We explain how Itô Stochastic Differential Equations (SDEs) on manifolds may be defined using 2-jets of smooth functions. We show how this relationship can be interpreted in terms of a convergent numerical scheme. We show how jets can be used to derive graphical representations of Itô SDEs. We show how jets can be used…
Develops optimal low-dimensional approximations to high-dimensional SDEs.
problem Approximating solutions to high-dimensional SDEs in a low-dimensional space.
method Introduces Ito-vector and Ito-jet projections for optimal approximation.
result Optimal projection filters yield better approximations than Stratonovich projection.
We define two new notions of projection of a stochastic differential equation (SDE) onto a submanifold: the Ito-vector and Ito-jet projections. This allows one to systematically develop low dimensional approximations to high dimensional SDEs using differential geometric techniques. The approach generalizes the notion o…
Study on stochastic flows on 7-dimensional spheres.
problem Stochastic processes on 7-dimensional spheres.
method Isometric stochastic flows of Stratonovich SDE on spheres.
result Properties of stochastic processes on Gromoll-Meyer exotic sphere.
STS clarifies chaos and stochastic dynamics, linking algebraic topology and physics.
problem Chaos and stochastic dynamics in arbitrary form SDEs.
method Supersymmetric theory of stochastic dynamics (STS) using generalized transfer operator (GTO) and topological field theories (TFT).
result Positive 'pressure' in GTOs corresponds to spontaneous breakdown of topological supersymmetry, explaining 1/f noise.
Suppose that X1,…,Xn are continuous semimartingales that are reversible and have nondegenerate crossings. Then the corresponding rank processes can be represented by generalized Stratonovich integrals, and this representation can be used to decompose the relative log-return of portfolios generated by functi…
New integration method improves BSDE-based PDE solvers.
problem Discretization bias in standard BSDE-based solvers.
method Proposed Stratonovich-based BSDE formulation with stochastic Heun integration.
result Eliminates bias issues and outperforms EM-based variants.
Geometric integrals of Hölder continuous functions are defined over a 2D domain.
problem Defining integrals for Hölder continuous functions over a 2D domain.
method Summing discrete Stratonovich or Itô type terms over refining partitions.
result Two-dimensional extension of Young integral that coincides with recent integral.
New research connects evolutionary dynamics to Bayesian learning.
problem Connecting evolutionary biology and Bayesian learning.
method Rigorous mathematical proof using Kushner-Stratonovich equation and gradient flows.
result Discrete time filtering equations converge to Stratonovich interpretation of Kushner-Stratonovich equation.
The article constructs stochastic integration in Riemannian manifolds.
problem No specific problem stated; focuses on the construction of stochastic integration.
method Functional-analytic approach to stochastic integration in Riemannian manifolds.
result There are infinitely many stochastic integrals, and they are related by a simple formula.
Options financial instruments designed to protect investors from the stock market randomness. In 1973, Fisher Black, Myron Scholes and Robert Merton proposed a very popular option pricing method using stochastic differential equations within the Ito interpretation. Herein, we derive the Black-Scholes equation for the o…
The paper approximates financial derivatives using neural networks and iterated integrals.
problem Approximating p-integrable financial derivatives. method Using iterated Stratonovich integrals and neural networks.
result Approximate solutions to the Lp-hedging problem. SDE Matching eliminates simulation for training Latent SDEs, achieving similar performance.
problem Training Latent SDEs with adjoint sensitivity methods is computationally expensive and limited.
method SDE Matching, inspired by Score- and Flow Matching, eliminates simulation for training Latent SDEs.
result SDE Matching achieves performance comparable to adjoint sensitivity methods while reducing computational complexity.
Extends nonlinear filtering to predictable jump times.
problem Filtering with jumps in both signal and observation, especially when jump times are known.
method Derive Kushner-Stratonovich and Zakai equations for predictable discontinuities.
result Extends classical nonlinear filtering results to a setting with predictable discontinuities.
The aim of these notes is to relate covariant stochastic integration in a vector bundle E (as in Norris \cite{Norris}) with the usual Stratonovich calculus via the connector $\K:TE \rightarrow E$ (cf. e.g. Paterson \cite{Paterson} or Poor \cite{Poor}) which carries the connection dependence.
New SDEs use G-Brownian motion, extending mean-field models.
problem Extending mean-field models to new types of stochastic processes.
method Introduced G-SDEs with coefficients dependent on current state and solution as random variable. result Validated new SDE framework for complex stochastic systems.
The paper examines the consistency of Lasso regression applied to signature analysis of time series data.
problem Consistency of Lasso regression in signature analysis of time series data.
method The paper studies the consistency of Lasso regression applied to signature analysis of time series data, both theoretically and numerically.
result The Lasso regression is consistent both asymptotically and in finite sample for certain types of time series and processes.
Study on the smoothness of solutions to a specific type of stochastic differential equation.
problem Regularity of solutions to mean-field G-SDEs. method Analysis of first and second order Fréchet differentiability in the random initial condition.
result Established the Fréchet differentiability of the solution and specified the corresponding equations.
New SDE model for continuous-time reinforcement learning.
problem Modeling exploration in continuous-time reinforcement learning.
method Introduced grid-sampling SDE as a proxy model.
result Wellposedness of the SDE in the presence of jumps.
This paper uses SDEs to analyze GANs training and long-run behavior.
problem Understanding the training process and long-run behavior of GANs.
method Established SDE approximations for GANs training and analyzed long-run behavior via invariant measures.
result The long-run behavior of GANs training can be studied via the invariant measures of its SDE approximations.
The paper identifies generators of linear SDEs with noise types.
problem Identifying the generator of linear SDEs from their solution distribution.
method Deriving sufficient and necessary conditions for additive noise, and sufficient conditions for multiplicative noise.
result Generic conditions for identifying the generator of linear SDEs with both types of noise.
Simulation-free VI closes the approximation gap in latent SDEs
problem Recovering dynamical systems from noisy observations
method Helmholtz-SDE
result Recovers dynamics more faithfully than prior methods
Sig-SDE model integrates signatures with SDEs for financial data.
problem Calibrating models to exotic financial products with non-linear dependencies.
method Integrating signatures from stochastic analysis with neural SDEs.
result Sig-SDE provides theoretical guarantees for convergence.
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 learns SDEs without integrators, speeding up computation.
problem Computational expense in learning SDEs using neural networks.
method Importance-sampling estimator for SDEs, leveraging parallelism.
result Lower-variance gradient estimates and massive computation time reductions.
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.
New method speeds up SDE inference by matching moments to FPK equation.
problem Efficiency of sampling schemes in high-dimensional SDEs.
method Direct approximation of Fokker-Planck-Kolmogorov equation by matching moments.
result Fast, scalable inference in high-dimensional latent spaces.
Proposes neural SDEs with change points for better time series modeling.
problem Restrictions in modeling time series with distributional shift.
method Generative adversarial networks (GANs) for SDEs and change point detection.
result Jointly learns change points and SDE model parameters.
New geometric SDEs and discretizations on Riemannian manifolds with error bounds.
problem Modeling diffusion processes on Riemannian manifolds with geometric SDEs.
method Introduced a new construction of geometric SDEs and provided non-asymptotic error bounds.
result First non-asymptotic error bound for geometric Euler-Murayama discretization.
This paper bridges the gap between ODE and SDE in diffusion models using Fokker-Planck equations.
problem Empirical evidence shows that ODE-based samples from score-based diffusion models are inferior to SDE-based samples.
method The paper rigorously describes dynamics and approximations in training score-based diffusion models, linking them to Fokker-Planck equations.
result Adding a regularisation term based on the Fokker-Planck residual can close the gap between ODE- and SDE-induced distributions.
New method identifies SDE drift and diffusion from temporal data.
problem Learning SDE parameters from temporal data, especially in noisy or incomplete data.
method Entropy-regularized optimal transport, APPEX algorithm.
result Can almost always recover drift and diffusion from temporal marginals.
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.
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.
We are interested in strong approximations of one-dimensional SDEs which have non-Lipschitz coefficients and which take values in a domain. Under a set of general assumptions we derive an implicit scheme that preserves the domain of the SDEs and is strongly convergent with rate one. Moreover, we show that this general …
We introduce a mean-reverting SDE whose solution is naturally defined on the space of correlation matrices. This SDE can be seen as an extension of the well-known Wright-Fisher diffusion. We provide conditions that ensure weak and strong uniqueness of the SDE, and describe its ergodic limit. We also shed light on a use…
High order splitting schemes with complex timesteps are applied to Kolmogorov backward equations stemming from stochastic differential equations in Stratonovich form. In the setting of weighted spaces, the necessary analyticity of the split semigroups can be easily proved. A numerical example from interest rate theory,…
Neural SDEs reduce variance in stochastic simulations.
problem Efficiency of Monte Carlo simulations in finance.
method Use neural SDEs with control variates parameterized by neural networks.
result Prove optimality conditions for variance reduction in SDEs with infinite activity.
NSFs learn SDE transition laws for efficient sampling.
problem Efficiently sampling between arbitrary time points in SDEs.
method Conditional normalising flows with architectural constraints.
result Up to two orders of magnitude speed-ups at large time gaps.
New schemes for SDEs on manifolds keep solutions close to the manifold.
problem Solving SDEs constrained to manifolds in high accuracy.
method Geometrically invariant numerical schemes that remain close to the manifold.
result The schemes converge under standard assumptions and outperform existing methods.
Generates consistent IV surfaces using VAEs and SDE models.
problem Creating arbitrage-free IV surfaces from historical data.
method Combining VAEs with SDE models for parameter distribution, sampling, and decoding.
result Superior out-of-sample performance of the refined VAE model.
Neural SDEs model continuous sequences using neural networks.
problem Modeling continuous-time dynamics in sequence data.
method Interprets time-series as samples from a continuous dynamical system, parameterized by Neural SDE.
result Demonstrates superior performance in diverse sequence modeling tasks.
TFM trains Neural SDEs without backpropagation, improving clinical time series modeling.
problem Modeling irregularly sampled time series in medicine.
method Trajectory Flow Matching (TFM) using flow matching for generative modeling.
result TFM improves performance on clinical time series datasets.
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.
Neural SDEs model suicide risk with compact state space constraints.
problem Modeling suicide risk with irregular, noisy, and partially observed data.
method Developed neural SDEs confined to compact state spaces, addressing domain constraints and numerical stability.
result Improved forecasts and optimization dynamics over standard models on EMA datasets.
SING improves state inference in latent SDE models for better drift function estimation.
problem Intractable posterior inference in latent SDE models.
method Natural gradient variational inference.
result SING provides faster and more reliable inference in latent SDE models.
Method learns latent SDEs from high-dimensional time series.
problem Learning latent stochastic differential equations from time series data.
method Self-supervised learning with variational autoencoders and Euler-Maruyama approximation.
result Can recover SDE coefficients and latent variables up to isometry with infinite data.
Improved SDE-BNN model reduces NFEs and accelerates convergence.
problem High computational cost and convergence instability in SDE-BNNs.
method Nesterov's Accelerated Gradient (NAG) method integrated into SDE-BNN framework.
result Significantly reduced number of function evaluations (NFEs) and improved predictive accuracy.
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.