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48 results for stochastic fluctuations

Stochastic gradient descent's long-term fluctuations are described by a diffusion limit.

problem Long-term behavior of stochastic gradient descent in non-smooth settings.
method Functional central limit theorem applied to rescaled trajectory of SGD.
result Characterization of long-term fluctuations around the minimizer.

New dynamics for SGD in small learning rate regime.

problem Improving stochastic gradient descent in small learning rate regime.
method Introducing stochastic modified flows and distribution dependent stochastic modified flows.
result Captures fluctuating dynamics of SGD in small learning rate - infinite width scaling regime.

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 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 ↗

Matrix H-theory models stock market fluctuations using hierarchical multivariate distributions.

problem Understanding collective behavior in stock market fluctuations.
method Matrix H-theory framework for multivariate stochastic processes with hierarchical structure.
result Matrix H-theory effectively describes stock market fluctuations using Meijer G-functions.

Method extracts stochastic systems with Lévy noise from data.

problem Identifying stochastic dynamical systems with Lévy noise from short data.
method Estimate Lévy jump measure and noise intensity, approximate drift coefficient.
result Accurate and effective method for discovering stochastic laws.

Modeling stock price fluctuations using Brownian motion and stochastic differential equations.

problem Capturing the stochastic behavior of stock prices.
method Developed a stochastic differential equation to model stock price fluctuations, incorporating Itô integration.
result Backtesting showed a strong correlation coefficient between the model and actual stock price movements.

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.

We rigorously prove a central limit theorem for neural network models with a single hidden layer. The central limit theorem is proven in the asymptotic regime of simultaneously (A) large numbers of hidden units and (B) large numbers of stochastic gradient descent training iterations. Our result describes the neural net…

2018-08-28abs ↗pdf ↗

Recent research has considered the stochastic thermodynamics of multiple interacting systems, representing the overall system as a Bayes net. I derive fluctuation theorems governing the entropy production (EP)of arbitrary sets of the systems in such a Bayes net. I also derive ``conditional'' fluctuation theorems, gover…

2019-11-07abs ↗pdf ↗

The statistical properties of a stochastic process may be described (1)by the expectation values of the observables, (2)by the probability distribution functions or (3)by probability measures on path space. Here an analysis of level (3) is carried out for market fluctuation processes. Gibbs measures and chains with com…

2001-02-16abs ↗pdf ↗

New method optimizes SDE models using continuous-time gradient descent.

problem Optimizing over the stationary distribution of SDE models.
method Continuous-time stochastic gradient descent for SDE models.
result Asymptotic convergence to the direction of steepest descent.

The notion of the stationary equilibrium ensemble has played a central role in statistical mechanics. In machine learning as well, training serves as generalized equilibration that drives the probability distribution of model parameters toward stationarity. Here, we derive stationary fluctuation-dissipation relations t…

2018-09-28abs ↗pdf ↗

In this manuscript we analyse the leading statistical properties of fluctuations of (log) 3-month US Treasury bill quotation in the secondary market, namely: probability density function, autocorrelation, absolute values autocorrelation, and absolute values persistency. We verify that this financial instrument, in spit…

2007-06-08abs ↗pdf ↗

Study the properties of SGD in non-vanishing learning rate regime.

problem Understanding the noise and fluctuation in SGD with finite learning rates.
method Derive exact solvable results for discrete-time SGD in quadratic loss functions.
result Fluctuation caused by discrete-time dynamics is larger than continuous-time theory predicts.

The paper analyzes variance reduction in stochastic gradient Langevin dynamics.

problem Reducing the variance of stochastic gradient estimators in Langevin dynamics.
method Central limit theorem and Poisson equation analysis for variance characterization.
result Anti-symmetric perturbations can reduce the variance of non-reversible Langevin dynamics.

A new method called MCLMC avoids dissipation in sampling from canonical distributions.

problem Sampling from canonical distributions without dissipation.
method Microcanonical Langevin Monte Carlo (MCLMC) as a dissipation-free system of SDE.
result MCLMC converges faster than HMC for lattice φ^4 models.

We introduce a stochastic model to explain a double power-law distribution which exhibits two different Paretian behaviors in the upper and the lower tail and widely exists in social and economic systems. The model incorporates fitness consideration and noise fluctuation. We find that if the number of variables (e.g. t…

2011-03-10abs ↗pdf ↗

Novel method uses PDifMPs to price American options more accurately.

problem Inaccurate pricing of American options due to constant drift and volatility assumptions.
method Piecewise diffusion Markov processes (PDifMPs) integrated with continuous dynamics and discrete jumps.
result PDifMPs provide a more accurate reflection of market behaviour in American option pricing.

The scaling properties of oil price fluctuations are described as a non-stationary stochastic process realized by a time series of finite length. An original model is used to extract the scaling exponent of the fluctuation functions within a non-stationary process formulation. It is shown that, when returns are measure…

2008-09-06abs ↗pdf ↗

The paper analyzes arbitrage theory in a fluctuating market of stochastic dimension.

problem Arbitrage opportunities in a market with time-varying asset numbers.
method Develops the fundamental theorem of asset pricing and optional decomposition theorem in a stochastic dimension market.
result Equivalence of conditions for no arbitrage and viability in a stochastic dimension market.

We derive the limiting distribution for the largest eigenvalues of the adjacency matrix for a stochastic blockmodel graph when the number of vertices tends to infinity. We show that, in the limit, these eigenvalues are jointly multivariate normal with bounded covariances. Our result extends the classic result of Füredi…

2018-03-30abs ↗pdf ↗

We present a family of models for the term structure of interest rates which describe the interest rate curve as a stochastic process in a Hilbert space. We start by decomposing the deformations of the term structure into the variations of the short rate, the long rate and the fluctuations of the curve around its avera…

1999-02-01abs ↗pdf ↗

Framework predicts nonlinear system responses using GFDT and generative models.

problem Predicting higher-order moments of nonlinear stochastic systems to small perturbations.
method Combining GFDT with generative modeling to estimate score function directly from data.
result Accurately captures nonlinear and non-Gaussian features of system responses.

Firms having similar business activities are correlated. We analyze two different cross-correlation matrices C constructed from (i) 30-min price fluctuations of 1000 US stocks for the 2-year period 1994-95 and (ii) 1-day price fluctuations of 422 US stocks for the 35-year period 1962-96. We find that the eigenvectors o…

2000-11-08abs ↗pdf ↗

Financial time series exhibit a number of interesting properties that are difficult to explain with simple models. These properties include fat-tails in the distribution of price fluctuations (or returns) that are slowly removed at longer timescales, strong autocorrelations in absolute returns but zero autocorrelation …

2013-06-20abs ↗pdf ↗

Many studies assume stock prices follow a random process known as geometric Brownian motion. Although approximately correct, this model fails to explain the frequent occurrence of extreme price movements, such as stock market crashes. Using a large collection of data from three different stock markets, we present evide…

2009-12-30abs ↗pdf ↗

We study a stochastic multiplicative system composed of finite asynchronous elements to describe the wealth evolution in financial markets. We find that the wealth fluctuations or returns of this system can be described by a walk with correlated step sizes obeying truncated Levy-like distribution, and the cross-correla…

2001-10-12abs ↗pdf ↗

We consider a simple stochastic model of a urban rental housing market, in which the interaction of tenants and landlords induces rent fluctuations. We simulate the model numerically and measure the equilibrium rent distribution, which is found to be close to a lognormal law. We also study the influence of the density …

2012-03-23abs ↗pdf ↗

We study the volatility of the MIB30-stock-index high-frequency data from November 28, 1994 through September 15, 1995. Our aim is to empirically characterize the volatility random walk in the framework of continuous-time finance. To this end, we compute the index volatility by means of the log-return standard deviatio…

1999-03-14abs ↗pdf ↗

New approach models individual vitality for better mortality predictions.

problem Limited ability of existing mortality models to capture individual complexity.
method Developed a four-component framework for individual vitality dynamics.
result Demonstrates improved analytical and practical outcomes in life insurance and lifetime decision-making.

Study on order book dynamics with uniform catastrophes, explaining volatility and trends.

problem Understanding volatility and trends in financial markets with different types of liquidity.
method Stochastic models and population processes with uniform catastrophes.
result Law of large numbers, central limit theorem, and large deviations proved for the model.

We compare systematically several classes of stochastic volatility models of stock market fluctuations. We show that the long-time return distribution is either Gaussian or develops a power-law tail, while the short-time return distribution has generically a stretched-exponential form, but can assume also an algebraic …

2010-09-14abs ↗pdf ↗

The paper applies thermodynamics to financial markets to prove no-arbitrage constraints.

problem No arbitrage in financial markets under price impact.
method Stochastic thermodynamics applied to financial trading cycles.
result Proves any round-trip trading strategy yields non-positive expected profit.