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48 results for Heterogeneous Impacts

Study quantifies impacts of heterogeneity in FL on smartphone data.

problem Heterogeneity in FL devices causes performance degradation.
method Collected 136k smartphone data, built heterogeneity-aware FL platform, conducted extensive experiments.
result Heterogeneity causes up to 9.2% accuracy drop and 2.32x training time increase.

Introduces a new system for modeling bank solvency contagion with heterogeneous impacts and exposures.

problem Modeling bank solvency contagion with asymmetric interactions and heterogeneous exposures.
method Develops a heterogeneous McKean-Vlasov system to characterize solvency contagion in interbank markets.
result Derives a unique solution for the system under certain conditions, resolving instability issues.

We present an analysis of the price impact associated with trades effected by different financial firms. Using data from the Spanish Stock Market, we find a high degree of heterogeneity across different market members, both in the instantaneous impact functions and in the time-dependent market response to trades by ind…

2011-09-01abs ↗pdf ↗

The paper investigates how dataset quality and heterogeneity affect model confidence in machine learning.

problem Understanding how dataset quality and heterogeneity impact model confidence in machine learning.
method The study uses theoretical explanations and experimental demonstrations to investigate the effects of dataset size, label noise, and class heterogeneity on model confidence.
result Label noise reduces model confidence, while reduced dataset size increases it, and class heterogeneity leads to inconsistent confidence across classes.

New insights show Medicaid impacts on ED use vary widely, with some groups seeing significant increases.

problem Understanding the varied impacts of Medicaid on emergency department use.
method Causal machine learning methods to identify heterogeneous impacts.
result Meaningful heterogeneity in the effect of Medicaid on ED use, with a small group driving the overall effect.

New method quantifies variable importance in causal forests for treatment effect heterogeneity.

problem Lack of understanding how input variables affect treatment effect heterogeneity in causal forests.
method Developed a new importance variable algorithm for causal forests based on the drop and relearn principle.
result Shows how to handle forest retraining without a confounding variable and introduces a corrective term for confounders.

The paper develops a hybrid model for optimal order execution in markets with heterogeneous market makers.

problem Optimal liquidation in markets with limited inventory and risk capacity.
method Derives a reduced form model for aggregated inventory dynamics considering price impact.
result Optimal execution can be modeled as a linear-quadratic stochastic control problem.

Study finds environmental liability insurance reduces industrial carbon emissions.

problem Reduction of industrial carbon emissions.
method Two-way fixed effect model using provincial (city) level panel data from 2010 to 2020.
result Environmental liability insurance reduces industrial carbon emissions at both direct and indirect levels, with varying effects.

Study shows how sentiment shocks affect equity markets, revealing asymmetries and state-dependent effects.

problem Understanding how sentiment shocks propagate through equity markets and their impact on different investor groups.
method Used four independent proxies with sign-aligned kappa-rho parameters, calibrated a structural model to link sentiment to returns.
result A one standard deviation sentiment shock has a 1.06 basis point impact, with effects amplified over 11.2 months and concentrated in retail-tilted stocks.

The paper develops a reinforcement learning model to estimate ad impact considering delayed and cumulative effects.

problem Accurately estimating ad impact considering delayed and long-term effects, cumulative impacts, and customer heterogeneity.
method Modeling ad bidding as a Contextual Markov Decision Process (CMDP) with delayed Poisson rewards, proposing a two-stage maximum likelihood estimator and reinforcement learning algorithm.
result Achieves a near-optimal regret bound of O~(dH2T)\tilde{O}{(dH^2\sqrt{T})}, validating the approach through simulation experiments.

Algorithm uncovers treatment effect heterogeneity in educational RD designs.

problem Discovering sources of treatment effect heterogeneity in regression discontinuity designs.
method Causal supervised machine learning algorithm to build a 'regression discontinuity tree'.
result Algorithm uncovers various sources of heterogeneity in the impact of attending a better secondary school.

New methods handle both data and network heterogeneity in federated learning.

problem Challenges in federated learning due to data and network heterogeneity.
method Two novel client selection schemes that minimize theoretical runtime to convergence.
result Our methods are at least competitive to and up to 20 times better than existing baselines.

FedSARSA converges with heterogeneous agents, achieving linear speed-up.

problem Convergence analysis of Federated SARSA with heterogeneous agents.
method Linear function approximation, local training, multi-step error expansion.
result FedSARSA achieves linear speed-up with respect to the number of agents.

The paper explains stock market predictability through a model of heterogeneous beliefs.

problem Understanding and predicting stock market behavior based on news and investor beliefs.
method A discrete-time model of heterogeneous beliefs where some agents receive noisy signals about asset fundamentals.
result Momentum and reversal in stock prices arise from investors' incorrect beliefs about signal accuracy and fundamental values.

We provide a new analysis of local SGD, removing unnecessary assumptions and elaborating on the difference between two data regimes: identical and heterogeneous. In both cases, we improve the existing theory and provide values of the optimal stepsize and optimal number of local iterations. Our bounds are based on a new…

2019-09-10abs ↗pdf ↗

We present a thorough empirical analysis of market impact on the Bitcoin/USD exchange market using a complete dataset that allows us to reconstruct more than one million metaorders. We empirically confirm the "square-root law'' for market impact, which holds on four decades in spite of the quasi-absence of statistical …

2014-12-15abs ↗pdf ↗

Improved Local SGD convergence for general convex objectives with bounded second-order heterogeneity.

problem Understanding when and why Local SGD outperforms alternatives in distributed optimization.
method Established improved convergence guarantees for Local SGD on general convex objectives under bounded second-order heterogeneity.
result Upper bounds for Local SGD are nearly tight, providing a sharper convergence theory.

The paper proposes an estimator to make inference of heterogeneous treatment effects sorted by impact groups (GATES) for non-randomised experiments. The groups can be understood as a broader aggregation of the conditional average treatment effect (CATE) where the number of groups is set in advance. In economics, this a…

2019-11-07abs ↗pdf ↗

In this paper, we present a multi-period trading model by assuming that traders face not only asymmetric information but also heterogenous prior beliefs, under the requirement that the insider publicly disclose his stock trades after the fact. We show that there is an equilibrium in which the irrational insider camoufl…

2011-05-12abs ↗pdf ↗

Paper improves Bayesian inference in federated learning with new algorithm VR-FALD*.

problem Bayesian inference in federated learning with communication bottlenecks and statistical heterogeneity.
method Federated Averaging Langevin Dynamics (FALD) and VR-FALD*.
result VR-FALD* corrects client drift due to statistical heterogeneity, improving convergence.

We present an empirical study of the intertwined behaviour of members in a financial market. Exploiting a database where the broker that initiates an order book event can be identified, we decompose the correlation and response functions into contributions coming from different market participants and study how their b…

2011-04-04abs ↗pdf ↗

Model identifies order splitting and liquidity replenishment as necessary for the square-root law of market impact.

problem Quantifying the square-root law of market impact and identifying its underlying mechanisms.
method Minimal limit-order-book model with heterogeneous interacting agents calibrated against real data. Counterfactual ablation to isolate mechanisms.
result Order splitting and liquidity replenishment are necessary for the square-root law of market impact.

Study on incentivizing truthfulness in federated learning with heterogeneous data.

problem Manipulated updates in federated learning due to data heterogeneity.
method Formulated a game-theoretic approach to prevent clients from misreporting their gradient updates.
result Developed a payment rule that provably disincentivizes sending modified updates in federated learning.

This paper optimizes reinsurance contracts with belief differences between insurer and reinsurer.

problem Dynamic reinsurance design with heterogeneous beliefs under mean-variance framework.
method Modeling surplus process, applying partitioned domain optimization, solving HJB system.
result Optimal reinsurance contracts with belief heterogeneity are more complex than standard contracts.

The development of human-robot systems able to leverage the strengths of both humans and their robotic counterparts has been greatly sought after because of the foreseen, broad-ranging impact across industry and research. We believe the true potential of these systems cannot be reached unless the robot is able to act w…

2020-01-27abs ↗pdf ↗

Study analyzes market equilibrium returns with price impact and transaction costs.

problem Modeling equilibrium returns in markets with strategic order placement and transaction costs.
method Analyzes frictionless and transaction-cost markets, characterizes Nash equilibrium via FBSDEs.
result Equilibrium returns are affected by transaction costs, especially with noise traders.

Model predicts and optimizes trading of electricity price spreads across multiple zones.

problem Forecasting and optimizing day-ahead versus real-time price spreads in U.S. electricity markets.
method Unified statistical model for positive and negative spikes, structural price impact model based on bid stacks.
result Optimal trading strategy improves risk-return profile and highlights market heterogeneity.

Study shows how diverse investors' learning and preferences shape financial markets.

problem Understanding how diverse investor behaviors and preferences affect market dynamics.
method Developed a multi-agent reinforcement learning framework with heterogeneous preferences and learning mechanisms.
result Diverse investors develop differentiated strategies through interaction, leading to realistic market dynamics.

Spatially-aware model improves earthquake hazard assessment accuracy.

problem Misrepresentation of seismic effects across diverse landscapes.
method Causal Bayesian network with Gaussian Processes and normalizing flows.
result Achieves up to 35.2% AUC improvement over existing methods.

The paper analyzes systemic risk in an insurance model with multiple business lines and heterogeneous claims.

problem Analyzing systemic risk in a multi-dimensional insurance model with heterogeneous claims.
method A multi-dimensional Lévy process-based renewal risk model with pairwise asymptotic independence (PAI).
result Asymptotic formulas for tail probabilities and systemic risk measures are derived.

Model shows how confidence feedback can lead to different crisis outcomes.

problem Characterizing the impact of economic recessions on different social strata.
method A self-reflexive DSGE model with heterogeneous households, varying parameters to analyze crisis typologies.
result Crisis propagation can be confined to high or low income households, depending on social network structure and income inequality.

This study assesses the impact of non-IID data in federated learning, revealing significant performance drops.

problem The impact of non-IID data on federated learning model performance.
method Empirical analysis using Hellinger Distance to measure distribution differences, benchmarking four strategies for handling non-IID data.
result Significant performance drops occur at specific HD thresholds, especially for extreme non-IIDness.

New method for clustering tasks with heterogeneous data.

problem Clustered multitask learning with semiparametric and heterogeneous nuisances.
method Adaptive fused orthogonal estimator with Neyman-orthogonal losses and data-driven fusion penalties.
result Achieves exact clustering recovery and pooled parametric convergence rates.

This paper uses machine learning to estimate how different types of crashes affect highway traffic.

problem Estimating the heterogeneous causal effects of crashes on highway traffic.
method Neyman-Rubin Causal Model, Conditional Shapley Value Index, Structural Causal Model, Doubly Robust Learning.
result Different types of crashes have varying impacts on traffic, with rear-end crashes causing the most severe congestion.

Coded Federated Learning speeds up model convergence by preemptively computing on parity data.

problem Federated learning's convergence is slow on heterogeneous platforms due to stragglers.
method Develops CFL scheme where clients generate parity data and share it once, allowing the server to compute redundantly.
result CFL allows global model to converge nearly four times faster than uncoded federated learning.

Financial markets are often driven by latent factors which traders cannot observe. Here, we address an algorithmic trading problem with collections of heterogeneous agents who aim to perform optimal execution or statistical arbitrage, where all agents filter the latent states of the world, and their trading actions hav…

2018-03-12abs ↗pdf ↗

Two novel methods identify influential features in CMABs for better reward distribution.

problem Suboptimal features degrade rewards, interpretability, and efficiency in CMABs.
method Heterogeneous Incremental Effect (HIE) and Heterogeneous Distribution Divergence (HDD) methods.
result Consistent ability to identify influential HTE features, enhancing CMAB performance.

Develops HCQRF for estimating heterogeneous treatment effects with censored data.

problem Estimating heterogeneous treatment effects on censored responses with high-dimensional variables.
method Hybrid Censored Quantile Regression Forest (HCQRF) combining random forests and censored quantile regression.
result Demonstrates the effectiveness and stability of HCQRF through simulation studies and real-world application.