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48 results for Gini mean difference

The standard deviation and Gini mean difference order based on tail behavior.

problem Ordering between standard deviation and Gini mean difference for real-valued risks.
method Analysis of the mean excess function of the pairwise difference XX|X - X'|.
result Dominance regimes of SD and GMD are determined by tail behavior of the distribution.

Paper proves convergence of Gini index to equilibrium in Wasserstein distance.

problem Proving convergence of Gini index to equilibrium in Wasserstein distance.
method Analyzes Gini index as Lyapunov functional and proves convergence in Wasserstein distance.
result Proves convergence of Gini index to equilibrium in Wasserstein distance.

We study the problems related to the estimation of the Gini index in presence of a fat-tailed data generating process, i.e. one in the stable distribution class with finite mean but infinite variance (i.e. with tail index α(1,2)α\in(1,2)). We show that, in such a case, the Gini coefficient cannot be reliably estimated usin…

2017-07-05abs ↗pdf ↗

The paper analyzes worst-case distortion risk metrics and weighted entropy under partial information.

problem Analyzing worst-case distortion risk metrics and weighted entropy with limited information.
method General distributions, partial information (mean and variance), various entropies and risk measures.
result Provides worst-case results for distortion risk metrics and weighted entropy.

The paper examines the stability of binary choice models using Gini index and scoring indicators.

problem Stability and discriminatory power of binary choice models.
method Derives the real Gini index and incorporates PSI and KS statistics into the model.
result The real Gini index should be less than the calculated Gini index when the population distribution changes.

Direct measurements of Gini coefficients by conventional arithmetic calculations are a poor estimator, even if paradoxically, they include the entire population, as because of super-additivity they cannot lend themselves to comparisons between units of different size, and intertemporal analyses are vitiated by the popu…

2015-10-16abs ↗pdf ↗

The paper calculates bounds for risk metrics and entropies under partial information constraints.

problem Analyzing risk metrics and entropies for unimodal, symmetric distributions with limited information.
method Develops lower and upper bounds for worst-case distortion riskmetrics and weighted entropy for unimodal, symmetric distributions with known mean and variance.
result Sharp upper bounds for distortion riskmetrics and weighted entropy for symmetric distributions.

Identifying statistical dependence between the features and the label is a fundamental problem in supervised learning. This paper presents a framework for estimating dependence between numerical features and a categorical label using generalized Gini distance, an energy distance in reproducing kernel Hilbert spaces (RK…

2019-06-05abs ↗pdf ↗

Analytical results bound the approach to oligarchy in a modified asset exchange model.

problem Analyzing economic inequality in a modified asset exchange model.
method Analytical results using Gini coefficient and differential inequalities.
result The Gini coefficient is bounded by a first-order differential inequality.

The article compares predictor importance in classification problems with categorical outcomes.

problem Comparing predictor importance in classification problems with categorical response variables.
method The approach is based on the categorical Gini correlation (CGC) and tests differences in CGCs across predictor groups.
result The proposed methodology accommodates predictors of arbitrary and unequal dimensions and allows for dependence between predictor groups.

The aim of this paper is to introduce a risk measure that extends the Gini-type measures of risk and variability, the Extended Gini Shortfall, by taking risk aversion into consideration. Our risk measure is coherent and catches variability, an important concept for risk management. The analysis is made under the Choque…

2017-07-23abs ↗pdf ↗

The default variable-importance measure in random Forests, Gini importance, has been shown to suffer from the bias of the underlying Gini-gain splitting criterion. While the alternative permutation importance is generally accepted as a reliable measure of variable importance, it is also computationally demanding and su…

2020-03-04abs ↗pdf ↗

We study the effect of the social stratification on the wealth distribution on a system of interacting economic agents that are constrained to interact only within their own economic class. The economical mobility of the agents is related to its success in exchange transactions. Different wealth distributions are obtai…

2005-05-23abs ↗pdf ↗

The paper addresses risk sharing and variability measures among agents with general risk preferences.

problem Risk sharing and variability measures among agents with general risk preferences.
method Characterizes Pareto-optimal allocations using Gini deviation, mean-median deviation, and inter-quantile difference as variability measures.
result Optimal allocations are not comonotonic and feature a mixture of pairwise counter-monotonic structures.

Two regularization techniques improve GCNN explainability and preference from chemists.

problem Difficulty in rationalizing molecular graph neural network predictions.
method Batch Representation Orthonormalization (BRO) and Gini regularization applied during GCNN training.
result Regularization improves GCNN attribution methods and preference from chemists.

The paper explores optimal insurance contracts using various deviation measures.

problem Optimal insurance contracts with mean-deviation measures.
method Study of convex signed Choquet integrals and standard deviation as deviation measures, analyzing premium principles like expected value, Value-at-Risk, and Expected Shortfall.
result Characterization of optimal indemnities and deductibles under different premium principles.

Efficient and robust algorithms for decentralized estimation in networks are essential to many distributed systems. Whereas distributed estimation of sample mean statistics has been the subject of a good deal of attention, computation of UU-statistics, relying on more expensive averaging over pairs of observations, is…

2015-11-17abs ↗pdf ↗

This paper fills in local bounds for Spearman's footrule and Gini's gamma measures of association.

problem Local bounds for bivariate copulas with respect to Spearman's footrule and Gini's gamma measures.
method Computing quasi-copulas that are not copulas for certain values of the measures.
result Presented local bounds for Spearman's footrule and Gini's gamma measures.

A society or country with income equally distributed among its people is truly a fiction! The phenomena of socioeconomic inequalities have been plaguing mankind from times immemorial. We are interested in gaining an insight about the co-evolution of the countries in the inequality space, from a data science perspective…

2017-12-31abs ↗pdf ↗

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.

Socio-economic inequality is characterized from data using various indices. The Gini (gg) index, giving the overall inequality is the most common one, while the recently introduced Kolkata (kk) index gives a measure of 1k1-k fraction of population who possess top kk fraction of wealth in the society. Here, we show t…

2016-06-10abs ↗pdf ↗

The construction of efficient and effective decision trees remains a key topic in machine learning because of their simplicity and flexibility. A lot of heuristic algorithms have been proposed to construct near-optimal decision trees. ID3, C4.5 and CART are classical decision tree algorithms and the split criteria they…

2015-11-25abs ↗pdf ↗

In this paper, we study the inequality indices for some models of wealth exchange. We calculated Gini index and newly introduced k-index and compare the results with reported empirical data available for different countries. We have found lower and upper bounds for the indices and discuss the efficiencies of the models…

2015-09-09abs ↗pdf ↗

Using open source data, we observe the fascinating dynamics of nighttime light. Following a global economic regime shift, the planetary center of light can be seen moving eastwards at a pace of about 60 km per year. Introducing spatial light Gini coefficients, we find a universal pattern of human settlements across dif…

2013-03-12abs ↗pdf ↗

Using tax and census data, we demonstrate that the distribution of individual income in the USA is exponential. Our calculated Lorenz curve without fitting parameters and Gini coefficient 1/2 agree well with the data. From the individual income distribution, we derive the distribution function of income for families wi…

2000-08-21abs ↗pdf ↗

Framework monitors insurance pricing models for drift and recalibration.

problem Maintaining predictive performance of pricing models in evolving insurance portfolios.
method Formalizes deviance loss and Murphy's score, studies Gini score, develops monitoring framework.
result Framework guides decisions on refitting or recalibrating pricing models.

Sparse molecular representations improve interpretability in graph neural networks.

problem Difficulty in understanding which molecular graph aspects drive deep learning predictions.
method Constrain weights in a graph convolutional neural network using the Gini index to maximize representation inequality.
result The Gini-constrained approach does not degrade evaluation metrics and allows for interpretable representation combination.

We analyze a conservative market model for the competition among economic agents in a close society. A minimum dynamics ensures that the poorest agent has a chance to improve its economic welfare. After a transient, the system self-organizes into a critical state where the wealth distribution have a minimum threshold, …

2003-11-05abs ↗pdf ↗

In this paper, we study the problem of computing UU-statistics of degree 22, i.e., quantities that come in the form of averages over pairs of data points, in the local model of differential privacy (LDP). The class of UU-statistics covers many statistical estimates of interest, including Gini mean difference, Kendal…

2019-10-09abs ↗pdf ↗