Research
On-device research index

arXiv research

A locally-built, LLM-digested index of recent arXiv papers in quant finance, geometry/topology, and statistical ML — keyword search served straight from SQLite on this machine.

168,657 papers · 148 categories

Trend · papers per month

121241362482 · Jun 202019922001200920172026
48 results for large population

Infinitesimal boosting converges to a deterministic process in large sample limit.

problem Characterizing the asymptotic behavior of infinitesimal gradient boosting in large sample sizes.
method Proving convergence to a deterministic process using large sample theory and differential equations.
result The test error decreases over time in the population limit.

Aims to describe neural network training dynamics using two-time-scale models.

problem Lack of a general mathematical description of neural network training.
method Introduces a theoretical framework based on two-time-scale population dynamics.
result Derives selection-mutation equations and effective fitness for hyperparameters.

New method pools labels from similar data items to improve learning from small samples.

problem Learning from small, human-annotated samples with potential disagreement among annotators.
method Proposes neighborhood-based pooling for sharing labels across similar data items.
result Improves learning from small, noisy samples by pooling labels from similar items.

Many modern data analysis problems involve inferences from streaming data. However, streaming data is not easily amenable to the standard probabilistic modeling approaches, which assume that we condition on finite data. We develop population variational Bayes, a new approach for using Bayesian modeling to analyze strea…

2015-07-19abs ↗pdf ↗

Study equilibrium consumption habits in a large population using mean field games.

problem Equilibrium consumption under external habit formation in a large population.
method Formulated and solved mean field games for linear and multiplicative habit formation preferences, constructed approximate Nash equilibria for large n-player games.
result Characterized mean field equilibrium strategies and derived financial implications.

A new method simulates large, diverse populations of learning agents evolving in games.

problem Limited scalability and efficiency of Multi-Agent Reinforcement Learning.
method Parallelizable implementation of Policy Gradient and Opponent-Learning Awareness for evolutionary simulations.
result Simulated large, diverse populations of learning agents evolve under various strategies.

Proposes a federated transfer learning method to improve precision medicine models for underrepresented populations.

problem Underrepresentation of minorities in precision medicine research leads to underperforming risk prediction models.
method Two-way federated transfer learning strategy integrating diverse populations and healthcare institutions.
result Improves risk prediction models for underrepresented populations, reducing performance gaps.

Framework generates precise synthetic populations for scalable modeling.

problem Generating accurate synthetic populations without personal data.
method Constraint-programming framework encoding aggregated statistics and structural relations.
result Exact control of demographic profiles without requiring microdata.

Method tackles missing covariates in large-scale datasets.

problem Cross-population missing data problem in large-scale datasets.
method Augmented transfer regression learning method combining importance-weighted estimating equations and imputation terms.
result Estimator is n1/2n^{1/2}-consistent and asymptotically normal, attaining semiparametric efficiency bound under correct specification.

This paper studies the sample complexity of searching over multiple populations. We consider a large number of populations, each corresponding to either distribution P0 or P1. The goal of the search problem studied here is to find one population corresponding to distribution P1 with as few samples as possible. The main…

2012-09-06abs ↗pdf ↗

Fiber simplifies RL and population-based methods for distributed training.

problem Challenges in RL and population-based methods, including frequent interaction with simulations and dynamic scaling.
method Introducing Fiber, a scalable distributed computing framework.
result Significantly expands accessibility of large-scale parallel computation.

Study uses MFG approach to model equilibrium pricing with market clearing condition.

problem Continuous asset pricing with market clearing condition.
method Mean field game approach to solve forward-backward SDEs of McKean-Vlasov type.
result Net order flow converges to zero in large N-limit with specified conditions.

Consider the problem of finding a population or a probability distribution amongst many with the largest mean when these means are unknown but population samples can be simulated or otherwise generated. Typically, by selecting largest sample mean population, it can be shown that false selection probability decays at an…

2015-07-16abs ↗pdf ↗

New model estimates species population trends from citizen science data.

problem Interannual confounding in citizen science data.
method Double Machine Learning framework to estimate population change and propensity scores for confounding adjustment.
result Spatially detailed trend estimates from citizen science data with low error rates.

Paper uses neural networks to calibrate Lee-Carter models for multiple populations.

problem Calibrating Lee-Carter models for multiple populations with neural networks.
method Developed neural network architectures to fit Lee-Carter and Poisson Lee-Carter models simultaneously.
result Smooth and less sensitive parameter estimates, improved forecasting performance.

Treatment recommendations within Clinical Practice Guidelines (CPGs) are largely based on findings from clinical trials and case studies, referred to here as research studies, that are often based on highly selective clinical populations, referred to here as study cohorts. When medical practitioners apply CPG recommend…

2019-07-09abs ↗pdf ↗

The paper proposes a new method for comparing logistic regression models across different populations.

problem Comparing logistic regression models across sub-populations can lead to misleading results.
method Develops a cascading set of equivalence tests for logistic regression models, addressing coding, predictions, and overall accuracy.
result Equivalence testing incentivizes accurate inference and avoids perverse incentives from significance tests.

Population attributes are essential in health for understanding who the data represents and precision medicine efforts. Even within disease infection labels, patients can exhibit significant variability; "fever" may mean something different when reported in a doctor's office versus from an online app, precluding direct…

2018-11-21abs ↗pdf ↗

New method generates geolocated synthetic populations from real data.

problem Generating synthetic populations with explicit geographic coordinates.
method Mapping coordinates into a latent space using Normalizing Flows (NF), then combining with other features in a Variational Autoencoder (VAE).
result NF+VAE architecture outperforms existing methods in generating geolocated synthetic populations.

Paper studies optimal tracking portfolio in mean field game of large fund competition.

problem Optimal tracking portfolio in large fund competition with relative performance benchmark.
method Formulated mean field game problem, established existence of mean field equilibrium using PDE approach, constructed approximate Nash equilibrium.
result Existence of mean field equilibrium and consistency condition verified.

We introduce an algorithmic method for population anomaly detection based on gaussianization through an adversarial autoencoder. This method is applicable to detection of `soft' anomalies in arbitrarily distributed highly-dimensional data. A soft, or population, anomaly is characterized by a shift in the distribution o…

2018-05-05abs ↗pdf ↗

NPE trains neural networks to approximate posterior distributions in SIR models from final outcome data.

problem Computational challenges in Bayesian inference for SIR models with final outcome data.
method Neural posterior estimation (NPE) using a logNormal posterior approximated by a neural network.
result NPE accurately recovers reference posteriors across various population sizes and transmission regimes.

MFM integrates multiple evolving populations using Wasserstein manifold flows.

problem Learning dynamics of multiple interacting populations evolving over time.
method Meta Flow Matching (MFM) integrates vector fields on Wasserstein manifold using amortized flow models and GNN embeddings.
result MFM improves prediction of individual treatment responses on multi-patient single-cell drug screen data.

We study the top-KK ranking problem where the goal is to recover the set of top-KK ranked items out of a large collection of items based on partially revealed preferences. We consider an adversarial crowdsourced setting where there are two population sets, and pairwise comparison samples drawn from one of the populat…

2016-02-15abs ↗pdf ↗

Improves Gaussian process factor models for multi-population recordings.

problem Cubic runtime scaling with trial length and group number limits application to large-scale recordings.
method Two approximate approaches: inducing variables and frequency domain.
result Achieved orders of magnitude speed-up with minimal statistical performance impact.

Develops an equilibrium model for securities pricing in a mixed cooperative and non-cooperative market.

problem Equilibrium pricing of securities in a market with cooperative and non-cooperative agents.
method Conditional extended mean-field control for cooperative agents, mean-field model for both cooperative and non-cooperative agents.
result Existence of a unique equilibrium for both finite-agent and mean-field models under certain conditions.

Study laws of large numbers in online classification, determining optimal regret bounds.

problem Understanding how sequential sampling affects online learning and classification.
method Characterized online learnable classes and determined optimal regret bounds using Littlestone's dimension.
result Optimal regret bounds in online learning are determined, resolving open questions.

Study on order book dynamics with uniform catastrophes, explaining volatility and trends.

problem Understanding volatility and trends in financial markets with different types of liquidity.
method Stochastic models and population processes with uniform catastrophes.
result Law of large numbers, central limit theorem, and large deviations proved for the model.

PAVI speeds up VI for large-scale studies by sharing parameterization across i.i.d. variables.

problem Challenges in Bayesian inference for large population studies with many latent parameters.
method Designing plate-amortized variational inference (PAVI) to share parameterization across i.i.d. variables.
result Significant speedup in training large-scale hierarchical variational distributions.