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48 results for nonequilibrium fluctuations

Predicts coherence from quantum heat engine noise using machine learning.

problem Predicting coherence in quantum heat engines from nonequilibrium fluctuations.
method Developed a machine learning protocol using K-Nearest Neighbor (KNN) model.
result Machine learning successfully predicts coherence from quantum heat engine noise.

We propose a new approach for properly analyzing stochastic time series by mapping the dynamics of time series fluctuations onto a suitable nonequilibrium surface-growth problem. In this framework, the fluctuation sampling time interval plays the role of time variable, whereas the physical time is treated as the analog…

2008-08-24abs ↗pdf ↗

Schrödinger and Onsager's ideas linked in nonequilibrium thermodynamics.

problem Linking Schrödinger's variational problem with Onsager's nonequilibrium statistical mechanics.
method Analyzing the historical context and comparing the two approaches.
result Schrödinger's ideas have not yet been fully integrated into the classical context of Onsager's work.

Dirac structures are geometric objects that generalize both Poisson structures and presymplectic structures on manifolds. They naturally appear in the formulation of constrained mechanical systems. In this paper, we show that the evolution equa- tions for nonequilibrium thermodynamics admit an intrinsic formulation in …

2017-04-12abs ↗pdf ↗

We study the temporal fluctuations in time-dependent stock prices (both individual and composite) as a stochastic phenomenon using general techniques and methods of nonequilibrium statistical mechanics. In particular, we analyze stock price fluctuations as a non-Markovian stochastic process using the first-passage stat…

2005-07-04abs ↗pdf ↗

A new method detects hidden driving forces in systems with multiple observables.

problem Hidden driving forces in systems with multiple observables cannot be detected by scalar statistics.
method Cross-spectral witness for hidden nonequilibrium.
result Two simultaneously observed channels retain an off-diagonal cross-spectral sector inaccessible to scalar reductions.

The article reviews how gradient flow systems on hypergraphs connect to information geometry and nonequilibrium physics.

problem Understanding the geometry of perturbed gradient flow systems on hypergraphs.
method Formulating modern nonequilibrium principles within the framework of perturbed gradient flow systems on hypergraphs.
result New concepts like moduli spaces and thermodynamical area are introduced to understand speed limits.

Machine learning predicts critical points for directed percolation models.

problem Determining critical points for directed percolation models.
method Supervised and unsupervised machine learning algorithms (CNN and DBSCAN) were used.
result Machine learning accurately predicts critical points for both models.

Diffusion models' speed-accuracy relations derived from thermodynamics.

problem Understanding the trade-off between model speed and accuracy.
method Connecting diffusion models to thermodynamics and optimal transport.
result Speed-accuracy relations derived, providing insights into optimal learning protocols.

The study uses response theory to understand RNNs processing input signals.

problem Understanding how RNNs process sequential data.
method Deriving a Volterra series representation for SRNNs output using response theory from nonequilibrium statistical mechanics.
result SRNNs can be viewed as kernel machines operating on a reproducing kernel Hilbert space associated with the response feature.

Work maximization guides machine learning models in adaptive systems.

problem How machine learning models can be optimized for thermodynamic efficiency.
method Introducing thermodynamic principle to compare with maximum-likelihood principle.
result Maximum-work models are equivalent to maximum-likelihood models in adaptive systems.

Study shows cryptocurrency price fluctuations become more similar to national currencies over time.

problem Understanding the volatility and inequality in cryptocurrency prices.
method Calculated inequality measures (Gini, Kolkata indices, QQ factor) for cryptocurrency and national currency price fluctuations over 10 years.
result Cryptocurrency price fluctuations become more similar to national currencies over time.

Bayesian models' singular fluctuation is shown to be akin to specific heat, influencing model complexity and generalization.

problem Understanding the thermodynamic interpretation of singular fluctuation in Bayesian models.
method Showed singular fluctuation as the curvature of Bayesian free energy and variance of log-likelihood observable under a Gibbs posterior.
result Singular fluctuation is the statistical analogue of specific heat, controlling model complexity and generalization.

We analyze wealth condensation for a wide class of stochastic economy models on the basis of the economic analog of thermodynamic potentials, termed transfer potentials. The economy model is based on three common transfers modes of wealth: random transfer, profit proportional to wealth and motivation of poor agents to …

2006-01-24abs ↗pdf ↗

We study the nature of fluctuations in variety of price indices involving companies listed on the New York Stock Exchange. The fluctuations at multiple scales are extracted through the use of wavelets belonging to Daubechies basis. The fact that these basis sets satisfy vanishing moments conditions makes them ideal to …

2012-05-08abs ↗pdf ↗

New spectral functionals for Dirac operators with inner fluctuations computed.

problem Spectral functionals and Dirac operators with inner fluctuations.
method Extension of spectral functionals for Dirac operators with inner fluctuations.
result Computed spectral Einstein functional for Dirac operator with inner fluctuations on even-dimensional spin manifolds.

High-quality image synthesis with diffusion models, achieving state-of-the-art FID score.

problem Generating high-quality images from latent variables.
method Training diffusion probabilistic models with a weighted variational bound, inspired by denoising score matching and Langevin dynamics.
result State-of-the-art FID score of 3.17 on CIFAR10 dataset.

A central problem in machine learning involves modeling complex data-sets using highly flexible families of probability distributions in which learning, sampling, inference, and evaluation are still analytically or computationally tractable. Here, we develop an approach that simultaneously achieves both flexibility and…

2015-03-12abs ↗pdf ↗

This work studies fluctuation in multilayer neural networks using mean field theory.

problem Understanding fluctuation in multilayer neural networks with mean field training.
method Developed a second-order mean field limit to capture fluctuation, demonstrating stability of gradient descent training.
result Gradient descent training in multilayer networks biases towards minimal fluctuation, even after convergence.

We propose a new approach for analyzing price fluctuations in their strongly correlated regime ranging from minutes to months. This is done by employing a self-similarity assumption for the magnitude of coarse-grained price fluctuation or volatility. The existence of a Cramer function, the characteristic function for s…

2001-01-12abs ↗pdf ↗

We analyze daily prices of 29 commodities and 2449 stocks, each over a period of 15\approx 15 years. We find that the price fluctuations for commodities have a significantly broader multifractal spectrum than for stocks. We also propose that multifractal properties of both stocks and commodities can be attributed mainl…

2003-08-01abs ↗pdf ↗

Study identifies contagion in aggregated defaults despite environmental changes.

problem Identify contagion in aggregated default counts with fluctuating probabilities.
method Compare three contagion mechanisms (Davis-Lo, Torri, Vasicek) under i.i.d. and hierarchical specifications.
result Threshold contagion is largely absorbed into environmental heterogeneity, while cumulative contagion leaves a persistent signature.

We address the question of how stock prices respond to changes in demand. We quantify the relations between price change GG over a time interval ΔtΔt and two different measures of demand fluctuations: (a) ΦΦ, defined as the difference between the number of buyer-initiated and seller-initiated trades, and (b) ΩΩ, def…

2001-06-29abs ↗pdf ↗

Study on price fluctuations in NFT market, showing heavy-tailed distributions and long-range memory.

problem Characterizing price fluctuations in NFT market.
method Analysis of capitalization, floor price, transactions, inter-transaction times, and volume value of NFTs.
result NFT market exhibits heavy-tailed probability distribution functions, well described by stretched exponentials, with long-range memory.

Spectral clustering performance depends on eigenvector fluctuations, shown to be Gaussian.

problem Predicting the performance of spectral clustering.
method General spike random matrix model and rotational invariance of noise.
result Fluctuations of eigenvector entries are Gaussian in large-dimensional regime.

We analyze the fluctuation of the loss from default around its large portfolio limit in a class of reduced-form models of correlated firm-by-firm default timing. We prove a weak convergence result for the fluctuation process and use it for developing a conditionally Gaussian approximation to the loss distribution. Nume…

2013-04-04abs ↗pdf ↗

Derives scaling limits and fluctuations for SGD in high dimensions.

problem Understanding SGD behavior in high-dimensional settings with varying noise levels.
method Interacting particle system approach, treating SGD iterates as such, with covariance structure considered.
result Precise three-step phase transition observed in SGD behavior: ballistic, diffusive, then random.

Study analyzes fluctuations in Mexican financial market index.

problem Understanding intra-day fluctuations in Mexican financial market index.
method Statistical analysis of high frequency tick-to-tick data, temporal aggregation, and comparison of distributions.
result Intra-day fluctuations do not follow alpha-stable distributions, suggesting autocorrelations.

We constructed an analog electrical circuit which generates fluctuations in which probability density function has power law tails. In the circuit fluctuations with an arbitrary exponent of the power law can be obtained by adjusting the resistance. With this low cost circuit the random fluctuations which have the simil…

2001-04-18abs ↗pdf ↗

The financial market and turbulence have been broadly compared on account of the same quantitative methods and several common stylized facts they shared. In this paper, the She-Leveque (SL) hierarchy, proposed to explain the anomalous scaling exponents deviated from Kolmogorov monofractal scaling of the velocity fluctu…

2012-09-19abs ↗pdf ↗

Study uses neural networks to predict wall quantities in turbulent flows.

problem Predicting wall quantities in turbulent open channel flows.
method Training convolutional neural networks (FCN) and a proposed R-Net architecture to predict wall-shear-stress and wall pressure.
result R-Net architecture performs better and predicts wall quantities with around 10% error.

This paper proposes a framework to predict long-term trends and short-term fluctuations in multivariate time series.

problem Existing prediction methods often ignore the distinction between long-term trends and short-term fluctuations.
method The paper introduces a MTS forecasting framework that uses both original time series and its first difference to capture long-term trends and short-term fluctuations.
result The proposed method improves forecasting performance by using more supervision information.

Predicting absolute magnitude of fluctuations of price, even if their sign remains unknown, is important for risk analysis and for option prices. In the present work, we display our predictions about absolute magnitude of daily fluctuations of the Dow Jones Industrials Average (DJIA), utilizing the original theory of c…

2006-02-08abs ↗pdf ↗

We investigate the large-fluctuation dynamics in financial markets, based on the minute-to-minute and daily data of the Chinese Indices and German DAX. The dynamic relaxation both before and after the large fluctuations is characterized by a power law, and the exponents p±p_\pm usually vary with the strength of the lar…

2013-08-03abs ↗pdf ↗

The paper analyzes fluctuations in ensemble models in high-dimensional settings.

problem Understanding statistical fluctuations in ensemble models in high-dimensional settings.
method Develops a rigorous theory for the study of fluctuations in ensemble of generalised linear models.
result Provides a complete description of the asymptotic joint distribution of the empirical risk minimizer for convex losses in high-dimensional settings.

A new model that combines economic growth rate fluctuations at the microscopic and macroscopic level is presented. At the microscopic level, firms are growing at different rates while also being exposed to idiosyncratic shocks at the firm and sector level. We describe such fluctuations as independent Lévy-stable fluctu…

2017-08-26abs ↗pdf ↗

In this paper, we present own point of view how the unexpected fluctuations of the long-term real interest rate can be explained. We describe a macroeconomic environment by the modification of the fundamental macroeconomic equilibrium model called the IS-LM model. Last but not least, we suggest a possible cooperation b…

2012-11-12abs ↗pdf ↗

The study reveals the hierarchical structure of the international FOREX market using currency fluctuation distribution similarities.

problem Understanding the hierarchical structure of the international FOREX market.
method Using Jensen-Shannon divergence to quantify the similarity between normalized logarithmic return distributions of currencies.
result Clusters of currencies are consistent with the nature of underlying economies but diverge during crises.

We study the cause of large fluctuations in prices in the London Stock Exchange. This is done at the microscopic level of individual events, where an event is the placement or cancellation of an order to buy or sell. We show that price fluctuations caused by individual market orders are essentially independent of the v…

2003-12-30abs ↗pdf ↗