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48 results for cutoff tails

In this paper we tackle the problem of estimating the power-law tail exponent of income distributions by using the Hill's estimator. A subsample semi-parametric bootstrap procedure minimising the mean squared error is used to choose the power-law cutoff value optimally. This technique is applied to personal income data…

2006-03-08abs ↗pdf ↗

New cutoff phenomenon found for geodesic paths on hyperbolic manifolds.

problem Understanding the cutoff phenomenon for geodesic paths on hyperbolic manifolds.
method Spectral strategy and detailed spectral analysis of the spherical mean operator.
result Geodesic paths on compact hyperbolic manifolds exhibit cutoff for spatially localized initial conditions.

It is shown phenomenologically that the fractional derivative ξ=Dαuξ=D^αu of order αα of a multifractal function has a power-law tail ξp\propto |ξ| ^{-p_\star} in its cumulative probability, for a suitable range of αα's. The exponent is determined by the condition ζp=αpζ_{p_\star} = αp_\star, where ζpζ_p is the exponent of…

2001-07-25abs ↗pdf ↗

The CGMY model's ATM call-price asymptotics are derived using characteristic function.

problem Deriving short-time asymptotics for the CGMY model's ATM call prices.
method Using the characteristic function, derived short-time asymptotics for the CGMY model's ATM call prices. Extracted higher-order coefficients by dynamic cutoff partitioning.
result Higher-order coefficients are derived for the CGMY model's ATM call prices.

LLMs can memorize economic data and recall exact values before their training cutoff.

problem Evaluating the trustworthiness of LLMs' economic forecasts during their training period.
method Demonstrated through counterfactual forecasting and analysis of LLMs' recall ability.
result LLMs have memorized economic and financial data, leading to recall-level accuracy before their knowledge cutoff.

Study finds the cutoff for exact recovery in Gaussian mixture models.

problem Determining the separation of cluster centers for exact recovery in Gaussian mixture models.
method Used information theory and SDP relaxation of KK-means clustering.
result Sharp threshold for exact recovery of cluster labels without assuming cluster center symmetry.

Develops RES metrics for stable rare-event forecasting evaluation.

problem Challenges in evaluating forecasts of rare events.
method Rare-event-stable (RES) metrics designed to maintain stable thresholds under extreme rarity.
result RES metrics maintain stable thresholds, consistent model rankings, and near-complete prevalence invariance.

In this paper we study the common distance between points and the behavior of a constant length step discrete random walk on finite area hyperbolic surfaces. We show that if the second smallest eigenvalue of the Laplacian is at least 1/4, then the distances on the surface are highly concentrated around the minimal poss…

2017-12-29abs ↗pdf ↗

Non-negative curvature affects Markov chains' mixing and expansion properties.

problem Understanding the behavior of Markov chains with non-negative curvature.
method Analyzing conductance, displacement, and cutoff phenomenon in sparse Markov chains.
result Non-negatively curved Markov chains exhibit specific, non-standard behavior in terms of mixing and expansion.

SHIFT improves robustness in estimating dose-response functions with heavy-tailed contamination.

problem Outliers bias estimates of average dose-response functions in heavy-tailed data.
method SHIFT combines cross-fit nuisance orthogonalization, Welsch-loss, and defensive OLS refit.
result SHIFT reduces RMSE from 1.03 to 0.33 on localized contamination test.

Paper generalizes paracomposition and change of variables for paradifferential operators.

problem Generalizing paracomposition and change of variables for paradifferential operators in low regularity settings.
method Drops diffeomorphism hypothesis, estimates in Sobolev and Zygmund spaces, discusses pull-back of pseudodifferential and paradifferential operators.
result Sharp estimates for composition in Sobolev and Zygmund spaces, change of variables in paradifferential operators.

DatedGPT prevents lookahead bias in financial forecasting models.

problem Lookahead bias in large language models trained on internet-scale data.
method Time-aware pretraining with annual data cutoffs and instruction fine-tuning.
result Models' knowledge is effectively bounded by their data cutoff year, improving forecasting validity.

Develops a tool to identify abnormal blood smear results based on CBC tests.

problem Manual review of blood smears by technologists is time-consuming and inconsistent.
method Cost-sensitive Lasso-penalized additive logistic regression combined with stability selection.
result The tool correctly identifies true cutoff values for abnormal smear results.

We introduce a new, high-throughput, synchronous, distributed, data-parallel, stochastic-gradient-descent learning algorithm. This algorithm uses amortized inference in a compute-cluster-specific, deep, generative, dynamical model to perform joint posterior predictive inference of the mini-batch gradient computation ti…

2018-03-12abs ↗pdf ↗

Bayesian model estimates treatment effects near cutoffs in regression discontinuity designs.

problem Estimating conditional average treatment effects in regression discontinuity designs.
method Develops a Bayesian additive regression tree (BART) model with linear leaf-level regressions.
result Adapts to different slopes on the running variable near the cutoff, providing interpretable inference.

Study challenges the necessity of data augmentation for improving predictions on imbalanced text datasets.

problem Improving predictions on imbalanced text datasets.
method Comparing classifier cutoff adjustments to data augmentation techniques.
result Classifier cutoff adjustments can produce similar results to data augmentation without the need for additional data.

Blockchain markets with paid-priority trading can lead to biased prices and reduced liquidity.

problem Discrete clearing and paid-priority in blockchain markets lead to biased prices and reduced liquidity.
method Developed a model to evaluate the viability of blockchain markets under discrete clearing and paid-priority.
result Paid-priority ordering induces endogenous selection, leading to biased prices and reduced liquidity.

The so-called Pareto-Levy or power-law distribution has been successfully used as a model to describe probabilities associated to extreme variations of worldwide stock markets indexes data and it has the form Pr(X>x) x(alpha)forgamma<x<infinity.TheselectionofthethresholdparametergammaPr(X>x) ~ x**(-alpha) for gamma< x <infinity. The selection of the threshold parameter gamma from empirical d…

2004-11-06abs ↗pdf ↗

We detect lookahead bias in LLM forecasts using a novel statistical method.

problem Detecting lookahead bias in LLM-generated economic forecasts.
method Developed a statistical procedure using date-only recall queries and estimated Lookahead Propensity (LAP).
result LLM forecasts are contaminated with lookahead bias, as indicated by a positive interaction between LAP and the forecast in accuracy regressions.

Graph neural networks fail to distinguish certain 3D atom configurations.

problem Graph neural networks (GNN) fail to distinguish certain 3D atom configurations.
method Construction of degenerate 3D atom configurations that are indistinguishable by first-order GNNs.
result First-order GNNs are incomplete for 3D atom configurations.

New method calibrates uncertainty estimates for image classifiers without labeled data.

problem Uncertainty estimates for modern classifiers are unreliable without labeled calibration data.
method Calibrates uncertainty estimates using unlabeled examples for distribution shifts.
result Proposes a method that provides excellent uncertainty estimates under natural distribution shifts.

FinanceHarness automates financial deep research with specialized tools and benchmarks.

problem Lack of specialized financial deep research for financial analysis.
method FinanceHarness uses a layered harness and FinanceGym for specialized research questions and validation.
result FinanceHarness improves rubric scores by 7.1% and achieves 82% pass rate with expert validation.

We prove precompactness in an orbifold Cheeger-Gromov sense of complete gradient Ricci shrinkers with a lower bound on their entropy and a local integral Riemann bound. We do not need any pointwise curvature assumptions, volume or diameter bounds. In dimension four, under a technical assumption, we can replace the loca…

2010-05-18abs ↗pdf ↗

Proposes a method to detect anomalies in financial time series using PCA and neural networks.

problem Anomalies in financial time series lead to miscalibrated risk models.
method Extract features using PCA, define anomaly score with neural network, calibrate cutoff value.
result The proposed PCA NN approach outperforms other anomaly detection methods.

This paper proposes BAT to balance accuracy and robustness in adversarial training.

problem Balancing accuracy and robustness in adversarial training models.
method Blind adversarial training (BAT) uses a cutoff-scale strategy to adaptively estimate a nonuniform budget for AEs.
result BAT improves the overall robustness of adversarial training models.

The paper decomposes unsupervised learning's generalization error into model, data, and variance components.

problem Understanding the components of unsupervised learning's generalization error.
method Information-geometric decomposition of the Kullback-Leibler generalization error.
result The optimal rank in εε-PCA is the noise floor, balancing model-error gain and data-bias cost.

New method models fat-tailed distributions with anisotropic tail-adaptive flows.

problem Gaussian-based variational inference fails to accurately capture tail decay in fat-tailed distributions.
method Improved theory on tails of flows, developed anisotropic tail-adaptive flows (ATAF).
result ATAF models tail-anisotropy, outperforming prior work on synthetic and real-world targets.

New measures capture tail dependence and non-exchangeability in financial data.

problem Underestimation of tail dependence and inability to capture non-exchangeable tail dependence.
method Tail copulas and novel tail dependence measures (MTCM, ATCM) are proposed.
result Captures non-exchangeable tail dependence and provides analytical forms for various copulas.

The paper examines how heavy-tailed risks behave under Gaussian copula models.

problem Understanding tail risk probabilities with heavy-tailed marginal risks and Gaussian dependence.
method Modeling heavy-tailed risks using regular variation and analyzing tail probabilities under Gaussian copula.
result The rate of decay of tail set probabilities varies with the type of tail sets and Gaussian correlation matrix.