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48 results for Wasserstein radius

Paper introduces robust market making using Wasserstein distance and entropy regularization.

problem Market making robustness under uncertainty.
method Wasserstein distance, entropy regularization, convex optimization, optimal radius selection.
result The robust market making problem can be reformulated as a convex optimization problem.

Optimal financial strategies minimize risk under uncertain models.

problem Maximizing utility in financial markets with model uncertainty.
method Optimized strategies converge to those with minimal norm as uncertainty increases.
result Optimal strategies with minimal norm emerge as uncertainty grows.

We solve robust optimization problems using Wasserstein balls and apply it to mean-CVaR optimization.

problem Distributionally robust optimization with Wasserstein ambiguity sets.
method Transformed robust optimization into non-robust with penalty term, selecting ambiguity set size.
result Impressive results in robust mean-CVaR optimization compared to other strategies.

Proposes a method to learn adaptive ambiguity sets for robust optimization.

problem Misspecification in distributionally robust optimization (DRO).
method Learned predictive ambiguity sets (LPAS) using deep contextual models.
result Significantly improves portfolio optimization performance compared to baselines.

Bayesian approach to portfolio selection reduces pessimism in frequent trading.

problem Tackling the challenge of estimating drift in Merton's portfolio selection model.
method Bayesian distributionally robust control with nonlinear Wasserstein projections.
result Reduced pessimism and improved performance in frequent rebalancing compared to existing methods.

The study examines the distribution of projections of Gaussian data points and its implications for learning models.

problem Understanding the distribution of projections of Gaussian data points in high dimensions.
method Analyzes the asymptotic behavior of projections of i.i.d. standard Gaussian vectors in Rd\mathbb{R}^d onto mm-dimensional subspaces.
result Establishes bounds on the Wasserstein radius of the set of probability distributions arising from these projections.

The paper explores arbitrage in financial markets under uncertainty using Wasserstein distance.

problem Investigating arbitrage in financial markets with distributional uncertainty.
method Using Wasserstein distance, the paper considers weak and strong forms of arbitrage conditions and introduces a relaxation called statistical arbitrage.
result The paper derives dual formulations of robust arbitrage conditions and conducts computational experiments to answer questions about ambiguity and statistical arbitrage.

Paper provides finite-sample guarantees for Wasserstein DRO without dimensionality curse.

problem Tackles empirical success of Wasserstein DRO in operations and ML with performance guarantees.
method Develops non-asymptotic framework for analyzing out-of-sample performance and generalization bound.
result First finite-sample guarantee for generic Wasserstein DRO problems without curse of dimensionality.

This paper proposes a distributionally robust approach to logistic regression. We use the Wasserstein distance to construct a ball in the space of probability distributions centered at the uniform distribution on the training samples. If the radius of this ball is chosen judiciously, we can guarantee that it contains t…

2015-09-30abs ↗pdf ↗

Paper optimizes hyperparameters for high-dimensional regression models.

problem Optimizing robustness radius in high-dimensional linear regression.
method Distributionally robust optimization (DRO) with high-dimensional asymptotic statistics.
result Optimal hyperparameter selection minimizes estimation error efficiently.

A rapidly growing area of work has studied the existence of adversarial examples, datapoints which have been perturbed to fool a classifier, but the vast majority of these works have focused primarily on threat models defined by p\ell_p norm-bounded perturbations. In this paper, we propose a new threat model for adver…

2019-02-21abs ↗pdf ↗

Unified framework for optimizing portfolios with distributions over weights, returns, and parameters.

problem Traditional portfolio optimization treats expected returns, covariances, and allocations as fixed. Modern practice replaces at least one with a distribution.
method Unified framework using Gamma_theta(dw,dr) coupling to organize Bayesian, robust, chance-constrained, stochastic-allocation, and distributional reinforcement-learning methods.
result Synthetic and structural contributions, including a portfolio specialization of Wasserstein-CVaR duality and a static no-randomization theorem.

High-dimensional models trained on smooth manifolds achieve optimal rates in Wasserstein metrics.

problem Training score-based generative models on complex, low-dimensional manifolds.
method Proves optimal rates for SGMs on smooth manifolds, separating into noise regimes and using ReLU nearest-projection coordinates.
result Optimal intrinsic Wasserstein rates are achieved, with polynomial ambient dependence for families with controlled geometry and density.

A new portfolio model considers investor aversion to loss and risk.

problem Constructing a robust portfolio under uncertain asset returns and investor aversion.
method Distributional robust optimization (DRP) with a Wasserstein ball centered on empirical distribution, mixed-integer quadratic programming, and hybrid algorithm.
result Empirical testing shows superior performance in asset allocation compared to common strategies.

The paper tackles gradual domain adaptation with manifold-constrained DRO, showing error bounds across distributions.

problem Gradual domain adaptation challenge with manifold-constrained data distributions.
method Distributionally Robust Optimization (DRO) with an adaptive Wasserstein radius.
result Theoretical bounds on classification error across distributions, demonstrating error propagation dynamics.

We consider statistical estimation of superhedging prices using historical stock returns in a frictionless market with d traded assets. We introduce a plugin estimator based on empirical measures and show it is consistent but lacks suitable robustness. To address this we propose novel estimators which use a larger set …

2018-07-11abs ↗pdf ↗

The ratio of convexity radius over injectivity radius may be made arbitrarily small within the class of compact Riemannian manifolds of any fixed dimension at least two. This is proved using Gulliver's method of constructing manifolds with focal points but no conjugate points. The approach is suggested by a characteriz…

2014-12-01abs ↗pdf ↗

Upper bound for conjugate radius in open manifolds with scalar curvature and spectrum constraints.

problem Bounding the conjugate radius of open manifolds with specific curvature and spectrum conditions.
method Established an upper bound using scalar curvature and bottom-of-spectrum constraints.
result For certain conditions, the conjugate radius is no more than π.

Paper solves DRO for continuous distributions with iterative algorithms.

problem Distributionally robust optimization with continuous worst-case distributions.
method Iterative algorithm for global convergence, leveraging Brenier's theorem and JKO scheme.
result Achieves global convergence under mild assumptions for minimax problems.

Wasserstein GANs fail to approximate Wasserstein distance, leading to their success.

problem Approximating Wasserstein distance in deep generative models.
method Analysis of differences between theoretical setup and training reality.
result Wasserstein GANs' success is due to their failure to approximate Wasserstein distance.

The paper bounds bandwidth and focal radius for manifolds with positive isotropic curvature.

problem Bounding bandwidth and focal radius for manifolds with positive isotropic curvature.
method Using spectral properties of a twisted de Rham-Hodge operator.
result Upper bounds on bandwidth and focal radius are derived for hypersurfaces in PIC manifolds.

Upper bound on Stiefel manifold's injectivity radius found.

problem Finding the maximum distance within which the Stiefel manifold remains injective.
method Exhibited conjugate points and calculated the minimum of geodesic lengths.
result Upper bound on Stiefel manifold's injectivity radius is conjectured to be equal to the injectivity radius.

Study on conditions for achieving optimal robustness in statistical estimators.

problem Achieving the optimal robustness of estimators in statistical models.
method Developed a Wasserstein analogue of the Cramer-Rao inequality and investigated conditions for achieving the Wasserstein-Cramer-Rao lower bound.
result Conditions for the existence of asymptotically efficient estimators in one-parameter models and location-scale families.

Smooths metrics on manifolds with curvature bounds and injectivity radius constraints.

problem Smooth metrics on manifolds with curvature and injectivity constraints.
method Bi-Lipschitz smoothing with controlled smoothing and volume lower bounds.
result Proves existence of smooth metrics with curvature bounds and injectivity radius constraints.

A translation structure equips a Riemann surface with a singular flat metric. Not much is known about the shape of a random translation surface. We compute an upper bound on the expected value of the covering radius of a translation surface in any stratum H_1(kappa). The covering radius of a translation surface is the …

2018-09-27abs ↗pdf ↗

This paper considers metric balls B(p,R)B(p,R) in two dimensional Riemannian manifolds when RR is less than half the convexity radius. We prove that Area(B(p,R))8πR2Area(B(p,R)) \geq \frac{8}πR^2. This inequality has long been conjectured for RR less than half the injectivity radius. This result also yields the upper bound $μ_2(B(p,R)…

2017-01-23abs ↗pdf ↗