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48 results for volatility quantification

Quantile deep learning improves time series prediction accuracy and uncertainty quantification.

problem Uncertainty in multi-step time series prediction.
method Developed a novel quantile regression deep learning framework for multi-step time series prediction.
result Integrating quantile loss function with deep learning provides additional predictions for selected quantiles without loss in accuracy.

Proposes a simpler method for quantifying uncertainty in time-series with volatility clustering.

problem Uncertainty quantification for time-series with volatility clustering.
method Proposes a Scale Mixture Distribution to quantify return forecast uncertainty in neural networks.
result The proposed method provides a favorable complexity-accuracy trade-off and separates model parameters into subnetworks.

Study quantifies contributions of market participants to volatility using Hawkes processes.

problem Quantifying contributions of different market participants to volatility.
method Leveraged Hawkes point processes to analyze the branching properties of market participant behaviors.
result High-frequency traders are more endogenously driven than other types of agents.

Two ML approaches learn local volatility surfaces from option prices, with GP being arbitrage-free.

problem Interpolating European vanilla option prices to create a local volatility surface.
method Gaussian process regression and neural net with arbitrage penalties.
result GP approach is arbitrage-free and yields best out-of-sample calibration error.

We examine volatility of an Indian stock market in terms of aspects like participation, synchronization of stocks and quantification of volatility using the random matrix approach. Volatility pattern of the market is found using the BSE index for the three-year period 2000-2002. Random matrix analysis is carried out us…

2005-12-19abs ↗pdf ↗

ProbRes calibrates probabilistic forecasts by learning volatility dynamics.

problem Quantifying risk and uncertainty in time series forecasting.
method ProbRes learns conditional mean and volatility separately, generating well-calibrated prediction intervals.
result ProbRes accurately captures predictive distributions and produces well-calibrated prediction intervals.

Paper proposes a risk-averse approach to energy storage price arbitrage using conformal uncertainty quantification.

problem Inherent volatility and uncertainty of real-time electricity prices create financial risks for storage arbitrage.
method Two-layer prediction model with conformal uncertainty quantification for high coverage of real-time price uncertainty.
result The framework achieves good profit margins with minimal losses, demonstrating effectiveness in real-time market.

Improved deep hedging with ensemble uncertainty quantification.

problem Uncertainty in deep hedging models hinders their deployment.
method Trained an ensemble of LSTM networks to quantify uncertainty in deep hedging under Heston volatility and proportional transaction costs.
result The ensemble's disagreement provides a strong predictive confidence measure for hedge performance.

TailedTS dataset benchmarks heavy-tailed time series forecasting and periodicity quantification.

problem Benchmarking robustness of time series models under heavy-tailed distributions.
method Derived from Wikipedia page views, introduces periodicity quantification and robust loss functions.
result Standard Gaussian models degrade on high-volume page categories, while robust alternatives perform consistently.

Unified RMOT framework for non-modelable risk factors reduces audit bounds.

problem Infinite audit bounds for exotic derivatives pricing with sparse market data.
method Rough Martingale Optimal Transport (RMOT) with rough volatility regularization.
result Finite, explicit, and asymptotically tight extrapolation bounds for non-modelable risk factors.

iQRA improves probabilistic forecasts of electricity prices.

problem Lack of uncertainty estimates in machine learning forecasts for volatile markets.
method Isotonic Quantile Regression Averaging (iQRA) with stochastic order constraints.
result iQRA outperforms state-of-the-art methods in reliability and sharpness.

KrigHedge uses Gaussian processes to approximate option Greeks efficiently.

problem Computing option Greeks in complex models is computationally expensive or inexact.
method Gaussian process surrogates trained on noisy option prices, with analytical differentiation for sensitivities.
result The method provides accurate Delta approximations and quantifies hedging loss.

Neural Lévy model improves risk and density forecasting for financial returns.

problem Financial returns exhibit heavy tails, volatility clustering, and jumps.
method Proposes a neural Lévy jump-diffusion framework that learns conditional drift, diffusion, jump intensity, and size distribution.
result Demonstrates improved calibration, sharper tail control, and risk reduction.

Bayesian method for dynamic correlation matrices improves accuracy and responsiveness.

problem Challenges in estimating time-varying correlation matrices, including slow adaptation, insufficient regularization, and diffuse uncertainty.
method Low-rank factor representation with dynamic shrinkage prior and multivariate factor stochastic volatility model.
result Improved accuracy and responsiveness compared to competing methods in various challenging scenarios.

Bayesian meta learning improves uncertainty quantification in regression.

problem Trusting uncertainty quantification in Bayesian regression.
method Trust-Bayes framework for Bayesian meta learning, optimizing for trustworthy uncertainty quantification.
result Lower bounds and sample complexity for trustworthy uncertainty quantification are characterized.

This paper evaluates quantification methods and proposes new evaluation measures.

problem Developing accurate evaluation measures for quantification tasks.
method Identifies desirable properties for evaluation measures and surveys existing ones.
result No existing evaluation measure satisfies all desirable properties, necessitating further research.

Bayesian uncertainty quantification is flawed, according to new research.

problem Flawed interpretation of Bayesian uncertainty quantification.
method Discussion of Bayesian updating and optimization-based perspective, proposing measures of quality.
result Bayesian uncertainty quantification is not coherent with optimization-based perspective.

Geometry-aware KDE model improves multiclass quantification.

problem Accurately estimating class prevalence for label shift adaptation.
method Log-ratio representations and Aitchison geometry for compositional data, shrinkage regularization.
result Competitive with state-of-the-art quantifiers, often improving over standard KDE-based baselines.

New GP-based method improves uncertainty quantification for causal functions.

problem Challenges in quantifying uncertainty for causal effects, especially for entire functions.
method GP-based approach using inner-product of observational functions in RKHS, with tractable posterior moments and calibration.
result Improves uncertainty quantification while maintaining causal effect estimation performance.

A new framework for scalable uncertainty quantification in statistical models.

problem Computational bottleneck in uncertainty quantification for statistical machine learning.
method Predictive-matching Generative Parameter Sampler (GPS) framework.
result The GPS framework provides successful uncertainty quantification and additional flexibility.

Bayesian neural network models improve uncertainty quantification in multivariate regression.

problem Uncertainty quantification in multivariate regression models with heteroscedastic noise.
method Proposes Bayesian Last Layer neural network models and EM algorithms for parameter learning.
result Capable of disentangling aleatoric and epistemic uncertainty.

Novel framework for uncertainty quantification in metric spaces.

problem Uncertainty quantification in regression models with metric responses.
method Developed algorithms for large datasets, agnostic to predictive models, with asymptotic and non-asymptotic guarantees.
result Asymptotic and non-asymptotic guarantees for special cases, demonstrated in clinical applications.

Proposes measures for uncertainty quantification using proper scoring rules.

problem Uncertainty quantification for prediction tasks.
method Decomposes proper scoring rules into divergence and entropy components, tailoring uncertainty quantification to specific tasks.
result Flexibility in uncertainty quantification improves performance in selective prediction and active learning.

Develops a framework for inferring causal relationships in networked data with uncertainty quantification.

problem Extracting reliable inference from complex Hawkes network data with uncertainty.
method Statistical inference framework based on maximum likelihood estimation and concentration inequalities of continuous-time martingales.
result Provides a non-asymptotic confidence set for uncertainty quantification.

Optimizes sampling for faster convergence in Bayesian experimental design and uncertainty quantification.

problem Efficiently selecting samples for faster convergence in Bayesian experimental design and uncertainty quantification.
method Output-weighted acquisition functions leveraging likelihood ratio to guide sampling towards relevant regions.
result Superiority of the proposed method in uncertainty quantification and rare event identification.

SMURF-THP improves Transformer Hawkes process models by providing uncertainty quantification.

problem Uncertainty quantification for Transformer Hawkes process predictions.
method Score matching for learning the score function of event arrival times.
result SMURF-THP outperforms likelihood-based methods in confidence calibration.

Generative models improve image reconstruction and uncertainty quantification.

problem Bayesian inverse problems, especially image reconstruction from noisy and incomplete data.
method Data-driven priors and computationally tractable posterior analysis.
result Efficient uncertainty quantification without retraining for different corruption types.

Uncertainty Toolbox aids in assessing and improving uncertainty quantification in machine learning.

problem Disparate evaluation metrics and implementations hinder direct comparison of uncertainty quantification results.
method Provides an open-source Python library for assessing, visualizing, and improving uncertainty quantification.
result Facilitates more accurate and comparable uncertainty quantification across different works.

The paper analyzes uncertainty quantification in sparse Gaussian process regression with a Brownian motion prior.

problem Analyzing uncertainty in sparse Gaussian process regression with a Brownian motion prior.
method Theoretical guarantees and limitations for pointwise credible sets are derived for a rescaled Brownian motion prior with a sparse variational Gaussian process method.
result Theoretical characterization of asymptotic frequentist coverage for credible sets, distinguishing conservative and overconfident cases.

New method quantifies uncertainty at class level for better decision-making.

problem Improving cost-sensitive decision-making in classification tasks.
method Label-wise decomposition of uncertainty measures based on non-categorical metrics.
result Proposed measures adhere to desirable properties and improve uncertainty quantification.

Classification is the task of predicting the class labels of objects based on the observation of their features. In contrast, quantification has been defined as the task of determining the prevalences of the different sorts of class labels in a target dataset. The simplest approach to quantification is Classify & Count…

2016-02-28abs ↗pdf ↗

NCP improves deep classifier uncertainty quantification efficiency.

problem Uncertainty quantification for deep classifiers in high-stake applications.
method Neighborhood Conformal Prediction (NCP) algorithm.
result NCP produces smaller prediction sets than traditional CP methods.