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48 results for distributional characteristics

This study links blockchain design to cryptos' distributional characteristics.

problem Understanding the relationship between blockchain design and cryptos' distributional characteristics.
method Used spectral clustering to cluster cryptos based on their blockchain mechanisms and operational features.
result Clusters of cryptos share similar blockchain mechanisms, supporting the hypothesis.

The paper simulates Lévy processes and their extremum and hitting time.

problem Simulating Lévy processes and their extremum and hitting time accurately and efficiently.
method Using characteristic functions and conditional characteristic functions, with conformal deformations and precalculated values on multi-grids.
result Accurate and fast simulation of Lévy processes and their extremum and hitting time.

We connect shift-invariant characteristic kernels to infinitely divisible distributions on Rd\mathbb{R}^{d}. Characteristic kernels play an important role in machine learning applications with their kernel means to distinguish any two probability measures. The contribution of this paper is two-fold. First, we show, usi…

2014-03-28abs ↗pdf ↗

Paper presents characteristic function of Tsallis q-Gaussian and its applications.

problem Modeling input quantities in measurement models using Tsallis q-Gaussians.
method Developed a characteristic function and proposed a numerical method for its inversion.
result Exact probability distribution of output quantities can be determined.

ECS evaluates synthetic CXR images' distributional fidelity.

problem Evaluating synthetic CXR images' distributional fidelity under privacy constraints.
method Characteristic function transforms of feature embeddings.
result ECS uncovers clinically relevant distributional discrepancies.

Study investigates induced geometry on surfaces in 3D contact manifolds.

problem Understanding the metric structure on surfaces embedded in 3D contact sub-Riemannian manifolds.
method Defined a coefficient to characterize characteristic points and identified global conditions for finite induced distance.
result Proved induced distance finite for certain surfaces with isolated characteristic points.

We study a Laplacian operator related to the characteristic cohomology of a smooth manifold endowed with a distribution. We prove that this Laplacian does not behave very well: it is not hypoelliptic in general and does not respect the bigrading on forms in a complex setting. We also discuss the consequences of these n…

2013-04-17abs ↗pdf ↗

Time-subordinated Brownian motion models improve financial market stochastic distribution.

problem Improving stochastic distribution modeling in financial markets.
method Fourier theory and methodology for time-subordinated Brownian motion models, extending real domain to complex plane.
result Characterization and direct study of stochastic time-change from full process.

A new method for fair classification using characteristic function distance.

problem Fairness in high-stakes decision-making with sensitive groups.
method Proposes a novel approach based on characteristic function distance to ensure minimal sensitive information in learned representations.
result Consistently matches or achieves better fairness and predictive accuracy than existing methods.

The study explains stock return distributions using reaction functions.

problem Stock return distributions often deviate from normal distributions.
method Assumes normal event/information effects, financial over/underreaction, proposes reaction function model.
result Financial markets often underreact to minor events, overreact to significant ones, and react stronger to positive events.

Review and generalize Haefliger's differentiable cohomology for diffeomorphisms and flat Cartan groupoids.

problem Define and investigate differentiable cohomology for diffeomorphisms and flat Cartan groupoids.
method Define Haefliger's differentiable cohomology for diffeomorphisms, investigate its structure, and generalize to flat Cartan groupoids.
result Define characteristic maps for geometric structures on manifolds associated to flat Cartan groupoids.

A statistical test of independence may be constructed using the Hilbert-Schmidt Independence Criterion (HSIC) as a test statistic. The HSIC is defined as the distance between the embedding of the joint distribution, and the embedding of the product of the marginals, in a Reproducing Kernel Hilbert Space (RKHS). It has …

2015-01-25abs ↗pdf ↗

Germs of Goursat distributions can be classified according to a geometric coding called an RVT code. Jean (1996) and Mormul (2004) have shown that this coding carries precisely the same data as the small growth vector. Montgomery and Zhitomirskii (2010) have shown that such germs correspond to finite jets of Legendrian…

2011-03-15abs ↗pdf ↗

The multivariate version of the Mixed Tempered Stable is proposed. It is a generalization of the Normal Variance Mean Mixtures. Characteristics of this new distribution and its capacity in fitting tails and capturing dependence structure between components are investigated. We discuss a random number generating procedu…

2016-09-04abs ↗pdf ↗

Survey on Nambu-Poisson structures in infinite dimensions.

problem Generalization of Poisson and Nambu-Poisson structures in infinite dimensions.
method Study properties of associated characteristic distribution and projective/direct limits.
result Properties and limits of Nambu-Poisson structures in convenient setting.

Unified method for calculating financial option prices from characteristic functions.

problem Calculating financial option prices from characteristic functions in high dimensions.
method Damped Fourier-cosine expansion (COS) method.
result The method converges exponentially if the characteristic function decays exponentially.

It is well known that a foliation F of a smooth manifold M gives rise to a rich cohomological theory, its characteristic (i.e., leafwise) cohomology. Characteristic cohomologies of F may be interpreted, to some extent, as functions on the space P of integral manifolds (of any dimension) of the characteristic distributi…

2012-04-11abs ↗pdf ↗

ReVol normalizes stock price features to mitigate distribution shifts, improving prediction accuracy.

problem Distribution shifts in stock price data hinder accurate prediction.
method ReVol uses normalization, attention-based estimation, and geometric Brownian motion.
result ReVol achieves an average improvement of more than 0.03 in IC and over 0.7 in SR.

In 1910 E. Cartan constructed a canonical frame and found the most symmetric case for maximally nonholonomic rank 2 distributions in R5\mathbb R^5. We solve the analogous problem for germs of generic rank 2 distributions in Rn{\mathbb R}^n for n>5. We use a completely different approach based on the symplectification o…

2007-03-22abs ↗pdf ↗

The paper gives the complete characterization of all graded nilpotent Lie algebras with infinite-dimensional Tanaka prolongation as extensions of graded nilpotent Lie algebras of lower dimension by means of a commutative ideal. We introduce a notion of weak characteristics of a vector distribution and prove that if a b…

2010-01-03abs ↗pdf ↗

A definition for elliptical tempered stable distribution, based on the characteristic function, have been explained which involve a unique spectral measure. This definition provides a framework for creating a connection between infinite divisible distribution, and particularly elliptical tempered stable distribution, w…

2014-08-14abs ↗pdf ↗

Study examines implied volatility behavior in Bachelier model.

problem Characterizing implied volatility in Bachelier model for large strikes.
method Exploiting regular variation theory, derived explicit expressions for Bachelier implied volatility.
result Established a rigorous connection between characteristic function analyticity and volatility smile asymptotic slope.

Proposes a new method to describe graph vertex features using characteristic functions.

problem Describing the distribution of vertex features at multiple scales on graphs.
method Introduces FEATHER, a computationally efficient algorithm to calculate characteristic functions based on random walk transition probabilities.
result Demonstrates that the proposed method creates high-quality graph representations and is robust to data corruption.

A new GAN model uses characteristic functions to improve image generation.

problem Improving stability and diversity in GANs for complex distributions.
method Integrates characteristic functions to compare distributions directly, stabilizes training, and uses auto-encoder structure.
result Proposes RCF-GAN achieving superior image generation and reconstruction.

Classifies non-integrable distributions with simple infinite-dimensional Lie superalgebras of symmetries.

problem Classifying non-integrable distributions with specific Lie superalgebras.
method Classification based on locality assumptions and W-grading.
result 15 series and 7 exceptional Lie superalgebras identified over C\mathbb{C}, and analogs over K\mathbb{K} of characteristic p>0p>0.

A new model for stock price fluctuations is proposed, based upon an analogy with the motion of tracers in Gaussian random fields, as used in turbulent dispersion models and in studies of transport in dynamically disordered media. Analytical and numerical results for this model in a special limiting case of a single-sca…

2003-11-28abs ↗pdf ↗

This paper introduces DCE for better counterfactual explanations using optimal transport.

problem Lack of nuanced distributional characteristics in existing counterfactual explanations.
method Formulates a chance-constrained optimization problem using optimal transport to derive counterfactual distributions.
result DCE provides deeper insights into decision-making models by aligning counterfactual distributions with factual ones.

This note optimizes distributions using kernel mean embeddings with a new parameterization.

problem Optimizing distributions using kernel mean embeddings is challenging due to the difficulty of characterizing probability distribution vectors.
method Proposes a new parameterization of positive functions using kernel sums-of-squares to fit distributions in the MMD geometry.
result Distributions with kernel sum-of-squares densities are dense in the MMD geometry, allowing optimization in the finite-sample setting.

Efficient algorithm learns mixture models of heavy-tailed distributions.

problem Learning mixture models of heavy-tailed distributions.
method Efficient high-dimensional sparse Fourier transforms.
result Algorithm succeeds for heavy-tailed distributions, including Laplace but excluding Gaussians.

Improved eigenvalue distribution method for financial data.

problem Noise and complexity in financial markets.
method Matrix H theory, hierarchical structure, informational cascade.
result Captures a larger fraction of data variance in financial markets.