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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.

We determine the information-theoretic cutoff value on separation of cluster centers for exact recovery of cluster labels in a KK-component Gaussian mixture model with equal cluster sizes. Moreover, we show that a semidefinite programming (SDP) relaxation of the KK-means clustering method achieves such sharp threshol…

2020-01-05abs ↗pdf ↗

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 ↗

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.

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.

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 ↗

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.

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.

A low rank matrix X has been contaminated by uniformly distributed noise, missing values, outliers and corrupt entries. Reconstruction of X from the singular values and singular vectors of the contaminated matrix Y is a key problem in machine learning, computer vision and data science. In this paper we show that common…

2017-10-26abs ↗pdf ↗

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 ↗

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.

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.

The paper diagnoses factor models using characteristic axes and zero-curve restrictions.

problem Tackles systematic sign reversals and overcorrections in factor model pricing errors.
method Extends cap-axis integral diagnostic to general characteristic axes, measuring pricing errors as bridge-alpha curves.
result Axis-level pricing errors are nearly orthogonal to maximum-Sharpe gains, showing systematic sign reversals and overcorrections.

The paper diagnoses factor-model pricing errors using characteristic axes and bridge-alpha curves.

problem Tackles systematic sign reversals and overcorrections in factor-model pricing errors.
method Extends cap-axis integral diagnostic to characteristic axes, measures pricing errors as bridge-alpha curves, and uses a predetermined characteristic order to generate zero-curve restrictions.
result Axis-level pricing errors are nearly orthogonal to maximum-Sharpe gains, showing significant sign reversals and overcorrections.

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.

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.

An important class of economic models involve agents whose wealth changes due to transactions with other agents. Several authors have pointed out an analogy with kinetic theory, which describes molecules whose momentum and energy changes due to interactions with other molecules. We pursue this analogy and derive a Bolt…

2012-12-27abs ↗pdf ↗

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.

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.

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 ↗

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.

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.

New methods train neural networks without changing weights, achieving similar or higher performance.

problem Training neural networks efficiently with randomly initialized weights.
method Switching connections on and off, flipping weights' signs, minimizing changed connections.
result Achieves similar or higher performance with less computational cost than training all weights.

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.

Digital personas improve survey results for stable attributes but fail for subjective responses.

problem When can digital personas reliably approximate human survey findings?
method Using LISS panel, constructed personas from background variables and survey histories, tested against held-out post-cutoff answers.
result Digital personas improve alignment with human response distributions for stable attributes but fail for subjective responses.

Low-rank modeling has a lot of important applications in machine learning, computer vision and social network analysis. While the matrix rank is often approximated by the convex nuclear norm, the use of nonconvex low-rank regularizers has demonstrated better recovery performance. However, the resultant optimization pro…

2015-12-03abs ↗pdf ↗

Low-rank modeling has many important applications in computer vision and machine learning. While the matrix rank is often approximated by the convex nuclear norm, the use of nonconvex low-rank regularizers has demonstrated better empirical performance. However, the resulting optimization problem is much more challengin…

2017-08-01abs ↗pdf ↗