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48 results for frequency distribution

A new method for modeling insurance claim frequencies using random proportions.

problem Inaccurate fitting of classical distributions to insurance claim frequency data.
method Modeling claim frequencies using random proportions of insurance contracts and applying goodness-of-fit tests.
result A new statistical approach for better modeling insurance claim frequencies.

The study tackles modeling high-frequency financial data using continuous distributions, finding them inadequate.

problem Challenges in modeling high-frequency integer price changes with continuous distributions.
method Proposed a modified maximum likelihood estimation procedure to account for the discreteness of high-frequency price changes.
result Traditional GARCH models are not suitable for high-frequency data due to the discreteness of price changes.

DRL agents perform poorly at high decision frequencies, but a new algorithm improves performance.

problem DRL agents struggle at high decision frequencies, leading to poor performance.
method Proved that DRL agents' action-conditioned return distributions collapse to their policy's return distribution as decision frequency increases. Defined superiority as a probabilistic generalization of advantage for high-frequency value-based RL.
result Proper modeling of superiority distribution improves performance of controllers at high decision frequencies.

GNNS uses graph neural networks to efficiently estimate subgraph frequency distributions.

problem Efficiently calculating subgraph frequency distributions in large networks.
method Graph Neural Networks (GNNS) for sampling and estimating subgraph frequencies.
result GNNS achieves comparable accuracy with a significant speedup of three orders of magnitude.

A new sampling method balances multi-label datasets by preserving category frequency order.

problem Sampling challenges in multi-label datasets with varying label frequencies.
method Uses multivariate Bernoulli distribution and label dependencies to estimate and weight label combinations.
result Produces a more balanced sub-sample with enhanced representation of minority categories.

FAST selects coresets more efficiently by matching distributions in the frequency domain.

problem Efficiently selecting representative subsets of large datasets for deep learning.
method FAST uses spectral graph theory and CFD to match distributions, addressing limitations of existing methods.
result FAST significantly outperforms state-of-the-art coreset selection methods in accuracy and energy efficiency.

Enhances uncertainty estimation in medical image segmentation.

problem Frequency-related noise in medical imaging leads to biased uncertainty estimates.
method Extends MC-Dropout to the frequency domain for better uncertainty estimation.
result MC-Frequency Dropout improves calibration and uncertainty in semantic segmentation.

The paper introduces BCART models for aggregate claim amount, improving frequency-severity and joint modeling.

problem Modeling aggregate claim amount with frequency-severity and joint dependencies.
method Developed three types of BCART models: frequency-severity, sequential, and joint models. Used various distributions for claim severity data.
result Weibull distribution outperforms gamma and lognormal for right-skewed, heavy-tailed claim severity data.

Frequency bias affects neural network training on non-uniform data.

problem Understanding how frequency bias impacts neural networks trained on non-uniformly distributed data.
method Used the Neural Tangent Kernel (NTK) model to explore the effect of variable density on training dynamics.
result Convergence time for learning a pure harmonic function depends on the local density at a point.

HyFAD improves time series imputation by combining time and frequency diffusion.

problem Improve time series imputation by handling frequency-sensitive denoising and balancing global and local dynamics.
method HyFAD is a hybrid time-frequency diffusion model with frequency-aware embedding, built on DDPM paradigm.
result HyFAD achieves state-of-the-art performance in time series imputation.

Bayesian nonparametric CMS improves frequency estimation for power-law data.

problem Estimating frequencies of low-frequency tokens in power-law data streams.
method Developed a learning-augmented count-min sketch using a normalized inverse Gaussian process prior.
result The approach achieves remarkable performance in estimating low-frequency tokens.

New method estimates VaR and ES using high-frequency data, outperforming existing approaches.

problem Limitations of existing VaR and ES estimation methods in high-frequency data.
method Transforms intra-day returns using subordinator process, filters autocorrelation, fits fat-tailed distribution.
result Outperforms existing methods in VaR and ES estimation and forecasting.

This letter extends the concept of graph-frequency to graph signals that evolve with time. Our goal is to generalize and, in fact, unify the familiar concepts from time- and graph-frequency analysis. To this end, we study a joint temporal and graph Fourier transform (JFT) and demonstrate its attractive properties. We b…

2016-02-14abs ↗pdf ↗

Improved image restoration using frequency-guided sampling.

problem Restoring high-quality images from degraded observations with known degradation processes.
method Proposed a frequency-guided sampling approach for diffusion-based image restoration, incorporating a time-varying low-pass filter.
result Significantly improved performance on challenging image restoration tasks, including motion deblurring and image dehazing.

Study shows flash crashes in finance are self-organized criticality events.

problem Understanding and predicting anomalous price events in high-frequency finance.
method Investigated volume distributions during flash crashes and linked them to self-organized criticality.
result Volume distributions during flash crashes indicate a diverging second moment, suggesting self-organized criticality.

This work analyzes how frequency components affect CNN predictions and robustness.

problem Lack of frequency-based explanation for CNNs leading to vulnerabilities.
method Frequency component analysis and quantification of their contribution to CNN predictions.
result Adversarial attacks exploit high-frequency features, while robustness comes from low-frequency associations.

Paper forecasts financial trading durations using a new point process model.

problem Forecasting limit order book durations in high-frequency financial data.
method Self-exciting flexible residual point process incorporating empirical distributional features.
result The model achieves strong predictive performance compared to alternative approaches.

Deeper neural networks learn lower frequency functions faster, according to a new principle.

problem Understanding why deeper learning is faster.
method Fourier analysis and filtering method to separate and analyze the frequency distribution of neural network outputs.
result Deeper hidden layers in neural networks bias towards lower frequency functions during training.

Study examines cyber losses across sectors, finds high severity and frequency.

problem Understanding the nature of cyber losses and their variability across sectors.
method Analysis of a leading industry dataset of cyber events, focusing on frequency and severity.
result Cyber risks are heavy-tailed, with high probability of extreme losses.

The best-known and most commonly used distribution-property estimation technique uses a plug-in estimator, with empirical frequency replacing the underlying distribution. We present novel linear-time-computable estimators that significantly "amplify" the effective amount of data available. For a large variety of distri…

2019-03-04abs ↗pdf ↗

In this work, we investigate direction finding in the presence of sensor gain uncertainties and directional perturbations for sensor array processing in a multi-frequency scenario. Specifically, we adopt a distributed optimization scheme in which coherence models are incorporated and local agents exchange information o…

2020-02-24abs ↗pdf ↗

The paper develops methods to estimate frequencies in large discrete data sets with improved coverage and robustness.

problem Estimating frequencies in large, discrete data sets with valid coverage and robustness.
method Conformal inference methods using discrete sketches, marginal coverage for queries, and novel conformal calibration.
result Improved empirical performance compared to existing methods in simulations and real data.

Bayesian CART models improve insurance claims frequency prediction and interpretation.

problem Improving accuracy and interpretability in insurance pricing models.
method Introducing Bayesian CART models for claims frequency, implementing MCMC algorithm for posterior tree exploration, and using DIC for model selection.
result Bayesian CART models can better classify policy-holders into risk groups.

Convolutional GANs favor low spatial frequencies, affecting fine detail generation.

problem Understanding GANs' limitations in high spatial frequency learning.
method Proposed method to manipulate GANs' bias against high spatial frequencies.
result Convolutional GANs have a bias against learning high spatial frequencies.

The probability distribution of log-returns of financial time series, sampled at high frequency, is the basis for any further developments in quantitative finance. In this letter, we present experimental results based on a large set of time series on futures. Then, we show that the t-distribution with ν3ν\simeq 3 gives…

2011-10-05abs ↗pdf ↗

This paper builds a model of high-frequency equity returns by separately modeling the dynamics of trade-time returns and trade arrivals. Our main contributions are threefold. First, we characterize the distributional behavior of high-frequency asset returns both in ordinary clock time and in trade time. We show that wh…

2014-08-15abs ↗pdf ↗

Moirai-MoE improves time series forecasting by automatically specializing tokens without human-defined frequency.

problem Unified training on time series data remains challenging due to heterogeneity and non-stationarity.
method Uses sparse mixture of experts (MoE) within Transformers to automatically specialize tokens for diverse time series patterns.
result Moirai-MoE outperforms existing foundation models in both in-distribution and zero-shot scenarios.

We propose a new blind source separation algorithm based on mixtures of alpha-stable distributions. Complex symmetric alpha-stable distributions have been recently showed to better model audio signals in the time-frequency domain than classical Gaussian distributions thanks to their larger dynamic range. However, infer…

2017-11-13abs ↗pdf ↗

FredNormer improves time series forecasting by adapting to frequency domain patterns.

problem Current normalization methods struggle with non-stationary time series due to their time-domain approach.
method FredNormer analyzes frequency components, adapts weights, and improves robustness.
result FredNormer boosts forecasting accuracy by 33.3% on ETTm2 dataset.

We show that recent stock market fluctuations are characterized by the cumulative distributions whose tails on short, minute time scales exhibit power scaling with the scaling index alpha > 3 and this index tends to increase quickly with decreasing sampling frequency. Our study is based on high-frequency recordings of …

2007-04-05abs ↗pdf ↗

Algorithm finds frequencies, amplitudes, and phases of sinusoids in noisy data.

problem Finding frequencies, amplitudes, and phases of sinusoids in noisy data.
method Maximum likelihood approach to estimate tone parameters from contaminated observations. Successively estimates frequencies and jointly optimizes amplitudes and phases.
result Near-linear computational complexity (O(N)) for estimating MM number of sinusoidal sources.

The paper proposes a new method to predict VaR using DCS and generalized distributions.

problem Improving VaR prediction models in financial risk management.
method Dynamic Conditional Score (DCS) model combined with generalized distributions (GD).
result The proposed model outperforms traditional models in high-risk VaR prediction.

We generalize the setting of online clustering of bandits by allowing non-uniform distribution over user frequencies. A more efficient algorithm is proposed with simple set structures to represent clusters. We prove a regret bound for the new algorithm which is free of the minimal frequency over users. The experiments …

2019-02-25abs ↗pdf ↗

Both theoretical and applied economics have a great deal to say about many aspects of the firm, but the literature on the extinctions, or demises, of firms is very sparse. We use a publicly available data base covering some 6 million firms in the US and show that the underlying statistical distribution which characteri…

2002-12-09abs ↗pdf ↗

Study tail risk in high-frequency finance using L1L_1-regularized regression.

problem Measuring tail risk dynamics in high-frequency financial markets.
method Dynamic extreme value regression model with L1L_1-regularized maximum likelihood estimator.
result Severity of extreme losses well predicted by low price impact in high volatility periods.