The authors aim to develop numerical schemes of the two representative quadratic hedging strategies: locally risk minimizing and mean-variance hedging strategies, for models whose asset price process is given by the exponential of a normal inverse Gaussian process, using the results of Arai et al. \cite{AIS}, and Arai …
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Develops a new bivariate process for energy markets with improved simulation methods.
problem Modelling energy markets with stochastic delays and efficient simulations.
method Introduces a novel bivariate Normal Inverse Gaussian process and a path simulation scheme.
result Improves simulation efficiency for energy market models.
Clustering of non-Gaussian data by variational Bayes for normal inverse Gaussian mixture modelsstat.ML
Improved VB algorithm for NIG mixtures outperforms Gaussian mixtures for non-Gaussian data.
problem Clustering non-Gaussian data, especially heavy-tailed and asymmetric.
method Proposed an improved VB algorithm for NIG mixture models and extended Dirichlet process mixture models.
result Outperforms Gaussian mixtures and existing NIG mixture models, especially for highly non-normative data.
In this study, a numerical quadrature for the generalized inverse Gaussian distribution is derived from the Gauss-Hermite quadrature by exploiting its relationship with the normal distribution. The proposed quadrature is not Gaussian, but it exactly integrates the polynomials of both positive and negative orders. Using…
Parameter estimation for model-based clustering using a finite mixture of normal inverse Gaussian (NIG) distributions is achieved through variational Bayes approximations. Univariate NIG mixtures and multivariate NIG mixtures are considered. The use of variational Bayes approximations here is a substantial departure fr…
FAKI improves gradient-free inference for inverse problems.
problem Expensive forward models without gradients.
method Temperature annealing with normalizing flows.
result Dramatic improvements in accuracy over EKI.
Researchers calculated EVaR for various distributions using Lambert function.
problem Difficulty in finding analytical representation of EVaR measure.
method Used Lambert function to calculate EVaR for multiple distributions.
result Successfully calculated EVaR for 7 specific distributions.
A new model forecasts Value-at-Risk using NIG distribution and dynamic scores.
problem Forecasting Value-at-Risk (VaR) in financial markets.
method Proposes a parametric forecasting model based on the normal inverse Gaussian distribution (NIG) incorporating intraday information.
result The model outperforms traditional GARCH models, especially in high-risk scenarios.
The paper stabilizes invertible neural networks by using Gaussian mixture models.
problem Invertible neural networks can have exploding Lipschitz constants, leading to numerical errors.
method The authors use Gaussian mixture models to stabilize the latent distribution of invertible neural networks.
result Numerical simulations confirm that this modification improves sampling quality in multimodal applications.
This paper is a further extension of the method proposed in Itkin, 2014 as applied to another set of jump-diffusion models: Inverse Normal Gaussian, Hyperbolic and Meixner. To solve the corresponding PIDEs we accomplish few steps. First, a second-order operator splitting on financial processes (diffusion and jumps) is …
The framework of normalizing flows provides a general strategy for flexible variational inference of posteriors over latent variables. We propose a new type of normalizing flow, inverse autoregressive flow (IAF), that, in contrast to earlier published flows, scales well to high-dimensional latent spaces. The proposed f…
SKT improves EKI for Bayesian inverse problems with non-Gaussian targets.
problem Efficiently solving Bayesian inverse problems with expensive forward models and non-Gaussian posterior distributions.
method Embedding EKI and FAKI within a Bayesian annealing scheme to adapt tpCN sampler.
result Significant improvements in convergence rate compared to standard SMC and pCN.
In this paper, an application of three GARCH-type models (sGARCH, iGARCH, and tGARCH) with Student t-distribution, Generalized Error distribution (GED), and Normal Inverse Gaussian (NIG) distribution are examined. The new development allows for the modeling of volatility clustering effects, the leptokurtic and the skew…
This paper considers options pricing when the assumption of normality is replaced with that of the symmetry of the underlying distribution. Such a market affords many equivalent martingale measures (EMM). However we argue (as in the discrete-time setting of Klebaner and Landsman, 2007) that an EMM that keeps distributi…
Novel method uses Gaussian process to estimate particle sizes from scattering data.
problem Estimating particle size distributions from noisy optical scattering measurements.
method Constrained Gaussian process regression with normalization constraints.
result Accurately reconstructs particle size distributions from noisy data.
Inverts operator on hyperbolic surfaces, constructing invariant distributions.
problem Constructing explicit inversion formula for X-ray normal operator.
method First, inversion formula for attenuated normal operator on Poincaré disk and closed hyperbolic surfaces. Then, explicit construction of invariant distributions.
result Explicit construction of invariant distributions with prescribed pushforward.
A new model reconciles rough volatility and jumps.
problem Combining rough volatility and jump processes.
method Developed a reversionary Heston model with fast mean reversions and large vol-of-vols.
result The reversionary Heston model converges to Lévy jump processes for certain values of the parameter.
Iterative Gaussianization is a fixed-point iteration procedure that can transform any continuous random vector into a Gaussian one. Based on iterative Gaussianization, we propose a new type of normalizing flow model that enables both efficient computation of likelihoods and efficient inversion for sample generation. We…
We consider the so-called inverse -curvature flow (IFCF) in ARW spaces, i.e. in Lorentzian manifolds with a special future singularity. Here, denotes a curvature function of class , which is homogenous of degree one, e.g. the -th root of the Gaussian curvature, and the past dire…
New formula for implied volatility from Black-Scholes model.
problem Computing implied volatility from Black-Scholes model.
method Analytical solution using inverse Gaussian distribution.
result Explicit formulas for implied volatility with high precision.
This paper revisits the Bayesian CMA-ES and provides updates for normal Wishart. It emphasizes the difference between a normal and normal inverse Wishart prior. After some computation, we prove that the only difference relies surprisingly in the expected covariance. We prove that the expected covariance should be lower…
Paper solves a key problem in learning from high-dimensional covariance matrices.
problem Computing normalizing factors for Riemannian Gaussian distributions on high-dimensional covariance matrices.
method Equivalence with random matrix theory and log-normal matrix ensembles to approximate normalizing factors.
result Efficient approximation of normalizing factors with decreasing error as dimension increases.
We introduce a distributionally robust maximum likelihood estimation model with a Wasserstein ambiguity set to infer the inverse covariance matrix of a -dimensional Gaussian random vector from independent samples. The proposed model minimizes the worst case (maximum) of Stein's loss across all normal reference d…
Bayesian inverse problems solved with Gaussian models for PDEs.
problem Solving inverse problems with limited data for PDEs.
method Constructing PDE-informed Gaussian priors for Bayesian inversion.
result PDE-informed Gaussian priors outperform traditional priors.
Inverting Nonlinear Dimensionality Reduction with Scale-Free Radial Basis Function Interpolationmath.NA
Nonlinear dimensionality reduction embeddings computed from datasets do not provide a mechanism to compute the inverse map. In this paper, we address the problem of computing a stable inverse map to such a general bi-Lipschitz map. Our approach relies on radial basis functions (RBFs) to interpolate the inverse map ever…
Innovative Extensions to Option Pricing: Asymmetric Brownian Motion and Random Walk Approachesq-fin.MF
Innovative extensions to option pricing models using asymmetric Brownian motion and random walk approaches.
problem Capturing empirical phenomena like return skewness, heavy tails, and volatility asymmetry in option pricing models.
method Developing the Geometric Asymmetric Brownian Motion (GABM) within the Bachelier--Black--Scholes--Merton framework.
result Deriving closed-form option pricing formulas and a discrete-time binomial tree algorithm that converges to the GABM limit.
NF-ULA combines Langevin Monte Carlo with normalizing flows for imaging inverse problems.
problem Solving inverse problems in imaging with uncertainty quantification.
method Langevin Monte Carlo with normalizing flow prior.
result NF-ULA outperforms competing methods for severely ill-posed inverse problems.
Novel optimization method detects change points in Gaussian data.
problem Detecting change points in univariate Gaussian data sequences.
method Continuous optimization for best subset selection (COMBSS) applied to a reformulated statistical inverse problem.
result Adaptation and evaluation of COMBSS for offline normal mean multiple change-point detection.
In recent years, data have become increasingly higher dimensional and, therefore, an increased need has arisen for dimension reduction techniques for clustering. Although such techniques are firmly established in the literature for multivariate data, there is a relative paucity in the area of matrix variate, or three-w…
Stein's method (Stein, 1973; 1981) is a powerful tool for statistical applications and has significantly impacted machine learning. Stein's lemma plays an essential role in Stein's method. Previous applications of Stein's lemma either required strong technical assumptions or were limited to Gaussian distributions with …
A method for converting NIW parameters for better estimation.
problem Estimating parameters of multivariate normal distribution.
method Convergent procedure for converting mean parameters to natural parameters in NIW family.
result Maximum likelihood estimation of natural parameters from observed statistics.
A-BLINK speeds up Gaussian process covariance estimation.
problem Slow covariance matrix inversion in Gaussian processes.
method Two pre-trained neural networks learn Kriging weights and spatial variance.
result Significant computational speedups and posterior inference.
Bayesian inference and superstatistics to describe long memory processes of financial time seriesq-fin.ST
Bayesian inference and superstatistics model financial volatility dynamics across different timescales.
problem Modeling correlated volatility in financial time series with heavy tails and long memory.
method Superstatistical dynamics, Bayesian Inference, Metropolis-Hasting sampling.
result The log-Normal model is reliable for short timescales, while inverse-Gamma is preferred for long timescales.
Efficiently solves inverse PDE problems with Gaussian processes.
problem Solving inverse problems in linear PDEs with noisy data.
method Gaussian process regression with algebraic priors.
result High accuracy and computational efficiency achieved.
Study shows sample complexity for logistic regression with normal covariates.
problem Estimating parameters of logistic regression with normal design.
method Analyzes sample complexity in terms of dimension and inverse temperature.
result Shows two change-points in sample complexity curve based on inverse temperature.
The paper integrates behavioral distortions into portfolio optimization using implied probability weighting functions.
problem Behavioral distortions in probability weighting affect portfolio optimization under different return distributions.
method Developed a unified framework to extract probability weighting functions from optimal portfolios modeled under Gaussian and NIG distributions.
result Increasing tail fatness amplifies behavioral distortions, and shifts in risk-free rates alter the curvature of these distortions.
Statistical inference for misspecified contextual bandits is challenging due to adaptivity issues.
problem Statistical inference for misspecified contextual bandits
method Inverse-probability-weighted Z-estimation framework
result Consistent and asymptotically normal estimator with sandwich variance estimator
FlowSDR learns a low-dimensional projection preserving the response's conditional distribution.
problem Learning a low-dimensional projection that captures the response's conditional distribution.
method FlowSDR uses conditional log-likelihood maximization with monotone rational-quadratic spline flows to learn the projection and conditional density.
result FlowSDR outperforms existing SDR methods in various simulation settings and a face-age prediction task.
We solve image inverse problems using a flow-based noise model.
problem Image inverse problems with complex noise patterns.
method Normalizing flow prior for maximum a posteriori estimation.
result Empirical validation on various inverse problems.
This paper tackles real-time Bayesian inverse problems using neural networks.
problem Real-time inference of posterior distributions from experimental data.
method Amortized variational inference with Gaussian and Flow guides.
result The approach provides posterior estimates in real-time at the cost of a forward pass.
WS diffusion models handle anisotropic Gaussian noise better than conventional methods.
problem Handling anisotropic Gaussian noise in imaging inverse problems.
method Whitened Score (WS) diffusion models based on stochastic differential equations.
result WS DMs outperform conventional DMs on anisotropic Gaussian noise.
New method for estimating parameters in inverse problems using double robustness.
problem Estimating parameters defined as linear functionals of solutions to linear inverse problems.
method Source condition double robust inference method that uses iterated Tikhonov regularized adversarial estimators.
result Asymptotic normality of the parameter of interest as long as either the primal or dual inverse problem is sufficiently well-posed.
Improved variational inference for geophysical inverse problems with data correction.
problem High computational cost and accuracy issues in Bayesian inference for geophysical inverse problems.
method Amortized variational inference with latent distribution correction using physics-based priors.
result Improved robustness of amortized variational inference under data distribution shifts.
Solving Linear-Gaussian Bayesian Inverse Problems with Decoupled Diffusion Sequential Monte Carlocs.LG
New method uses diffusion models for Bayesian inverse problems.
problem Solving Bayesian inverse problems with linear-Gaussian models.
method Decoupled Diffusion Sequential Monte Carlo (DDSMC) method.
result Asymptotically exact solution demonstrated on various data types.
Levy processes, which have stationary independent increments, are ideal for modelling the various types of noise that can arise in communication channels. If a Levy process admits exponential moments, then there exists a parametric family of measure changes called Esscher transformations. If the parameter is replaced w…
Inverts rank m symmetric tensor fields using line integrals.
problem Recovering symmetric tensor fields from line integrals.
method Computes normal operator and presents inversion formula.
result Recovering rank m tensor fields from data .
Gaussian process regression helps approximate Bayesian inverse problems efficiently.
problem Computational intractability of Bayesian posterior distributions in inverse problems.
method Gaussian process regression to build a surrogate model for the likelihood.
result Error between true and approximate posterior can be bounded by weighted -norm error between true and approximate likelihood.
Variational Gaussian Processes solve linear inverse problems efficiently.
problem Solving inverse problems where indirect observations are corrupted by noise.
method Variational Bayesian methods with Gaussian process priors and inducing variables.
result Posterior contraction rates can be attained by correctly tuned variational procedures.