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48 results for exogenous factors

Method generates plausible financial stress scenarios using large deviations.

problem Misleading risk management by overlooking or overemphasizing implausible scenarios.
method Exploits large-deviations principle to concentrate risk factors near most likely stress configurations.
result Can generate informative stress scenarios even with limited historical data.

Bayesian method for multivariate autoregressive models with exogenous inputs.

problem Estimating uncertainties in autoregressive models with exogenous inputs.
method Recursive Bayesian estimation via message passing in a factor graph.
result Produces full posterior distributions for autoregressive coefficients and noise precision.

Investigates portfolio selection with transaction costs and stochastic volatility, using deep learning for computation.

problem Optimal portfolio selection with transaction costs and stochastic volatility.
method Two-factor stochastic volatility model, option-implied utility function, deep learning policy iteration.
result Deep learning method effectively computes optimal investment decisions under transaction costs and stochastic volatility.

Price changes are induced by aggressive market orders in stock market. We introduce a bivariate marked Hawkes process to model aggressive market order arrivals at the microstructural level. The order arrival intensity is marked by an exogenous part and two endogenous processes reflecting the self-excitation and cross-e…

2018-11-20abs ↗pdf ↗

The paper tackles reinforcement learning with exogenous variables and rewards.

problem Exogenous state variables and rewards slow reinforcement learning by introducing uncontrolled variation.
method Formalizes exogenous state variables and rewards, decomposes MDP into exogenous and endogenous components, and introduces algorithms to discover these components.
result Optimal policies for the endogenous MDP are also optimal for the original MDP, but the endogenous MDP is easier to solve due to reduced variance.

Study asset price bubbles using random matching and stochastic factors.

problem Understanding and modeling asset price bubbles through investor contagion.
method Developed a stochastic model of liquidity-based asset price bubbles using random matching mechanism.
result Derived conditions for arbitrage-free financial market models.

Sector specific multifactor CES elasticity of substitution and the corresponding productivity growths are jointly measured by regressing the growths of factor-wise cost shares against the growths of factor prices. We use linked input-output tables for Japan and the Republic of Korea as the data source for factor price …

2016-08-03abs ↗pdf ↗

Identifies patient-specific root causes of disease using structural equation models.

problem Detecting significant variables in complex diseases that differ between patients.
method Defining patient-specific root causes as exogenous errors in a structural equation model, quantifying predictivity using Shapley values, and developing a fast algorithm called Root Causal Inference.
result Significant improvements in accuracy by uncovering root causes with large effect sizes at the individual level but clinically insignificant effect sizes at the group level.

DTS improves robustness of bandit algorithms in nonstationary environments.

problem Brittle behavior of multi-armed bandit algorithms in nonstationary exogenous factors.
method Deconfounded Thompson Sampling (DTS) that projects population-level performance while controlling for context.
result DTS provides resilience to exogenous variation and balances exploration and exploitation.

Study classifies stock price jumps as exogenous or endogenous using news data.

problem Differentiating between exogenous and endogenous price jumps.
method Synchronized news data with order book data to analyze stock price movements.
result Exogenous jumps are abrupt and follow a decaying power-law, while endogenous jumps are progressively accelerating.

New method learns exogenous variable distributions for better causal optimization.

problem Maximizing target variables in structural causal models.
method Learn exogenous variable distributions to improve surrogate models' fidelity.
result Improves approximation of structural causal models and broader application scenarios.

We study Exo-MDPs to reduce sample complexity in reinforcement learning.

problem Reducing sample complexity in reinforcement learning for structured MDPs.
method Introducing Exo-MDPs and proving structural equivalence to linear mixture MDPs, establishing regret bounds.
result Proved O(H3/2dK)O(H^{3/2}d\sqrt{K}) regret bound for Exo-MDPs, matching lower bounds.

This paper uses NARX neural networks for macroeconomic forecasting and goal setting.

problem Improving accuracy in macroeconomic forecasting and goal setting.
method Literature review and construction of specific NARX neural networks for macroeconomic indicators.
result NARX neural networks can be trained to make accurate predictions for macroeconomic indicators and national goals.

Paper proposes efficient methods for forecasting with large datasets.

problem Forecasting with large, high-dimensional economic data sets.
method Bayesian hierarchical priors, factor graphs, message passing algorithms, Generalized Approximate Message Passing (GAMP).
result The proposed methods outperform traditional approaches in forecasting U.S. price inflation.

We study the optimal excess-of-loss reinsurance problem when both the intensity of the claims arrival process and the claim size distribution are influenced by an exogenous stochastic factor. We assume that the insurer's surplus is governed by a marked point process with dual-predictable projection affected by an envir…

2019-04-10abs ↗pdf ↗

New approach uses 'forward-looking' counterfactuals for treatment choice.

problem Using traditional 'retrospective' counterfactuals in treatment choice leads to counterintuitive results.
method Introduces 'counterfactual treatment choice' for forward-looking counterfactuals.
result Mismatches between interventional and forward-looking counterfactuals can lead to counterintuitive results.

The paper analyzes binary option markets with exogenous information and price sensitivity.

problem Analyzing binary option markets with exogenous information and price sensitivity.
method Derive and analyze a continuous model of binary option markets with exogenous information, using Filippov surfaces and general assumptions on purchasing rules.
result Price always converges when exogenous information is constant, and price sensitivity affects price lag vs. information.

The study uses Random Matrix Theory to identify structural changes in stock markets during shocks.

problem Understanding structural changes in stock markets during exogenous shocks.
method Random Matrix Theory and complexity gap analysis.
result The complexity gap collapses during shocks, indicating strong synchronization, and widens before shocks, signaling a rich structure.

Enhances random forest performance with exogenous randomness.

problem Improving random forest performance through exogenous randomness.
method Developed non-asymptotic MSE expansions for individual trees and forests, identified two types of randomness, and conducted simulations.
result Exogenous randomness, particularly feature subsampling, reduces both bias and variance of random forests.

HL algorithms improve resource allocation in cloud environments.

problem Sequential decision-making under uncertainty with exogenous variables.
method HL algorithms leverage exogenous variable samples to infer counterfactual consequences.
result HL algorithms outperform classic methods and reinforcement learning in resource allocation.

CausalVAE learns causal relationships in VAE models for better data disentanglement.

problem Learning disentanglement of independent factors from observational data.
method CausalVAE framework with a Causal Layer to transform exogenous factors into causal endogenous ones.
result CausalVAE learns semantically interpretable causal representations and accurately identifies their DAG structure.

Systems with long-range persistence and memory are shown to exhibit different precursory as well as recovery patterns in response to shocks of exogeneous versus endogeneous origins. By endogeneous, we envision either fluctuations resulting from an underlying chaotic dynamics or from a stochastic forcing origin which ma…

2002-06-05abs ↗pdf ↗

We consider the problem of identifying the causal direction between two discrete random variables using observational data. Unlike previous work, we keep the most general functional model but make an assumption on the unobserved exogenous variable: Inspired by Occam's razor, we assume that the exogenous variable is sim…

2016-11-12abs ↗pdf ↗

Study liquidity provision with exogenous competition using a reference market maker.

problem Liquidity provision in the presence of exogenous competition.
method Model a reference market maker who optimizes posted depths, competing market makers using a rule of thumb.
result Model admits approximate closed-form solution for a linear-quadratic goal functional.

Policy analysts wish to visualize a range of policies for large simulator-defined Markov Decision Processes (MDPs). One visualization approach is to invoke the simulator to generate on-policy trajectories and then visualize those trajectories. When the simulator is expensive, this is not practical, and some method is r…

2017-03-28abs ↗pdf ↗

SPECTRA improves probabilistic energy forecasting by separating trends and uncertainties.

problem Interacting uncertainties from renewable intermittency, demand flexibility, market volatility, and weather impact probabilistic forecasts.
method Adaptive state-space exogenous context and temporal-frequency resolution architecture.
result Achieved best CRPS in 14 out of 18 settings, reducing CRPS by 5.74% and upper-tail quantile risk by 7.27%.

Generalized Lotka-Volterra (GLV) models extending the (70 year old) logistic equation to stochastic systems consisting of a multitude of competing auto-catalytic components lead to power distribution laws of the (100 year old) Pareto-Zipf type. In particular, when applied to economic systems, GLV leads to power laws in…

2000-12-27abs ↗pdf ↗

Paper simplifies complex causal identifiability problems with exogenous isomorphism.

problem Achieving consistent answers to causal questions in Structural Causal Models.
method Introducing exogenous isomorphism and proposing EI\sim_{\mathrm{EI}}-identifiability.
result Unified and generalized theories for practical applications in counterfactual reasoning.

We reverse engineer dynamics of financial contagion to find the scenario of smallest exogenous shock that, should it occur, would lead to a given final systemic loss. This reverse stress test can be used to identify the potential triggers of systemic events, and it removes the arbitrariness in the selection of shock sc…

2017-02-28abs ↗pdf ↗