This paper examines allocation mechanisms in markets with transfer costs, showing how these costs affect economic efficiency.
problem Transfer costs in decentralized exchange markets reduce economic efficiency.
method An axiomatic study of allocation mechanisms in the presence of transfer costs, providing robust and conditional mean allocation mechanisms.
result Robust and conditional mean allocation mechanisms are identified, relating to risk sharing in agent pools.
Mechanism designs for unknown agent values in stochastic bandit settings.
problem Designing truthful mechanisms for maximizing social welfare in settings with unknown agent values and stochastic feedback.
method Developed a VCG-like mechanism with regret bounds for multi-round allocations, balancing agent and seller welfare.
result Achieved an $Ω(T^{ rac{2}{3}})$ lower bound for the maximum of welfare, agent utilities, and mechanism utility after T T T rounds. Some online advertising offers pay only when an ad elicits a response. Randomness and uncertainty about response rates make showing those ads a risky investment for online publishers. Like financial investors, publishers can use portfolio allocation over multiple advertising offers to pursue revenue while controlling r…
Study develops a smart contract framework for efficient and fair resource allocation.
problem Lack of rigorous economic foundation in decentralized coordination and smart contract implementations.
method Mechanism design framework with provable convergence guarantees for decentralized price adjustment.
result Proves stability and robustness of the proposed mechanism under various perturbations.
We show that, in a resource allocation problem, the ex ante aggregate utility of players with cumulative-prospect-theoretic preferences can be increased over deterministic allocations by implementing lotteries. We formulate an optimization problem, called the system problem, to find the optimal lottery allocation. The …
Unified formula for arbitrary liquidity operations in weighted AMMs
problem Decentralized resource allocation in intelligent transportation systems
method Weighted invariant adapted from Balancer-type AMMs
result Unified formula for four resource allocation operations
Sequential processing biases asset allocation in artificial stock markets.
problem Systematic bias in asset allocation due to sequential processing of order books.
method Examined the impact of sequential versus parallel clearing mechanisms on multi-asset price dynamics.
result Sequential processing introduces a significant bias affecting the allocation of traders' capital.
Mechanisms for fair resource allocation learn user preferences online.
problem Fair resource allocation among users with unknown requirements.
method Repeated allocation rounds with user feedback for learning preferences.
result Mechanisms achieve efficiency, fairness, and strategy-proofness.
This paper tackles resource allocation in the Lightning Network using DRL.
problem Complex combinatorial problem of node selection and resource allocation in the Lightning Network.
method Attention-based Deep Reinforcement Learning framework.
result Improved resource allocation leads to better performance and decentralization in the LN.
The financial crisis showed the importance of measuring, allocating and regulating systemic risk. Recently, the systemic risk measures that can be decomposed into an aggregation function and a scalar measure of risk, received a lot of attention. In this framework, capital allocations are added after aggregation and can…
In a large E-commerce platform, all the participants compete for impressions under the allocation mechanism of the platform. Existing methods mainly focus on the short-term return based on the current observations instead of the long-term return. In this paper, we formally establish the lifecycle model for products, by…
A Nash game theory approach allocates capital requirements among financial institutions.
problem Allocating systemic risk measures among financial institutions.
method Proposes a Nash allocation rule inspired by game theory.
result Provides sufficient conditions for the existence and uniqueness of Nash allocation rules.
Develops a framework to analyze financial structures.
problem Difficulty in systematic analysis, comparison, and verification of financial structures.
method Formalizes financial structures as structured allocation systems with explicit allocation operators.
result Specifies inputs, structural requirements, and feasibility restrictions for financial structures.
Transformer model improves asset allocation by unifying forecasting and optimization.
problem Separation of forecasting and optimization leads to suboptimal portfolios.
method Signature Informed Transformer using path signatures and specialized attention.
result Direct minimization of Conditional Value at Risk improves performance.
Demand outstrips available resources in most situations, which gives rise to competition, interaction and learning. In this article, we review a broad spectrum of multi-agent models of competition (El Farol Bar problem, Minority Game, Kolkata Paise Restaurant problem, Stable marriage problem, Parking space problem and …
Digital transformation boosts corporate financial asset allocation, especially short-term.
problem Understanding how digital transformation affects corporate financial decisions.
method Fixed-effects models and staggered DID design using A-share listed companies data.
result Digital transformation significantly promotes corporate financial asset allocation, more pronounced in short-term.
Study explores strategies for randomized allocation in delayed rewards bandits.
problem Understanding the exploration-exploitation tradeoff in randomized strategies with delayed rewards.
method Examines two strategies: updating exploration sequence at every time point vs. updating only when a new reward is observed.
result The strategy updating only when a new reward is observed leads to strong consistency in allocation for a wider scope of situations.
A mechanism to share risks and costs with guarantees against extreme outcomes.
problem Softening extreme individual burdens in risk sharing schemes.
method Formalizes Certified Allocation Problem; uses Conformal Risk Sharing with interpretable sharing policy and split conformal calibration.
result Reduces extreme obligations for high-risk agents while controlling harm to others.
This paper tackles federated incremental learning with dynamic memory allocation for improved model performance in non-IID data.
problem Catastrophic forgetting in federated healthcare systems with non-IID data.
method Dynamic memory allocation strategy based on data replay mechanism.
result Significant performance improvements in medical image datasets compared to baseline models.
PT network optimizes asset weights without forecasting returns.
problem Traditional asset allocation methods are error-prone and limit portfolio performance.
method PT network uses attention mechanisms to directly optimize Sharpe ratio.
result PT outperforms other algorithms in risk-adjusted performance.
OpFlow predicts robust OD flows by learning choice potentials conditioned on spatial exposures.
problem Deep models trained on raw counts are vulnerable to distribution shift.
method OpFlow learns row-centered choice potentials and reconstructs flows by combining them with a calibrated origin scale.
result OpFlow improves robustness under environment shifts, as shown by controlled synthetic shifts and a real-world experiment.
New method for privacy amplification without sampling for matrix factorization.
problem Privacy amplification for differentially private model training with matrix factorization.
method Sampling-free bounds based on Rényi divergence and conditional composition.
result Stronger privacy guarantees for small ε, applicable to various matrices.
This paper proposes a decentralized reinforcement learning method for multi-agent resource allocation.
problem Allocating heterogeneous resources among multiple agents in a decentralized manner.
method Liquid-Graph-Time Clustering-IPPO, integrating dynamic cluster consensus.
result LGTC-IPPO achieves more stable rewards, better coordination, and robust performance.
Study allocates resources to strategic agents while balancing cost and incentives.
problem Dynamic allocation of reusable resources to strategic agents with private valuations under long-term cost constraints.
method Incentive-aware framework combining epoch-based lazy updates and randomized exploration rounds.
result Achieves i l d e O ( T ) ilde{\mathcal{O}}(\sqrt{T}) i l d e O ( T ) social welfare regret, satisfies all cost constraints, and ensures incentive alignment. Improved resource allocation method reduces procurement costs.
problem Online resource allocation with procurement costs.
method Primal-dual algorithm with surrogate function optimization.
result Enhanced competitive ratio through design methods.
Study uses RL to optimize risky vs. risk-free asset allocation.
problem Optimal asset allocation in volatile financial markets.
method Formulated as MDP, uses DDPG with TiDE for dynamic policy learning.
result DDPG-TiDE outperforms Q-learning and buy-and-hold strategies.
New pricing framework allocates costs of operating reserves and transmission.
problem Allocating costs of operating reserves and transmission efficiently.
method Causation-based framework using contingency-constrained scheduling models.
result More comprehensive and efficient cost-reflective market operations.
We develop a dual-control method for approximating investment strategies in incomplete environments that emerge from the presence of trading constraints. Convex duality enables the approximate technology to generate lower and upper bounds on the optimal value function. The mechanism rests on closed-form expressions per…
Decentralised fund framework allocates capital via tokenised vaults.
problem Traditional asset management's inefficiencies and centralisation.
method Permissionless, multi-strategy capital allocation through on-chain vaults.
result Self-regulating, cooperative optimisation across financial domains.
OpenAlpha validates decentralized capital strategies using game theory and market aggregation.
problem Decentralized capital management's lack of trust-minimised, adaptive deployment.
method Game-theoretic validation, adversarial auditing, market-based belief aggregation.
result Confidence scores from validation phases inform capital allocation rules.
Paper uses DRL to optimize portfolios, balancing risk and return.
problem Optimizing portfolios under market uncertainty and risk constraints.
method Integrates Sharpe ratio-based reward with risk control mechanisms, uses PPO for adaptive asset allocation.
result DRL agent stabilizes volatility but sacrifices risk-adjusted returns.
End-to-end neural network optimizes portfolios by directly learning allocations from features.
problem Error maximization in two-step portfolio optimization.
method Single feed-forward neural network combining prediction and optimization.
result Model-based end-to-end framework achieves Sharpe ratio of 1.16.
Recent years have seen an emerging class of structured financial products based on options linked to dynamic asset allocation strategies. One of the most chosen approach is the so-called target volatility mechanism. It shifts between risky and riskless assets to control the volatility of the overall portfolio. Even if …
This paper uses DRL for long-short portfolio optimization, improving risk-adjusted returns.
problem Traditional portfolio optimization limits diversification by excluding short-selling.
method Developed a DRL framework with a short-selling mechanism for continuous trading.
result DRL model with short-selling achieves superior risk-adjusted returns.
New RL approach learns dynamic VCG mechanisms in unknown MDP environments.
problem Learning dynamic VCG mechanisms in unknown MDP environments.
method Reward-free online RL for exploration, combined with function approximation.
result Regret bound of O ~ ( T 2 / 3 ) \tilde{\mathcal{O}}(T^{2/3}) O ~ ( T 2/3 ) for dynamic VCG mechanism learning. EoS selectively shapes learning, affecting some groups more than others.
problem EoS affects learning differently across the data distribution.
method Branching intervention to enter or exit EoS regime, controlled perturbation to isolate mechanisms.
result EoS redistributes learning, amplifying progress on some groups and suppressing others.
Framework optimizes targeting high-need individuals while estimating treatment effects.
problem Balancing resource allocation to high-need individuals with evaluating treatment effects.
method Proposes a framework to design randomized allocation rules that balance targeting high-need recipients with learning treatment effects.
result Optimized policies can significantly mitigate the tradeoff between targeting high-need individuals and estimating treatment effects.
Skewness dispersion predicts future stock market returns, especially in months with monetary policy announcements.
problem Predicting future stock market returns using skewness dispersion.
method Cross-sectional analysis of firm-level realized skewness and stock market returns.
result Skewness dispersion is a significant predictor of future stock market returns, robust to various estimation methods.
Optimizes bidding strategies for LinkedIn ads across multiple platforms.
problem Optimizing automated bidding agents for dynamic online marketplaces.
method Developed a general optimization framework for buyer's interest, agnostic to auction mechanisms.
result Automatically guarantees the optimality of budget allocation across ad units and platforms.
Paper explores Bayes rule for Gaussian mixtures with missing data, outperforming supervised classifiers.
problem Improving classification accuracy in partially classified samples with missing data.
method Generative model framework with missing-data mechanism, Bayes rule allocation.
result Bayes rule classifier with missing-data mechanism outperforms fully supervised classifiers in various conditions.
Maximising the detection of intrusions is a fundamental and often critical aim of perimeter surveillance. Commonly, this requires a decision-maker to optimally allocate multiple searchers to segments of the perimeter. We consider a scenario where the decision-maker may sequentially update the searchers' allocation, lea…
We introduce a new pension product that offers retirees the opportunity for a lifelong income and a bequest for their estate. Based on a tontine mechanism, the product divides pension savings between a tontine account and a bequest account. The tontine account is given up to a tontine pool upon death while the bequest …
Signals coming from multivariate higher order conditional moments as well as the information contained in exogenous covariates, can be effectively exploited by rational investors to allocate their wealth among different risky investment opportunities. This paper proposes a new flexible dynamic copula model being able t…
FedACS uses attention to select clients with similar data for federated learning.
problem Non-IID data and data scarcity in federated learning.
method FedACS integrates an attention mechanism to prioritize clients with similar data distributions.
result FedACS improves federated learning performance by addressing non-IID data and data scarcity.
The paper develops a method for inferring second opinions from experts using counterfactual inference.
problem Designing efficient decision support systems for second opinions.
method Set invariant Gumbel-Max structural causal model for multiclass classification.
result The proposed model can infer second opinions more accurately than non-causal models.
We consider a fundamental dynamic allocation problem motivated by the problem of securities lending \textit{securities lending} securities lending in financial markets, the mechanism underlying the short selling of stocks. A lender would like to distribute a finite number of identical copies of some scarce resource to n n n clients, each of whom has a priv…
KLD token adjusts supply based on macroeconomic debt index, creating deflationary effect.
problem Managing deflationary pressures in digital assets.
method Debt-indexed supply adjustments linked to macroeconomic data.
result Deflationary mechanism strengthens as debt rises.
Unified framework for robust risk measures beyond convexity.
problem Developing risk measures for uncertainty beyond classical convexity.
method Constructing robust quasi-convex measures through uncertainty sets.
result Unified framework for robust quasi-convex risk measures.