Proposes dynamic borrowing method for historical data in clinical trials.
problem Insufficient statistical power in rare and pediatric disease clinical trials.
method Dynamic borrowing method based on frequentist approach using similarity measures.
result Demonstrates usefulness of dynamic borrowing in reanalyzing clinical trial data.
Combines historical and market data for better portfolio selection.
problem Improving portfolio selection through diverse information integration.
method Bayesian learning via Gaussian mixture model to harmonize historical and market data.
result The method enhances forecasting accuracy and robustness across various capital markets.
Contextualizing financial news improves stock price predictions.
problem Predicting stock prices from financial news requires understanding historical context.
method Proposed a method using a large language model for main articles and a small model for historical context.
result Historical context significantly improves model performance across methods and time horizons.
We consider the stochastic multi-armed bandit problem and the contextual bandit problem with historical observations and pre-clustered arms. The historical observations can contain any number of instances for each arm, and the pre-clustering information is a fixed clustering of arms provided as part of the input. We de…
Proposes a multi-modal attention network for better stock price prediction.
problem Predicting future stock movements using historical records and social media.
method Extracts semantic information from social media, estimates credibility, and integrates with numeric features.
result Significantly improved prediction accuracy and trading profits compared to previous methods.
EHNA learns node embeddings from historical network neighborhoods.
problem Capturing temporal information in evolving networks.
method Temporal random walk and deep learning model with attention mechanism.
result EHNA outperforms existing methods in network reconstruction and link prediction tasks.
Bayesian PROCOVA uses AI to adjust for covariates in RCTs.
problem Unbiased and precise treatment effect inferences from RCTs.
method Generative AI constructs digital twins for covariate adjustment, using an additive mixture prior.
result Efficiency gains in smaller RCTs compared to frequentist methods.
Paper introduces a new method for calibrating ESGs to both historical and forward-looking data.
problem Lack of a generally accepted methodology for calibrating ESGs to forward-looking information.
method Conditional Scenario Simulator framework for consistent calibration of economic and financial variables.
result Framework can embed various financial and macroeconomic models and demonstrate practical examples in frequentist and Bayesian settings.
Improved Bayesian inference using power priors with historical data.
problem Improving Bayesian inference with historical data.
method Generalized power priors that adapt to the α parameter of Amari's α-divergence. result Improved performance through appropriate choices of the α parameter. Low-frequency historical data, high-frequency historical data and option data are three major sources, which can be used to forecast the underlying security's volatility. In this paper, we propose two econometric models, which integrate three information sources. In GARCH-Itô-OI model, we assume that the option-implied…
Bayesian framework improves variance component estimation in MET data.
problem Inaccurate estimation of variance components in MET data.
method Proposes a Bayesian updating framework using historical data.
result Stabilizes variance component estimation and quantifies uncertainty.
New algorithm reduces online learning regret by exploiting historical invariances.
problem Stochastic non-stationary linear bandits with changing reward models.
method ISD-linUCB algorithm that learns invariances in reward model.
result Significant regret improvements in fast-changing environments with historical data.
Study on newsvendor problem with censored data, showing how much information is lost.
problem Minimizing costs in a newsvendor problem with limited historical demand data.
method Distributionally robust optimization framework, evaluating policies based on worst-case regret.
result Characterization of information loss due to demand censoring and development of a robust algorithm.
FiLM improves deep learning for long-term time series forecasting.
problem Preserving historical information without overfitting noise.
method Applies Legendre Polynomials and Fourier projections, adds low-rank approximation.
result Significantly improves multivariate and univariate forecasting accuracy.
Accurate real-time monitoring systems of influenza outbreaks help public health officials make informed decisions that may help save lives. We show that information extracted from cloud-based electronic health records databases, in combination with machine learning techniques and historical epidemiological information,…
Investigates a Kyle model with imperfect information and risk aversion.
problem Tackles a Kyle model with imperfect information and risk-averse informed traders.
method Solves an optimal transport problem and a filtering problem under specific measures.
result Constructs an equilibrium for the Gaussian Kyle model with imperfect information and risk aversion.
Paper proves using historical trading info improves trading strategies.
problem Improving trading strategies through historical data.
method Develops a new strategy using self-generated historical trading information.
result A new strategy consistently outperforms existing ones.
Research predicts healthcare index movements using historical OHLC data.
problem Predicting the directional movement of healthcare indices based on historical data.
method Supervised classification task with a one-step-ahead rolling window, using a diverse feature set including OHLC ratios.
result Robust predictive performance with accuracy exceeding 0.8 and Matthews correlation coefficients above 0.6, highlighting the importance of nowcasting features.
The paper proposes a method to identify high-quality financial patterns using entropy.
problem Extracting reliable short-term patterns from noisy financial data.
method Entropy-assisted framework for clustering and pruning patterns.
result High-quality patterns with low local entropy and historical profitability.
New method detects and mitigates historical bias in data.
problem Detecting and explaining historical bias in data.
method Developed a sample bias criterion and algorithms to measure and counter sample bias.
result Derived bias score provides sample-level attribution and explanation of historical bias.
This research predicts stock market movements using Vision-Language models.
problem Predicting future stock market direction using historical data.
method Utilizing image and byte-based representations of stock data processed with Vision-Language models.
result The proposed approach significantly outperforms deep learning baselines.
A new method improves recommendation accuracy by learning from multiple networks and time-dependent user preferences.
problem Incomplete user profiles and dynamic user preferences degrade recommender quality.
method A cross-network time-aware recommender that learns from multiple source networks and develops current user models.
result The proposed solution achieves superior performance in accuracy, novelty, and diversity.
We briefly review selected contributions to immersion-theoretic topology, from S. Smale's immersion theory for spheres to M. Gromov's convex integration theory, during the early "golden" period from about 1959-1973. Historical remarks are included and technical concepts are presented informally.
The paper reviews historical and modern approaches to asset pricing probability measures.
problem Constructing or selecting probability measures for asset pricing.
method Historical review of various approaches including state price theory, martingale measures, and modern data-driven methods.
result Modern asset pricing involves constructing, transforming, or selecting probability measures to represent market prices.
Stock correlations is crucial to asset pricing, investor decision-making, and financial risk regulations. However, microscopic explanation based on agent-based modeling is still lacking. We here propose a model derived from minority game for modeling stock correlations, in which an agent's expected return for one stock…
Discriminative clustering uses mutual information to cluster data.
problem Clustering data into cohesive groups.
method Discriminative clustering using mutual information.
result Mutual information has been a cornerstone of discriminative clustering.
Improves RL from historical data by stitching trajectories.
problem Lack of high-quality data for offline RL.
method Trajectory Stitching (TS) to augment historical data with synthetic actions.
result Improves RL policy performance over baseline.
In this paper, we consider a dynamic asset pricing model in an approximate fractional economy to address empirical regularities related to both investor protection and past information. Our newly developed model features not only in terms with a controlling shareholder who diverts a fraction of the output, but also goo…
Paper presents a method for geographic ratemaking using spatial embeddings.
problem Lack of historical loss data in areas with high exposures.
method Construct spatial features within a complex representation model and use them as inputs to a predictive model.
result Predictions have smaller bias and variance than other spatial interpolation models.
New method uses surrogate outcomes and single-record data to improve suicide risk modeling.
problem Lack of historical information in single-record patients hinders modeling rare medical events.
method Hybrid framework combining supervised and unsupervised learning to integrate concurrent and single-record data.
result Single-record data and concurrent diagnoses provide valuable information for improving suicide risk modeling.
Unified HS and related methods with explicit modeling assumptions.
problem Lack of clear assumptions in HS methods for Value-at-Risk.
method Explicitly defined parametric model for asset returns and extraction of innovation process.
result HS and related methods require more assumptions than commonly acknowledged.
Algorithmic risk assessments are increasingly used to help humans make decisions in high-stakes settings, such as medicine, criminal justice and education. In each of these cases, the purpose of the risk assessment tool is to inform actions, such as medical treatments or release conditions, often with the aim of reduci…
The paper analyzes how market prices respond to information processing and non-linear dynamics.
problem Understanding how market prices change in response to information.
method Logistic Continuous Wavelet Transformation method applied to SP 500 market data.
result Identifies patterns in market dynamics and describes them using a new theory of reflexive communication.
The paper uses GRU and self-attention for SPY option pricing.
problem Precise prediction of SPY option prices for better investment decisions.
method Partitioned dataset, built four models, used SHAP for interpretation.
result Self-attention GRU model outperforms traditional models.
HySRL improves RL sample efficiency with shifted-dynamics data.
problem Leveraging historical data with shifted dynamics to improve sample efficiency in RL.
method HySRL, a hybrid transfer RL algorithm that uses prior information on dynamics shift to achieve better sample complexity.
result HySRL achieves problem-dependent sample complexity and outperforms pure online RL.
PSTN improves traffic condition forecasting with deep neural networks.
problem Challenges in accurately forecasting traffic conditions due to complex spatiotemporal correlations.
method Proposes PSTN with three modules: graph convolutional network, temporal convolutional network, and gated recurrent unit framework.
result Significantly outperforms state-of-the-art benchmarks in short-term traffic conditions forecasting.
In this work we are concerned with valuing optionalities associated to invest or to delay investment in a project when the available information provided to the manager comes from simulated data of cash flows under historical (or subjective) measure in a possibly incomplete market. Our approach is suitable also to inco…
Paper uses LLMs for financial forecasting, overcoming sequence reasoning and multi-modal challenges.
problem Challenges in financial time series forecasting, especially cross-sequence reasoning and multi-modal signals.
method Combines LLMs with financial data and news, using zero-shot/few-shot inference and instruction-based fine-tuning.
result LLMs can offer explainable financial forecasts, leveraging cross-sequence reasoning and multi-modal information.
Automated decision making systems are increasingly being used in real-world applications. In these systems for the most part, the decision rules are derived by minimizing the training error on the available historical data. Therefore, if there is a bias related to a sensitive attribute such as gender, race, religion, e…
Twitter has been proven to be a notable source for predictive modelling on various domains such as the stock market, the dissemination of diseases or sports outcomes. However, such a study has not been conducted in football (soccer) so far. The purpose of this research was to study whether data mined from Twitter can b…
The link between different psychophysiological measures during emotion episodes is not well understood. To analyse the functional relationship between electroencephalography (EEG) and facial electromyography (EMG), we apply historical function-on-function regression models to EEG and EMG data that were simultaneously r…
ArtificialReplay improves data efficiency in bandits using historical data.
problem Data inefficiency in warm-starting bandit algorithms.
method ArtificialReplay, a meta-algorithm for incorporating historical data into any bandit algorithm.
result ArtificialReplay uses only a fraction of historical data compared to a full warm-start approach, achieving identical regret.
ADR helps LLMs find and use historical analogies for foresight analysis.
problem LLMs struggle to find relevant historical analogies due to surface-level matching.
method Proposes CANA framework with mechanism alignment and cross-analogy confirmation.
result CANA improves historical analogy generation by up to 10%.
Word meaning changes over time, depending on linguistic and extra-linguistic factors. Associating a word's correct meaning in its historical context is a central challenge in diachronic research, and is relevant to a range of NLP tasks, including information retrieval and semantic search in historical texts. Bayesian m…
Optimizes decisions without knowing the true distribution using historical data.
problem Optimizing decisions without knowing the true distribution.
method Combines sampling and bisection search algorithms to solve an optimization problem.
result Proves sufficient conditions for local out-of-sample optimality.
Recommendation systems have been integrated into the majority of large online systems to filter and rank information according to user profiles. It thus influences the way users interact with the system and, as a consequence, bias the evaluation of the performance of a recommendation algorithm computed using historical…
Historical documents present many challenges for offline handwriting recognition systems, among them, the segmentation and labeling steps. Carefully annotated textlines are needed to train an HTR system. In some scenarios, transcripts are only available at the paragraph level with no text-line information. In this work…
CyPhERS provides real-time event info for CPSs, avoiding downtime.
problem Real-time event identification in CPSs is challenging due to complex interdependencies and rare events.
method CyPhERS integrates cyber and physical components, generating event signatures for known and unknown events.
result Event signatures provide relevant and inferable information on both known and unknown event types.