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48 results for spectrally positive Lévy processes

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 ↗

This paper presents generalized momentum mappings for covariant Hamiltonian field theories. The new momentum mappings arise from a generalization of symplectic geometry to LVYL_VY, the bundle of vertically adapted linear frames over the bundle of field configurations YY. Specifically, the generalized field momentum obs…

2001-11-21abs ↗pdf ↗

The paper finds optimal threshold strategies for insurance companies with a positive terminal value at creeping ruin.

problem Optimizing dividend payments in an insurance company's surplus process with a positive terminal value at creeping ruin.
method Using fluctuation theory, the paper derives explicit formulas for the objective function and shows the optimality of threshold strategies.
result Threshold strategies are optimal for the dividend optimization problem under certain conditions.

This paper considers magnitude, asymptotics and duration of drawdowns for some Lévy processes. First, we revisit some existing results on the magnitude of drawdowns for spectrally negative Lévy processes using an approximation approach. For any spectrally negative Lévy process whose scale functions are well-behaved at …

2015-06-28abs ↗pdf ↗

A new method for nonstationary Gaussian processes using Fourier features.

problem Efficient simulation of nonstationary Gaussian processes with high-dimensional distributions.
method Discretizes the spectral representation of nonstationary processes, avoiding probability measure assumptions.
result An efficient low-rank approximation of nonstationary spectral densities, consistent and positive semi-definite.

Study optimal periodic dividend strategies for risky businesses with transaction costs.

problem Optimal periodic dividend strategies for spectrally positive Lévy risk processes with fixed transaction costs.
method Investigates periodic (bu,bl)(b_u,b_l) strategies for a Poisson arrival process of decision times.
result A periodic (bu,bl)(b_u,b_l) strategy is optimal with lump sum dividends net of transaction costs.

In this paper we study the optimal dividend problem for a company whose surplus process evolves as a spectrally positive Levy process. This model including the dual model of the classical risk model and the dual model with diffusion as special cases. We assume that dividends are paid to the shareholders according to ad…

2013-02-09abs ↗pdf ↗

Proposes a Gaussian process for graph signals using adaptive spectral kernels.

problem Predicting signals on graph nodes with various structures.
method Spectral kernel learning approach that incorporates a polynomial function in the graph spectral domain.
result The model accurately recovers ground truth spectral filters and outperforms in real-world graph data.

New spectral mixture representation for isotropic kernels simplifies random Fourier features.

problem Applying Random Fourier Features to complex kernels.
method Decompose isotropic kernels into scale mixtures of α-stable random vectors.
result Constructive spectral sampling formula for various kernels.

In this paper, we revisit the optimal periodic dividend problem, in which dividend payments can only be made at the jump times of an independent Poisson process. In the dual (spectrally positive Lévy) model, recent results have shown the optimality of a periodic barrier strategy, which pays dividends at Poissonian divi…

2017-08-04abs ↗pdf ↗

This paper studies game-type credit default swaps that allow the protection buyer and seller to raise or reduce their respective positions once prior to default. This leads to the study of an optimal stopping game subject to early default termination. Under a structural credit risk model based on spectrally negative Le…

2011-05-02abs ↗pdf ↗

In this paper we propose a family of tractable kernels that is dense in the family of bounded positive semi-definite functions (i.e. can approximate any bounded kernel with arbitrary precision). We start by discussing the case of stationary kernels, and propose a family of spectral kernels that extends existing approac…

2015-06-07abs ↗pdf ↗

Fast simulates Volterra processes using RFF, focusing on S-fBM.

problem Efficiently simulate Volterra processes for fractional Brownian motion.
method Random Fourier Features (RFF) approximation of kernel, spectral representation, Hamiltonian Monte Carlo sampling.
result Quantitative guarantees for RFF approximation, competitive in terms of efficiency and error.

Introduces spectral-domain Wasserstein distance and Gelbrich bound for elliptical processes.

problem Estimating distances and bounds for elliptical stochastic processes.
method Defines spectral-domain W2\mathcal{W}_2 Wasserstein distance and Gelbrich bound.
result Develops new spectral-domain bounds for non-elliptical processes.

In this note we find a formula for the supremum distribution of spectrally positive or negative Lévy processes with a broken linear drift. This gives formulas for ruin probabilities in the case when two insurance companies (or two branches of the same company) divide between them both claims and premia in some specifie…

2018-04-18abs ↗pdf ↗

Positive scalar curvature metrics on cobordisms yield only reducible Seiberg-Witten solutions.

problem Counting solutions to Seiberg-Witten equations on cobordisms.
method Constructing families of metrics with positive scalar curvature.
result Irreducible solutions are absent when positive scalar curvature metrics are used.

Spectro-Riemannian Graph Neural Networks integrate spectral and curvature signals for better graph representation learning.

problem Enhance graph representation learning by leveraging spectral and curvature signals.
method Proposes Spectro-Riemannian Graph Neural Networks (CUSP) that combines spectral and curvature insights.
result Empirical evaluation shows CUSP outperforms state-of-the-art models by up to 5.3%.

Study surfaces with nonnegative curvature in spectral sense, proving inequalities and bounds.

problem Closed orientable surfaces with nonnegative curvature in spectral sense.
method Spectral condition and associated conformal metrics to prove inequalities and bounds.
result Isoperimetric inequalities, area growth theorems, and diameter bounds for surfaces.

The paper proves conditions for Kähler and Riemannian manifolds to be simply connected.

problem Conditions for Kähler and Riemannian manifolds to be simply connected.
method Spectral positivity assumptions for Kähler manifolds and a specific spectral positivity assumption for Riemannian manifolds.
result Compact Kähler manifolds and Riemannian manifolds under the specified spectral positivity assumptions are simply connected.

Improved spectral projection estimates on manifolds of non-positive curvature.

problem Estimating spectral projections on manifolds with non-positive curvature.
method New spectral projection estimates, including sharp ones for tori, using pointwise estimates and microlocal L2oLqcL^2 o L^{q_c} Kakeya-Nikodym estimates.
result Stronger and more precise spectral projection estimates, including new sharp estimates for tori.

Spectral sparsification improves Gaussian graphical models under MTP2 constraints.

problem Learning accurate, sparse graphs from data under MTP2 constraints.
method Spectral graph sparsification applied to Gaussian graphical models.
result Spectral-MTP2 preserves MTP2 and approximates the original model well.

Define mass invariant for asymptotically hyperbolic 3-manifolds with toroidal infinity.

problem Define mass invariant for asymptotically hyperbolic 3-manifolds with toroidal infinity.
method Define mass invariant for asymptotically hyperbolic 3-manifolds with toroidal infinity.
result Define mass invariant for asymptotically hyperbolic 3-manifolds with toroidal infinity.

This paper improves spectral clustering for large datasets using the Nystrom method.

problem Spectral clustering's scalability issues with large datasets.
method A principled spectral clustering algorithm exploiting Nystrom approximation's spectral properties.
result Improved spectral clustering efficiency and accuracy compared to existing methods.

New method efficiently learns positive-definite curvature for neural nets.

problem Efficiently learn positive-definite curvature for neural net training.
method Spectral-factorized positive-definite curvature learning approach.
result Efficiently applies arbitrary matrix roots and generic curvature learning.

The paper bounds bandwidth and focal radius for manifolds with positive isotropic curvature.

problem Bounding bandwidth and focal radius for manifolds with positive isotropic curvature.
method Using spectral properties of a twisted de Rham-Hodge operator.
result Upper bounds on bandwidth and focal radius are derived for hypersurfaces in PIC manifolds.

A new method for spectral positional encodings in directed graphs using Hermitian block Krylov subspaces.

problem Challenges in spectral positional encodings for directed graphs, including computational complexity and gauge invariance issues.
method Learnable spectral positional encodings of the form hθ(Aq)Rh_θ(A_q)R, computed in a Hermitian block Krylov subspace from sparse matrix-vector products.
result The method is gauge-invariant and converges to the exact eigendecomposition oracle as the depth grows.

We revisit the dividend payment problem in the dual model of Avanzi et al. ([2], [1], and [3]). Using the fluctuation theory of spectrally positive Lévy processes, we give a short exposition in which we show the optimality of barrier strategies for all such Lévy processes. Moreover, we characterize the optimal barrier …

2012-11-30abs ↗pdf ↗

The paper validates Stokes' theorem for differential subcomplexes in positively graded Lie groups.

problem Validating Stokes' theorem for differential subcomplexes in positively graded Lie groups.
method Introducing geometric conditions and spectral complexes to recover Stokes' theorem on locally smooth intrinsic graphs.
result Stokes' theorem holds for Rumin complex and new spectral complexes on Carnot groups.

In this note we give, for a spectrally negative Levy process, a compact formula for the Parisian ruin probability, which is defined by the probability that the process exhibits an excursion below zero, with a length that exceeds a certain fixed period r. The formula involves only the scale function of the spectrally ne…

2011-02-20abs ↗pdf ↗