Statistical test verifies long-term rating system calibration with overlapping time windows.
problem Verifying supervisory requirements for overlapping time windows in rating systems.
method Analyzes long-run default rate distribution and correlation effects; presents conservative calibration test methods.
result Developed a test for individual and portfolio levels that can handle unknown variance.
Building accurate language models that capture meaningful long-term dependencies is a core challenge in natural language processing. Towards this end, we present a calibration-based approach to measure long-term discrepancies between a generative sequence model and the true distribution, and use these discrepancies to …
We propose a multi-factor polynomial framework to model and hedge long-term electricity contracts with delivery period. This framework has several advantages: the computation of forwards, risk premium and correlation between different forwards are fully explicit, and the model can be calibrated to observed electricity …
Paper presents a method for estimating long-term PDs with incomplete data.
problem Estimating long-term PDs with limited and incomplete historical data.
method Single risk factor approach for simultaneous calibration of PDs across sub-portfolios.
result Method yields long-term PDs without requiring complete historical data.
Improved financial market calibration reveals large excess volatility.
problem Large excess volatility in financial markets.
method Extended Chiarella model to handle long-term value drifts, calibrated on multiple asset classes.
result Large excess volatility (factor ≈ 4 for stock indices) and bimodal mispricing distribution.
Time series foundation models are well-calibrated, improving over baseline models.
problem Calibration of time series foundation models for practical applications.
method Systematic evaluations of five time series foundation models and two baselines, assessing calibration, prediction heads, and long-term forecasting.
result Time series foundation models are consistently better calibrated than baseline models and do not show over- or under-confidence.
The paper calibrates geophysical predictions using marginal distributions and machine learning.
problem Sensitivity to initial conditions in geophysical systems leads to large deviations in long-term forecasts.
method The method introduces a calibration algorithm based on normalization and Kernelized Stein Discrepancy (KSD) to enhance ML predictions.
result The method improves the fidelity of ML predictions to known physical distributions, ensuring consistency with non-local statistical structures.
L-ARC improves model fairness by localizing risk guarantees.
problem Improving model fairness in tasks like image segmentation and wireless networks.
method Localized Adaptive Risk Control (L-ARC) updates a threshold function in RKHS to target localized statistical risk guarantees.
result L-ARC produces prediction sets with improved fairness across different data subpopulations.
We study the problem of controllable generation of long-term sequential behaviors, where the goal is to calibrate to multiple behavior styles simultaneously. In contrast to the well-studied areas of controllable generation of images, text, and speech, there are two questions that pose significant challenges when genera…
The study proposes a new interest rate model that captures long-term periodicity in U.S. Treasury yields.
problem The conventional Hull-White model fails to adequately capture long-term economic cycles in interest rates.
method The study introduces a sinusoidal Hull-White model with a time-varying mean reversion speed.
result The proposed model improves bond pricing and interest rate derivative valuation, especially for longer maturities.
Binary classification is highly used in credit scoring in the estimation of probability of default. The validation of such predictive models is based both on rank ability, and also on calibration (i.e. how accurately the probabilities output by the model map to the observed probabilities). In this study we cover the cu…
BCI provides calibrated prediction intervals for time series forecasts.
problem Calibration of prediction intervals for time series forecasts.
method BCI wraps around any time series forecasting models and optimizes interval lengths using dynamic programming.
result BCI achieves long-term coverage under arbitrary distribution shifts and temporal dependence.
Work addresses long-term accuracy issues in IoT air quality sensors.
problem Limited accuracy of IoT air quality sensors in long-term field deployments.
method Adaptive machine learning strategies for network calibration.
result Prolongs the validity of multisensor calibration models for continuous learning.
A Longitudinal Attribute-Conditioned Neural Network (LANTERN) framework for modeling health-state transition probabilities in irregular longitudinal data.
problem Estimating long-term care transition probabilities in irregular longitudinal health data.
method A neural network that learns from individual health history, incorporates time elapsed, and conditions on demographic and socioeconomic attributes.
result Improves severe disability discrimination and maintains strong calibration.
The aim of this paper is to present a dual-term structure model of interest rate derivatives in order to solve the two hardest problems in financial modeling: the exact volatility calibration of the entire swaption matrix, and the calculation of bucket vegas for structured products. The model takes a series of long-ter…
The paper proposes a new method to estimate interest rates consistently under both risk-neutral and real-world measures.
problem Consistent estimation of interest rates under both risk-neutral and real-world measures.
method Proposes a framework using progressive and square-integrable functions to specify the change of measure, and introduces two time-dependent candidates: step and linear functions.
result The proposed methods produce more stable and realistic long-term interest rate forecasts compared to using a constant function.
Improves DRL for long-term causal inference with semiparametric methods.
problem Efficient inference for policy values in nonparametric MDPs with stringent conditions.
method Semiparametric Double Reinforcement Learning (DRL) with superefficient nonparametric estimators.
result Relaxes overlap conditions and reduces high-dimensional density-ratio estimation.
Stable Hadamard Memory improves reinforcement learning by efficiently managing memory.
problem Memory models struggle in partially observable reinforcement learning environments.
method Introduces a novel memory model using the Hadamard product for efficient memory management and updates.
result Significantly outperforms state-of-the-art memory-based methods on challenging benchmarks.
COLoKe adapts Koopman embeddings online, reducing overfitting and improving long-term predictions.
problem Online adaptation of Koopman embeddings to avoid overfitting and maintain long-term predictive accuracy.
method Combines deep feature learning with multistep prediction consistency in a lifted space, using a conformal-style mechanism for selective updates.
result Empirically effective in reducing overfitting and maintaining long-term predictive accuracy.
We present an arbitrage-free non-parametric yield curve prediction model which takes the full (discretized) yield curve as state variable. We believe that absence of arbitrage is an important model feature in case of highly correlated data, as it is the case for interest rates. Furthermore, the model structure allows t…
Proposes a new stochastic method to calibrate climate risks in financial models.
problem Estimating climate-related financial risks in bank loan portfolios.
method Stochastic forward-looking methodology to calibrate climate macro-correlation evolution from scientific data.
result A new framework to evaluate climate risks without specific scenario assumptions.
BCPO optimizes offline RL policies by converting uncertainty into conservative bounds.
problem Offline RL's fragility under distribution shifts and model errors.
method Bayesian approach with credible lower bounds and KL regularization.
result BCPO yields an uncertainty-calibrated policy that avoids exploiting model errors.
ARHNN method improves electricity price forecasting accuracy.
problem Improving accuracy in electricity price forecasting.
method Combines Autoregressive Hybrid Nearest Neighbors (ARHNN) method with calibration sample selection and forecast combination.
result ARHNN method outperforms benchmarks by up to 10% in German, Spanish, and New England markets.
New method calibrates probabilistic linear solver for online coverage guarantees.
problem Uncertainty in probabilistic linear solver solutions without coverage guarantees.
method Online conformal prediction-PLS (OCP-PLS) method to calibrate uncertainty thresholds.
result Validates online calibration of uncertainty thresholds via online conformal prediction.
We explore the use of deep learning and deep reinforcement learning for optimization problems in transportation. Many transportation system analysis tasks are formulated as an optimization problem - such as optimal control problems in intelligent transportation systems and long term urban planning. Often transportation…
In this article we present a continuous time model for natural gas and crude oil future prices. Its main feature is the possibility to link both energies in the long term and in the short term. For each energy, the future returns are represented as the sum of volatility functions driven by motions. Under the risk neutr…
We introduce here for the first time the long-term swap rate, characterised as the fair rate of an overnight indexed swap with infinitely many exchanges. Furthermore we analyse the relationship between the long-term swap rate, the long-term yield, see Biagini et al. [2018], Biagini and Härtel [2014], and El Karoui et a…
Kernel method estimates long-term effects from short-term data.
problem Estimating long-term effects from short-term data in continuous actions.
method Kernel ridge regression to embed and extrapolate long-term effects.
result Uniform consistency and nonasymptotic error bounds for the estimator.
SAFER improves personalized treatment recommendations for dynamic clinical contexts.
problem Personalized treatment optimization in evolving clinical contexts with safety concerns.
method Integrates structured EHR and clinical notes, uses conformal prediction for safe recommendations.
result SAFER outperforms state-of-the-art baselines in recommendation metrics and mortality rates.
Enhances UPSA to reduce noise in financial data.
problem Noise in financial data affects UPSA's performance.
method Time-averaging optimal penalty weights and using Average Oracle correlation eigenvalues.
result Combining time-averaging and Average Oracle correlation eigenvalues improves UPSA's performance.
Model combines long-term and short-term memory using conceptors.
problem Transfer between long-term and short-term memory.
method Recurrent neural network with gated reservoir for short-term memory and conceptors for long-term memory.
result Standard operations on conceptors allow combining long-term memories and describing their effect on short-term memory.
New framework estimates long-term outcomes from short-term data.
problem Estimating long-term outcomes from short-term data.
method Reward function decomposition-based framework (LOPE).
result LOPE outperforms existing methods, especially when surrogacy is violated.
TimeBridge addresses non-stationarity in long-term time series forecasting.
problem Non-stationarity in multivariate time series leads to spurious regressions and obscures long-term relationships.
method TimeBridge segments series into patches, applying Integrated Attention for short-term non-stationarity and Cointegrated Attention for long-term cointegration.
result TimeBridge achieves state-of-the-art performance in both short-term and long-term forecasting.
Paper proposes new strategies for better portfolio estimation in long-term investments with unknown distributions.
problem Worse out-of-sample performance of estimated portfolios due to unknown future data distribution.
method Online learning framework, dynamic sequential portfolios, updating risk aversion coefficient.
result Dynamic strategies achieve asymptotically optimal utility, Sharpe ratio, and growth rate of true portfolios.
This paper balances short-term and long-term rewards in policy learning.
problem Balancing short-term and long-term rewards in policy learning.
method Formalizes a new framework to balance rewards, identifies rewards under mild assumptions, deduces efficiency bounds, and develops a policy learning approach.
result The proposed method improves the estimator of long-term reward and reduces regret.
We study the long-term memory in diverse stock market indices and foreign exchange rates using the Detrended Fluctuation Analysis(DFA). For all daily and high-frequency market data studied, no significant long-term memory property is detected in the return series, while a strong long-term memory property is found in th…
Model predicts stock market trends for better investment decisions.
problem Identifying optimal times to buy and sell stocks.
method XGBoost machine learning model using time series data and feature engineering.
result Model accurately predicts stock market trends and their endpoints.
This paper uses Bayesian models to analyze CTA returns across short and long-term trends.
problem The relative merits and interactions of short- and long-term trend systems in CTA replication remain controversial.
method Dynamic decomposition of CTA returns into short-term trend, long-term trend, and market beta factors using a Bayesian graphical model.
result The blend of horizons shapes the strategy's risk-adjusted performance.
Estimates long-term effects from short-term experiments and observational data with unobserved confounders.
problem Estimating long-term causal effects from short-term experiments and long-term observational data with unobserved confounding.
method Combining regression residuals with short-term experimental outcomes to create an instrumental variable for estimating long-term causal effects.
result The estimator is unbiased and its variance is analytically studied.
The paper tackles long-term treatment effects with persistent confounders using sequential short-term outcomes.
problem Estimating long-term treatment effects with persistent unmeasured confounders.
method Exploiting the sequential structure of short-term outcomes, the paper develops three novel identification strategies and corresponding estimators.
result The proposed methods outperform existing approaches in handling persistent confounders.
TiDE uses MLP for fast, simple long-term time-series forecasting.
problem Long-term time-series forecasting challenges.
method Time-series Dense Encoder (TiDE) based on MLP.
result TiDE matches or outperforms Transformer models while being 5-10x faster.
In this paper we provide compelling evidence of cyclical mean reversion and multiperiod stock return predictability over horizons of about 30 years with a half-life of about 15 years. This implies that the US stock market follows a long-term rhythm where a period of above average returns tends to be followed by a perio…
Existing methods for arterial blood pressure (BP) estimation directly map the input physiological signals to output BP values without explicitly modeling the underlying temporal dependencies in BP dynamics. As a result, these models suffer from accuracy decay over a long time and thus require frequent calibration. In t…
The paper proposes Tier Balancing for dynamic fairness in decision-making.
problem Achieving long-term fairness in decision-making processes.
method Causal modeling with DAGs to investigate dynamic fairness.
result Tier Balancing is a more natural approach to achieve long-term fairness, capturing latent causal factors.
Paper proposes a model-free algorithm for CMDPs with long-term constraints, achieving optimal regret bounds.
problem Optimizing systems with long-term constraints where transition probabilities are unknown.
method Combines concepts from constrained optimization and Q-learning to propose an algorithm.
result Achieves optimal regret bounds for reward and constraint violation.
The paper presents the comparative study of the nature of stock markets in short-term and long-term time scales with and without structural break in the stock data. Structural break point has been identified by applying Zivot and Andrews structural trend break model to break the original time series (TSO) into time ser…
Extends LIBOR market model to reduce exploding scenarios.
problem Exploding scenarios in market-consistent guarantees valuation.
method Mean-field extension of the LIBOR market model.
result Existence and uniqueness of MF-LMM proved.
This paper explores and develops alternative statistical representations and estimation approaches for dynamic mortality models. The framework we adopt is to reinterpret popular mortality models such as the Lee-Carter class of models in a general state-space modelling methodology, which allows modelling, estimation and…