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

255075100 · Jun 202019922001200920172026
48 results for non-linear transport

Paper introduces non-linearity signature to measure deep neural network performance.

problem Difficulty in explaining performance differences among similar DNN architectures.
method Affine Optimal Transport mappings to measure non-linearity.
result Signature provides better understanding of DNN inner workings.

Study non-Gaussian measures' concentration properties in metric spaces.

problem Concentration properties for non-linear Gaussian functionals with non-Gaussian tails.
method Prove generalised Transportation-Cost Inequalities (TCIs) for specific functionals.
result Extended TCIs for rough volatility and Parabolic Anderson Model.

A new geometric framework resolves singularities in anomalous transport.

problem Mathematical singularities in quantum Berry connections.
method Hodge-de Rham decomposition of the Brillouin zone.
result A smooth geometric proxy potential for anomalous transport.

Optimal transport reformulates multiple quantile hedging problem.

problem Multiple quantile hedging problem in incomplete markets.
method Reformulated as Monge optimal transport problem, introduced Kantorovitch version, proved no duality gap.
result Multiple quantile hedging problem can be seen as semi-discrete optimal transport problem.

In this paper, we study a semi-martingale optimal transport problem and its application to the calibration of Local-Stochastic Volatility (LSV) models. Rather than considering the classical constraints on marginal distributions at initial and final time, we optimise our cost function given the prices of a finite number…

2019-06-15abs ↗pdf ↗

Deep learning improves trip prediction accuracy in transportation planning.

problem Traditional models fail to accurately predict person and vehicle trips due to complexity and dynamics.
method Developed and trained a deep learning model using NHTS data.
result Deep learning model achieved 98% accuracy for person trip prediction and 96% for vehicle trip estimation.

Extracts invariant features to predict Y without confounding by Z, using conditional independence and optimal transport.

problem Extracting invariant features to predict Y without confounding by Z, a response variable influenced by unknown confounders Z.
method Develops a methodology penalizing statistical dependence between feature and confounders conditioned on Y, using the Optimal Transport Barycenter Problem.
result The method extracts invariant features in the Gaussian case, equivalent to penalizing dependence between feature and conditional random variable Z_Y.

Method calibrates stock price models with stochastic interest rates using optimal transport.

problem Calibrating stock price models with stochastic interest rates.
method Non-parametric, semimartingale optimal transport, solving a fully non-linear Hamilton-Jacobi-Bellman equation.
result Fully calibrated model closest to a reference model in a defined cost function.

This paper deals with the unsupervised domain adaptation problem, where one wants to estimate a prediction function ff in a given target domain without any labeled sample by exploiting the knowledge available from a source domain where labels are known. Our work makes the following assumption: there exists a non-linea…

2017-05-24abs ↗pdf ↗

Study numerical methods for singular FBSDEs with degenerate forward component.

problem Numerical approximation of singular fully coupled FBSDEs with degenerate forward component and non-smooth terminal condition.
method Splitting approach to treat diffusion and transport parts separately.
result The splitting method converges with rate 1/2 under structural condition.

Dynamic linear models improve travel time prediction for congested freeways.

problem Accurate travel time prediction for congested freeways.
method Dynamic linear models (DLMs) with time-varying parameters.
result Significant improvements in travel time prediction accuracy, especially for short-term predictions.

We introduce two constructions in geometric deep learning for 1) transporting orientation-dependent convolutional filters over a manifold in a continuous way and thereby defining a convolution operator that naturally incorporates the rotational effect of holonomy; and 2) allowing efficient evaluation of manifold convol…

2019-09-13abs ↗pdf ↗

New methods estimate transport-growth pairs in unbalanced optimal transport.

problem Statistical guarantees for Monge-type estimation in unbalanced optimal transport remain limited.
method Developed two estimators for transport-growth pairs under different setups.
result Achieved minimax optimal rate for estimation of transport-growth pairs.

Study shows how optimal transport behaves in higher dimensions.

problem Characterizing optimal transport in higher dimensions with Euclidean distance.
method Investigates the small regularization limit of entropic optimal transport.
result The limiting transport plan is supported on transport rays and uniquely minimizes a relative entropy functional.

Under mild regularity assumptions, the transport problem is stable in the following sense: if a sequence of optimal transport plans π1,π2,π_1, π_2, \ldots converges weakly to a transport plan ππ, then ππ is also optimal (between its marginals). Alfonsi, Corbetta and Jourdain asked whether the same property is true for th…

2019-04-08abs ↗pdf ↗

New algorithm solves unbalanced optimal transport on trees in quasi-linear time.

problem Efficiently solving unbalanced optimal transport problems on trees.
method Proposed an algorithm that solves a more general unbalanced optimal transport problem exactly in quasi-linear time on a tree metric.
result Solves unbalanced optimal transport on trees in quasi-linear time (less than one second for a tree with one million nodes).

A new algorithm for parallel transport on shape spaces is presented and compared to existing methods.

problem Statistical analysis of shape data, especially in time series and optimization.
method Pole ladder algorithm for parallel transport on Kendall shape spaces, compared to integration methods.
result The pole ladder algorithm is a more efficient method for parallel transport.

Extends optimal transport to dynamic and martingale settings.

problem Dynamic and martingale relaxation of optimal transport problems.
method Extends Benamou-Brenier formula to weak optimal transport and introduces barycentric optimal transport.
result Relates barycentric optimal transport to martingale Benamou-Brenier formula.

Review of modern computational optimal transport methods for biomedical applications.

problem Efficient computation of optimal transport for big data.
method Regularization-based and projection-based computational methods.
result Advancements in computational optimal transport methods for biomedical research.

Paper relaxes optimal transport using convex functions for data science.

problem Optimal transport problem on finite spaces.
method Relaxation via strictly convex functions (Kullback-Leibler divergence, Bregman divergences). Gradient descent iterative process.
result Mathematical foundations and iterative process for the relaxed optimal transport problem.

Study optimal transport on simplex boundary, proving transport map and potential regularity.

problem Regularity of transport map and potential on simplex boundary.
method Boundary regularity results for optimal transport maps, exploiting simplex symmetries.
result Regularity properties of transport map and its convex potential.