Study dynamic equilibrium with insider and general uninformed agent preferences.
problem Analyzing asymmetric information and general utility functions in a continuous-time economy.
method Introducing a new method to prove existence of a partial communication equilibrium (PCE) for agents with general utility functions.
result Identify the equilibrium price in the small and large risk aversion limits for agents with power utility.
MpFL models clients as strategic players to reach equilibrium with less communication.
problem Real-world clients act independently with individual objectives, not aligned with a shared global model.
method MpFL uses game-theoretic modeling and PEARL-SGD algorithm for local updates and communication.
result PEARL-SGD reaches an equilibrium with less communication than non-local updates in stochastic setup.
Market equilibrium price proven in a large-agent model.
problem Proving market equilibrium in a large-agent setting.
method Proved existence of equilibrium price in a complete, continuous time market with infinite agents.
result The equilibrium price dynamics decouple as the number of agents increases.
Study on markets with insiders receiving private signals affecting asset prices and information flow.
problem Understanding markets with heterogeneous information flows and private signals.
method Proves existence of a partial communication equilibrium with jumps in information and prices.
result The public information flow and asset prices jump at each private signal time, creating incomplete markets between jumps.
Community detection using both graphs and social networks is the focus of many algorithms. Recent methods aimed at optimizing the so-called modularity function proceed by maximizing relations within communities while minimizing inter-community relations. However, given the NP-completeness of the problem, these algorith…
The paper analyzes how investors' wealth can decline collectively under partial information.
problem Investors' wealth can decline collectively under partial information.
method The paper derives a Nash equilibrium for mean-variance portfolio selection under relative performance criteria, considering both full and partial information.
result Relative performance criteria can lead to downward self-reinforcement of investors' wealth, which is more pronounced under partial information.
Study Nash equilibrium between broker and informed trader in dealer and lit markets.
problem Nash equilibrium between broker and informed trader in dealer and lit markets with partial information.
method Convex analysis, FBSDEs, polynomial approximation.
result Existence and uniqueness of Nash equilibrium for short time horizons.
Study shows how to calculate the volume of pseudoeffective line bundles on Kähler manifolds.
problem Calculating the volume of pseudoeffective line bundles on Kähler manifolds.
method Using a limit of section dimensions and a model potential associated to the line bundle.
result The limit of k−nh0(X,Lk⊗I(ku)) equals the non-pluripolar volume of P[u]I. In common finance literature, Black-Scholes partial differential equation of option pricing is usually derived with no-arbitrage principle. Considering an asset market, Merton applied the Hamilton-Jacobi-Bellman techniques of his continuous-time consumption-portfolio problem, deriving general equilibrium relationships …
Proposes a robust equilibrium strategy for mean-variance portfolio selection.
problem Time-inconsistency in mean-variance portfolio selection.
method Introduces a novel definition of robust equilibrium strategy and solves the corresponding PDE system.
result A classical solution to the PDE system implies a robust equilibrium strategy.
In this communication, complex systems with a near trivial dynamics are addressed. First, under the hypothesis of equiprobability in the asymptotic equilibrium, it is shown that the (hyper) planar geometry of an N-dimensional multi-agent economic system implies the exponential (Boltzmann-Gibss) wealth distribution an…
Improved distributed learning with reduced communication costs.
problem Efficient communication in resource-constrained environments for distributed learning.
method Proposed a cost-effective partial communication protocol.
result Communication cost is reduced to O(logT), improving significantly on full communication. In an incomplete semimartingale model of a financial market, we consider several risk-averse financial agents who negotiate the price of a bundle of contingent claims. Assuming that the agents' risk preferences are modelled by convex capital requirements, we define and analyze their demand functions and propose a notio…
A new approach for cooperative multi-agent reinforcement learning with limited communication, reducing the number of communication rounds.
problem Limited communication in decentralized MARL systems leads to outdated information and unstable learning.
method Base policy prediction technique to estimate gradients and collect samples for a sequence of base policies.
result The proposed algorithm converges to an ε-Nash equilibrium with significantly fewer communication rounds and samples.
During reactive transport modeling, the computational cost associated with chemical reaction calculations is often 10-100 times higher than that of transport calculations. Most of these costs results from chemical equilibrium calculations that are performed at least once in every mesh cell and at every time step of the…
Paper proposes efficient weight updates for edge nodes with minimal communication.
problem Inefficient and resource-intensive full weight updates for edge nodes.
method Deep partial updating, selecting a subset of weights to update.
result Achieves similar performance with fewer weight updates.
In this paper I give a brief introduction to a family of simple but non-trivial models designed to increase our understanding of collective processes in markets, the so-called Minority Games, and their non-equilibrium statistical mathematical analysis. Since the most commonly studied members of this family define disor…
Mathematical model predicts international trade and global economy dynamics.
problem Understanding complex international trade and economy interactions.
method Developed a mathematical model for non-equilibrium processes in open systems.
result Predicted model accurately reflects international trade and economy.
Study proves existence and convergence of discrete-time Kyle models with multiple insiders.
problem Existence and convergence of discrete-time Kyle models with multiple informed traders.
method Proves existence and convergence of discrete-time Kyle models with multiple informed traders using mathematical proofs.
result Equilibrium exists and converges to continuous-time equilibrium as the number of trading times increases.
In an incomplete continuous-time securities market with uncertainty generated by Brownian motions, we derive closed-form solutions for the equilibrium interest rate and market price of risk processes. The economy has a finite number of heterogeneous exponential utility investors, who receive partially unspanned income …
This paper analyzes a class of infinite-time-horizon stochastic games with singular controls motivated from the partially reversible problem. It provides an explicit solution for the mean-field game (MFG) and presents sensitivity analysis to compare the solution for the MFG with that for the single-agent control proble…
We consider two risk-averse financial agents who negotiate the price of an illiquid indivisible contingent claim in an incomplete semimartingale market environment. Under the assumption that the agents are exponential utility maximizers with non-traded random endowments, we provide necessary and sufficient conditions f…
The paper models asset pricing in a partially observed market using mean field game theory and exponential quadratic Gaussian framework.
problem Asset pricing in a market with partial observation and heterogeneous agents.
method Mean field game theory, exponential quadratic Gaussian framework, Kalman-Bucy filtering theory.
result Characterization of equilibrium risk premium through mean field BSDE and construction of unobservable risk premium process.
Paper proposes SCALLION and SCAFCOM for compressed FL with reduced communication.
problem Reducing communication overhead in Federated Learning with data heterogeneity and partial participation.
method Revisit and simplify stochastic controlled averaging, proposing SCALLION and SCAFCOM for unbiased and biased compression.
result SCALLION and SCAFCOM outperform existing methods in communication and computation complexities.
Paper defines saddle points in asymmetric Dynkin games using martingale theory.
problem Tackles saddle point conditions in asymmetric Dynkin games with partial information.
method Uses martingale theory to identify super and submartingales related to equilibrium payoffs.
result Characterizes saddle point strategies in terms of equilibrium payoffs' dynamics and Doob-Meyer decompositions.
This paper investigates the equilibrium interactions between trading targets and private information in a multi-period Kyle (1985) market. There are two investors who each follow dynamic trading strategies: A strategic portfolio rebalancer who engages in order splitting to reach a cumulative trading target and an uncon…
In this communication, some economic models given by functional mappings are addressed. These are models for random markets where agents trade by pairs and exchange their money in a random and conservative way. They display the exponential wealth distribution as asymptotic equilibrium, independently of the effectivenes…
We solve a continuous-time game-theoretic problem for Kihlstrom-Mirman preferences.
problem Dynamic inconsistency in preferences due to multiattribute utility theory.
method Formalized an equilibrium control theory for continuous-time Markov processes.
result Equilibrium strategy and value function as solution to extended HJB system.
CSER improves SGD efficiency by resetting errors and partial synchronization.
problem Limited scalability of Distributed Stochastic Gradient Descent (SGD) due to communication bottlenecks.
method Introduces 'error reset' technique and partial synchronization for gradients and models.
result Proves convergence for smooth non-convex problems and accelerates distributed training significantly.
Study community detection in multi-view data with various types of information.
problem Community detection in multi-view data with different types of information.
method Unified theoretical framework, mutual information analysis, sharp thresholds, iterative algorithms.
result Sharp thresholds for community recovery in various multi-view settings.
Proposes a method for coarse graph alignment using sparse partial least squares.
problem Aligning graphs with community structures when there's no natural one-to-one mapping.
method Sparse partial least squares method incorporating observed graph structures and imposing sparsity.
result Demonstrates effectiveness in simulations.
Investor optimizes portfolio under dynamic risk preferences.
problem Optimizing investment under uncertain future risk attitudes.
method Developed a general equilibrium framework and solved for subgame-perfect equilibrium policies.
result Equilibrium policies include a novel hedging component to counteract anticipated risk aversion changes.
Develops asset pricing models with mean field game theory for heterogeneous agents.
problem Tackles equilibrium asset pricing in incomplete markets with heterogeneous agents.
method Uses mean field game theory and mean field backward stochastic differential equations (BSDEs).
result Derives equilibrium risk premium and shows market clearing in the large population limit.
Study Nash equilibrium in market with relative wealth concerns under partial information and heterogeneous priors.
problem Analyzing Nash equilibrium in a market with unobservable return rates and heterogeneous priors.
method Established a Nash equilibrium through a separation result and martingale argument. Used fully-coupled linear FBSDEs and deep neural networks for numerical computation.
result Investment strategies under relative wealth concerns exhibit a herd effect, with accurate prior estimators leading the market.
New algorithms converge faster to Nash equilibrium in zero-sum games with bandit feedback.
problem Learning in zero-sum games with bandit feedback without communication.
method Developed two uncoupled algorithms achieving optimal rate of Ω(T−1/4). result Achieved optimal rate of Ω(T−1/4) for convergence of policy profiles to Nash equilibrium. Study of a risk-averse informed trader in a multi-asset market with non-Gaussian prices.
problem Existence of equilibrium in a multi-asset market with non-Gaussian prices and a risk-averse informed trader.
method Constructed equilibrium using Fokker-Planck equation and coupled partial differential equations with an optimal transport constraint.
result Equilibrium exists in a market with multiple assets and non-Gaussian prices.
A general theory of partial balayage on Riemannian manifolds is developed, with emphasis on compact manifolds. Partial balayage is an operation of sweeping measures, or charge distributions, to a prescribed density, and it is closely related to (construction of) quadrature domains for subharmonic functions, growth proc…
The so called "globalization" process (i.e. the inexorable integration of markets, currencies, nation-states, technologies and the intensification of consciousness of the world as a whole) has a behavior exactly equivalent to a system that is tending to a maximum entropy state. This globalization process obeys a collec…
Community detection in graphs has been the subject of many algorithms. Recent methods want to optimize a modularity function which shows a maximum of relationships within communities and found a minimum of inter-community relations. these algorithms are applied to unipartite, multipartite and directed graphs. However, …
Paper models graph edge dependencies using latent variables for community detection.
problem Graphs' edge dependencies not fully explained by community membership.
method Introduces auxiliary latent variables to model edge dependencies and analyzes conditions for exact recovery.
result Exact recovery possible by semidefinite programming down to maximum likelihood threshold.
The possibility of latency arbitrage in financial markets has led to the deployment of high-speed communication links between distant financial centers. These links are noisy and so there is a need for coding. In this paper, we develop a gametheoretic model of trading behavior where two traders compete to capture laten…
A game-theoretic analysis of DEX competition through dynamic trading fees.
problem Competition between decentralized exchanges (DEXs) and their impact on trading fees and slippage.
method Characterization of an approximate Nash equilibrium via coupled system of partial differential equations and closed-form expressions for equilibrium fees.
result The equilibrium trading fees shift from the oracle price to a weighted average of the oracle and competitors' exchange rates under competition.
New model captures state-dependent variability in partially observed systems.
problem Structured stochasticity not captured by constant-variance models.
method State-coupled stochastic volatility framework with particle expectation-maximization.
result Model consistently reduces recovery bias under partial observation.
In the theory of riskfree hedges in continuous time finance, one can start with the delta-hedge and derive the option pricing equation, or one can start with the replicating, self-financing hedging strategy and derive both the delta-hedge and the option pricing partial differential equation. Approximately reversible tr…
This paper combines three techniques to reduce communications in distributed variational inequalities.
problem Efficiently communicating solutions in large-scale distributed variational inequalities.
method Combining similarity, compression, and local steps to reduce communication rounds and cost.
result Best theoretical guarantees of communication complexity and superior performance in adversarial learning experiments.
In this paper, we study the information-theoretic limits of community detection in the symmetric two-community stochastic block model, with intra-community and inter-community edge probabilities na and nb respectively. We consider the sparse setting, in which a and b do not scale with n, and…
Redundancy improves learning stability and generalization in structured systems.
problem Understanding redundancy in structured systems for learning and generalization.
method Developed a theoretical framework that redefines redundancy as a geometric principle unifying various measures.
result Redundancy balances structure and coupling, leading to optimal stability and generalization.
Market inefficiencies arise from density-dependent returns in a noisy environment.
problem Market inefficiencies and excess volatility.
method Developed a market model using ecological concepts.
result Market dynamics are density-dependent, leading to inefficiencies.