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48 results for singular fluctuation

Bayesian models' singular fluctuation is shown to be akin to specific heat, influencing model complexity and generalization.

problem Understanding the thermodynamic interpretation of singular fluctuation in Bayesian models.
method Showed singular fluctuation as the curvature of Bayesian free energy and variance of log-likelihood observable under a Gibbs posterior.
result Singular fluctuation is the statistical analogue of specific heat, controlling model complexity and generalization.

We introduce thermodynamic response functions for singular Bayesian models.

problem Singular Bayesian models violate regular asymptotics due to non-identifiability and degenerate Fisher geometry.
method Posterior tempering induces thermodynamic response functions, linking WAIC, WBIC, and singular fluctuation.
result WAIC, WBIC, and singular fluctuation are unified within a thermodynamic response framework.

Wavelet analysis reveals limitations in detecting multifractality in signals with isolated singularities.

problem Detecting multifractality in signals with isolated singularities using detrended fluctuation analysis and wavelet leaders.
method Comparison of detrended fluctuation analysis and wavelet leaders on signals with isolated singularities.
result Signals with isolated singularities can artefactually give rise to broad multifractal spectra, leading to incorrect inference of multifractality.

Study examines how crypto arbitrage affects XRP price and network correlation.

problem Impact of crypto arbitrage on XRP price and network correlation.
method Examined XRP price fluctuations and correlation tensor spectra of transaction networks across crypto exchanges.
result Arbitrage opportunities across crypto exchanges anti-correlate with XRP price during bubble periods.

The paper analyzes fluctuations in ensemble models in high-dimensional settings.

problem Understanding statistical fluctuations in ensemble models in high-dimensional settings.
method Develops a rigorous theory for the study of fluctuations in ensemble of generalised linear models.
result Provides a complete description of the asymptotic joint distribution of the empirical risk minimizer for convex losses in high-dimensional settings.

We perform an analysis of fractal properties of the positive and the negative changes of the German DAX30 index separately using Multifractal Detrended Fluctuation Analysis (MFDFA). By calculating the singularity spectra f(α)f(α) we show that returns of both signs reveal multiscaling. Curiously, these spectra display a s…

2008-03-10abs ↗pdf ↗

Introduces Carrollian Lie algebroids to handle singular Carrollian geometries.

problem Handling singular Carrollian geometries within standard Carrollian geometry.
method Introduces Carrollian Lie algebroids to study singular Carrollian geometries.
result Established the existence of compatible connections on Carrollian Lie algebroids.

Multifractal time series analysis is a approach that shows the possible complexity of the system. Nowadays, one of the most popular and the best methods for determining multifractal characteristics is Multifractal Detrended Fluctuation Analysis (MFDFA). However, it has some drawback. One of its core elements is detrend…

2015-10-17abs ↗pdf ↗

This work analyzes self-attention matrices using random matrix theory.

problem Understanding the theoretical behavior of self-attention layers in neural networks.
method Asymptotic spectral analysis of the attention matrix, Gaussian equivalence, and linearization.
result The singular value distribution of the attention matrix is asymptotically characterized by a linear model.

Recently the statistical characterizations of financial markets based on physics concepts and methods attract considerable attentions. We used two possible procedures of analyzing multifractal properties of a time series. The first one uses the continuous wavelet transform and extracts scaling exponents from the wavele…

2006-08-01abs ↗pdf ↗

Study shows cryptocurrency price fluctuations become more similar to national currencies over time.

problem Understanding the volatility and inequality in cryptocurrency prices.
method Calculated inequality measures (Gini, Kolkata indices, QQ factor) for cryptocurrency and national currency price fluctuations over 10 years.
result Cryptocurrency price fluctuations become more similar to national currencies over time.

We study the nature of fluctuations in variety of price indices involving companies listed on the New York Stock Exchange. The fluctuations at multiple scales are extracted through the use of wavelets belonging to Daubechies basis. The fact that these basis sets satisfy vanishing moments conditions makes them ideal to …

2012-05-08abs ↗pdf ↗

New spectral functionals for Dirac operators with inner fluctuations computed.

problem Spectral functionals and Dirac operators with inner fluctuations.
method Extension of spectral functionals for Dirac operators with inner fluctuations.
result Computed spectral Einstein functional for Dirac operator with inner fluctuations on even-dimensional spin manifolds.

We propose a new approach for properly analyzing stochastic time series by mapping the dynamics of time series fluctuations onto a suitable nonequilibrium surface-growth problem. In this framework, the fluctuation sampling time interval plays the role of time variable, whereas the physical time is treated as the analog…

2008-08-24abs ↗pdf ↗

A new geometric concept, the dead direction, bridges singular learning theory and information geometry.

problem The gap between singular learning theory and information geometry.
method Introducing the dead direction, a unit vector along degenerating Fisher metric, and showing its KL order can be recovered.
result The KL order of the dead direction can be recovered as the decay rate of the directional Fisher curvature, providing a handle on singular geometry.

This work studies fluctuation in multilayer neural networks using mean field theory.

problem Understanding fluctuation in multilayer neural networks with mean field training.
method Developed a second-order mean field limit to capture fluctuation, demonstrating stability of gradient descent training.
result Gradient descent training in multilayer networks biases towards minimal fluctuation, even after convergence.

Research proves the semi-classical limit of Liouville conformal field theory, describing deterministic geometry from random fluctuations.

problem Proving the semi-classical limit of Liouville conformal field theory.
method Probabilistic definition of Liouville theory, proving existence of semi-classical limit, defining classical stress-energy tensor.
result Existence and description of the semi-classical limit in terms of a massive Gaussian free field with Robin boundary conditions.

We propose a new approach for analyzing price fluctuations in their strongly correlated regime ranging from minutes to months. This is done by employing a self-similarity assumption for the magnitude of coarse-grained price fluctuation or volatility. The existence of a Cramer function, the characteristic function for s…

2001-01-12abs ↗pdf ↗

Study evaluates risk in options using volatility surface projections.

problem Risk assessment of options due to their non-linear price behavior and volatility fluctuations.
method Parametric surface projection method for implied volatility.
result Enhanced risk evaluation through dynamic volatility surface analysis.

We analyze daily prices of 29 commodities and 2449 stocks, each over a period of 15\approx 15 years. We find that the price fluctuations for commodities have a significantly broader multifractal spectrum than for stocks. We also propose that multifractal properties of both stocks and commodities can be attributed mainl…

2003-08-01abs ↗pdf ↗

Study identifies contagion in aggregated defaults despite environmental changes.

problem Identify contagion in aggregated default counts with fluctuating probabilities.
method Compare three contagion mechanisms (Davis-Lo, Torri, Vasicek) under i.i.d. and hierarchical specifications.
result Threshold contagion is largely absorbed into environmental heterogeneity, while cumulative contagion leaves a persistent signature.

We address the question of how stock prices respond to changes in demand. We quantify the relations between price change GG over a time interval ΔtΔt and two different measures of demand fluctuations: (a) ΦΦ, defined as the difference between the number of buyer-initiated and seller-initiated trades, and (b) ΩΩ, def…

2001-06-29abs ↗pdf ↗

We present a brief overview of random matrix theory (RMT) with the objectives of highlighting the computational results and applications in financial markets as complex systems. An oft-encountered problem in computational finance is the choice of an appropriate epoch over which the empirical cross-correlation return ma…

2018-09-19abs ↗pdf ↗

Study on price fluctuations in NFT market, showing heavy-tailed distributions and long-range memory.

problem Characterizing price fluctuations in NFT market.
method Analysis of capitalization, floor price, transactions, inter-transaction times, and volume value of NFTs.
result NFT market exhibits heavy-tailed probability distribution functions, well described by stretched exponentials, with long-range memory.

Spectral clustering performance depends on eigenvector fluctuations, shown to be Gaussian.

problem Predicting the performance of spectral clustering.
method General spike random matrix model and rotational invariance of noise.
result Fluctuations of eigenvector entries are Gaussian in large-dimensional regime.

We analyze the fluctuation of the loss from default around its large portfolio limit in a class of reduced-form models of correlated firm-by-firm default timing. We prove a weak convergence result for the fluctuation process and use it for developing a conditionally Gaussian approximation to the loss distribution. Nume…

2013-04-04abs ↗pdf ↗

Derives scaling limits and fluctuations for SGD in high dimensions.

problem Understanding SGD behavior in high-dimensional settings with varying noise levels.
method Interacting particle system approach, treating SGD iterates as such, with covariance structure considered.
result Precise three-step phase transition observed in SGD behavior: ballistic, diffusive, then random.

We constructed an analog electrical circuit which generates fluctuations in which probability density function has power law tails. In the circuit fluctuations with an arbitrary exponent of the power law can be obtained by adjusting the resistance. With this low cost circuit the random fluctuations which have the simil…

2001-04-18abs ↗pdf ↗

Stock market comovements are examined using cointegration, Granger causality tests and nonlinear approaches in context of mutual information and correlations. Underlying data sets are affected by non-stationarities and trends, we also apply AMF-DFA and AMF-DXA. We find only 170 pair of Stock markets cointegrated, and a…

2015-02-19abs ↗pdf ↗

The financial market and turbulence have been broadly compared on account of the same quantitative methods and several common stylized facts they shared. In this paper, the She-Leveque (SL) hierarchy, proposed to explain the anomalous scaling exponents deviated from Kolmogorov monofractal scaling of the velocity fluctu…

2012-09-19abs ↗pdf ↗

Study uses neural networks to predict wall quantities in turbulent flows.

problem Predicting wall quantities in turbulent open channel flows.
method Training convolutional neural networks (FCN) and a proposed R-Net architecture to predict wall-shear-stress and wall pressure.
result R-Net architecture performs better and predicts wall quantities with around 10% error.

This paper proposes a framework to predict long-term trends and short-term fluctuations in multivariate time series.

problem Existing prediction methods often ignore the distinction between long-term trends and short-term fluctuations.
method The paper introduces a MTS forecasting framework that uses both original time series and its first difference to capture long-term trends and short-term fluctuations.
result The proposed method improves forecasting performance by using more supervision information.

Predicting absolute magnitude of fluctuations of price, even if their sign remains unknown, is important for risk analysis and for option prices. In the present work, we display our predictions about absolute magnitude of daily fluctuations of the Dow Jones Industrials Average (DJIA), utilizing the original theory of c…

2006-02-08abs ↗pdf ↗

We investigate the large-fluctuation dynamics in financial markets, based on the minute-to-minute and daily data of the Chinese Indices and German DAX. The dynamic relaxation both before and after the large fluctuations is characterized by a power law, and the exponents p±p_\pm usually vary with the strength of the lar…

2013-08-03abs ↗pdf ↗

A new model that combines economic growth rate fluctuations at the microscopic and macroscopic level is presented. At the microscopic level, firms are growing at different rates while also being exposed to idiosyncratic shocks at the firm and sector level. We describe such fluctuations as independent Lévy-stable fluctu…

2017-08-26abs ↗pdf ↗

In this paper, we present own point of view how the unexpected fluctuations of the long-term real interest rate can be explained. We describe a macroeconomic environment by the modification of the fundamental macroeconomic equilibrium model called the IS-LM model. Last but not least, we suggest a possible cooperation b…

2012-11-12abs ↗pdf ↗