaraya-Watson plug-in estimator based on kernelized numerator and denominator terms.
result Uniform non-asymptotic bound, CLT under undersmoothing, and adaptive bandwidth selector.

Develops a new method to discover stochastic systems with non-Gaussian noise.

problem Discovering governing laws from complex systems with non-Gaussian noise.
method Theoretical framework and numerical algorithm to extract stochastic differential equations with Gaussian and non-Gaussian noise.
result Demonstrated the efficacy and accuracy of the approach on various systems.

DriftLite improves inference quality of diffusion models without retraining.

problem Adapting pre-trained diffusion models to new target distributions without retraining.
method Lightweight, training-free particle-based approach that steers inference dynamics with optimal stability control.
result Consistently reduces variance and improves sample quality over existing methods.

This paper identifies drift Lipschitz budget K as key to diffusion policy expressivity and statistical trade-offs.

problem Understanding and maximizing the expressivity of diffusion policies while managing statistical limitations.
method Identifying drift Lipschitz budget K as central, quantifying expressivity and statistical behavior, proving lower bounds, and providing practical implementation guidelines.
result Balancing expressivity and statistical complexity yields a finite-sample performance gap, with rates depending on sample size and drift type.

This work extracts stochastic dynamical systems with α\alpha-stable Lévy noise.

problem Extracting data-driven governing laws of dynamical systems with non-Gaussian noise.
method End-to-end deep learning approach for learning drift and diffusion coefficients for α\alpha-stable Lévy noise.
result Effectiveness of the method confirmed by numerical experiments.

Bayesian Markowitz portfolio problem shows entropy regularization is ineffective.

problem Entropy regularization in Bayesian Markowitz portfolio optimization.
method Combines continuous-time Bayesian filtering with stochastic policy optimization.
result Entropy regularization does not accelerate learning of unknown drift.

The volatility of financial instruments is rarely constant, and usually varies over time. This creates a phenomenon called volatility clustering, where large price movements on one day are followed by similarly large movements on successive days, creating temporal clusters. The GARCH model, which treats volatility as a…

2012-12-25abs ↗pdf ↗

This paper proposes a novel Gaussian process approach to fault removal in time-series data. Fault removal does not delete the faulty signal data but, instead, massages the fault from the data. We assume that only one fault occurs at any one time and model the signal by two separate non-parametric Gaussian process model…

2015-07-02abs ↗pdf ↗

Bayesian method improves portfolio selection by updating expected returns.

problem Optimizing portfolio selection with unknown expected returns.
method Bayesian filtering and dynamic programming for learning posterior distribution.
result Explicit optimal strategy computed for Gaussian prior, quantifying learning impact.

A new method for non-rigid point set registration reduces computational complexity.

problem Efficiently registering non-rigid point sets with large numbers of points.
method Structured Analytic Coherent Point Drift (Analytic-CPD) reformulates CPD for structured analytic mappings.
result Analytic-CPD reduces computational complexity by controlling the deformation model's dimensionality.

This review covers learning under concept drift, including detection, understanding, and adaptation.

problem Unforeseeable changes in data distribution over time impact machine learning performance.
method Reviews and analyzes methodologies and techniques for concept drift detection, understanding, and adaptation.
result Establishes a framework for learning under concept drift with three main components.

This research identifies flaws in drift detection methods and creates adversarial data streams to exploit them.

problem The challenge of detecting data distribution changes (drift) in real-time systems.
method Developed adversarial data streams to show weaknesses in existing drift detection schemes.
result Demonstrated that common drift detection methods can be fooled by adversarial data streams.

Paper proposes a semi-supervised method for detecting concept drift in streaming environments.

problem Detecting concept drift in streaming environments with limited labeled data.
method Utilizes density estimation of posterior probabilities in partially labeled streaming data.
result Demonstrates superior concept drift detection in streaming environments with limited labeled data.

Classifiers operating in a dynamic, real world environment, are vulnerable to adversarial activity, which causes the data distribution to change over time. These changes are traditionally referred to as concept drift, and several approaches have been developed in literature to deal with the problem of drift handling an…

2018-03-24abs ↗pdf ↗

Classifies polynomial growth solutions to drift-harmonic equations on asymptotically paraboloidal manifolds.

problem Classifying polynomial growth solutions to drift-harmonic equations on specific types of manifolds.
method Inductive argument that alternates between constructing and asymptotically controlling drift-harmonic functions.
result All drift-harmonic functions with polynomial growth asymptotically separate variables and dimensions of spaces are computed.