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48 results for significant changes

New method tracks significant shifts in nonparametric bandits.

problem Tracking significant changes in nonparametric contextual bandits.
method Proposed a notion of 'experienced significant shifts' to adapt to minimax rate without knowledge of change parameters.
result Experienced significant shifts count fewer changes than traditional metrics, leading to an adaptive algorithm.

This paper predicts significant stock price changes using neural networks.

problem Predicting significant stock price changes.
method Three neural network models (MLP, CNN, LSTM) and two benchmark models (Random Forest, Relative Strength Index) were tested on 10-year daily stock price data of four major US companies.
result Neural network models significantly outperform traditional methods in predicting significant stock price changes.

Study uses AI to predict changes in international public finances based on US markets.

problem Understanding correlations between US and international public finances.
method Artificial intelligence and neural networks to model and predict changes.
result Neural network model achieved MSE of 2.79, indicating significant correlation and impact of US market volatility on international markets.

Paper introduces a new adversarial attack type that cheats classifiers with significant changes.

problem Cheating well-trained classifiers with small permutations.
method Supervised variation autoencoder and gradient-based updates to latent variables.
result The proposed attack significantly cheats classifiers with significant changes, reducing Type I error.

New concept of mixture complexity helps detect gradual clustering changes.

problem Determining the number of clusters in mixture models with overlaps and weight biases.
method Introducing mixture complexity (MC) as a new measure of cluster size, defined from information theory.
result MC can detect gradual clustering changes, allowing earlier detection and finer distinction.

Paper extends SI method for detecting CPs in complex systems' frequency domain.

problem Identifying change points in complex systems' frequency domain.
method Extends SI framework to frequency domain using DFT properties and develops valid p-values.
result Reliable detection of genuine CPs with strong statistical guarantees.

Study finds investor sentiment has a significant positive relationship with stock returns in Moroccan and Tunisian markets.

problem Investor sentiment and stock returns relationship in Moroccan and Tunisian markets.
method Used indirect measures of investor sentiment (SENT and ARMS) and Granger causality tests.
result Sentiment has a significant positive relationship with stock returns, but not the other way around.

Change detection (CD) in time series data is a critical problem as it reveal changes in the underlying generative processes driving the time series. Despite having received significant attention, one important unexplored aspect is how to efficiently utilize additional correlated information to improve the detection and…

2016-03-31abs ↗pdf ↗

New algorithm detects changes in Gaussian Process covariance structures.

problem Detecting abrupt changes in Gaussian Process covariance structures.
method Statistical hypothesis tests and Bayesian Online Change Point Detection (BOCPD) with improved thresholds.
result CBOCPD finds multiple structural breaks in GPs even with imprecise hyperparameters.

In our empirical study, we examine the price of liquid stocks after experiencing a large intraday price change using data from the NYSE and the NASDAQ. We find significant reversal for both intraday price decreases and increases. The results are stable against varying parameters. While on the NYSE the large widening of…

2004-06-28abs ↗pdf ↗

CCVA adjusts for climate change impacts on financial valuation.

problem Climate change impacts on financial valuation are currently ignored.
method Flexible parameterization to capture climate impacts on hazard rates.
result Significant impacts on interest rate swaps even with slow climate change.

The paper examines spillovers between agriculture, crude oil, carbon, and climate markets.

problem Understanding dynamic spillovers between agriculture, crude oil, carbon emission, and climate markets.
method A novel R2R^2 decomposed connectedness approach.
result Overall spillovers are mainly contemporaneous, not lagged; climate change significantly impacts others; agricultural markets have heterogeneous effects; corn is a major risk contributor.

Conformal Test Martingales can be 'blind' to significant changes in data distribution.

problem The converse of exchangeability does not hold, leading to potential blindness of CTMs.
method Explicit construction of AA-cryptic change-point using bivariate Gaussian distributions.
result CTMs can be perfectly cryptic to a significant change in marginal means.

The Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE) Volatility Index, VIX, is calculated based on prices of out-of-the-money put and call options on the S&P 500 index (SPX). Sometimes called the "investor fear gauge," the VIX is a measure of the implied volatility of the SPX, and is observed to be correlated with the 30-day real…

2006-08-24abs ↗pdf ↗

Detects model changes in machine learning with empirical difference test.

problem Detect significant model changes between pre-change and post-change parameters.
method Constructs an empirical difference test (EDT) to approximate GLRT, with low computational complexity and false alarm constraint.
result EDT approximates GLRT and provides a method to set threshold for false alarm constraint.

Style Miner generates stable and significant style factors for time series analysis.

problem Finding significant and stable explanatory factors in high-dimensional time series data.
method Proposes a reinforcement learning method to balance explanatory power and stability constraints.
result Outperforms existing methods by a large margin and achieves a 10% gain in R-squared explanatory power.

Paper reproduces a kernel-based scan B-statistic for online change-point detection.

problem Continuous detection of distribution changes in online data streams.
method Efficient kernel-based scan B-statistic for online change-point detection.
result Scan B-statistic outperforms parametric methods in challenging scenarios.

Paper monitors system state sequences to detect and assess deviations.

problem Detecting and evaluating deviations in dynamic systems.
method Data reduction, symbolic representation, anomaly detection, Markov Chains, generalized Jensen-Shannon Divergence.
result The approach detects and assesses system deviations probabilistically.

New algorithms detect and react to multiple change points in online learning.

problem Learning under multiple change points in environments with unknown and frequent shifts.
method Proposed Anytime Tracking CUSUM (ATC) algorithms that balance detection of significant shifts.
result Properly tuned ATC algorithms achieve nearly minimax-optimal performance.

Estimates change-points and graph structures in a time-varying Ising model.

problem Detecting and understanding changes in a time-varying Ising model.
method Maximizing a penalized conditional log-likelihood to estimate neighborhood of each node, enforcing sparsity and piece-wise constant graph structures.
result First change-points consistency theorems for unknown number of change-points in time-varying Ising model.

Researchers relax the CVF's smoothness requirement to create more flexible flow models.

problem Challenges in constructing flexible density models due to the CVF's smoothness requirement.
method Introduce L\mathcal{L}-diffeomorphisms as generalized transformations that may violate smoothness on zero Lebesgue-measure sets.
result The relaxation allows for the use of non-smooth activation functions like ReLU in residual flows.

Over the past decade, the stellar growth of Indian economy has been challenged by persistently high levels of inflation, particularly in food prices. The primary reason behind this stubborn food inflation is mismatch in supply-demand, as domestic agricultural production has failed to keep up with rising demand owing to…

2017-01-30abs ↗pdf ↗

ProteuS generates synthetic financial data with regime changes for testing drift detection.

problem Simulating concept drift in financial markets for model evaluation.
method ARMA-GARCH models fitted to ETF data, generating synthetic time series with predefined regime changes.
result Generated datasets reveal the complexity of detecting and adapting to market regime changes.

Balancing graph summarization and change detection in streaming data.

problem Balancing compression rate in graph summarization and accuracy in change detection.
method Introducing a probabilistic hierarchical latent variable model and optimizing parameters based on the minimum description length principle to balance the trade-off.
result Guaranteed suppression of Type I error probability (false alarms) in change detection.

Hedonic models predict 84-92% of U.S. real estate prices, highlighting environmental factors' impact.

problem Predicting real estate prices using hedonic models with environmental factors.
method P-spline generalized additive models for real estate prices, contrasting with linear and polynomial models.
result GAM models explain 84-92% of U.S. real estate price variance, with environmental factors contributing minimally.

Study examines value relevance of oil and gas reserve disclosures in London Stock Exchange.

problem Uncertainty in oil and gas reserves poses accounting challenges for investors.
method Empirical analysis using archival data and multifactor framework.
result Changes in reserves and their components are associated with share returns, but insignificantly due to oil price and longitudinal effects. Quality of disclosures positively impacts share returns.

Recent work in distance metric learning has focused on learning transformations of data that best align with provided sets of pairwise similarity and dissimilarity constraints. The learned transformations lead to improved retrieval, classification, and clustering algorithms due to the better adapted distance or similar…

2016-03-11abs ↗pdf ↗

The study examines cross-border lending behavior from G7 countries, showing changes in driving factors after the 2008 financial crisis.

problem Understanding the factors affecting cross-border lending behavior among G7 countries.
method Employed a gravity model to analyze bilateral and global factors influencing cross-border lending.
result Driving factors for cross-border lending have changed since the 2008 financial crisis, with continent variable becoming more significant.

Evaluates change point detection algorithms on real-world data.

problem Insufficient evaluation of change point detection algorithms on real-world time series.
method Developed a data set of 37 time series from various domains, annotated by human experts, and evaluated 14 algorithms using consistency metrics.
result Demonstrates the need for better evaluation methods in change point detection.

New method selects recent similar periods for better electricity price forecasting.

problem Improving accuracy in forecasting electricity prices.
method Change-point detection (NOT method) to select calibration periods; estimating autoregressive models only for selected data.
result Significant improvement in forecasting accuracy compared to existing methods.

Paper finds significant impact of stock market swings on equity risk premium predictability.

problem Predicting equity risk premium based on stock market behavior changes.
method Introduced Bullish Index and used FDMAA for returns analysis; considered 28 indicators.
result Positive shocks in Bullish Index correlate with strong equity risk premium predictability for up to six months, while negative shocks correlate for up to nine months.

New method calibrates false detection rates in sequential change detection.

problem Challenges in setting time-invariant thresholds for false positives.
method Simulation-based approach to time-varying thresholds.
result Accurately targets desired expected runtime while keeping false positive rate constant.

InstaGAN tackles image-to-image translation for images with multiple instances and significant shape changes.

problem Challenging cases, especially images with multiple target instances and significant shape changes.
method Instance-aware GAN (InstaGAN) that incorporates instance information and context preserving loss.
result Improves multi-instance transfiguration while maintaining permutation invariance of instances.

We simulate a series of daily returns from intraday price movements initiated by microstructure elements. Significant evidence is found that daily returns and daily return volatility exhibit first order autocorrelation, but trading volume and daily return volatility are not correlated, while intraday volatility is. We …

2000-11-17abs ↗pdf ↗

Study examines how balancing methods affect model behavior in imbalanced classification problems.

problem Impact of balancing methods on model behavior in imbalanced classification problems.
method Used Explainable Artificial Intelligence tools (variable importance method, partial dependence profile, accumulated local effects) to compare model behavior before and after balancing.
result Significant changes in model behavior due to balancing methods, leading to biased models.