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48 results for execution time variability

Proposes a method to allocate time budgets in mixed criticality systems.

problem Managing execution time variability in mixed criticality systems.
method Quantifies execution time variability using statistical dispersion parameters and proposes a heuristic to allocate time budgets.
result The proposed heuristic reduces the probability of exceeding allocated budgets.

LEMs extend transformer-based architectures for complex execution problems.

problem Handling flexible time boundaries and multiple execution constraints in deep learning.
method Decouples market information processing from execution allocation decisions using TKANs, VSNs, and multi-head attention mechanisms.
result LEMs achieve superior execution performance compared to traditional benchmarks.

This paper deals with numerical solutions to an impulse control problem arising from optimal portfolio liquidation with bid-ask spread and market price impact penalizing speedy execution trades. The corresponding dynamic programming (DP) equation is a quasi-variational inequality (QVI) with solvency constraint satisfie…

2010-06-04abs ↗pdf ↗

Paper tackles overfitting in RL for trade execution.

problem Overfitting in reinforcement learning methods for optimized trade execution.
method Modeling trade execution as offline RL with dynamic context (ORDC), deriving generalization bound, proposing compact context representations.
result Proposed methods effectively alleviate overfitting and improve performance.

Optimal trading strategies in fluctuating financial markets are analyzed using complex mathematical models.

problem Optimal execution of trades in markets with fluctuating liquidity and order book depth.
method Continuous-time limit order book model with càdlàg semimartingale strategies, quadratic BSDEs.
result Characterization of minimal execution costs and existence of optimal strategies.

We devise an optimal allocation strategy for the execution of a predefined number of stocks in a given time frame using the technique of discrete-time Stochastic Control Theory for a defined market model. This market structure allows an instant execution of the market orders and has been analyzed based on the assumptio…

2019-09-24abs ↗pdf ↗

Deep learning is rapidly becoming a go-to tool for many artificial intelligence problems due to its ability to outperform other approaches and even humans at many problems. Despite its popularity we are still unable to accurately predict the time it will take to train a deep learning network to solve a given problem. T…

2018-11-28abs ↗pdf ↗

Investigates optimal execution under time-varying liquidity, preventing price manipulation.

problem Optimal execution with time-varying liquidity impacts and price manipulation prevention.
method Almgren-Chriss framework, deterministic time variation, well-posedness, second-order conditions, price manipulation prevention.
result Sufficient conditions for a unique solution and prevention of price manipulation.

A new approach models exploration in continuous-time RL using random measures.

problem Modeling exploration in continuous-time reinforcement learning.
method Random measure approach to control execution in continuous-time RL.
result Grid-sampling limit SDE can replace existing models for theoretical analysis and learning algorithms.

The execution flow drives market dynamics, validated on real data.

problem Understanding the fundamental driving force of market dynamics.
method Developed a numerical framework using the Radon-Nikodym derivative to calculate execution flow and determined thresholds and characteristic time scales.
result Execution flow is the fundamental driving force of market dynamics.

The paper models blockchain queues and trading dynamics, finding conditions for transaction priority and price impact.

problem Understanding and predicting price impacts in blockchain trading environments.
method Developed a probabilistic model for blockchain queues with adversarial scheduling, derived expressions for transaction priority and price impact.
result Conditions for transaction priority and statistical models for price impact in blockchain trading environments.

Study uses SGD to find near-optimal execution cost policies in dynamic markets.

problem Finding optimal execution cost policies in complex markets.
method Stochastic Gradient Descent (SGD) approach to derive near-optimal policies.
result SGD-based policies offer valuable insights and are implementable in volatile markets.

Paper uses DDPG to learn optimal execution strategies in dynamic markets.

problem Learning non-Markovian optimal execution strategies in dynamic financial markets.
method Introduces a novel actor-critic algorithm based on DDPG for transient price impact modeling.
result Successfully approximates optimal execution strategy through numerical experiments.

As deep learning techniques advance more than ever, hyper-parameter optimization is the new major workload in deep learning clusters. Although hyper-parameter optimization is crucial in training deep learning models for high model performance, effectively executing such a computation-heavy workload still remains a chal…

2019-11-24abs ↗pdf ↗

Sequence-to-sequence models predict resource usage for co-scheduled jobs in data centers.

problem Challenges in co-scheduling jobs due to resource interference and inefficiencies.
method Sequence-to-sequence models based on recurrent neural networks for workload interference prediction.
result Models accurately forecast resource usage trends from job profiles, improving scheduling decisions.

A market fix serves as a benchmark for foreign exchange (FX) execution, and is employed by many institutional investors to establish an exact reference at which execution takes place. The currently most popular FX fix is the World Market Reuters (WM/R) 4pm fix. Execution at the WM/R 4pm fix is a service offered by FX b…

2015-01-30abs ↗pdf ↗

ICON-OCnet solves optimal execution problems with neural networks and few examples.

problem Optimal order execution in markets with unknown price impact.
method Transformer-based neural network architecture (ICON-OCnet) that learns price impact from few examples and applies it to optimal execution strategies.
result ICON-OCnet accurately infers price impact models and retrieves optimal execution strategies for various propagator kernels.

This paper optimizes SMPC for neural network inference, reducing memory and time.

problem Memory and time constraints in secure neural network inference.
method Implemented ABY2.0 protocol, optimized memory usage, and used a helper node.
result MNIST inference reduced from 8.03 GB RAM and 200s to 0.2 GB RAM and 32s.

Unified theory for optimal execution through signal-adaptive quotes in limit order books.

problem Optimal execution in limit order books with signal-dependent factors.
method Develops a unified solution theory for four execution criteria, incorporating signal-dependent drift, price impact, inventory risk, and execution risk.
result Explicit formulas reveal optimal quoting strategies and show signal-dependent drift can significantly affect execution.

In this article, we consider the optimal execution problem associated to accelerated share repurchase contracts. When firms want to repurchase their own shares, they often enter such a contract with a bank. The bank buys the shares for the firm and is paid the average market price over the execution period, the length …

2013-12-19abs ↗pdf ↗

This paper studies how social media posts, especially by executives, affect stock prices.

problem Predicting stock market movements using social media data.
method Integrated sentiment analysis of Twitter and Reddit posts with historical stock data using time series models and deep learning.
result Improvements in stock price prediction when social media data, especially executive posts, are included.

Regularizes decision trees to reduce inference time by up to 4x with minimal accuracy loss.

problem Optimizing decision tree execution time on resource-constrained devices.
method Regularizes impurity computation during CART algorithm training to favor highly asymmetric distributions.
result Reduces inference time by up to 4x with minimal accuracy loss.

MPC framework reduces execution costs and schedule deviations in trading.

problem Executing large orders in markets under time and liquidity constraints.
method Model Predictive Control (MPC) framework balancing order completion, market impact, and opportunity cost.
result Significant reductions in slippage and schedule shortfall compared to benchmarks.

We introduce Compositional Imitation Learning and Execution (CompILE): a framework for learning reusable, variable-length segments of hierarchically-structured behavior from demonstration data. CompILE uses a novel unsupervised, fully-differentiable sequence segmentation module to learn latent encodings of sequential d…

2018-12-04abs ↗pdf ↗

This paper develops a method to select a reference contract for multi-contract quoting to minimize execution risk.

problem Minimizing execution risk in multi-contract quoting sequences.
method Develops a diagnostic framework using order-flow Hawkes forecasts and CLF to select a stable reference contract.
result Event-history and LOB-state signals offer complementary views for reference-contract selection.

We present a new approach to automatic amortized inference in universal probabilistic programs which improves performance compared to current methods. Our approach is a variation of inference compilation (IC) which leverages deep neural networks to approximate a posterior distribution over latent variables in a probabi…

2019-10-25abs ↗pdf ↗

Dynamic VWAP execution improves by 10-15% in liquid markets.

problem Improving VWAP execution in dynamic markets.
method Recurrent Neural Networks (RNNs) for capturing temporal market dynamics, dynamic adjustment mechanism.
result Significant performance gains in liquid markets (10-15%) over traditional methods.

We study the problem of the execution of a moderate size order in an illiquid market within the framework of a solvable Markovian model. We suppose that in order to avoid impact costs, a trader decides to execute her order through a unique trade, waiting for enough liquidity to accumulate at the best quote. We find tha…

2014-09-30abs ↗pdf ↗

RL optimizes trading algorithms to reduce market impact and costs.

problem Optimizing sophisticated trading algorithms to minimize market impact and costs.
method Reinforcement learning framework within a market simulator.
result RL-derived strategies consistently outperform baselines and operate near the efficient frontier.

In the present paper, we study the optimal execution problem under stochastic price recovery based on limit order book dynamics. We model price recovery after execution of a large order by accelerating the arrival of the refilling order, which is defined as a Cox process whose intensity increases by the degree of the m…

2015-02-16abs ↗pdf ↗