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48 results for phantom barrier

The study examines a semi-symmetric metric connection in perfect fluid space-time and phantom barriers.

problem Investigating the properties of semi-symmetric metric connections in perfect fluid space-time.
method Using concircularly semi-symmetric metric connections, the study derives conditions for quasi-Einstein manifolds and examines the scalar curvature of perfect fluid space-times.
result The study proves that in a perfect fluid space-time, the scalar curvature is constant and represents a phantom barrier.

The study characterizes GRW spacetimes with gradient solitons and phantom era.

problem Characterizing generalized Robertson-Walker spacetimes with gradient solitons.
method Examined gradient type Ricci solitons and (m,τ)(m,τ)-quasi Einstein solitons in GRW spacetimes.
result Demonstrated that GRW spacetimes can be Robertson-Walker or phantom era spacetimes under certain conditions.

Myopic optimization outperforms reinforcement learning in portfolio management, leading to lower returns and higher risks.

problem Reinforcement learning strategies in portfolio management yield lower or negative returns and higher risks compared to myopic optimization.
method Modeling execution/liquidation frictions with mark-to-market accounting, using Malliavin calculus to derive policy gradients and risk shadow price, and quantifying phantom profit.
result Myopic optimization outperforms reinforcement learning in portfolio management, leading to better returns and lower risks.

I review few conceptual steps in analytic description of topological interactions, which constitute the basis of a new interdisciplinary branch in mathematical physics, "Statistical Topology", emerged at the edge of topology and statistical physics of fluctuating non-phantom rope-like objects. This new branch is called…

2016-08-23abs ↗pdf ↗

Develops a neural surrogate for proton dose calculation using Monte Carlo dropout uncertainty.

problem Computational demand in proton therapy workflows requiring repeated evaluations.
method Integrates Monte Carlo dropout into a neural network surrogate for fast, differentiable dose predictions and uncertainty quantification.
result Shows significant speedups over MC while retaining uncertainty information.

The paper calculates prices for multi-step barrier options under the Black-Scholes model.

problem Calculating prices for multi-step barrier options with varying barriers and time steps.
method Derives a general, explicit expression for option prices using the Black-Scholes model and a multi-step reflection principle.
result Derives a multi-step reflection principle that generalizes the reflection principle of Brownian motion.

A time-dependent double-barrier option is a derivative security that delivers the terminal value φ(ST)φ(S_T) at expiry TT if neither of the continuous time-dependent barriers $b_\pm:[0,T]\to \RR_+$ have been hit during the time interval [0,T][0,T]. Using a probabilistic approach we obtain a decomposition of the barrier opti…

2008-09-10abs ↗pdf ↗

We discuss the pricing methodology for Bonus Certificates and Barrier Reverse-Convertible Structured Products. Pricing for a European barrier condition is straightforward for products of both types and depends on an efficient interpolation of observed market option pricing. Pricing products We discuss the pricing metho…

2016-07-31abs ↗pdf ↗

Efficient semi-analytic methods for pricing double barrier options with time-dependent parameters.

problem Pricing and calibration of double barrier options with time-dependent parameters.
method Two approaches: General Integral transform method and Heat Potential method.
result Semi-analytic techniques are more efficient for pricing double barrier options than traditional numerical methods.

We provided an analytical representation of the price of a barrier option with one type of special moving barrier. We consider the case that risk free rate, dividend rate and stock volatility are time dependent. We get a pricing formula and put call parity for barrier option when the moving barrier has a special relati…

2013-03-06abs ↗pdf ↗

New method tackles bilevel optimization with polyhedral constraints.

problem Challenges in bilevel optimization with active-set changes and expensive Hessian inversions.
method Logarithmic barrier smoothing and proxy-gradient algorithm for differentiable approximation.
result Stationarity rates of O(K2/3)O(K^{-2/3}) in deterministic setting and O(K2/5)O(K^{-2/5}) under stochastic noise.

This paper deals with a high-order accurate implicit finite-difference approach to the pricing of barrier options. In this way various types of barrier options are priced, including barrier options paying rebates, and options on dividend-paying-stocks. Moreover, the barriers may be monitored either continuously or disc…

2007-09-29abs ↗pdf ↗

By means of a Kaluza-Klein type argument we show that the Perelman's F-functional is the Einstein-Hilbert action in a space with extra ``phantom'' dimensions. In this way, we try to interpret some remarks of Perelman in the introduction and at the end of the first section in his first famous paper. As a consequence the…

2008-05-21abs ↗pdf ↗

Research provides explicit NPV expressions for double barrier strategies.

problem Calculating expected NPVs of double barrier strategies for regular diffusions.
method Explicit expression using bivariate q-scale function with perturbation technique.
result Explicit expressions for expected NPVs are derived for certain cases.

Paper applies subdiffusive dynamics to American and barrier options pricing.

problem Valuation of American and barrier options in subdiffusive financial models.
method Proposes weighted finite difference and Longstaff-Schwartz methods for valuation.
result Numerical valuation of American and barrier options demonstrated.

We use Lie symmetry methods to price certain types of barrier options. Usually Lie symmetry methods cannot be used to solve the Black-Scholes equation for options because the function defining the maturity condition for an option is not smooth. However, for barrier options, this restriction can be accommodated and a sy…

2013-12-11abs ↗pdf ↗

In this paper we analyse financial implications of exchangeability and similar properties of finite dimensional random vectors. We show how these properties are reflected in prices of some basket options in view of the well-known put-call symmetry property and the duality principle in option pricing. A particular atten…

2009-01-30abs ↗pdf ↗

We say that a topologically embedded 3-sphere in a smoothing of Euclidean 4-space is a barrier provided, roughly, no diffeomorphism of the 4-manifold moves the 3-sphere off itself. In this paper we construct infinitely many one parameter families of distinct smoothings of 4-space with barrier 3-spheres. \par The existe…

1998-07-26abs ↗pdf ↗

This note re-addresses the Paris barrier options proposed by Yor and collaborators and their valuation using the Laplace transform approach. The notion of Paris barrier options, based on excursion theory and using the Brownian meander, is extended such that their valuation is now possible at any point during their life…

2002-02-28abs ↗pdf ↗

New formulas for barrier options in stochastic volatility models with nonzero correlation.

problem Calculating barrier options prices in models with nonzero correlation.
method Derivation of two novel closed-form formulas: Hull and White type and Alòs-like decomposition.
result Closed-form formulas for barrier options in stochastic volatility models with nonzero correlation.

Bayesian method synthesizes barrier certificates for unknown systems with latent states.

problem Certifying safety in systems with unknown dynamics and latent states.
method Bayesian inference with Metropolis-Hastings sampler and sum-of-squares program.
result Probabilistic validity of barrier certificates for unknown systems.

Study short-term behavior of up-and-in barrier options using Malliavin calculus.

problem Analyzing the decay rate of up-and-in barrier option prices as maturity decreases.
method Use Malliavin calculus to analyze the law of the supremum of the log-price process.
result Derive upper bound on asymptotic decay rate of up-and-in barrier option prices.

This paper presents a new asymptotic expansion method for pricing continuously monitoring barrier options. In particular, we develops a semi-group expansion scheme for the Cauchy-Dirichlet problem in the second-order parabolic partial differential equations (PDEs) arising in barrier option pricing. As an application, w…

2012-02-14abs ↗pdf ↗

Study efficient pricing for barrier options in stochastic-volatility models with leverage correction.

problem Barrier options are sensitive to volatility dynamics, especially leverage, making accurate pricing difficult.
method Developed a class of continuous-path stochastic-clock volatility models and a systematic small-ρ expansion to incorporate leverage.
result Transform-only pricing formulas for barrier derivatives are fast and numerically stable, even for negative leverage.

We show how to price and replicate a variety of barrier-style claims written on the log\log price XX and quadratic variation X\langle X \rangle of a risky asset. Our framework assumes no arbitrage, frictionless markets and zero interest rates. We model the risky asset as a strictly positive continuous semimartingale w…

2015-08-04abs ↗pdf ↗

IPMs struggle with hyperbolic spaces due to polynomially growing barrier parameters.

problem IPMs' efficiency is hindered in hyperbolic spaces.
method Analyzing the barrier parameter growth in hyperbolic and Hadamard spaces.
result The barrier parameter grows polynomially with the domain's diameter in hyperbolic spaces.