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48 results for event history analysis

A framework for analyzing financial systems under scenario constraints.

problem Quantifying worst-case and best-case performance in financial systems.
method Quantitative automata-based framework integrating event history automata and weighted finance finite automata.
result Exact calculation of upper and lower payoff bounds with interpretable witness event histories.

Predicts clinical events using a landmark approach with machine learning for large biomarker histories.

problem Dynamic prediction of clinical events from large biomarker histories.
method Landmark approach extended to endogenous markers history combined with machine learning methods for survival data.
result Superlearner combining regularized regressions and random survival forests outperforms standard survival models.

Develops model-free methods for event history analysis and efficient covariate adjustment.

problem Estimating treatment effects while accounting for confounding and understanding event history.
method Model-free prediction techniques, Local Covariance Measure (LCM), Debiased Outcome-adapted Propensity Estimator (DOPE), Aalen Covariance Measure (ACM).
result Demonstrates the effectiveness and robustness of the proposed methods in various settings.

Study examines Bitcoin's price history and identifies recurring events.

problem Understanding Bitcoin's price fluctuations and recurring events.
method Analyzed BTC price time-series (2010-2021), identified recurring events, and approximated price evolution using a Fibonacci sequence.
result BTC price history shows recurring events with similar duration and can be approximated using a Fibonacci sequence.

We present a probabilistic model of events in continuous time in which each event triggers a Poisson process of successor events. The ensemble of observed events is thereby modeled as a superposition of Poisson processes. Efficient inference is feasible under this model with an EM algorithm. Moreover, the EM algorithm …

2012-03-15abs ↗pdf ↗

We propose a general framework to describe the impact of different events in the order book, that generalizes previous work on the impact of market orders. Two different modeling routes can be considered, which are equivalent when only market orders are taken into account. One model posits that each event type has a te…

2011-07-18abs ↗pdf ↗

In this paper, we present a framework for fitting multivariate Hawkes processes for large-scale problems both in the number of events in the observed history nn and the number of event types dd (i.e. dimensions). The proposed Low-Rank Hawkes Process (LRHP) framework introduces a low-rank approximation of the kernel m…

2016-02-26abs ↗pdf ↗

This paper explores neural models to improve modeling of Hawkes process intensity functions.

problem Traditional Hawkes process intensity function's parametrized kernel function biases future event predictions.
method Uses neural models to model the kernel function of Hawkes process intensity function.
result Neural models can better capture future event characteristics using past events data.

DynForest predicts event probabilities from longitudinal data, handling endogenous predictors.

problem Predicting individual risk using longitudinal patient history.
method Random survival forests with time-fixed features from longitudinal predictors.
result DynForest provides accurate individual event probability predictions.

Recent progress in applying machine learning for jet physics has been built upon an analogy between calorimeters and images. In this work, we present a novel class of recursive neural networks built instead upon an analogy between QCD and natural languages. In the analogy, four-momenta are like words and the clustering…

2017-02-02abs ↗pdf ↗

This paper treats prediction markets as Bayesian inverse problems to quantify uncertainty and identify event outcomes.

problem Uncertainty and identifiability in prediction market outcomes from price-volume histories.
method Formulates prediction markets as Bayesian inverse problems, introduces a log-odds observation model, and derives posterior uncertainty quantification and identifiability criteria.
result Explicit diagnostics for informative and stable inference regimes, and validation through synthetic data experiments.

Paper analyzes history-based RL methods for MDPs, introduces a theoretical framework and practical algorithm.

problem Improving RL performance in MDPs using history-based features.
method Theoretical framework for history-based RL, practical algorithm design.
result Practical RL algorithm shows effectiveness on continuous control tasks.

Method identifies financial rogue waves close to their onset.

problem Identifying extreme financial events close to their onset.
method Analogy between rogue waves in optics and financial volatility, using Schrödinger equation with potential shaped by Kerr nonlinearity.
result Numerical gradient spikes at the onset of extreme financial events.

Asynchronous event sequences are the basis of many applications throughout different industries. In this work, we tackle the task of predicting the next event (given a history), and how this prediction changes with the passage of time. Since at some time points (e.g. predictions far into the future) we might not be abl…

2019-11-13abs ↗pdf ↗

New model captures time and mark inter-dependence in TPPs.

problem Limited predictive performance of conditionally independent TPP models on entangled time and mark interactions.
method Developed a multivariate TPP that models conditional inter-dependence of time and mark, using both intensity-based and intensity-free models.
result Proposed TPP models outperform conditionally independent and dependent models in standard prediction tasks.

DDP models dynamic comorbidity networks from event data.

problem Understanding complex temporal patterns of co-occurring diseases.
method Developed deep diffusion processes (DDP) to model dynamic comorbidity networks.
result DDP enables accurate risk prediction and interpretable disease trajectories.

New method quantifies resilience of electric distribution systems from historical data.

problem Large blackouts caused by extreme winds have significant costs and impacts.
method Formulate large event risk from utility outage data, quantify resilience improvements through investments.
result Investments in wind hardening and faster restoration can reduce the probability of large cost events.

Twitter has provided a great opportunity for public libraries to disseminate information for a variety of purposes. Twitter data have been applied in different domains such as health, politics, and history. There are thousands of public libraries in the US, but no study has yet investigated the content of their social …

2018-08-17abs ↗pdf ↗

Predicts cryptocurrency pump probability using sequence-based neural networks.

problem Detecting pump-and-dump schemes in cryptocurrency markets.
method Developed a sequence-based neural network (SNN) that encodes historical P&D events into sequences for prediction.
result SNN improves prediction accuracy by leveraging positional attention to extract useful information.

Study differentially private methods for learning Hawkes processes.

problem Lack of thorough analysis on sample complexity for learning Hawkes processes parameters and releasing differentially private versions.
method Developed non-private and differentially private estimators for Hawkes processes parameters.
result Obtained sample complexity results for both private and non-private settings.

Quantum computing speeds up analysis of financial stochastic processes.

problem Challenging simulation and analysis of continuous time stochastic processes.
method Established a quantum framework for efficient state preparation and information extraction.
result Extraction of path-dependent and history-sensitive information from stochastic processes efficiently.

Imagine a patient in critical condition. What and when should be measured to forecast detrimental events, especially under the budget constraints? We answer this question by deep reinforcement learning (RL) that jointly minimizes the measurement cost and maximizes predictive gain, by scheduling strategically-timed meas…

2019-01-24abs ↗pdf ↗

We propose an online algorithm for cumulative regret minimization in a stochastic multi-armed bandit. The algorithm adds O(t)O(t) i.i.d. pseudo-rewards to its history in round tt and then pulls the arm with the highest average reward in its perturbed history. Therefore, we call it perturbed-history exploration (PHE). Th…

2019-02-26abs ↗pdf ↗

Two machine learning methods detect insider trading from investor activity data.

problem Detecting insider trading from trading activity data is challenging.
method Two unsupervised machine learning methods: clustering and group identification.
result Identifies potential insider trading rings around price sensitive events.

Develops a framework for modeling set-valued data in continuous-time.

problem Handling sequences where each event is associated with a set of items.
method General framework for modeling set-valued data, developed inference methods, and importance sampling techniques.
result Orders-of-magnitude improvements in efficiency for probabilistic queries over direct sampling.

We propose a new online algorithm for cumulative regret minimization in a stochastic linear bandit. The algorithm pulls the arm with the highest estimated reward in a linear model trained on its perturbed history. Therefore, we call it perturbed-history exploration in a linear bandit (LinPHE). The perturbed history is …

2019-03-21abs ↗pdf ↗

Paper evaluates deadline-ILS on insider trading contracts, finding it distinguishes signals from noise.

problem Deadlines in insider trading contracts and information leakage detection.
method Empirical evaluation using FFIC dataset, hazard-rate estimation, cross-market wallet analysis.
result Deadline-ILS distinguishes signal from proxy artefact, with a significant shift in magnitude.