We present an elementary treatment of the Optional Decomposition Theorem for continuous semimartingales and general filtrations. This treatment does not assume the existence of equivalent local martingale measure(s), only that of strictly positive local martingale deflator(s).
SODA-RL learns diverse treatment options for hypotension from data.
problem Identifying the best treatment for acute hypotension from observational data.
method SODA-RL: Safely Optimized, Diverse, and Accurate Reinforcement Learning.
result SODA-RL identifies distinct, plausible treatment options from observational data.
In this paper, a time substitution as used by Duru and Kleinert in their treatment of the hydrogen atom with path integrals is performed to price timer options under stochastic volatility models. We present general pricing formulas for both the perpetual timer call options and the finite time-horizon timer call options…
Unified pricing method for FX options with barriers.
problem Calculating the value and sensitivities of FX options with barriers.
method Unified Vanna-Volga pricing technique for single and double barrier FX options.
result Derivation of closed formulas for Delta, Vega, Vanna, and Volga.
Paper presents a data-driven method for option pricing.
problem Option pricing accuracy under market volatility.
method Data-driven ensemble approach based on no-arbitrage theory.
result Model performance validated with real data.
Proposes a new decision rule for continuous treatments.
problem Developing personalized treatment recommendations for continuous treatments.
method Jump interval-learning method to estimate conditional mean of outcomes.
result Optimal interval-valued decision rule (I2DR) for continuous treatments.
We present a path integral method to derive closed-form solutions for option prices in a stochastic volatility model. The method is explained in detail for the pricing of a plain vanilla option. The flexibility of our approach is demonstrated by extending the realm of closed-form option price formulas to the case where…
Medical practitioners use survival models to explore and understand the relationships between patients' covariates (e.g. clinical and genetic features) and the effectiveness of various treatment options. Standard survival models like the linear Cox proportional hazards model require extensive feature engineering or pri…
We price and hedge American options robustly in continuous time.
problem Pricing and hedging American options in continuous time with model uncertainty.
method Assumes continuous semimartingale asset prices and closed convex constraints on volatility. Proves robust pricing-hedging duality and identifies American options as European options on an enlarged space.
result We prove robust pricing-hedging duality and show it holds against richer models with dynamic trading of European options.
The study reveals unspanned risks in equity option risk premiums, explaining negative premiums for certain options.
problem Explaining negative risk premiums for certain equity option types.
method Developed a decomposition of equity option risk premiums, operationalized the pricing kernel process, and incorporated unspanned risks.
result Empirical evidence supports the presence of unspanned risks, explaining negative risk premiums for certain options.
Reliability Options are capacity remuneration mechanisms aimed at enhancing security of supply in electricity systems. They can be framed as call options on electricity sold by power producers to System Operators. This paper provides a comprehensive mathematical treatment of Reliability Options. Their value is first de…
Improved fourth-order compact scheme for option valuation with Robin boundary condition.
problem Lower convergence rates in numerical methods for American options.
method High-order compact scheme, Robin boundary condition, coupled nonlinear PDEs.
result Fourth-order convergence rate achieved without mesh refinement.
A new method solves complex financial problems using deep learning.
problem Optimal stopping and option pricing in finance.
method Compound BSDE method, based on reformulating BSDEs.
result The method offers accurate and efficient solutions for high-dimensional problems.
New study shows non-adaptive trials can be outperformed by adaptive designs in treatment selection.
problem Determining the best allocation of resources in clinical trials.
method Analysis of batched arm elimination designs and comparison with completely randomized trials.
result Simple adaptive designs universally and strictly dominate non-adaptive completely randomized trials for at least three treatment arms.
Develops methods for near-optimal personalized treatment recommendations.
problem Assigning optimal treatments to patients based on individual characteristics.
method Outcome weighted learning framework to estimate near-optimal alternative individualized treatment recommendations (A-ITR).
result Consistency of proposed methods and upper bound for risk between optimal and estimated recommendations.
Three approaches learn personalized treatment policies for UTI patients.
problem Learning optimal treatment policies in multiobjective settings with fully observed outcomes.
method Indirect and direct approaches using predictive models and without intermediate models.
result All approaches outperform clinicians in achieving better performance on all outcomes and trade-offs.
We provide a unifying treatment of pathwise moderate deviations for models commonly used in financial applications, and for related integrated functionals. Suitable scaling allows us to transfer these results into small-time, large-time and tail asymptotics for diffusions, as well as for option prices and realised vari…
Estimates long-term effects of new treatments using historical and short-term data.
problem Estimating long-term effects of novel treatments with limited historical data.
method Surrogate indices, dynamic treatment effect estimation, and double machine learning combined in a unified pipeline.
result Consistent and asymptotically normal estimates of long-term effects under Markovian assumption.
We study the problem of super-replication for game options under proportional transaction costs. We consider a multidimensional continuous time model, in which the discounted stock price process satisfies the conditional full support property. We show that the super-replication price is the cheapest cost of a trivial s…
Q-learning adapted to find near-equivalent treatment strategies.
problem Finding optimal treatment sequences in dynamic treatment regimes.
method Introducing a worst-value tolerance criterion to find sets of near-equivalent policies.
result Constructs families of near-equivalent treatment strategies.
Develops a PIDE framework for option pricing with stochastic volatility and jumps.
problem Option pricing under stochastic volatility and jumps.
method PIDE framework derived from Lévy-type process, implemented via finite-difference discretization with FFT for nonlocal jump operator, calibrated using GMM.
result Stochastic volatility accounts for most pricing improvement, reducing implied-volatility RMSE by 39% compared to Black-Scholes.
We study the problem of learning to choose from m discrete treatment options (e.g., news item or medical drug) the one with best causal effect for a particular instance (e.g., user or patient) where the training data consists of passive observations of covariates, treatment, and the outcome of the treatment. The standa…
Paper derives policy rules from observational data for hepatitis C treatment.
problem Improving treatment guidelines for HIV/HCV co-infected patients.
method Weighted K-means algorithm for estimating CATEs, decision tree implementation.
result Identifies a subgroup with high spontaneous HCV clearance rate.
The paper studies causal effects of multiple treatments in healthcare databases with rare outcomes.
problem Estimating causal effects of multiple treatments in healthcare databases with rare outcomes.
method The paper designs three sets of simulations and compares the operating characteristics of three types of methods: Bayesian Additive Regression Trees (BART), regression adjustment on multivariate spline of generalized propensity scores (RAMS), and inverse probability of treatment weighting (IPTW) with multinomial logistic regression or generalized boosted models.
result BART and RAMS provide lower bias and mean squared error compared to IPTW methods.
A new neural network model for optimal treatment assignment.
problem Learning optimal treatment assignment from observational data.
method Prescriptive ReLU network (P-ReLU) model that balances performance and interpretability.
result P-ReLU can be converted into an equivalent prescriptive tree with hyperplane splits for interpretability.
Machine-assisted treatment recommendations hold a promise to reduce physician time and decision errors. We formulate the task as a sequence-to-sequence prediction model that takes the entire time-ordered medical history as input, and predicts a sequence of future clinical procedures and medications. It is built on the …
We study Vanna-Volga methods which are used to price first generation exotic options in the Foreign Exchange market. They are based on a rescaling of the correction to the Black-Scholes price through the so-called `probability of survival' and the `expected first exit time'. Since the methods rely heavily on the approp…
We derive a new, exact and transparent expansion for option smiles, which lends itself both to analytical approximation and, perhaps more importantly, to congenial numerical treatments. We show that the skew and the curvature of the smile can be computed as exotic options, for which the Hedged Monte Carlo method is par…
Proposes pT-Learning for optimal dynamic treatment regimes in mHealth.
problem Challenges in learning optimal dynamic treatment regimes with large intervention options and infinite time horizon.
method Proximal Temporal consistency Learning (pT-Learning) framework for adaptively adjusting between deterministic and stochastic policies.
result Minimax estimator avoids double sampling issue and can incorporate off-policy data.
Quantum computer method for pricing lookback options with jumps.
problem Pricing lookback options with discrete monitoring and jump conditions.
method Variational Quantum Imaginary Time Evolution (VarQITE) method to solve non-Hermitian Schrodinger equation.
result Quantum algorithm can handle jump conditions in lookback options pricing.
PNNs improve personalized healthcare policies using mixed integer programming.
problem Learning treatment policies for patients with limited data.
method Prescriptive networks (PNNs) trained with mixed integer programming.
result PNNs outperform existing methods in reducing peak blood pressure.
This paper introduces a novel low-cost device prototype for the automatic diagnosis of diseases, utilizing inputted symptoms and personal background. The engineering goal is to solve the problem of limited healthcare access with a single device. Diagnosing diseases automatically is an immense challenge, owing to their …
The paper efficiently solves a complex option valuation equation for two assets.
problem Valuation of European options under a two-asset Kou jump-diffusion model.
method Extends an efficient algorithm for a one-dimensional integral to a two-dimensional one, using operator splitting schemes for time discretization.
result The method achieves optimal computational cost and stable convergence for various operator splitting schemes.
We link disjoint longitudinal data for rare disease patients using latent representations and mixed-effects regression.
problem Analyzing treatment switches in rare diseases with limited data and changing measurement instruments.
method We embed item values into a shared latent space using variational autoencoders and apply mixed-effects regression to quantify treatment effects.
result Our approach allows for statistical inference and quantifies the impact of treatment switches in spinal muscular atrophy.
Proposes Infomax and Domain-Independent Representations for robust causal inference.
problem Handling treatment selection bias and domain imbalance in causal inference with real-world data.
method Utilizes mutual information to learn domain-invariant representations that maximize predictive common information.
result Achieves state-of-the-art performance on causal effect inference across various data distributions.
We consider the impact of ambiguity on the optimal timing of a class of two-dimensional integral option contracts when the exercise payoff is a positively homogeneous measurable function. Hence, the considered class of exercise payoffs includes discontinuous functions as well. We identify a parameterized family of exce…
A new method optimizes Fourier pricing for multi-asset options using adaptive quadrature.
problem Efficiently pricing multi-asset options in Lévy models.
method Optimized damping parameters and hierarchical adaptive quadrature.
result Significant speed-up in computational time for up to six dimensions.
Study predicts individual treatment effects in ride-sharing competitions.
problem Understanding how team competitions affect individual drivers' outcomes.
method Analyzed data from 500 competitions, built machine learning models.
result Reduced out-sample prediction error by over 24%.
Study uses LLMs to create personalized treatment plans for rare gynecological tumors.
problem Suboptimal management and poor prognosis due to low incidence and heterogeneity of rare gynecological tumors.
method Developed a digital twin system using LLMs to integrate clinical and biomarker data.
result LLM-enabled digital twins efficiently model individual patient trajectories and identify potential treatment options.
Method interpolates option prices and volatilities without arbitrage.
problem Interpolating option prices and volatilities without arbitrage.
method Sparse modeling approach based on integral equations and SVD.
result Flexible and efficient framework for arbitrage-free interpolation.
The paper develops a new model for rough volatility in commodity markets.
problem Calibration of rough volatility models for commodity futures prices.
method Developed a general rough volatility model with automatic calibration and treatment of the Samuelson effect.
result Calibrated rBergomi and rHeston models to WTI Crude Oil futures options data.
Study uses machine learning to optimize antibiotic therapy for MRSA skin infections.
problem Optimizing antibiotic choice for MRSA skin infections due to reduced treatment options and side effects.
method Propensity score matching, machine learning models (SVM, RF, LASSO), counterfactual analysis.
result RF model shows stronger treatment heterogeneity and potential for therapy change.
New method smooths integrands for efficient option pricing.
problem Improving numerical performance of option pricing methods.
method Combining hierarchical adaptive sparse grids, quasi-Monte Carlo, and numerical smoothing.
result Improved efficiency of ASGQ and QMC methods for high-dimensional problems.
Pricing of high-dimensional options is one of the most important problems in Mathematical Finance. The objective of this manuscript is to present an original self-contained treatment of the multidimensional pricing. During the past decades the Black-Scholes this model, which essentially is based on the log-normal assum…
This paper develops a novel numerical method for pricing American options in a two-asset jump-diffusion model.
problem Pricing American options under correlated two-asset jump-diffusion models using finite difference methods often fails to preserve monotonicity and accurately discretize jump integrals.
method Introduces a novel monotone integration scheme to solve 2-D Partial Integro-Differential Equations (PIDEs) efficiently and accurately.
result The proposed method ensures convergence to the viscosity solution of the variational inequality and is both ℓ∞-stable and consistent. We consider a stochastic volatility model with Lévy jumps for a log-return process Z=(Zt)t≥0 of the form Z=U+X, where U=(Ut)t≥0 is a classical stochastic volatility process and X=(Xt)t≥0 is an independent Lévy process with absolutely continuous Lévy measure ν. Small-time expansio…
Sepsis is a life-threatening condition caused by the body's response to an infection. In order to treat patients with sepsis, physicians must control varying dosages of various antibiotics, fluids, and vasopressors based on a large number of variables in an emergency setting. In this project we employ a "world model" m…
Binary classification rules based on covariates typically depend on simple loss functions such as zero-one misclassification. Some cases may require more complex loss functions. For example, individual-level monitoring of HIV-infected individuals on antiretroviral therapy (ART) requires periodic assessment of treatment…