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YC Bench forecasts startup success in Y Combinator batches with a short-term metric.

problem Difficult forecasting of startup success due to sparse meaningful outcomes and slow evaluation cycles.
method Developed a live benchmark using publicly available traction signals and web visibility metrics.
result Revealed 6 out of 11 top performers at YC Demo Day with a simple proxy for prior brand recognition.

New method evaluates AI stock prediction systems based on decision-making processes.

problem Lack of evaluation for AI systems' decision-making processes.
method Scores intermediate decision process using large language models and closed-loop reinforcement learning feedback.
result Composite behavioral score correlates with Sharpe ratio and reduces prediction error.

DAIS minimizes symmetrized KL divergence between initial and target distributions.

problem Optimizing over initial distributions in importance sampling.
method Differentiable annealed importance sampling (DAIS) minimizing symmetrized KL divergence.
result DAIS minimizes symmetrized KL divergence between initial and target distributions.

Study predicts stock price direction on earnings announcement days using multi-modal deep learning.

problem Predicting stock price movements during earnings announcements is challenging due to market noise and discontinuities.
method Constructed a multi-modal feature space combining fundamental metrics, technical indicators, and sentiment scores from financial news articles. Evaluated LSTM and Transformer models against a baseline.
result Transformer model outperforms LSTM in identifying volatile movements, achieving higher macro F1-score.

Urban traffic systems worldwide are suffering from severe traffic safety problems. Traffic safety is affected by many complex factors, and heavily related to all drivers' behaviors involved in traffic system. Drivers with aggressive driving behaviors increase the risk of traffic accidents. In order to manage the safety…

2018-11-28abs ↗pdf ↗

Study finds CRPS learning doesn't improve day-ahead bidding profits despite better accuracy.

problem Improving day-ahead bidding profits through better probabilistic price forecasting.
method CRPS learning to minimize continuous ranked probability score (CRPS) for ensemble predictions.
result Higher diversity in ensemble predictions improves accuracy but doesn't lead to higher profits.

The main purpose of this work is to examine the behavior of the implied volatility smiles around jumps, contributing to the literature with a high-frequency analysis of the smile dynamics based on intra-day option data. From our high-frequency SPX S\&P500 index option dataset, we utilize the first three principal compo…

2017-11-08abs ↗pdf ↗

Predict stock trends using news sentiment and technical indicators in Spark.

problem Predicting the stock market trend is challenging due to multiple influencing factors.
method Created a machine learning classification problem with features from technical indicators and news sentiment scores.
result Random Forest model achieved 63.58% test accuracy in Spark.

New online method for multivariate probabilistic electricity price forecasting.

problem Multivariate probabilistic forecasting of electricity prices.
method Online multivariate distributional regression with LASSO regularization.
result Robust and interpretable joint prediction intervals for 24-hour electricity prices.

A problem faced by many instructors is that of designing exams that accurately assess the abilities of the students. Typically these exams are prepared several days in advance, and generic question scores are used based on rough approximation of the question difficulty and length. For example, for a recent class taught…

2017-12-24abs ↗pdf ↗

Study improves document processing in banking with multimodal analytics.

problem Raising operational efficiency in banking through document-intensive processes.
method Comparative analysis of text classifiers and multimodal model (LayoutXLM) on company register extracts.
result Incorporating layout information in a model substantially increases performance.

The paper presents algorithms for diagnosing Pathological Myopia and detecting retinal structures.

problem Diagnosing Pathological Myopia and detecting retinal structures in fundus images.
method The approach uses Deep Learning techniques, including transfer learning with Xception and YOLO architecture.
result The method has shown satisfactory results in the Pathologic Myopia Challenge.

New study finds day-of-the-week effects in stock market returns using multifractal analysis.

problem Exploring calendar anomalies in stock markets, particularly day-of-the-week effects.
method Multifractal Detrended Fluctuation Analysis (MF-DFA) applied to daily returns of market indices.
result Monday returns exhibit more persistent behavior and richer multifractal structures than other days.

The study models and forecasts natural gas prices using skewed, heavy-tailed distributions.

problem Modeling and forecasting natural gas prices with heavy tails and conditional heteroscedasticity.
method State-space time series models under skewed, heavy-tailed distributions.
result The proposed model reduces out-of-sample CRPS by 13% for Day-Ahead and 9% for Month-Ahead forecasts.

Study local sensitivity of HDD and CDD temperature derivatives prices.

problem Understanding how temperature derivatives prices change with small temperature changes.
method Analyzes sensitivity of HDD and CDD futures and options prices to temperature perturbations using a CAR process.
result Identifies the order of the CAR process and its impact on temperature derivatives prices.

U-Cast simplifies AI weather forecasting with a standard U-Net and efficient training.

problem Complex AI models limit accessibility and cost for weather forecasting.
method Simple U-Net backbone, deterministic pre-training, and probabilistic fine-tuning with Monte Carlo Dropout.
result U-Cast matches or exceeds state-of-the-art models in accuracy while reducing training and inference costs.

Paper models and forecasts intra-day electricity price spreads.

problem Forecasting intra-day price spreads for electricity traders and operators.
method Dynamic density functions based on skewed-t distributions, conditional on exogenous drivers.
result Best fitting and forecasting specifications selected using Pinball Loss function.

Mamba outperforms Reformer in minute-level stock prediction using LLM sentiment scores.

problem Improving minute-level stock market prediction accuracy in volatile markets.
method Combining sentiment scores from top LLMs with stock price data, training Mamba and Reformer models.
result Mamba achieved lower error rates across all tested LLMs, especially with LLaMA 3.3--70B.

In this paper, we study the dynamics of absolute return, trading volume and bid-ask spread after the trading halts using high-frequency data from the Shanghai Stock Exchange. We deal with all three types of trading halts, namely intraday halts, one-day halts and inter-day halts, of 203 stocks in Shanghai Stock Exchange…

2013-09-04abs ↗pdf ↗

Study analyzes Airbnb lead-time distributions for Nights Booked and Gross Booking Value, finding divergent shapes and tail behavior.

problem Analyzing lead-time distributions for Airbnb demand metrics.
method Compositional analysis of daily lead-time vectors, fitting Gamma, Weibull, and Lognormal distributions, using generalized Pareto for tail inference.
result Lead-time distributions for Nights Booked and Gross Booking Value diverge, with GBV concentrating more in mid-range horizons.

The daily volume of transaction on the New York Stock Exchange and its day-to-day fluctuations are analysed with respect to power-law tails as well long-term trends. We also model the transition to a Gaussian distribution for longer time intervals, like months instead of days.

2006-03-21abs ↗pdf ↗

RL-Exec uses reinforcement learning to optimize BTC-USD liquidation, outperforming traditional methods.

problem Optimizing liquidation strategies on BTC-USD limit-order books with transient impact and latency.
method PPO agent trained on historical BTC-USD limit-order book replays, incorporating impact resilience and fees.
result RL-Exec significantly outperforms TWAP and a VWAP-like baseline on BTC-USD liquidation, with performance improving with longer execution horizons.

Network analysis improves stock return forecasting.

problem Improving stock return forecasting using network properties.
method Network analysis of stock return correlations, using individual and global properties of stocks.
result 50% improvement in R2 score for long-term stock returns forecasting, 3% for short-term.

In this paper we perform a statistical analysis over the returns and relative prices of the CAC 4040 and the S\&P 500500 with the purpose of analyzing the intra-day seasonalities of single and cross-sectional stock dynamics. In order to do that, we characterized the dynamics of a stock (or a set of stocks) by the evolut…

2015-01-21abs ↗pdf ↗

Although variational autoencoders (VAEs) represent a widely influential deep generative model, many aspects of the underlying energy function remain poorly understood. In particular, it is commonly believed that Gaussian encoder/decoder assumptions reduce the effectiveness of VAEs in generating realistic samples. In th…

2019-03-14abs ↗pdf ↗

Paper predicts cryptocurrency bull and bear phases using Bitcoin's moving averages.

problem Determining cryptocurrency bull and bear phases based on Bitcoin performance.
method Employing predictive algorithms to forecast Bitcoin's 50 Day and 200 Day Moving Averages.
result Predicted data from Bitcoin's moving averages helps identify potential bull and bear phases.

This paper examines the intra-day seasonality of transacted limit and market orders in the DEM/USD foreign exchange market. Empirical analysis of completed transactions data based on the Dealing 2000-2 electronic inter-dealer broking system indicates significant evidence of intraday seasonality in returns and return vo…

2011-03-29abs ↗pdf ↗

Analyzes multi-day stock returns, showing linear volatility and mean dependence.

problem Linear dependence of volatility and mean in accumulated stock returns.
method Modified Jones-Faddy skew t-distribution analysis.
result Linear dependence of volatility and mean on the number of days of accumulation.