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48 results for Moon phases

Moon phases added to stock market analysis for better pattern recognition.

problem Finding meaningful patterns in stock market data using irregular time sampling.
method Incorporating Moon phases into the Gregorian calendar time sampling methods for stock market analysis.
result Moon phases provide unique, irregular sampling features for stock market pattern recognition.

In this paper we study the financial repercussions of the destruction of two fully armed and operational moon-sized battle stations ("Death Stars") in a 4-year period and the dissolution of the galactic government in Star Wars. The emphasis of this work is to calibrate and simulate a model of the banking and financial …

2015-11-29abs ↗pdf ↗

Deep reinforcement learning has recently gained a focus on problems where policy or value functions are independent of goals. Evidence exists that the sampling of goals has a strong effect on the learning performance, but there is a lack of general mechanisms that focus on optimizing the goal sampling process. In this …

2018-09-17abs ↗pdf ↗

Study finds Twitter activity correlates with stock volatility but not sentiment.

problem Understanding the impact of social media on stock market dynamics.
method Collected and analyzed tweets from Twitter and Reddit, examining their sentiment and correlation with stock volatility.
result Twitter activity correlates with stock volatility but not sentiment.

Optimal transport aims to estimate a transportation plan that minimizes a displacement cost. This is realized by optimizing the scalar product between the sought plan and the given cost, over the space of doubly stochastic matrices. When the entropy regularization is added to the problem, the transportation plan can be…

2019-09-20abs ↗pdf ↗

AMF-VI uses adaptive mixtures of flows for robust VI across diverse distributions.

problem Inconsistent behavior of single-flow models across different distributions.
method Sequential expert training of individual flows and adaptive global weight estimation via likelihood-driven updates.
result AMF-VI achieves lower negative log-likelihood and stable gains in transport metrics across various posterior families.

In this paper we investigate panel regression models with interactive fixed effects. We propose two new estimation methods that are based on minimizing convex objective functions. The first method minimizes the sum of squared residuals with a nuclear (trace) norm regularization. The second method minimizes the nuclear …

2018-10-25abs ↗pdf ↗

Introduces LRY skein algebras generalizing Kauffman bracket and Roger-Yang skein algebras.

problem Generalizing skein algebras for surfaces with arbitrary ground rings.
method Constructs LRY skein algebras, quantum traces, and Dehn-Thurston coordinates.
result LRY skein algebras are domains, have degenerations to monomial subalgebras of quantum tori, and are orderly finitely generated.

Solves Dirichlet problem for Lagrangian phase equation with critical and supercritical phase.

problem Solving Dirichlet problem for Lagrangian phase equation with critical and supercritical phase.
method Uses interior C2C^2 estimate.
result Result is sharp, showing existence of singular solutions in subcritical phase.

A major issue in harmonic analysis is to capture the phase dependence of frequency representations, which carries important signal properties. It seems that convolutional neural networks have found a way. Over time-series and images, convolutional networks often learn a first layer of filters which are well localized i…

2018-10-29abs ↗pdf ↗

New algorithms handle phase retrieval with rank d measurements, revealing phase transitions.

problem Phase retrieval with rank d measurements.
method Random duality theory (RDT) and descending phase retrieval algorithms (dPR).
result Minimal sample complexity ratio for dPR's success exhibits phase transitions.

Machine learning predicts phase behavior in active matter suspensions.

problem Predicting phase behavior in active matter systems using machine learning.
method Used deep learning techniques, including fully connected networks and graph neural networks, to predict motility-induced phase separation (MIPS) in ABP suspensions.
result Strong agreement between machine learning predictions and MIPS binodal from simulations, suggesting machine learning as an effective method for phase behavior determination.

This paper certifies cluster assignments from sum-of-norms clustering algorithms.

problem Certifying the correct cluster assignments from approximate solutions of sum-of-norms clustering.
method Presented a clustering test that identifies and certifies the correct cluster assignment from an approximate solution.
result The correct cluster assignment is guaranteed to be certified by a primal-dual path following algorithm after sufficient iterations.

The big phase space, the geometric setting for the study of quantum cohomology with gravitational descendents, is a complex manifold and consists of an infinite number of copies of the small phase space. The aim of this paper is to define a Hermitian geometry on the big phase space. Using the approach of Dijkgraaf and …

2012-11-23abs ↗pdf ↗

Diffusion maps help learn complex quantum phase transitions from data.

problem Learning quantum phase transitions from experimental data is challenging.
method Diffusion maps for nonlinear dimensionality reduction and spectral clustering.
result Diffusion maps can learn complex phase transitions unsupervised.

The paper models market crashes as phase transitions, finding dynamic transitions offer better predictions.

problem Understanding and predicting extreme financial events like market crashes.
method Employing phase transition theory, focusing on endogenous crashes, and comparing DPT, CPT, and SPT.
result Dynamic phase transitions provide more accurate predictions of market crashes compared to critical and stochastic models.

Unsupervised learning is a discipline of machine learning which aims at discovering patterns in big data sets or classifying the data into several categories without being trained explicitly. We show that unsupervised learning techniques can be readily used to identify phases and phases transitions of many body systems…

2016-06-01abs ↗pdf ↗

Common models for two-phase lipid bilayer membranes are based on an energy that consists of an elastic term for each lipid phase and a line energy at interfaces. Although such an energy controls only the length of interfaces, the membrane surface is usually assumed to be at least C1C^1 across phase boundaries. We consi…

2016-03-01abs ↗pdf ↗

Novel M-theory approach classifies topological phases of matter.

problem Classifying and understanding topological phases of matter.
method Establishing a correspondence between (2+1)d topological field theories and non-hyperbolic 3-manifolds, identifying topological phases from internal wrapped 3-manifolds.
result Paves a new route toward the classification of topological phases of matter, including fermionic and non-unitary phases.

Study oscillatory integrals with degenerate singular points in multivariable phase functions.

problem Analyzing oscillatory integrals with degenerate singular points in phase functions.
method Using asymptotic expansions and results from one variable, the study examines multivariable phase functions.
result Asymptotic expansions of oscillatory integrals for multivariable phase functions with degenerate singular points.

The stability of money value is an important requisite for a functioning economy, yet it critically depends on the actions of participants in the market themselves. Here we model the value of money as a dynamical variable that results from trading between agents. The basic trading scenario can be recast into an Ising t…

2001-10-10abs ↗pdf ↗

The classification of phase transitions is a central and challenging task in condensed matter physics. Typically, it relies on the identification of order parameters and the analysis of singularities in the free energy and its derivatives. Here, we propose an alternative framework to identify quantum phase transitions,…

2019-04-02abs ↗pdf ↗

The Allen-Cahn system on manifolds yields multiple phase distributions.

problem Finding the number of solutions to the Allen-Cahn system on manifolds.
method Volume-fixing variations approach to classify isoperimetric clusters.
result The number of solutions is bounded by topological invariants for parallelizable manifolds.

Automated surgical workflow analysis and understanding can assist surgeons to standardize procedures and enhance post-surgical assessment and indexing, as well as, interventional monitoring. Computer-assisted interventional (CAI) systems based on video can perform workflow estimation through surgical instruments' recog…

2018-07-17abs ↗pdf ↗

This paper shows how learning the phase-amplitude coupling improves bio-signal classification.

problem Discarding phase component in bio-signal feature extraction leads to poor generalization.
method Introducing a novel self-supervised learning task called Phase-Swap to detect phase-amplitude coupling.
result Neural networks trained on Phase-Swap task generalize better across subjects and recording sessions.

New approach connects quantum phases to VQA trainability, enabling better scaling.

problem Scalability issues in VQAs, especially barren plateaus.
method Analog VQA ansätze composed of quenches of a disordered Ising chain, tuning disorder strength.
result Thermalized and MBL phases reach maximal expressivity at large MM, but barren plateaus emerge at smaller MM in the thermalized phase.

Descending phase retrieval algorithms show a phase transition with increasing sample complexity.

problem Theoretical limits of descending phase retrieval algorithms.
method Utilizing Random duality theory (RDT), the study develops a generic program to characterize algorithm performance.
result As sample complexity increases, the parametric manifold transitions from multi to single funneling points, leading to a phase transition in algorithm success.

Study shows reverberant phase is not essential for weakly-supervised dereverberation.

problem Evaluating the role of reverberant phase in weakly-supervised dereverberation.
method Statistical Wave Field Theory and recent weak supervision framework.
result Wet phase carries limited useful information and is not essential for weakly supervised dereverberation.

Characterizing the phase transitions of convex optimizations in recovering structured signals or data is of central importance in compressed sensing, machine learning and statistics. The phase transitions of many convex optimization signal recovery methods such as 1\ell_1 minimization and nuclear norm minimization are…

2015-09-15abs ↗pdf ↗

Phase segregation, the process by which the components of a binary mixture spontaneously separate, is a key process in the evolution and design of many chemical, mechanical, and biological systems. In this work, we present a data-driven approach for the learning, modeling, and prediction of phase segregation. A direct …

2018-03-23abs ↗pdf ↗

Paper tackles joint community detection and phase synchronization in stochastic block models.

problem Jointly recover cluster structure and phase angles in stochastic block models.
method Proposes two algorithms: a spectral method based on multi-frequency QR factorization and an iterative multi-frequency generalized power method.
result Proposed algorithms significantly improve recovery of cluster structure and phase angles compared to existing methods.