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48 results for hidden Gaussian drift

Study optimal trading strategies with expert signals in a hidden Gaussian drift market.

problem Optimal trading strategies in a financial market with hidden Gaussian drift and expert signals.
method Transformed power utility maximization problem into full information problem using Kalman filter estimates of the drift.
result Closed-form solutions for value function and optimal trading strategy derived.

The paper optimizes portfolios in a market with hidden drift and random expert opinions.

problem Optimizing portfolios in a market with hidden Gaussian drift and random expert signals.
method Modeling the hidden drift using Kalman filters and solving the utility maximization problem with dynamic programming.
result Derivation of optimal portfolio weights and utility maximization under the given market conditions.

The paper examines utility maximization in markets with hidden Gaussian drift, finding restrictions on model parameters.

problem Utility maximization problems in markets with hidden Gaussian drift mean-reverting processes.
method Derives sufficient conditions for bounded maximum expected utility of terminal wealth for models with full and partial information.
result Restrictions on model parameters for bounded maximum expected utility.

Recurrent neural networks' hidden state can be reconstructed from its past, providing a theoretical framework for stability and tracking.

problem Hidden-state stability in RNNs
method Backward coherence analysis
result Almost-sure convergence, rates under mixing, interpretable limiting representation, finite pathwise stopping times, and theoretical framework for time-uniform confidence sequences.

This study develops a dynamic inverse optimization framework to recover hidden, time-varying preferences from observed allocation trajectories.

problem The gap between classical optimization theory and real-world practice, especially in the presence of drift and shocks.
method Dynamic inverse optimization framework using a drift-aware estimator grounded in convex analysis and online learning theory.
result Sharp static and dynamic regret bounds for the framework, demonstrating its responsiveness to gradual drift and sudden shocks.

The paper optimizes interpolation schedules in generative models to improve sampling accuracy.

problem Improving sampling accuracy in generative models with fewer resources.
method Minimizing the averaged squared Lipschitzness of the drift field, using transfer formulas.
result Designed schedules yield more accurate fine-scale statistics at fixed integrator budget.

Paper studies identifiability and stability of drifting fields in generative modeling.

problem Identify and stabilize drifting fields in generative modeling.
method Introduces companion-elliptic kernel families to address limitations of Laplace kernel.
result Establishes field identifiability and demonstrates scalar observables for weak convergence.

The paper explores identifiability and stability in drifting fields using companion-elliptic kernels.

problem Identifying and stabilizing drifting fields in generative modeling.
method Introduces companion-elliptic kernel families and analyzes their properties to address identifiability and stability issues.
result Established field identifiability for arbitrary Borel probability measures and demonstrated that field convergence alone does not guarantee weak convergence.

We present and analyse three online algorithms for learning in discrete Hidden Markov Models (HMMs) and compare them with the Baldi-Chauvin Algorithm. Using the Kullback-Leibler divergence as a measure of generalisation error we draw learning curves in simplified situations. The performance for learning drifting concep…

2007-08-17abs ↗pdf ↗

New algorithm for collective Gaussian hidden Markov models inference.

problem Inference of collective Gaussian hidden Markov models from aggregate data.
method Collective Gaussian forward-backward algorithm, extending Sinkhorn belief propagation.
result Convergence guarantee and applicability to single individual Kalman filter.

We introduce a nonparametric approach for estimating drift and diffusion functions in systems of stochastic differential equations from observations of the state vector. Gaussian processes are used as flexible models for these functions and estimates are calculated directly from dense data sets using Gaussian process r…

2017-02-17abs ↗pdf ↗

RBM models reveal how hidden unit tail behavior affects pattern reconstruction.

problem Understanding how the tail behavior of hidden units in RBMs influences pattern reconstruction.
method Identified an effective energy function for RBMs and studied its local minima.
result The ability to reconstruct patterns depends on the tail behavior of the hidden unit prior distribution.

Online anomaly detection of time-series data is an important and challenging task in machine learning. Gaussian processes (GPs) are powerful and flexible models for modeling time-series data. However, the high time complexity of GPs limits their applications in online anomaly detection. Attributed to some internal or e…

2019-05-14abs ↗pdf ↗

This paper extends neural network approximation results to denoising diffusion models.

problem Improving the efficiency and accuracy of generative models.
method Leveraging connections to stochastic control and neural network approximation.
result Established neural network approximation results for the Föllmer drift are extended to denoising diffusion models.

Using integration by parts on Gaussian space we construct a Stein Unbiased Risk Estimator (SURE) for the drift of Gaussian processes using their local and occupation times. By almost-sure minimization of the SURE risk of shrinkage estimators we derive an estimation and de-noising procedure for an input signal perturbed…

2008-09-09abs ↗pdf ↗

New approach to portfolio optimization shows entropy regularization is ineffective.

problem Entropy regularization in mean-variance portfolio optimization under drift uncertainty.
method Combining Bayesian filtering and stochastic policy optimization.
result Entropy regularization does not accelerate learning about unknown drift.

Fluid approximations have seen great success in approximating the macro-scale behaviour of Markov systems with a large number of discrete states. However, these methods rely on the continuous-time Markov chain (CTMC) having a particular population structure which suggests a natural continuous state-space endowed with a…

2019-01-31abs ↗pdf ↗

New method learns graph structure with hidden causes from observational data.

problem Learning the structure of linear non-Gaussian models with hidden causes.
method Augments hidden variable structure by learning multidirected edges and uses higher order cumulants.
result Correct structure recovery for bow-free acyclic mixed graphs with multi-directed edges.

Bounds neural network output distribution to Gaussian for random initialization.

problem Quantifying the distribution of randomly initialized deep neural networks.
method Quantitative Gaussian approximation using quadratic Wasserstein distance.
result Explicit inequalities show how network sizes affect Gaussian behavior.

A new HMM model captures kernel dependencies using context-specific Bayesian networks.

problem Traditional HMMs struggle with non-Gaussian data and independence assumptions.
method Kernel density estimation with context-specific Bayesian networks.
result The proposed model outperforms related HMMs in likelihood and classification accuracy.

ZDP detects drift in large language models without labels, proving key theorems and metrics.

problem Detecting drift in large language models without task labels or output evaluations.
method Zero-Direction Probing (ZDP) framework based on null directions of transformer activations, proving theoretical guarantees.
result Proves the Variance--Leak Theorem, Fisher Null-Conservation, Rank--Leak bound, and logarithmic-regret guarantee.

In this paper we study the valuation problem of an insurance company by maximizing the expected discounted future dividend payments in a model with partial information that allows for a changing economic environment. The surplus process is modeled as a Brownian motion with drift. This drift depends on an underlying Mar…

2016-02-15abs ↗pdf ↗

Study examines dependence properties of Bayesian neural network units in finite-width networks.

problem Understanding dependence properties of hidden units in practical finite-width Bayesian neural networks.
method Theoretical analysis and empirical evaluation of depth and width impacts.
result Hidden units in finite-width Bayesian neural networks are dependent, contrary to the infinite-width limit assumption.

Deep neural networks converge to Gaussian mixtures as layer width increases.

problem Understanding the distribution of outputs from deep neural networks.
method Proof and experiments with a simple model showing the convergence of neural network outputs to Gaussian mixtures.
result Neural networks converge to Gaussian mixtures as the width of the last hidden layer increases.

Study on hidden units in finite Bayesian neural networks and their tail properties.

problem Understanding the behavior of hidden units in finite Bayesian neural networks.
method Introduced a generalized Weibull-tail property to describe hidden units tails.
result Unit priors become heavier-tailed going deeper, providing insights into finite Bayesian neural networks.

This is a technical report which explores the estimation methodologies on hyper-parameters in Markov Random Field and Gaussian Hidden Markov Random Field. In first section, we briefly investigate a theoretical framework on Metropolis-Hastings algorithm. Next, by using MH algorithm, we simulate the data from Ising model…

2017-11-20abs ↗pdf ↗

Study eigenvalues of drift Laplacian on symmetric self-shrinkers in R^3.

problem Estimating the first eigenvalue of the drift Laplacian on symmetric self-shrinkers.
method Analyzing the dihedral and prismatic groups to prove the first eigenvalue is 1/2.
result Proved that the first eigenvalue of the drift Laplacian is 1/2 for symmetric self-shrinkers.

Deep learning models converge to Gaussian dynamics with mixed structured inputs.

problem Understanding neural network dynamics with complex input distributions.
method Extended hidden manifold model to Gaussian mixtures, analyzed via SGD.
result Learning dynamics with mixed inputs converge to Gaussian behavior.

The behavior of stock market returns over a period of 1-60 days has been investigated for S&P 500 and Nasdaq within the framework of nonextensive Tsallis statistics. Even for such long terms, the distributions of the returns are non-Gaussian. They have fat tails indicating that the stock returns do not follow a random …

2016-08-28abs ↗pdf ↗

Estimates time-series drifts from i.i.d. data using a direct Nadaraya-Watson plug-in method.

problem Nonparametric estimation of Schrödinger bridge drifts from single time interval data.
method Direct Nadaraya-Watson plug-in estimator based on kernelized numerator and denominator terms.
result Uniform non-asymptotic bound, CLT under undersmoothing, and adaptive bandwidth selector.

Proposes a method to estimate sparse Gaussian graphical models with hidden clustering structure.

problem Modeling statistical relationships between variables with sparsity and clustering.
method Two-phase algorithm using sGS-ADMM for initial point and pALM for solution.
result Demonstrates good performance and efficiency of the proposed model and algorithm on synthetic and real data.

Develops a new method to discover stochastic systems with non-Gaussian noise.

problem Discovering governing laws from complex systems with non-Gaussian noise.
method Theoretical framework and numerical algorithm to extract stochastic differential equations with Gaussian and non-Gaussian noise.
result Demonstrated the efficacy and accuracy of the approach on various systems.

This paper presents a novel one-factor stochastic volatility model where the instantaneous volatility of the asset log-return is a diffusion with a quadratic drift and a linear dispersion function. The instantaneous volatility mean reverts around a constant level, with a speed of mean reversion that is affine in the in…

2019-08-20abs ↗pdf ↗