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48 results for density behavior

We perform a parallel analysis of the spectral density of (i) the logarithm of price and (ii) the daily number of trades of a set of stocks traded in the New York Stock Exchange. The stocks are selected to be representative of a wide range of stock capitalization. The observed spectral densities show a different power-…

1999-12-01abs ↗pdf ↗

Improved probabilistic forecasts using behavioral transformations.

problem Improving accuracy and consistency of probabilistic asset price forecasts.
method Behavioral transformation of fundamental expectations to disentangle sentiment-induced biases.
result Substantial forecast gains across various models and risk-preferences.

Research shows deep generative models' likelihoods are unreliable for anomaly detection.

problem Anomaly detection using deep generative models' likelihoods is unreliable.
method Examined the behavior of distribution densities through reparametrization.
result The likelihoods used for anomaly detection rely on strong and implicit hypotheses.

Static spherically symmetric solutions to the Einstein-Euler equations with prescribed central densities are known to exist, be unique and smooth for reasonable equations of state. Some criteria are also available to decide whether solutions have finite extent (stars with a vacuum exterior) or infinite extent. In the l…

2018-01-20abs ↗pdf ↗

High density clusters can be characterized by the connected components of a level set L(λ)={x: p(x)>λ}L(λ) = \{x:\ p(x)>λ\} of the underlying probability density function pp generating the data, at some appropriate level λ0λ\geq 0. The complete hierarchical clustering can be characterized by a cluster tree ${\cal T}= \bigcup_λ L(λ)…

2010-11-11abs ↗pdf ↗

Study chaotic behavior in homeomorphism groups of countable products of spaces.

problem Investigate chaotic behavior in homeomorphism groups of countable products of various metrizable topological spaces.
method Construct numerous examples of chaotic groups of homeomorphisms of countable products of spaces.
result New chaotic groups of homeomorphisms of countable products of various metrizable topological spaces are discovered.

New method trains neural samplers to sample from multi-modal distributions efficiently.

problem Mode-seeking behavior of reverse KL divergence hinders effective sampling from multi-modal target distributions.
method Minimizing reverse diffusive KL divergence along diffusion trajectories of model and target densities.
result Demonstrated enhanced sampling performance across various multi-modal distributions.

This paper presents a method for efficient density estimation in nonlinear systems.

problem Accurate representation of non-Gaussian distributions in nonlinear dynamical systems is challenging.
method Uses Seminonparametric (SNP) densities with probabilists' Hermite polynomial basis and Monte Carlo approximation for maximum likelihood estimation.
result Demonstrates that the method can accurately capture non-Gaussian density structure and compute quantiles using fewer samples than raw Monte Carlo.

Following Hartigan, a cluster is defined as a connected component of the t-level set of the underlying density, i.e., the set of points for which the density is greater than t. A clustering algorithm which combines a density estimate with spectral clustering techniques is proposed. Our algorithm is composed of two step…

2010-02-11abs ↗pdf ↗

The entropy density is an intuitive and powerful concept to study the complicated nonlinear processes derived from physical systems. We develop the minimum entropy density method (MEDM) to detect the structure scale of a given time series, which is defined as the scale in which the uncertainty is minimized, hence the p…

2006-07-30abs ↗pdf ↗

Hierarchical VAEs detect out-of-distribution data by identifying low-level in-distribution features.

problem Out-of-distribution data often has in-distribution low-level features, leading to misleading likelihood estimates in deep generative models.
method Developed a fast, scalable, unsupervised likelihood-ratio score for out-of-distribution detection based on hierarchical variational autoencoders.
result Achieved state-of-the-art results on out-of-distribution detection across various data and model combinations.

We study the phase transition of dynamical herd behaviors for the yen-dollar exchange rate in the Japanese financial market. It is obtained that the probability distribution of returns satisfies the power-law behavior with three different values of the scaling exponent 3.11 (one time lag ττ = 1 minute), 2.81 (30 minut…

2004-08-28abs ↗pdf ↗

Non-Markovian point process shows power-law scaling, similar to nonlinear Markovian process.

problem Understanding the scaling behavior of non-Markovian point processes.
method Analyzed a confined fractional Brownian motion-driven point process and compared it to a nonlinear Markovian process.
result A nonlinear Markovian process can reproduce the power-law scaling behavior of a non-Markovian point process.

Proposes a method to partition univariate data into unimodal subsets.

problem Partitioning univariate multimodal data into unimodal subsets.
method Recursive splitting around valley points of the data density using properties of critical points on the convex hull of the ecdf plot.
result Obtains a hierarchical statistical model of the initial dataset as a mixture of UMMs.

New insights into the top-K sparse softmax gating function for deep learning.

problem Understanding the theoretical effects of the top-K sparse softmax gating function on density and parameter estimations.
method Using a Gaussian mixture of experts, novel loss functions, and theoretical analysis.
result The convergence rates of density and parameter estimations are parametric under certain conditions, but slow under over-specified models.

Nanowire field-effect sensors have recently been developed for label-free detection of biomolecules. In this work, we introduce a computational technique based on Bayesian estimation to determine the physical parameters of the sensor and, more importantly, the properties of the analyte molecules. To that end, we first …

2019-04-12abs ↗pdf ↗

LLMs learn probability density functions in-context, showing distinct learning trajectories.

problem Density estimation of time series data in LLMs.
method Intensive Principal Component Analysis (InPCA) to visualize and analyze LLMs' learning dynamics.
result LLMs follow similar learning trajectories in a low-dimensional InPCA space, distinct from traditional methods.

The study calculates Weyl entropy in spacetime regions and shows its monotonic behavior.

problem Calculating and understanding Weyl entropy in spacetime regions.
method Introducing a candidate density for Weyl entropy in perfect fluid regions and analyzing its behavior in compact spacetime regions.
result Weyl entropy is shown to be monotonic in time and maximal in vacuum static metrics.

CNFs model conditional densities efficiently and avoid mode collapse.

problem Capturing strong correlations between output dimensions in structured prediction tasks.
method Conditional normalizing flows (CNFs) with a likelihood-based objective.
result CNFs achieve competitive performance in super-resolution and vessel segmentation tasks.

A neural network deployed in the wild may be asked to make predictions for inputs that were drawn from a different distribution than that of the training data. A plethora of work has demonstrated that it is easy to find or synthesize inputs for which a neural network is highly confident yet wrong. Generative models are…

2018-10-22abs ↗pdf ↗

DIF extends NF with stochastic discrete latent variables for better density estimation.

problem Improving density estimation with discontinuities and fine details.
method Discretely indexed flows as an extension of Normalizing Flows with stochastic latent variables.
result DIF inherit good computational behavior of NF and can capture distributions with discontinuities.

A new model simulates non-linear adsorption using Gaussian KDEs.

problem Simulating non-linear adsorption processes in porous materials.
method Combines random walk particle tracking with Gaussian Kernel Density Estimators for nonlinear modeling.
result Effective reproduction of Langmuir and Freundlich isotherms.

In this work, we propose an order book model with herd behavior. The proposed model is built upon two distinct approaches: a recent empirical study of the detailed order book records by Kanazawa et al. [Phys. Rev. Lett. 120, 138301] and financial herd behavior model. Combining these approaches allows us to propose a mo…

2018-09-08abs ↗pdf ↗

Study on evolving interfaces with complex curvature and density effects.

problem Understanding the dynamics of evolving heterogeneous elastic interfaces.
method Modeling an evolving curve with a density function, analyzing the associated gradient flow evolution.
result Analysis of the preservation and asymptotic behavior of geometric properties in the evolving system.

MAFLA improves sampling from heavy-tailed distributions using MH-inspired corrections.

problem Sampling from heavy-tailed and multimodal distributions when neither target nor proposal densities can be evaluated.
method Metropolis-Adjusted Fractional Langevin Algorithm (MAFLA) with Score Balance Matching.
result MAFLA significantly improves finite-time sampling accuracy over unadjusted fractional Langevin dynamics.

GBOC detects anomalies in time series data using granular-ball vectors.

problem Challenges in modeling normal behavior in dynamic, nonlinear time series data.
method Granular-ball Vector Data Description (GVDD) and Granular-ball One-Class Network (GBOC).
result GBOC improves anomaly detection in time series data.

New method improves uncertainty calibration in deep learning.

problem Systematic overconfidence in EDL on out-of-distribution inputs.
method Density-Informed Pseudo-count EDL (DIP-EDL) separates class prediction from uncertainty.
result DIP-EDL achieves asymptotic concentration and enhances robustness and uncertainty calibration.

Fold maps associated to geodesic random walks on curved spaces.

problem Understanding the behavior of geodesic random walks on curved surfaces.
method Analyzing mappings from the unit tangent sphere to a manifold with non-positive curvature.
result For odd powers of the unit tangent sphere, these mappings are fold maps.