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48 results for linear stochastic processes

This paper conditions non-linear infinite-dimensional diffusion processes.

problem Conditioning non-linear and infinite-dimensional diffusion processes.
method Infinite-dimensional Girsanov's theorem to condition function-valued stochastic processes.
result Conditioning of non-linear infinite-dimensional diffusion processes is achieved.

The mathematical model of a linear system with the short memory about own stochastic behavior is proposed. It is assumed that the system is under a continual influence of independent stochastic impulses. In a short memory approximation the expression of the stochastic process is found. An application of the model propo…

2004-01-14abs ↗pdf ↗

Universal approximation for stochastic processes using Brownian motion.

problem Approximating stochastic processes with linear functionals.
method Establishing LpL^p-type universal approximation theorems for rough path spaces.
result Linear functionals on the signature of time-extended Brownian motion can approximate any pp-integrable stochastic process.

Stochastic gradient descent approximates Gaussian process posteriors efficiently.

problem Efficiently sampling from Gaussian process posteriors with limited computational resources.
method Developed stochastic gradient optimization objectives for sampling from Gaussian process posteriors.
result Stochastic gradient descent produces accurate predictive distributions, even in non-convergent cases.

In this paper we investigate general linear stochastic volatility models with correlated Brownian noises. In such models the asset price satisfies a linear SDE with coefficient of linearity being the volatility process. This class contains among others Black-Scholes model, a log-normal stochastic volatility model and H…

2009-09-25abs ↗pdf ↗

Stochastic gradient descent improves Gaussian process regression.

problem Efficiently solving large linear systems in Gaussian process regression.
method Developed a stochastic dual descent algorithm using insights from optimisation and kernel communities.
result Stochastic gradient descent is highly effective when done right.

New numerical method for non-linear asset price model with CEV volatility.

problem Describing stochastic volatility in asset price dynamics.
method Proposes a mean-reverting theta-rho model with CEV volatility, constructs a truncated EM method.
result Truncated EM solutions can evaluate path-dependent financial products.

The paper studies stochastic gradient descent with infinite variance gradients.

problem Theoretical properties of SGD with infinite variance gradients.
method Establish asymptotic behavior of SGD with infinite variance gradients.
result Asymptotic distribution of SGD is characterized as a stationary distribution of an Ornstein-Uhlenbeck process driven by a stable Lévy process.

Broadens Jourdain and Martini's method to non-linear stochastic processes.

problem Applying pricing methods to non-linear stochastic processes.
method Analyzes from probabilistic and analytic viewpoints, extending Jourdain and Martini's method.
result Broadens applicability of pricing methods to non-linear frameworks.

New PEMs improve network inference from time-series data.

problem Causal inference from time-series data with trade-off between accuracy and feasibility.
method Infer networks via process motifs for lagged correlation in linear stochastic processes.
result Proposed PEMs achieve high accuracy and efficiency in network inference.

Graph convolutional networks adapt the architecture of convolutional neural networks to learn rich representations of data supported on arbitrary graphs by replacing the convolution operations of convolutional neural networks with graph-dependent linear operations. However, these graph-dependent linear operations are d…

2017-11-03abs ↗pdf ↗

We introduce the implicit processes (IPs), a stochastic process that places implicitly defined multivariate distributions over any finite collections of random variables. IPs are therefore highly flexible implicit priors over functions, with examples including data simulators, Bayesian neural networks and non-linear tr…

2018-06-06abs ↗pdf ↗

Efficiently simulates the Heston model with large time steps using a novel method.

problem Challenges in simulating the Heston model with large time steps.
method Implicit integrated variance scheme exploiting the near-linear nature between stochastic driver and conditional integrated variance process.
result Achieves near-exact accuracy with coarse discretizations, efficient for large time steps.

Modeling price formation with interacting Hawkes processes leading to stochastic volatility with leverage.

problem Capturing the complex dynamics of price formation in financial markets.
method Agent-based approach to aggregate self-exciting point processes with mean-field interaction.
result Aggregated model converges to a stochastic volatility model with leverage effect and faster-than-linear mean reversion.

Study optimizes trading in multiple assets with cross-effects.

problem Optimizing trade execution in multiple assets with cross-impact effects.
method Formulated as a stochastic control problem, extended to progressively measurable controls, solved using linear-quadratic control theory.
result Cross-hedging effects can be optimal, e.g., trading in an asset without an initial position.

New SDEs from affine and polynomial perspectives for path-dependent processes.

problem Characterizing path-dependent stochastic processes.
method Affine and polynomial processes, signature SDEs, Fourier-Laplace transform, Riccati and linear ODEs.
result Explicit formulas for the Fourier-Laplace transform and expected values of entire functions of signature processes.

Improved SGD for robust linear and ReLU regression with adversarial corruptions.

problem Robust regression with adversarial corruptions in streaming data.
method Stochastic gradient descent (SGD-exp) with exponentially decaying step size.
result Nearly linear convergence to true parameter with up to 50% Massart corruption rate.

ES reduces high-probability regret in stochastic linear bandits.

problem High-probability regret in stochastic linear bandits.
method Linear ensemble sampling with standard Gaussian perturbations, analyzing m=Θ(dlogn)m=Θ(d\log n) ensemble size.
result ES achieves ildeO(d3/2n) ilde O(d^{3/2}\sqrt n) high-probability regret, closing the gap to Thompson sampling.

State space models (SSMs) provide a flexible framework for modeling complex time series via a latent stochastic process. Inference for nonlinear, non-Gaussian SSMs is often tackled with particle methods that do not scale well to long time series. The challenge is two-fold: not only do computations scale linearly with t…

2019-01-29abs ↗pdf ↗

Two-layer networks learn hard GLMs with SGD in high dimensions.

problem Learning hard generalized linear models with SGD in high-dimensional settings.
method Reduction of SGD dynamics to a stochastic process in lower dimensions, focusing on the role of stochasticity.
result Overparameterization enhances convergence by a constant factor, suggesting minimal role of stochasticity.

Study optimizes investment strategies in markets with contagious price jumps.

problem Optimizing portfolios in financial markets with contagious price jumps.
method Applied stochastic maximum principle, backward stochastic differential equations, and linear-quadratic control techniques.
result Obtained efficient strategy and efficient frontier in semi-closed form.

Geometry arising from two diffusion operators (smooth semi-elliptic, second order differential operators) on different spaces but intertwined by a smooth map is described. Particular cases arise from Riemannian submersions when the operators are Laplace-Beltrami operators, from equivariant operators on the total space …

2008-10-13abs ↗pdf ↗

In this paper, we study curvature dimension conditions on birth-death processes which correspond to linear graphs, i.e., weighted graphs supported on the infinite line or the half line. We give a combinatorial characterization of Bakry and Émery's CD(K,n)CD(K,n) condition for linear graphs and prove the triviality of edge w…

2017-12-05abs ↗pdf ↗

Paper develops methods for solving complex stochastic equations using Malliavin calculus.

problem Existence, uniqueness, and regularity of solutions to BSVIEs.
method Malliavin calculus for tackling diagonal processes and nonlinear dependence.
result Developed well-posedness results for BSVIEs, including probabilistic interpretation of PDEs and portfolio optimization.

Study on martingale property and moment explosions in signature volatility models.

problem Analyzing the martingale property and moment explosions in signature volatility models.
method Fine analysis of the explosion time of a signature stochastic differential equation.
result The price process is a true martingale if and only if the order of the linear form is odd and a correlation parameter is negative.

LatentFlow simplifies conditioning of stochastic processes without training.

problem Intractable conditional laws for complex stochastic models.
method Writing stochastic process as latent innovation, reducing conditioning to latent-space inference.
result Exact conditional sampling across various model classes.

Paper proves existence and uniqueness of solutions to PIDEs in Bessel spaces for option pricing.

problem Existence and uniqueness of solutions to PIDEs in Bessel spaces.
method Abstract semilinear parabolic equations and Bessel potential spaces.
result Proves existence and uniqueness of solutions in Bessel potential spaces.

Proposes a new method combining Reservoir Computing and Normalizing Flow for predicting stochastic dynamical systems.

problem Predicting and capturing long-term behaviors of stochastic dynamical systems.
method Data-driven framework combining Reservoir Computing and Normalizing Flow, integrating error modeling and both approaches virtues.
result Successfully predicts the long-term evolution of stochastic dynamical systems and replicates dynamical behaviors.

Introduces Neural-Brownian Motion for modeling dynamics under learned uncertainty.

problem Modeling dynamics under uncertainty with learned parameters.
method Defines NBM using a neural network to replace classical martingale property with a non-linear expectation operator.
result Proves existence and uniqueness of canonical NBM as a continuous εθ\varepsilon^θ-martingale.

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 ↗

Two new methods solve large-scale stochastic convex problems with linear constraints.

problem Solving large-scale stochastic convex optimization problems with many linear constraints.
method Conditional gradient-based methods that process only a subset of constraints at each iteration.
result Rigorous convergence guarantees for the proposed methods.

Unified framework for inference in complex nonlinear processes.

problem Challenges in inferring nonlinear continuous stochastic processes with sparse observations and complex topologies.
method Neural Backward Filtering Forward Guiding (NBFFG) framework that constructs a variational posterior using a proxy linear-Gaussian process.
result Empirical results show NBFFG outperforms baselines on synthetic benchmarks and high-dimensional phylogenetic analysis tasks.

Variational inference has experienced a recent surge in popularity owing to stochastic approaches, which have yielded practical tools for a wide range of model classes. A key benefit is that stochastic variational inference obviates the tedious process of deriving analytical expressions for closed-form variable updates…

2018-03-28abs ↗pdf ↗

The paper develops a deep signature approach for option pricing under non-Markovian stochastic volatility models.

problem Pricing options under non-Markovian stochastic volatility models is challenging due to the dependence on historical paths.
method Reformulate the asset dynamics as a rough stochastic differential equation and represent rough paths via signatures. Apply standard analytical tools to solve the transformed equation.
result The deep signature approach provides a theoretically grounded and computationally efficient framework for option pricing.

Method predicts future rewards from past actions in a linear Gaussian system.

problem Maximizing cumulative reward in a stochastic multi-armed bandit with linear Gaussian dynamics.
method Proposes a method using a modified Kalman filter to predict future rewards based on past rewards.
result Reward from any action can be used to predict another action's future reward.

Neural model accelerates SDDP for stochastic optimization.

problem Exponential complexity of SDDP limits its applicability to low-dimensional problems.
method Trainable neural model maps problem instances to a low-dimensional piecewise linear value function.
result ν-SDDP significantly reduces problem solving cost without sacrificing solution quality.