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48 results for quadratic drift

A new stochastic volatility model with quadratic drift prevents moment explosions and preserves stock price martingale property.

problem Avoiding moment explosions and preserving stock price martingale property in stochastic volatility models.
method Introduces a one-factor stochastic volatility model with quadratic drift and a linear dispersion function, showing that the quadratic term is crucial.
result The model prevents moment explosions and preserves the martingale property of the stock price process.

New approach to portfolio optimization shows entropy regularization is ineffective.

problem Entropy regularization in mean-variance portfolio optimization under drift uncertainty.
method Combining Bayesian filtering and stochastic policy optimization.
result Entropy regularization does not accelerate learning about unknown drift.

Optimal contracts are found for agents with quadratic effort costs.

problem Finding optimal contracts in principal-agent problems with quadratic effort costs.
method Modeling the problem using Hamilton-Jacobi-Bellman (HJB) equations and proving the existence of classical solutions.
result Existence of optimal contracts for agents with quadratic effort costs is proven.

SAM optimizes deep networks by oscillating between sides of the minimum.

problem Improving performance of deep networks.
method Gradient-based optimization method that oscillates between sides of the minimum.
result SAM effectively performs gradient descent on the spectral norm of the Hessian, encouraging drift towards wider minima.

SCAFFOLD improves Federated Learning by reducing client-drift and speeding up convergence.

problem Federated Learning's performance is limited by client-drift in heterogeneous data.
method SCAFFOLD uses control variates to correct client-drift and improve convergence.
result SCAFFOLD requires fewer communication rounds and is not affected by data heterogeneity.

Bayesian Markowitz portfolio problem shows entropy regularization is ineffective.

problem Entropy regularization in Bayesian Markowitz portfolio optimization.
method Combines continuous-time Bayesian filtering with stochastic policy optimization.
result Entropy regularization does not accelerate learning of unknown drift.

Proposes a method to estimate SDE noise from a single trajectory.

problem Estimating SDE noise from a single data trajectory without ergodicity or stationarity.
method Combining Taylor expansions, Girsanov transformations, and drift function's initial value for drift and noise estimation.
result First SSISDE algorithm capable of identifying SDE dynamics from a single trajectory.

Study confirms complex crypto market dynamics via non-linear potentials.

problem Linear models fail to capture complex financial market dynamics.
method Analyzed high-frequency crypto currency data to confirm non-linear drift and potential functions.
result Markets exhibit either single-well or double-well potentials, indicating varying levels of uncertainty or stress.

In this work, we develop a novel principal component analysis (PCA) for semimartingales by introducing a suitable spectral analysis for the quadratic variation operator. Motivated by high-dimensional complex systems typically found in interest rate markets, we investigate correlation in high-dimensional high-frequency …

2015-03-19abs ↗pdf ↗

The Fokker-Planck equation with diffusion coefficient quadratic in space variable, linear drift coefficient, and nonlocal nonlinearity term is considered in the framework of a model of analysis of asset returns at financial markets. For special cases of such a Fokker-Planck equation we describe a construction of exact …

2008-04-06abs ↗pdf ↗

Consider a family Z={xi,yiZ=\{\boldsymbol{x_{i}},y_{i},1iN}1\leq i\leq N\} of NN pairs of vectors xiRd\boldsymbol{x_{i}} \in \mathbb{R}^d and scalars yiy_{i} that we aim to predict for a new sample vector x0\mathbf{x}_0. Kriging models yy as a sum of a deterministic function mm, a drift which depends on the point $\boldsymbol…

2018-11-29abs ↗pdf ↗

We propose a model of inter-bank lending and borrowing which takes into account clearing debt obligations. The evolution of log-monetary reserves of NN banks is described by coupled diffusions driven by controls with delay in their drifts. Banks are minimizing their finite-horizon objective functions which take into a…

2016-07-21abs ↗pdf ↗

Study analyzes market equilibrium returns with price impact and transaction costs.

problem Modeling equilibrium returns in markets with strategic order placement and transaction costs.
method Analyzes frictionless and transaction-cost markets, characterizes Nash equilibrium via FBSDEs.
result Equilibrium returns are affected by transaction costs, especially with noise traders.

In this paper a new dissimilarity measure to identify groups of assets dynamics is proposed. The underlying generating process is assumed to be a diffusion process solution of stochastic differential equations and observed at discrete time. The mesh of observations is not required to shrink to zero. As distance between…

2008-09-23abs ↗pdf ↗

Enhances resilience evaluation by using dynamic convex risk measures.

problem Capturing the full risk profile of financial positions under adverse conditions.
method Introduces a new resilience evaluation method using dynamic convex risk measures.
result Shows that the resilience evaluation can distinguish between positions with the same expected recovery but different conditional risk profiles.

MF-PID uses interacting samples to efficiently transport probability mass.

problem Efficiently transporting probability mass in generative models.
method Introducing Mean-Field Path-Integral Diffusion (MF-PID) where samples become interacting agents.
result MF-PID achieves 19-24% reductions in control energy for demand-response control of energy systems.

This review covers learning under concept drift, including detection, understanding, and adaptation.

problem Unforeseeable changes in data distribution over time impact machine learning performance.
method Reviews and analyzes methodologies and techniques for concept drift detection, understanding, and adaptation.
result Establishes a framework for learning under concept drift with three main components.

Paper presents IMRCs for evolving tasks with forward and backward learning.

problem Incremental learning of evolving tasks with few samples per task.
method Incremental minimax risk classifiers (IMRCs) that exploit forward and backward learning.
result IMRCs provide significant performance improvement, especially with reduced sample sizes.

We propose a new method of measuring the third and fourth moments of return distribution based on quadratic variation method when the return process is assumed to have zero drift. The realized third and fourth moments variations computed from high frequency return series are good approximations to corresponding actual …

2013-11-20abs ↗pdf ↗

This research identifies flaws in drift detection methods and creates adversarial data streams to exploit them.

problem The challenge of detecting data distribution changes (drift) in real-time systems.
method Developed adversarial data streams to show weaknesses in existing drift detection schemes.
result Demonstrated that common drift detection methods can be fooled by adversarial data streams.

Paper proposes a semi-supervised method for detecting concept drift in streaming environments.

problem Detecting concept drift in streaming environments with limited labeled data.
method Utilizes density estimation of posterior probabilities in partially labeled streaming data.
result Demonstrates superior concept drift detection in streaming environments with limited labeled data.

Classifiers operating in a dynamic, real world environment, are vulnerable to adversarial activity, which causes the data distribution to change over time. These changes are traditionally referred to as concept drift, and several approaches have been developed in literature to deal with the problem of drift handling an…

2018-03-24abs ↗pdf ↗

A TTA framework improves forecasting accuracy in non-stationary time series.

problem Improving forecasting accuracy in non-stationary time series.
method Normalization-based test-time adaptation for causal timeseries forecasting and direction classification.
result Normalization-based TTA improves forecasting error in synthetic gradual drift and can even hurt in aggressive norm-only adaptation in financial markets.

Classifies polynomial growth solutions to drift-harmonic equations on asymptotically paraboloidal manifolds.

problem Classifying polynomial growth solutions to drift-harmonic equations on specific types of manifolds.
method Inductive argument that alternates between constructing and asymptotically controlling drift-harmonic functions.
result All drift-harmonic functions with polynomial growth asymptotically separate variables and dimensions of spaces are computed.

Detects drifts in data for classification tasks using constrained embeddings.

problem Drifts in data affect model performance; unsupervised methods ignore label information.
method Task-sensitive semi-supervised drift detection with constrained low-dimensional embedding.
result Successfully detects real drifts affecting classification performance.

PDD detects concept drift using explainable AI, improving model performance in dynamic environments.

problem Detecting and adapting to concept drift in predictive models.
method Profile Drift Detection (PDD) using Partial Dependence Profiles (PDPs).
result PDD outperforms existing methods in detecting concept drift and maintaining high predictive performance.

Paper proposes a framework to detect adversarial concept drifts under poisoning attacks.

problem Adversarial concept drift in data streams.
method Augmented Restricted Boltzmann Machine with improved gradient computation and energy function.
result High robustness and efficacy of the proposed drift detection framework in adversarial scenarios.

CURIE uses cellular automata to detect concept drift in data streams.

problem Detecting changes in data distribution (concept drift) in data streams.
method CURIE represents data stream distribution in a cellular automata grid and uses its neighborhood rule to detect changes.
result CURIE, when hybridized with base learners, performs competitively in detection metrics and classification accuracy.

Gradient-based methods for games suffer from discrete update steps that cause drift, affecting performance.

problem Gradient-based methods for two-player games suffer from drift due to discrete update steps.
method Derived modified continuous dynamical systems to closely follow the discrete dynamics of games.
result Identified distinct components of discretization drift that can alter or destabilize game performance.

A geometric theory explains loss functions for robust representation learning.

problem Treats robustness, domain adaptation, and sensor drift as separate literatures.
method Estimates covariance Sigma_task and uses it to pin Jacobian penalties.
result Proves optimality and necessity of range coverage for penalty matrices.