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48 results for proper utility process

This paper solves optimal investment-consumption problems for a risk-averse agent with special utility.

problem Optimal investment-consumption problem for a risk-averse agent with special utility.
method Introduced proper utility process and solved optimal investment-consumption problem.
result Existence and uniqueness of proper utility processes for a wide class of consumption streams.

The paper analyzes portfolio selection with non-concave utility and transaction costs.

problem Non-concave utility maximization with proportional transaction costs.
method Two-step procedure: asymptotic terminal behavior analysis and discontinuous viscosity solution.
result Optimal portfolio strategies can differ significantly from the frictionless case due to transaction costs.

Estimates proper calibration errors and refinement terms in probabilistic predictions.

problem Lack of a general estimator for proper calibration errors and refinement terms with known statistical properties.
method Proposes a method for consistent, asymptotically unbiased estimation of proper calibration errors and refinement terms.
result Proves the relation between refinement and f-divergences, implying information monotonicity in neural networks.

Complex-valued signals are used in the modeling of many systems in engineering and science, hence being of fundamental interest. Often, random complex-valued signals are considered to be proper. A proper complex random variable or process is uncorrelated with its complex conjugate. This assumption is a good model of th…

2015-02-17abs ↗pdf ↗

We introduce a new class of continuous-time models of the stochastic volatility of asset prices. The models can simultaneously incorporate roughness and slowly decaying autocorrelations, including proper long memory, which are two stylized facts often found in volatility data. Our prime model is based on the so-called …

2016-10-02abs ↗pdf ↗

Paper develops proper, lower-bounded losses for weakly supervised classification.

problem Weakly supervised classification with corrupted labels.
method Representation theorem for proper losses, derived condition for lower-boundedness, generalized logit squeezing.
result Proper and lower-bounded losses for weak-label learning.

Critiques binary classification evaluation methods, advocating for proper scoring rules.

problem The dominance of top-K metrics and fixed-threshold evaluations in machine learning.
method Introduces a decision-theoretic framework mapping evaluation metrics to their use cases, and implements a clipped Brier score variant.
result Demonstrates the clinical utility of proper scoring rules through a Python package, exttt{briertools}.

New gene selection method improves tumor classification accuracy.

problem Efficiently selecting relevant genes from high-dimensional tumor gene expression data.
method Fuzzy-Rough Set Theory for feature dependency analysis.
result The proposed method outperforms state-of-the-art techniques in tumor classification.

New method improves decision-making accuracy without complex calculations.

problem Improving decision-making accuracy in machine learning.
method Introducing a new measure called calibration decision loss (CDLK\mathsf{CDL}_K) for structured families of post-processing functions.
result Proves upper and lower bounds for natural classes KK of post-processing functions.

Study adds investment gains and losses to recursive utility model, proving existence and uniqueness of utility process.

problem Existence and uniqueness of utility process in a recursive utility model with investment gains and losses.
method Generalized recursive utility model with constant elasticity of intertemporal substitution and relative risk aversion degree. Proved existence and uniqueness in a specific, finite-state Markovian setting.
result Utility process exists and is unique when agent derives nonnegative gain-loss utility, and non-existent or non-unique otherwise.

The paper generalizes deformation results for Fuchsian representations and shows proper affine actions.

problem Infinitesimal deformations of Fuchsian representations do not act properly in certain directions.
method Using results from Labourie--Wentworth, Potrie--Sambarino, and Smilga, the authors introduce affine versions of cross ratios and triple ratios, Margulis invariants, and relate them to infinitesimal Jordan projections.
result A general criterion for existence of proper affine actions in terms of Margulis invariant spectra.

Study stability of trading strategy under market perturbations.

problem Dynamic stability of trading strategy under market changes.
method Established reverse conjugacy characterizations, proved continuity and convergence of indirect utility process.
result Continuity and first-order convergence of indirect utility process under market perturbations.

Paper establishes utility theory for synthetic data generation.

problem Lack of theoretical understanding in synthetic data utility.
method Statistical learning framework with two utility metrics: generalization and model ranking.
result Theoretical bounds for synthetic data utility metrics ensure comparable generalization and consistent model comparison.

Representation learning (RL) plays an important role in extracting proper representations from complex medical data for various analyzing tasks, such as patient grouping, clinical endpoint prediction and medication recommendation. Medical data can be divided into two typical categories, outpatient and inpatient, that h…

2019-04-18abs ↗pdf ↗

The paper examines utility maximization in markets with hidden Gaussian drift, finding restrictions on model parameters.

problem Utility maximization problems in markets with hidden Gaussian drift mean-reverting processes.
method Derives sufficient conditions for bounded maximum expected utility of terminal wealth for models with full and partial information.
result Restrictions on model parameters for bounded maximum expected utility.

The paper briefly introduces multiple classifier systems and describes a new algorithm, which improves classification accuracy by means of recommendation of a proper algorithm to an object classification. This recommendation is done assuming that a classifier is likely to predict the label of the object correctly if it…

2015-04-21abs ↗pdf ↗

Assessing the predictive accuracy of black box classifiers is challenging in the absence of labeled test datasets. In these scenarios we may need to rely on a human oracle to evaluate individual predictions; presenting the challenge to create query algorithms to guide the search for points that provide the most informa…

2018-10-12abs ↗pdf ↗

Neural marked point processes show saturation with complexity, leading to new simple architectures.

problem Performance saturation in neural marked point processes with complex architectures.
method Proposed GCHP with graph convolutional layers and likelihood ratio loss.
result GCHP reduces training time and improves model performance.

The purpose of this paper relies on the study of long term affine yield curves modeling. It is inspired by the Ramsey rule of the economic literature, that links discount rate and marginal utility of aggregate optimal consumption. For such a long maturity modelization, the possibility of adjusting preferences to new ec…

2014-04-07abs ↗pdf ↗

Extends PoS proof-of-stake transaction fee mechanism with miner utility model.

problem Designing a transaction fee mechanism for PoS protocol that incorporates miner utility.
method Introduced a new mechanism (BSP(θ)) incorporating a parameter θ to ensure user and miner incentives.
result The new mechanism (BSP(θ)) satisfies user and miner incentives and contract proofness.

Study shows privacy and utility trade-offs in synthetic data models, impacting fairness and real-world performance.

problem Understanding the impact of differential privacy on fairness and model performance in synthetic data.
method Systematic analysis of differentially private synthetic datasets on classification models, measuring utility and bias using fairness metrics.
result More privacy does not necessarily mean more bias, but it can affect model performance when deployed on real data.

Paper proposes fitting loss functions to data using source functions from information geometry.

problem Choosing appropriate loss functions for machine learning models.
method Introduces source functions from information geometry to fit loss functions to the domain at hand.
result Significant improvements over state-of-the-art methods in model training.

Recently, several new pari-mutuel mechanisms have been introduced to organize markets for contingent claims. Hanson introduced a market maker derived from the logarithmic scoring rule, and later Chen and Pennock developed a cost function formulation for the market maker. On the other hand, the SCPM model of Peters et a…

2009-02-14abs ↗pdf ↗

This paper studies how to capture dependency graph structures from real data which may not be Gaussian. Starting from marginal loss functions not necessarily derived from probability distributions, we utilize an additive over-parametrization with shrinkage to incorporate variable dependencies into the criterion. An ite…

2016-10-08abs ↗pdf ↗

New approach to disentangle utility from impulse in recommendation systems.

problem Difficulty in inferring user utility from engagement signals.
method Generative model based on self-exciting Hawkes process to infer utility from return probability.
result It is possible to disentangle System-1 and System-2 decision processes to optimize content based on user utility.

New concept of proper-calibeating extends classic calibrated forecasts to proper scoring rules.

problem Defining and extending calibrated forecasts to proper scoring rules.
method Extending the concepts of calibrated and calibeating forecasts to proper scoring rules and proving their properties.
result Proper-calibration always implies calibration, but proper-calibeating does not necessarily imply calibeating.

Labeling of sequential data is a prevalent meta-problem for a wide range of real world applications. While the first-order Hidden Markov Models (HMM) provides a fundamental approach for unsupervised sequential labeling, the basic model does not show satisfying performance when it is directly applied to real world probl…

2019-04-05abs ↗pdf ↗

Study optimal strategy for maximizing exponential utility in financial market with linear price impact.

problem Maximizing exponential utility in financial market with linear price impact.
method Purely probabilistic approach using duality.
result Computed optimal portfolio strategy and value for Ornstein-Uhlenbeck process.

This article is devoted to the maximisation of HARA utilities of L{é}vy switching process on finite time interval via dual method. We give the description of all f-divergence minimal martingale measures in initially enlarged filtration, the expression of their Radon-Nikodym densities involving Hellinger and Kulback-Lei…

2018-07-24abs ↗pdf ↗

Regularization can improve both privacy and performance in machine learning models.

problem Privacy vs. Utility trade-off in machine learning models.
method The study uses logistic regression with ridge regularization and a leave-one-out analysis tool.
result Increasing the number of parameters can improve both privacy and performance when coupled with proper regularization.