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48 results for SDE parameter estimation

Deep learning estimates time-varying Markov model parameters.

problem Estimating time-dependent parameters in Markov models.
method Reframes parameter estimation as an optimization problem using maximum likelihood.
result Real solution close to SDE with neural network-derived parameters under specific conditions.

Study improves parameter estimation for SDEs driven by Levy noise.

problem Challenges in estimating parameters of SDEs with non-Gaussian noises.
method Introduces PEnet, a CNN-LSTM model for efficient parameter estimation.
result PEnet offers superior accuracy and adaptability for various SDE scenarios.

We present a detailed analysis of \emph{observable} moments based parameter estimators for the Heston SDEs jointly driving the rate of returns RtR_t and the squared volatilities VtV_t. Since volatilities are not directly observable, our parameter estimators are constructed from empirical moments of realized volatilitie…

2017-06-14abs ↗pdf ↗

We consider assets for which price XtX_t and squared volatility YtY_t are jointly driven by Heston joint stochastic differential equations (SDEs). When the parameters of these SDEs are estimated from NN sub-sampled data (XnT,YnT)(X_{nT}, Y_{nT}), estimation errors do impact the classical option pricing PDEs. We estimate thes…

2014-04-15abs ↗pdf ↗

Training-free model learns SDE dynamics without training, accelerating parameter studies.

problem High computational cost of simulating parameter-dependent SDEs.
method Training-free conditional diffusion model with joint kernel-weighted Monte Carlo estimator.
result Accurate approximation of conditional distributions across varying parameter values.

New estimator for SDEs is shown to be an adjoint state method.

problem Estimating gradients for overparameterized SDEs efficiently.
method Demonstrates generator gradient estimator as an adjoint state method.
result Generator gradient estimator is an adjoint state method for SDEs.

Novel method for SDE calibration from sparse data using neural flows.

problem Calibrating SDEs from sparse, noisy observations.
method Characterization of posterior SDE using neural networks trained to solve a PDE with multiplicative updates.
result Significant improvement in scalability and accuracy compared to classical methods.

New algorithm optimizes nonlinear SDEs online with convergence guarantees.

problem Optimizing nonlinear stochastic differential equations (SDEs) is computationally challenging.
method Forward propagation algorithm that solves an SDE derived using forward differentiation.
result Convergence theorem for nonlinear dissipative SDEs with bounds on stochastic fluctuations.

SigMA uses signatures and attention to estimate parameters in fBm-driven SDEs.

problem Estimating parameters in SDEs driven by fBm is challenging due to non-Markovian and semimartingale issues.
method SigMA integrates path signatures with multi-head self-attention, using convolutional and MLP layers.
result SigMA outperforms other methods in accuracy, robustness, and model compactness.

Proposes methods to include distributional information in MV-SDEs for better modeling of interacting particle systems.

problem Modeling the behavior of an infinite number of interacting particles with distributional information.
method Semi-parametric methods and estimators for MV-SDEs.
result Explicitly including distributional dependence improves performance in modeling temporal data with interaction.

New method optimizes SDE models using continuous-time gradient descent.

problem Optimizing over the stationary distribution of SDE models.
method Continuous-time stochastic gradient descent for SDE models.
result Asymptotic convergence to the direction of steepest descent.

New method estimates SDE parameters efficiently using WCE and SGD.

problem Parameter estimation for stochastic differential equations.
method Wiener Chaos Expansion and Stochastic Gradient Descent.
result Accurate parameter recovery from noisy observations.

SDE-Net quantifies uncertainty in deep nets using stochastic dynamics.

problem Uncertainty quantification in deep neural networks.
method Viewing DNN transformations as state evolution of a stochastic dynamical system, introducing a Brownian motion term for epistemic uncertainty.
result SDE-Net outperforms existing methods in uncertainty estimation across various tasks.

Paper tackles robust control of SDEs with ambiguity, proving value function existence and applying to investment problems.

problem Robust control of SDEs with ambiguity parameters and non-Lipschitz coefficients.
method Existence and uniqueness of value function established through BSDEs with non-linear growth conditions.
result Existence and uniqueness of value function in proper space, verified through BSDEs.

Model change points in time-series data with neural SDEs and variational autoencoders.

problem Modeling change points in time-series data with neural stochastic differential equations.
method Proposes a novel model formulation and training procedure based on the variational autoencoder framework, alternating between updating neural SDE parameters and change points.
result Demonstrates the expressive power of the proposed model in modeling both classical parametric SDEs and real datasets with distribution shifts.

The paper improves parameter estimation for interest rate models using the CIR and CKLS frameworks.

problem Improving parameter estimation for interest rate models.
method Employing Euler-Maruyama discretization to transform SDEs into linear regression problems.
result Established strong consistency and asymptotic normality of estimators for drift and volatility parameters.

The paper analyzes convergence of neural SDEs as sample size increases.

problem Understanding the limiting behavior of neural SDEs as sample size grows.
method Analyzes Hamilton-Jacobi-Bellman equation and uses stochastic maximum principle.
result Convergence of minima and optimal parameters of neural SDEs as sample size increases.

Proposes a method to estimate SDE noise from a single trajectory.

problem Estimating SDE noise from a single data trajectory without ergodicity or stationarity.
method Combining Taylor expansions, Girsanov transformations, and drift function's initial value for drift and noise estimation.
result First SSISDE algorithm capable of identifying SDE dynamics from a single trajectory.

Estimates Heston model with jumps in asset prices using Bayesian regression and particle filtering.

problem Estimating the Heston model with jumps in asset prices.
method Bayesian regression combined with particle filtering method to handle jumps.
result Improves the estimation of key parameters in the Heston model with jumps.

Stochastic normalizing flows use SDEs for efficient training and sampling.

problem Efficient maximum likelihood estimation and variational inference.
method Continuous normalizing flows extended with stochastic differential equations (SDEs) and rough path theory.
result Stochastic normalizing flows enable efficient training and sampling from complex distributions.

Neural networks improve financial derivative pricing accuracy.

problem Improving accuracy in financial derivative pricing.
method Use neural networks to model drift and volatility in SDE models, optimize using SGD for European options and PDE for American options.
result Neural network models outperform traditional models in pricing derivatives.

Proposes PI-VAE for solving SDEs with limited measurements.

problem Solving SDEs with limited measurements of system parameters.
method Physics-informed Variational Autoencoder (PI-VAE) integrating VAE and governing equations.
result Satisfactory accuracy and efficiency compared to PI-WGAN.

Discrete time analogues of ergodic stochastic differential equations (SDEs) are one of the most popular and flexible tools for sampling high-dimensional probability measures. Non-asymptotic analysis in the L2L^2 Wasserstein distance of sampling algorithms based on Euler discretisations of SDEs has been recently develop…

2018-08-21abs ↗pdf ↗

Delay-SDE-net models time series with memory and uncertainty, outperforming other models.

problem Accurately modeling time series with memory and uncertainty.
method Stochastic delay differential equations (SDDEs) neural network model with aleatoric and epistemic uncertainty.
result The Delay-SDE-net consistently outperforms other models in predicting time series values and uncertainties.

We developed efficient methods to compute gradients for Neural SDEs, improving training speed and accuracy.

problem Training Neural SDEs requires accurate and efficient computation of gradients, which is challenging due to the complexity of SDEs.
method We introduced a reversible Heun method for solving backwards-in-time SDEs and a Brownian Interval for sampling and reconstructing Brownian motion.
result Our methods significantly improve training speed and accuracy for Neural SDEs, outperforming state-of-the-art techniques.

In this paper, we introduce a new approach to constructing unbiased estimators when computing expectations of path functionals associated with stochastic differential equations (SDEs). Our randomization idea is closely related to multi-level Monte Carlo and provides a simple mechanism for constructing a finite variance…

2012-07-10abs ↗pdf ↗

We develop a variational framework for SDEs driven by fractional noise.

problem Capturing long-term dependencies in SDEs driven by fractional noise.
method Markov approximation of fractional Brownian motion, variational inference, neural networks.
result Efficient variational inference of posterior path measures for neural-SDEs.

Corrects local error estimates for UBU integrator in SDEs, improving complexity guarantees.

problem Improper local error estimates in UBU integrator for SDEs.
method Reconciles theory with practice by correcting local error estimates.
result Stronger assumptions needed for O(d1/4ε1/2)\mathcal{O}(d^{1/4}ε^{-1/2}) steps in Wasserstein-2 distance.

New method uses SDEs for accurate non-uniformly sampled time series analysis.

problem Characterizing non-uniformly sampled time series with high accuracy.
method Stochastic Differential Equations (SDEs) for modeling, incremental estimation, and model truncation.
result Increased accuracy in characterizing non-uniformly sampled time series.

We solve continuous-time latent SDE identifiability using diffusion shifts.

problem Identifiability of latent SDEs in continuous-time time series.
method Environment-induced shifts in diffusion covariance for additive-noise latent SDEs.
result Two diagonal diffusion regimes with distinct variance ratios identify latent coordinates up to permutation and scaling.

Bayesian neural SDEs calibrate financial models robustly.

problem Calibrating financial models using neural SDEs for robustness.
method Bayesian framework with prior and likelihood, global approximation theorem, Langevin algorithm.
result Robust bounds on implied volatility surface learned from historical and option data.

Parameter inference for stochastic differential equations is challenging due to the presence of a latent diffusion process. Working with an Euler-Maruyama discretisation for the diffusion, we use variational inference to jointly learn the parameters and the diffusion paths. We use a standard mean-field variational appr…

2018-02-09abs ↗pdf ↗