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48 results for proportional forms

Paper finds closed-form solutions for tontine with bequest motive.

problem Finding optimal fractional consumption rate and bequest amount under bequest motive.
method Relaxing fixed proportions assumption, introducing bequest proportion as control function.
result Closed-form solutions for fractional consumption rate, wealth, bequest amount, and proportion.

The paper extends Bäcklund theorem in affine differential geometry of surfaces.

problem Understanding local symmetries and proportional affine fundamental forms in surfaces.
method Formulating and proving complementary affine Bäcklund theorem.
result Conditions for local symmetry and proportional affine fundamental forms.

Proportional transaction costs present difficult theoretical problems in trading algorithm design, on account of their lack of analytical tractability. The author derives a solution of DT-NT-DT form for an arbitrary model in which the the traded asset has diffusive dynamics described by one or more stochastic risk fact…

2012-04-29abs ↗pdf ↗

We extend the fair machine learning literature by considering the problem of proportional centroid clustering in a metric context. For clustering nn points with kk centers, we define fairness as proportionality to mean that any n/kn/k points are entitled to form their own cluster if there is another center that is clo…

2019-05-09abs ↗pdf ↗

Revisits superhedging under proportional costs in continuous time markets.

problem Superhedging in markets with proportional transaction costs.
method Set-valued stochastic analysis, continuous trading schemes, dynamic risk measure.
result Dynamic set-valued risk measure with multi-portfolio time-consistency.

The paper classifies PMCV hypersurfaces in non-flat pseudo-Riemannian space forms.

problem Characterizing PMCV hypersurfaces in non-flat pseudo-Riemannian space forms.
method Analyzing the properties of hypersurfaces with at most two distinct principal curvatures.
result PMCV hypersurfaces are either minimal or locally isoparametric.

Learning with Label Proportions (LLP) is the problem of recovering the underlying true labels given a dataset when the data is presented in the form of bags. This paradigm is particularly suitable in contexts where providing individual labels is expensive and label aggregates are more easily obtained. In the healthcare…

2018-10-24abs ↗pdf ↗

The paper classifies submanifolds in pseudo-Riemannian space forms.

problem Characterizing and classifying totally umbilical submanifolds.
method Classification of congruent classes of totally umbilical submanifolds in non-flat pseudo-Riemannian space forms.
result Some moduli spaces of isometric immersions between space forms are non-Hausdorff.

This paper is about geometric quantization of the Hitchin system. We quantize a Kahler form on the Hitchin moduli space (which is half the first Kahler form defined by Hitchin) by considering the Quillen bundle as the prequantum line bundle and modifying the Quillen metric using the Higgs field so that the curvature is…

2016-04-05abs ↗pdf ↗

This work efficiently learns linear threshold functions from label proportions using Gaussian distributions.

problem Efficiently learning linear threshold functions from label proportions.
method Using Gaussian distributions, the algorithm estimates means and covariance matrices, and identifies a low error hypothesis LTF.
result It is possible to efficiently learn LTFs using LTFs when given access to random bags of label proportions.

The paper examines 4D hypersurfaces with constant mean curvature in pseudo-Riemannian space forms.

problem Investigating properties of 4D hypersurfaces with specific curvature conditions.
method Analyzing hypersurfaces with proper mean curvature vector field in pseudo-Riemannian space forms.
result Bi-harmonic hypersurfaces in N^5_s(c) are minimal in certain cases.

We simplify inference for TPP models with latent structures.

problem Intractable marginalization in TPP models with latent structures.
method Approximate inference over latent variables using a tight upper bound on the approximation gap.
result Improved results for models like Survival Analysis.

We compute the Euler characteristics of the recently discovered series of Gothic Teichmüller curves. The main tool is the construction of 'Gothic' Hilbert modular forms vanishing at the images of these Teichmüller curves. Contrary to all previously known examples, the Euler characteristic is not proportional to the Eul…

2018-07-26abs ↗pdf ↗

The problem of developing binary classifiers from positive and unlabeled data is often encountered in machine learning. A common requirement in this setting is to approximate posterior probabilities of positive and negative classes for a previously unseen data point. This problem can be decomposed into two steps: (i) t…

2016-01-08abs ↗pdf ↗

We consider a special family of occupation-time derivatives, namely proportional step options introduced by Linetsky in [Math. Finance, 9, 55--96 (1999)]. We develop new closed-form spectral expansions for pricing such options under a class of nonlinear volatility diffusion processes which includes the constant-elastic…

2013-02-15abs ↗pdf ↗

Paper improves deep learning for instance-level classification from label proportions.

problem Dealing with noisy pseudo-labeling and high-entropy class distributions in LLP.
method Introducing a two-stage training approach with constrained optimization and mixup strategy.
result Significant performance improvement in instance-level classification.

For moduli space of stable parabolic bundles on a compact Riemann surface, we derive an explicit formula for the curvature of its canonical line bundle with respect to Quillen's metric and interpret it as a local index theorem for the family of dbar-operators in associated parabolic endomorphism bundles. The formula co…

2006-09-26abs ↗pdf ↗

Learning from Label Proportions (LLP) is a learning setting, where the training data is provided in groups, or "bags", and only the proportion of each class in each bag is known. The task is to learn a model to predict the class labels of the individual instances. LLP has broad applications in political science, market…

2014-02-24abs ↗pdf ↗

Develops a method to estimate average hazard under non-proportional hazards without relying on proportional hazards assumption.

problem Estimation of treatment effects when hazards are non-proportional, leading to unstable hazard ratios.
method Semiparametric, doubly robust framework for covariate-adjusted average hazard estimation.
result Valid sqrt{n} inference with small bias and near-nominal confidence-interval coverage across proportional and non-proportional hazards settings.

New linear denoiser outperforms standard Wiener filter in noisy data.

problem Improving denoising performance for unknown covariance data.
method Synthetically constructed noisy samples to train a linear denoiser using least-squares approximation.
result Optimal denoiser found using the Convex Gaussian Min-Max Theorem (CGMT) for proportional regime.

A large proportion of market making models derive from the seminal model of Avellaneda and Stoikov. The numerical approximation of the value function and the optimal quotes in these models remains a challenge when the number of assets is large. In this article, we propose closed-form approximations for the value functi…

2018-10-10abs ↗pdf ↗

We study the problem of learning with label proportions in which the training data is provided in groups and only the proportion of each class in each group is known. We propose a new method called proportion-SVM, or \proptoSVM, which explicitly models the latent unknown instance labels together with the known group …

2013-06-04abs ↗pdf ↗

Study examines how insurance affects households prone to proportional losses, especially those near poverty.

problem Impact of insurance on households susceptible to proportional losses, focusing on poverty traps.
method Modelled proportional capital losses with insurance, derived closed formulae and non-local differential equations.
result New formulae and methods to calculate trapping probability, constraints on parameters to prevent certainty of trapping.

This report works out the details of a closed-form, fully Bayesian, multiclass, openset, generative pattern classifier using multivariate Gaussian likelihoods, with conjugate priors. The generative model has a common within-class covariance, which is proportional to the between-class covariance in the conjugate prior. …

2013-07-23abs ↗pdf ↗

Paper proposes a new method for estimating mixture proportions without irreducibility assumption.

problem Estimating mixture proportions when component distributions are not irreducible.
method Developed a resampling-based meta-algorithm that adapts existing MPE algorithms to non-irreducible settings.
result Empirical results show improved estimation performance compared to baseline methods and regrouping-based algorithms.

We describe a deformation of the principal chiral model (with an even-dimensional target space G) by a B-field proportional to the Kähler form on the target space. The equations of motion of the deformed model admit a zero-curvature representation. As a simplest example, we consider the case of G=S^1 x S^3. We also app…

2016-11-22abs ↗pdf ↗

Paper improves signal proportion estimation by accounting for variable dependence.

problem Traditional estimators assume independence, limiting applicability in real-world scenarios.
method Integrates arbitrary covariance dependence information using principal factor approximation.
result Method outperforms state-of-the-art estimators in accuracy and detection of weaker signals.

RLSbench benchmarks domain adaptation under label proportion shifts, revealing widespread failures and proposing a two-step meta-algorithm.

problem Domain adaptation under label proportion shifts is poorly understood and inconsistent across methods.
method RLSbench introduces a large-scale benchmark with 500 distribution shift pairs. It proposes a two-step meta-algorithm to improve domain adaptation methods under label proportion shifts.
result The two-step meta-algorithm improves domain adaptation methods by 2-10% accuracy points under large label proportion shifts.

We consider the equations, arising as the conformal invariance conditions of the perturbed curved beta-gamma system. These equations have the physical meaning of Einstein equations with a B-field and a dilaton on a hermitian manifold, where the B-field 2-form is imaginary and proportional to the canonical form associat…

2007-08-05abs ↗pdf ↗

A rank-n tensor on a Lorentzian manifold V whose contraction with n arbitrary causal future directed vectors is non-negative is said to have the dominant property. These tensors, up to sign, are called causal tensors, and we determine their general properties in dimension N. We prove that rank-2 tensors which map the n…

2001-04-26abs ↗pdf ↗

This paper refines the Gaussian Sinkhorn algorithm for general multivariate models.

problem Finite-dimensional solutions for general Gaussian multivariate models.
method Recursive formulation of the Sinkhorn algorithm for Gaussian models, including closed form expressions of entropic transport maps and Schrödinger bridges.
result Refined convergence analysis of Gaussian Sinkhorn algorithms.