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48 results for moment balancing

We establish a link between Archimedes' method of integration for calculating areas, volumes and centers of mass of segments of parabolas and quadrics of revolution by factorization via the moments of a balance and an integration technique for a particular integrable system, namely Bianchi's Bäcklund transformation for…

2007-09-26abs ↗pdf ↗

MTAdam optimizes multiple loss terms in neural models, balancing gradients dynamically.

problem Balancing multiple loss terms in neural model training is challenging and computationally demanding.
method Generalized Adam algorithm that computes separate derivatives and balances gradients across layers dynamically.
result Training with MTAdam leads to faster recovery from suboptimal initial loss weighting and matches conventional training outcomes.

Adapts causal inference for high-dimensional treatments like text strings.

problem Predicting effects of interventions with many possible variations.
method Adapts classical causal estimators to high-dimensional treatment spaces, balancing moment errors.
result Shows high-dimensional treatment spaces can be addressed with a single model.

The paper studies connections on stable bundles and their continuity under metric variations.

problem Continuity of HYM connections under metric variations for stable bundles.
method Semi-stable perturbation techniques for geometric PDEs with moment map interpretation.
result HYM connections depend continuously on the metric, even for semi-stable bundles.

Paper defines the payback period for nonconventional cash flows using axioms.

problem Defining the payback period for nonconventional cash flows is challenging.
method Used axiomatic approach to define the payback period.
result The last break-even point of the project balance is the only definition consistent with axioms.

A new game-theoretic approach balances downside risk with expected reward.

problem Traditional game theory views risk only from the upside perspective, ignoring downside risk.
method Introduces downside risk aware equilibria (DRAE) based on lower partial moments.
result Successfully finds equilibria that balance downside risk with expected reward.

Paper proposes efficient online estimation of causal effects by deciding which data sources to query.

problem Data fusion problems with multiple data sources capturing distinct subsets of variables.
method Online moment selection (OMS) framework, balancing exploration and exploitation.
result OMS algorithms achieve zero asymptotic regret for estimating average treatment effects.

Develops harmonic metrics for Hull-Strominger system stability.

problem Existence of solutions to the Hull-Strominger system with balanced class.
method Uses non-Hermitian Yang-Mills connections and holomorphic Courant algebroids, introduces harmonic metrics.
result Expected existence of a numerical stability condition for generic families of solutions.

New method for adaptive estimation and inference in econometric models without knowing smoothness.

problem Adaptive estimation and inference in ill-posed linear inverse problems with unknown smoothness.
method Discrepancy principle-based framework for adaptive hyperparameter selection.
result Achieves optimal rates in weak and strong metrics for linear functionals.

Constructing Einstein metrics on bundles over hyperKähler manifolds.

problem Finding Einstein metrics on bundles over hyperKähler manifolds.
method Constructing quaternion-Kähler and hypercomplex structures, studying infinitesimal symmetries, and performing QK reduction.
result Producing several explicit quaternion-Kähler metrics and new proofs of correspondences.

We propose a fair principal component analysis method that balances reconstruction error and subgroup fairness.

problem Fairness and robustness in principal component analysis for consequential domains.
method Distributionally robust optimization over the Stiefel manifold with a Riemannian subgradient descent.
result The proposed method achieves better performance on real-world datasets compared to state-of-the-art baselines.

Python package automates causal parameter estimation using Riesz regression.

problem Efficient estimation of causal and structural parameters.
method Automatic DML and generalized Riesz regression framework.
result Automatic construction of balancing link functions for generalized Riesz regression.

We describe a new approach for managing aleatoric uncertainty in the Reinforcement Learning (RL) paradigm. Instead of selecting actions according to a single statistic, we propose a distributional method based on the second-order stochastic dominance (SSD) relation. This compares the inherent dispersion of random retur…

2019-05-17abs ↗pdf ↗

A limit order book provides information on available limit order prices and their volumes. Based on these quantities, we give an empirical result on the relationship between the bid-ask liquidity balance and trade sign and we show that liquidity balance on best bid/best ask is quite informative for predicting the futur…

2012-04-06abs ↗pdf ↗

For a GJR-GARCH specification with a generic innovation distribution we derive analytic expressions for the first four conditional moments of the forward and aggregated returns and variances. Moment for the most commonly used GARCH models are stated as special cases. We also the limits of these moments as the time hori…

2018-08-29abs ↗pdf ↗

This paper identifies and bounds ICE central moments using PO marginal central moments.

problem Identifying and characterizing treatment effect heterogeneity.
method Using only marginal central moments of potential outcomes, the paper identifies and bounds central moments of individual causal effects.
result Identification and bounding of central moments of ICE using marginal moments of POs.

We tackle causal inference under conditional moment restrictions using importance weighting.

problem Challenges in causal inference under conditional moment restrictions, especially in high-dimensional settings.
method Transform conditional moment restrictions to unconditional moment restrictions through importance weighting.
result Successfully estimate nonparametric functions defined under conditional moment restrictions.

A new method for estimating causal parameters from observables reduces the need for finite moment conditions.

problem Estimating causal parameters from observational data with unknown or infinite moment conditions.
method Variational Method of Moments (VMM) for a general class of estimators, including kernel and neural net-based methods.
result VMM estimators are consistent, asymptotically normal, and semiparametrically efficient.

A new GAN model uses characteristic functions to improve image generation.

problem Improving stability and diversity in GANs for complex distributions.
method Integrates characteristic functions to compare distributions directly, stabilizes training, and uses auto-encoder structure.
result Proposes RCF-GAN achieving superior image generation and reconstruction.

Introduces generalized moment maps for almost Hermitian settings.

problem Extending classical moment map theory to almost Hermitian settings.
method Introduces momentumly closed forms and proves a variant of the Darboux-Weinstein theorem.
result Establishes convexity property and constructs reduction space for generalized moment maps.

Proposes Moment Exchange to use moments in image recognition models, improving generalization.

problem Discarding moments in image recognition models reduces stability and training time.
method Moment Exchange: replaces moments of learned features with another image's moments and interpolates labels.
result Improves generalization of recognition models across multiple datasets.

HEBAE improves VAEs by adaptively balancing reconstruction and regularization.

problem Posterior collapse in VAEs leading to over-regularization and poor latent encoding.
method Hierarchical Empirical Bayes approach to probabilistic generative models.
result HEBAE generates higher quality samples with better FID scores.

A new method of moments estimator goes beyond data reweighting.

problem Estimation of moment restrictions and conditional moment restrictions.
method Kernel Method of Moments (KMM) based on maximum mean discrepancy.
result KMM achieves competitive performance on conditional moment restriction tasks.

Moment Pooling reduces latent space dimensions in machine learning models.

problem High-dimensional latent spaces in machine learning models are hard to interpret.
method Moment Pooling extends Deep Sets networks to arbitrary multivariate moments.
result Latent dimensions as small as 1 can achieve similar performance to higher dimensions.

Deformation quantization yields a new moment map on symplectic diffeomorphisms.

problem Formalizing moment maps on diffeomorphism groups of symplectic manifolds.
method Deformation quantization framework applied to extrmDiff0(M) extrm{Diff}_0(M).
result Obtained a deformation of the Donaldson moment map.

The paper derives formulas for moments of a Student t distribution and applies them to quantify LpL_p-quantiles.

problem Understanding the moments and quantiles of a Student t distribution.
method Developed formulas for partial and complete moments, and derived relationships between LpL_p-quantiles.
result For a Student t distribution, the Lnj+1L_{n-j+1}-quantile and LjL_j-quantile coincide at any confidence level.

We propose a method of moments (MoM) algorithm for training large-scale implicit generative models. Moment estimation in this setting encounters two problems: it is often difficult to define the millions of moments needed to learn the model parameters, and it is hard to determine which properties are useful when specif…

2018-06-28abs ↗pdf ↗

Real moment-angle manifolds of combinatorially equivalent simple polytopes are equivariantly diffeomorphic.

problem Uniqueness of smooth structures on real moment-angle manifolds.
method Arguments from calculus applied to results from complex moment-angle manifolds.
result Real moment-angle manifolds of combinatorially equivalent simple polytopes are equivariantly diffeomorphic.

In this paper, we investigate the popular deep learning optimization routine, Adam, from the perspective of statistical moments. While Adam is an adaptive lower-order moment based (of the stochastic gradient) method, we propose an extension namely, HAdam, which uses higher order moments of the stochastic gradient. Our …

2019-10-15abs ↗pdf ↗