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48 results for time-scale dependent

Study reveals how correlation matrix eigenvalues change with time scale in U.S. stocks.

problem Understanding how correlation structure of securities changes with time scale.
method Aggregated one-minute returns of 533 U.S. stocks at different time scales, estimated correlation matrix, lead-lag factor model.
result Emergence of several dominant eigenvalues as time scale increases.

Regularizes RNNs to handle long-range dependencies and multiple time scales.

problem Identifying nonlinear dynamical systems with varying time scales and long-range dependencies.
method A simple regularization scheme for vanilla RNNs with ReLU activation.
result Regularized RNNs can solve long-range dependency problems and express slow time scales.

EMD reveals dynamic cross-correlations across financial indices at various time-scales.

problem Characterizing time-varying multidimensional cross-correlations in financial indices.
method Empirical Mode Decomposition applied to intraday time series of financial indices.
result Uncovered rich heterogeneity of interactions dependent on time-scale and led-lag relations.

We establish decoupled functional CLTs for two-time-scale stochastic approximation.

problem Understanding the asymptotic behavior of two-time-scale stochastic approximation.
method Martingale problem approach and auxiliary sequence.
result The limiting dynamics of two-time-scale SA are independent of each other.

We investigate finite-time decoupled convergence in nonlinear two-time-scale stochastic approximation.

problem Achieving decoupled convergence in nonlinear two-time-scale stochastic approximation.
method Nested local linearity assumption, suitable step size selection, convergence analysis of matrix cross term, fourth-order moment convergence rates.
result Finite-time decoupled convergence rates can be achieved in nonlinear two-time-scale stochastic approximation with proper step size selection.

DyRep learns dynamic graph node embeddings efficiently.

problem Efficiently encoding evolving information over dynamic graphs into low-dimensional representations.
method Inductive deep representation learning framework using time-scale dependent multivariate point process model.
result Significantly outperforms baselines on real-world datasets for dynamic link and event time prediction.

For the purpose of elucidating the correlation among currencies, we analyze daily and high-resolution data of foreign exchange rates. There is strong correlation for pairs of currencies of geographically near countries. We show that there is a time delay of order less than a minute between two currency markets having a…

2003-03-17abs ↗pdf ↗

The gain-loss asymmetry, observed in the inverse statistics of stock indices is present for logarithmic return levels that are over 2%2\%, and it is the result of the non-Pearson type auto-correlations in the index. These non-Pearson type correlations can be viewed also as functionally dependent daily volatilities, ext…

2016-08-16abs ↗pdf ↗

We present an empirical analysis of the microstructure of financial markets and, in particular, of the static and dynamic properties of liquidity. We find that on relatively large time scales (15 minutes) large price fluctuations are connected to the failure of the subtle mechanism of compensation between the flows of …

2015-04-12abs ↗pdf ↗

TiAda adapts adaptive gradient methods for nonconvex minimax optimization.

problem Nonconvex minimax optimization challenges in achieving convergence.
method TiAda is a time-scale adaptive GDA algorithm for nonconvex minimax optimization.
result TiAda achieves near-optimal complexities in deterministic and stochastic settings.

We conclude from an analysis of high resolution NYSE data that the distribution of the traded value fif_i (or volume) has a finite variance σiσ_i for the very large majority of stocks ii, and the distribution itself is non-universal across stocks. The Hurst exponent of the same time series displays a crossover from we…

2006-08-02abs ↗pdf ↗

We propose a stochastic process for stock movements that, with just one source of Brownian noise, has an instantaneous volatility that rises from a type of statistical feedback across many time scales. This results in a stationary non-Gaussian process which captures many features observed in time series of real stock r…

2004-12-20abs ↗pdf ↗

Study on price fluctuations and persistence in European electricity spot markets.

problem Analyzing variability and persistence of electricity prices in European spot markets.
method Analysis of hourly, intraday, and 15-min intraday market prices; quantification of fluctuations, correlations, and extreme events; classification into circulation weather types.
result Different time scales in market dynamics; multifractal behavior below 12 hours; anti-correlation and mean reversion above 12 hours; long-term behavior influenced by four-day weather patterns; qq-Gaussian distributions as best fit.

Sharp pseudospectral bounds prevent transient amplification in coupled gradient descent.

problem Transient amplification in coupled gradient descent systems.
method Developed a sharp pseudospectral theory for block-triangular Jacobians, proving Kreiss constant bounds and matching minimax lower bounds.
result Obtained a finite-horizon iteration-complexity bound of O(K(J)2log(1/δ))O(K(J)^2 \log(1/δ)) for stochastic coupled descent.

We define a Hidden Markov Model (HMM) in which each hidden state has time-dependent activity levels\textit{activity levels} that drive transitions and emissions, and show how to estimate its parameters. Our construction is motivated by the problem of inferring human mobility on sub-daily time scales from, for example, mobile phone …

2015-07-27abs ↗pdf ↗

New analysis of stochastic approximation with non-expansive mappings.

problem Finite-time analysis of two-time-scale stochastic approximation with non-expansive mappings.
method Studied two-time-scale stochastic approximation algorithms with non-expansive mappings and projection steps.
result Last-iterate mean square residual error decays at a rate O(1/k1/4ε)O(1/k^{1/4-ε}).

New interpretation of RNN forget gate improves learnability for long-term sequential data.

problem Improving learnability of recurrent neural networks for long-term temporal dependencies.
method Generalized theory of gated RNNs, focusing on gradient behavior over time.
result Existing RNNs satisfy the gradient condition for initial training, suggesting validity of forget gate interpretation.

We measure the influence of different time-scales on the dynamics of financial market data. This is obtained by decomposing financial time series into simple oscillations associated with distinct time-scales. We propose two new time-varying measures: 1) an amplitude scaling exponent and 2) an entropy-like measure. We a…

2015-08-29abs ↗pdf ↗
Colored minority gamescond-mat.stat-mech

We study the behavior of simple models for financial markets with widely spread frequency either in the trading activity of agents or in the occurrence of basic events. The generic picture of a phase transition between information efficient and inefficient markets still persists even when agents trade on widely spread …

2002-02-26abs ↗pdf ↗

We study the inter-stock correlations for the largest companies listed on Warsaw Stock Exchange and included in the WIG20 index. Our results from the correlation matrix analysis indicate that the Polish stock market can be well described by a one factor model. We also show that the stock-stock correlations tend to incr…

2008-03-01abs ↗pdf ↗

The paper identifies short-term and long-term time scales in stock markets with and without structural breaks.

problem Understanding the nature of stock markets at short-term and long-term time scales.
method Applied Zivot and Andrews structural trend break model to identify structural breaks. Used empirical mode decomposition and Hurst exponent to analyze time scales.
result Identified short-term and long-term time scales in stock markets, with short-term scales within few days to 3 months and long-term scales greater than 5 months.

The conventional formal tool to detect effects of the financial persistence is in terms of the Hurst exponent. A typical corresponding result is that its value comes out close to 0.5, as characteristic for geometric Brownian motion, with at most small departures from this value in either direction depending on the mark…

2005-04-22abs ↗pdf ↗

In addressing the question of the time scales characteristic for the market formation, we analyze high frequency tick-by-tick data from the NYSE and from the German market. By using returns on various time scales ranging from seconds or minutes up to two days, we compare magnitude of the largest eigenvalue of the corre…

2003-11-05abs ↗pdf ↗

Improved bounds for non-linear SA with fast convergence.

problem Stochastic approximation with non-linear mappings and multiple time scales.
method Mean squared error bounds with O(1/k)O(1/k) rate for contractive mappings.
result First O(1/k)O(1/k) rate for non-linear two-time-scale SA without additional smoothness assumptions.

We analyse the dependence of stock return cross-correlations on the sampling frequency of the data known as the Epps effect: For high resolution data the cross-correlations are significantly smaller than their asymptotic value as observed on daily data. The former description implies that changing trading frequency sho…

2007-04-09abs ↗pdf ↗

In this paper we discuss a general methodology to compute the market risk measure over long time horizons and at extreme percentiles, which are the typical conditions needed for estimating Economic Capital. The proposed approach extends the usual market-risk measure, ie, Value-at-Risk (VaR) at a short-term horizon and …

2014-08-11abs ↗pdf ↗

Study finds market inefficiencies vary by time scale, with news uncertainty key.

problem Evaluating scale-dependent informational efficiency of stock markets.
method Tensor-eigenvalue-based Financial Chaos Index, Granger causality, network analysis.
result Semi-strong form of EMH rejected at daily frequency, but not at monthly.

Q(ΔΔ)-Learning improves Q-Learning by separating action-value functions into different time scales.

problem Q-Learning struggles with bias-variance trade-off, especially in long-term rewards.
method Introduces Q(ΔΔ)-Learning, extending TD(ΔΔ) to decompose Q(ΔΔ)-function into distinct discount factors.
result Q(ΔΔ)-Learning achieves better stability and scalability, especially for long-term tasks.

Paper analyzes convergence rates of two time-scale AC and NAC algorithms.

problem Finite-sample convergence rate analysis of two time-scale AC and NAC algorithms.
method Developed novel techniques for bias error and convergence rate analysis.
result Established non-asymptotic convergence rates for two time-scale AC and NAC.

This work shows how approximate reward models can significantly improve inference-time scaling.

problem Improving the efficiency of inference for large language models.
method Identifying the Bellman error of approximate reward models and using Sequential Monte Carlo (SMC) for inference.
result Approximate reward models can reduce computational complexity from exponential to polynomial in TT.

The study examines how verifier imperfections impact test-time scaling techniques.

problem Understanding how verifier imperfections affect test-time scaling methods.
method Proves the instance-level accuracy of Best-of-N and Rejection Sampling methods using the geometry of the verifier's ROC curve.
result RS outperforms BoN for fixed compute, but both converge to the same accuracy in the infinite-compute limit.

The most common stochastic volatility models such as the Ornstein-Uhlenbeck (OU), the Heston, the exponential OU (ExpOU) and Hull-White models define volatility as a Markovian process. In this work we check of the applicability of the Markovian approximation at separate times scales and will try to answer the question …

2006-11-06abs ↗pdf ↗

Financial markets can be described on several time scales. We use data from the limit order book of the London Stock Exchange (LSE) to compare how the fluctuation dominated microstructure crosses over to a more systematic global behavior.

2007-05-28abs ↗pdf ↗

We define and discuss the notion of pseudospherical surfaces in asymptotic coordinates on time scales. Two special cases, namely dicrete pseudospherical surfaces and smooth pseudosperical surfaces are consistent with this description. In particular, we define the Gaussian curvature in the discrete case.

2007-02-05abs ↗pdf ↗

Study tests rough fractional volatility model across different time scales, revealing new volatility patterns.

problem Testing robustness of rough fractional volatility model over various time scales.
method Used large dataset on FX rates, included smoothing and measurement errors, analyzed log-log plots of realized variance increments.
result Found new stylized facts in volatility patterns, including convexity and nonlinear behavior.

This work analyzes actor-critic methods for faster convergence.

problem Finite-time analysis and sample complexity of two-time-scale actor-critic methods.
method Non-asymptotic analysis under non-i.i.d. setting, proving convergence to first-order stationary point.
result Actor-critic method finds a first-order stationary point with ildeO(ε2.5)\mathcal{ ilde{O}}(ε^{-2.5}) sample complexity.

Based on the new type of random walk process called the Potentials of Unbalanced Complex Kinetics (PUCK) model, we theoretically show that the price diffusion in large scales is amplified 2/(2 + b) times, where b is the coefficient of quadratic term of the potential. In short time scales the price diffusion depends on …

2006-08-10abs ↗pdf ↗

Aims to describe neural network training dynamics using two-time-scale models.

problem Lack of a general mathematical description of neural network training.
method Introduces a theoretical framework based on two-time-scale population dynamics.
result Derives selection-mutation equations and effective fitness for hyperparameters.

Model learns hierarchical EHR representation for clinical outcome prediction.

problem Capturing temporal patterns in irregular clinical event sequences.
method Proposes differentiated mechanisms to model events at different time scales, learning hierarchical representations.
result Significantly improves clinical outcome prediction, achieving AUC scores of 0.94 and 0.90 for death and ICU admission respectively.