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48 results for uncertain payoffs

This paper develops a learning framework for optimal strategies in multi-stage decentralized matching markets.

problem Optimal strategies in multi-stage decentralized matching markets with uncertain preferences.
method Nonparametric statistical approach and variational analysis.
result Participants can be better off with multi-stage matching compared to single-stage matching.

A new algorithm improves top-kk recommendation accuracy by considering item payoffs uncertainty.

problem Suboptimal performance in top-kk recommendation rankings due to varying item payoffs.
method Proposes a risk-seeking utility function for ranking items based on estimated preference scores.
result Risk-seeking ranking yields the best performance in top-kk recommendations.

The valuation process that economic agents undergo for investments with uncertain payoff typically depends on their statistical views on possible future outcomes, their attitudes toward risk, and, of course, the payoff structure itself. Yields vary across different investment opportunities and their interrelations are …

2010-01-08abs ↗pdf ↗

Novel pricing method for equity-indexed annuities under uncertain volatility and stochastic interest rate.

problem Pricing equity-indexed annuities with early surrender risk under uncertain market conditions.
method Advanced financial modeling techniques, including uncertain volatility framework and Hull-White model for interest rate dynamics. Numerical algorithm using tree-based framework with local volatility optimization.
result High effectiveness of the proposed numerical algorithm compared to machine learning-based methods.

Study on learning strategies in matching markets with uncertain preferences.

problem Decision-making in scarcity of shared resources with unknown agent preferences.
method Representation of preferences in a reproducing kernel Hilbert space, learning algorithm for uncertainty.
result Optimal strategies derived to maximize agents' expected payoffs, with stability and fairness properties.

This study measures price risk aversion using indirect utility functions in a lab experiment.

problem Measuring risk aversion with uncertain prices in experimental economics.
method Using indirect utility functions and a multiple price list method in a lab experiment.
result Price risk aversion is statistically greater than payoff risk aversion.

New method optimizes resource allocation for uncertain tasks.

problem Optimal resource allocation for uncertain tasks with limited capacity.
method Formulated as an assignment problem, optimized using learning to rank with net discounted cumulative gain.
result Achieves higher expected profit and precision compared to classification methods.

Study path-dependent affine models under uncertain parameters for financial applications.

problem Valuation of path-dependent financial derivatives under parameter uncertainty.
method Developed path-dependent setting for value function, established dynamic programming principle, approximated functional derivatives with neural networks.
result Efficient numerical methods for valuation of complex financial derivatives under parameter uncertainty.

The paper solves investment problems with uncertain factors using game theory.

problem Optimal forward investment in an incomplete market with model uncertainty.
method Combining stochastic differential games and ergodic BSDE approach.
result Representation of robust forward performance processes in factor form.

Study finds cheapest possible payoff under ambiguity, linking to maxmin expected utility.

problem Finding cost-efficient payoffs in uncertain market conditions.
method Developed a new concept of robust cost-efficient payoff and linked it to maxmin expected utility.
result Solutions to maxmin robust expected utility are robust cost-efficient.

We introduce signature payoffs, a family of path-dependent derivatives that are given in terms of the signature of the price path of the underlying asset. We show that these derivatives are dense in the space of continuous payoffs, a result that is exploited to quickly price arbitrary continuous payoffs. This approach …

2018-09-25abs ↗pdf ↗

The paper uncovers the impact of price and payoff autocorrelations in multi-period asset pricing models.

problem Hidden dependence of asset pricing models on price and payoff autocorrelations.
method Obtained approximations of the basic pricing equation describing various parameters.
result Valid results for other pricing models like ICAPM and APM.

The paper explores how to handle uncertain evidence in probabilistic models.

problem Handling uncertain evidence in probabilistic models and stochastic simulators.
method The paper considers distributional evidence, Jeffrey's rule, and virtual evidence as methods for interpreting uncertain evidence.
result The paper provides guidelines on how to account for uncertain evidence and highlights the importance of careful consideration.

Nonparametric pricing and hedging of exotic derivatives using signature payoffs.

problem Pricing and hedging exotic derivatives accurately and efficiently.
method Introducing signature payoffs and using them to approximate and price exotic derivatives nonparametrically.
result Signature payoffs enable accurate and computationally tractable pricing and hedging of exotic derivatives.

In this paper, within the framework of uncertainty theory, the valuation of equity warrants is investigated. Different from the methods of probability theory, the equity warrants pricing problem is solved by using the method of uncertain calculus. Based on the assumption that the firm price follows an uncertain differe…

2017-11-22abs ↗pdf ↗

Quantum methods model uncertain volatility in financial markets.

problem Modeling financial asset prices with uncertain volatility.
method Quantum stochastic calculus with unitary and non-unitary time evolution.
result Different volatility levels encoded in quantum states, leading to varied market price evolutions.

New model predicts dynamic volatility in uncertain financial markets.

problem Predicting dynamic volatility in financial markets with uncertainty.
method Generalized Barndorff-Nielsen and Shephard (BN-S) model considering delay and fuzziness.
result Effective prediction of dynamic volatility with improved performance.

New findings show pure strategy equilibria are more robust in a war of attrition game.

problem Analyzing a game of war of attrition under complete information.
method Examined the stability of equilibria in pure and mixed strategies under varying payoffs.
result Pure strategy equilibria are more robust to perturbations of the canonical model.

We study the use of the multilevel Monte Carlo technique in the context of the calculation of Greeks. The pathwise sensitivity analysis differentiates the path evolution and reduces the payoff's smoothness. This leads to new challenges: the inapplicability of pathwise sensitivities to non-Lipschitz payoffs often makes …

2011-02-07abs ↗pdf ↗

New algorithms for stochastic linear bandits with heavy-tailed payoffs achieve nearly optimal regret.

problem Stochastic linear bandits with heavy-tailed payoffs.
method Median of means and dynamic truncation.
result Sublinear regret bound of O(d12T11+ε)O(d^{\frac{1}{2}}T^{\frac{1}{1+ε}}) for ε(0,1]ε\in(0,1].

Study of 2imes22 imes 2 zero-sum games with noisy observations and commitments.

problem Analyzing 2imes22 imes 2 zero-sum games with noisy observations and commitments.
method Modeling a 2imes22 imes 2 zero-sum game with a leader committing to a strategy and a follower observing a noisy version of the leader's action.
result Observing the leader's action is either beneficial or immaterial for the follower, and the equilibrium payoff is bounded.

This paper studies robust payoff allocation in submodular games, especially against replication.

problem Payoff allocation in submodular games, especially robustness against replication.
method Systematically studied replication manipulation in submodular games, introduced replication robustness metric, and validated with empirical ML data market.
result Conditions characterizing robustness of semivalues in submodular games.

Study on optimal information acquisition in Kyle model with entropy cost.

problem Optimal information acquisition in Kyle model with entropy cost.
method Continuous signals are optimal, and any signal with a logit posterior distribution yields the same ex-ante value.
result Posterior expected payoff becomes normally distributed as information acquisition cost increases.

New algorithm for reinforcement learning in uncertain environments with unknown thresholds.

problem Safety in reinforcement learning in unknown and uncertain environments.
method Growing-Window estimator sampling and Stochastic Pessimistic-Optimistic Thresholding (SPOT) algorithm.
result Achieves sublinear regret and constraint violation of ildeO(T) ilde{\mathcal{O}}(\sqrt{T}).

We derive a formula for liquidity providers' payoff on DEXs, linking it to volatility.

problem Liquidity providers on DEXs are undercompensated for their service.
method We derive a payoff formula for liquidity providers on DEXs, assuming geometric Brownian price movements and zero arbitrage.
result The payoff from liquidity fees is a near-linear function of volatility.

In an online contract selection problem there is a seller which offers a set of contracts to sequentially arriving buyers whose types are drawn from an unknown distribution. If there exists a profitable contract for the buyer in the offered set, i.e., a contract with payoff higher than the payoff of not accepting any c…

2013-05-15abs ↗pdf ↗

The paper examines bounds for stop-loss payoffs using transformed random variables.

problem Bounding stop-loss payoffs for a difference of two random variables.
method Analyzes crossing points of cdfs of original and transformed random variables.
result Unique pairwise crossing points for mortality-linked securities under symmetric copulas.

Quantum Monte Carlo speeds up option pricing for complex payoff functions.

problem Efficiently pricing options with complex payoff functions using quantum computing.
method Developed a quantum Monte Carlo algorithm for multidimensional Black-Scholes PDEs.
result Proved polynomial computational complexity and speed-up over classical methods.

New method uses DistRL to estimate entire payoff distribution for financial derivatives.

problem Traditional methods focus on expected option value; this tackles risk-aware pricing.
method Reinterprets and proposes a framework using Distributional Reinforcement Learning (DistRL).
result Demonstrates enhanced risk-aware pricing and uncertainty quantification on Asian options.