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Investors in Bitcoin exhibit the disposition effect, selling winners and holding losers.

problem The disposition effect in cryptoassets, specifically Bitcoin.
method Using transaction data from cryptoasset exchanges, the study investigated Bitcoin investors' behavior.
result Bitcoin investors exhibit the disposition effect, with intensity varying over time.

We solve exactly a simple model of trend following strategy, and obtain the analytical shape of the profit per trade distribution. This distribution is non trivial and has an option like, asymmetric structure. The degree of asymmetry depends continuously on the parameters of the strategy and on the volatility of the tr…

2005-08-16abs ↗pdf ↗

The paper proposes a new method to forecast winning prices in real-time bidding.

problem Accurately forecasting winning prices in real-time bidding with limited data.
method The paper introduces a heteroscedastic fully parametric censored regression approach and a mixture density censored network.
result The proposed method significantly improves winning price forecasting compared to existing methods.

Model analyzes RFQ markets using stochastic control to optimize dealer performance and inventory.

problem Optimizing market making in aggregator-routed RFQ markets with varying dealer performance scores.
method Two-tier stochastic control model that separates RFQ-level price competition from macro routing.
result Optimal controls can be expressed through derivatives of reduced Hamiltonians, leading to interpretable mappings from optimal win probabilities to optimal offsets.

Prospect theory is widely viewed as the best available descriptive model of how people evaluate risk in experimental settings. According to prospect theory, people are risk-averse with respect to gains and risk-seeking with respect to losses, a phenomenon called "loss aversion". Despite of the fact that prospect theory…

2014-02-26abs ↗pdf ↗

Quantitative analysis of soccer players' passing ability focuses on descriptive statistics without considering the players' real contribution to the passing and ball possession strategy of their team. Which player is able to help the build-up of an attack, or to maintain the possession of the ball? We introduce a novel…

2016-08-08abs ↗pdf ↗

In this paper, we perform a minimalistic quantization of the classical game of tic-tac-toe, by allowing superpositions of classical moves. In order for the quantum game to reduce properly to the classical game, we require legal quantum moves to be orthogonal to all previous moves. We also admit interference effects, by…

2010-07-21abs ↗pdf ↗

A new approach to protein language models combines latent space prediction with masked language modeling.

problem Improving protein language models by predicting amino acid identities at masked positions.
method A variant of masked language modeling that predicts latent targets only at masked positions, retaining the MLM cross-entropy.
result The new approach outperforms pure masked language modeling on 11 out of 16 downstream tasks.

Algorithm learns to bid in auctions with shilling, masking real bids.

problem Learning to bid in auctions manipulated by shilling.
method Combines interval-elimination and optimistic branches, debiases losing-side reports.
result Achieves dynamic-pricing rate ildeO(T2/3) ilde{\mathcal{O}}(T^{2/3}) and first-price auctions rate ildeO(T) ilde{\mathcal{O}}(\sqrt{T}).

We propose an analytically tractable variation of the minority game in which rational agents use probabilistic strategies. In our model, NN agents choose between two alternatives repeatedly, and those who are in the minority get a pay-off 1, others zero. The agents optimize the expectation value of their discounted fu…

2012-12-29abs ↗pdf ↗

Humans tend to learn complex abstract concepts faster if examples are presented in a structured manner. For instance, when learning how to play a board game, usually one of the first concepts learned is how the game ends, i.e. the actions that lead to a terminal state (win, lose or draw). The advantage of learning end-…

2019-03-29abs ↗pdf ↗

There have been increasing challenges to solve combinatorial optimization problems by machine learning. Khalil et al. proposed an end-to-end reinforcement learning framework, S2V-DQN, which automatically learns graph embeddings to construct solutions to a wide range of problems. To improve the generalization ability of…

2019-05-28abs ↗pdf ↗

We find a remarkable agreement between the statistics of a randomly divided interval and the observed statistical patterns and distributions found in horse racing betting markets. We compare the distribution of implied winning odds, the average true winning probabilities, the implied odds conditional on a win, and the …

2016-12-08abs ↗pdf ↗

A simple example shows that losing all money is compatible with a very high Sharpe ratio (as computed after losing all money). However, the only way that the Sharpe ratio can be high while losing money is that there is a period in which all or almost all money is lost. This note explores the best achievable Sharpe and …

2011-09-04abs ↗pdf ↗

Learning an effective representation for high-dimensional data is a challenging problem in reinforcement learning (RL). Deep reinforcement learning (DRL) such as Deep Q networks (DQN) achieves remarkable success in computer games by learning deeply encoded representation from convolution networks. In this paper, we pro…

2019-03-18abs ↗pdf ↗

Paper confirms winning tickets have sharp minima, useful for generalization.

problem Explaining why over-parameterized models generalize well despite having sharp minima.
method PAC-Bayesian theory applied to analyze winning tickets and their generalization behavior.
result PAC-Bayesian theory confirms winning tickets have relatively sharp minima, a disadvantage for generalization.

In-game win probability models, which provide a sports team's likelihood of winning at each point in a game based on historical observations, are becoming increasingly popular. In baseball, basketball and American football, they have become important tools to enhance fan experience, to evaluate in-game decision-making,…

2019-06-12abs ↗pdf ↗

This paper discusses the gambling contest introduced in Seel & Strack (Gambling in contests, Discussion Paper Series of SFB/TR 15 Governance and the Efficiency of Economic Systems 375, Mar 2012.) and considers the impact of adding a penalty associated with failure to follow a winning strategy. The Seel & Strack model c…

2013-01-04abs ↗pdf ↗

Calculates winning probability for three candidates based on support rates and information timing.

problem Determining optimal strategy for three candidates in an election.
method Closed-form solution using support rates, political spectrum positioning, time left, and information revelation rate.
result Optimal strategy can be complex, especially for candidates in the center of a polarized electorate.

The thesis explores IMP, a process that identifies winning tickets in DNNs, and its universality.

problem Understanding how winning subnetworks (tickets) perform across different problems.
method Iterative Magnitude Pruning (IMP) and comparison with Renormalisation Group (RG) theory.
result IMP identifies winning subnetworks that can perform similarly across various problems.

Paper tackles learning win-win solutions in aggregation systems.

problem Learning approximate equilibrium solutions in aggregation systems to keep suppliers.
method Multi-Agent Reinforcement Learning (MARL) with variance reduction mechanism.
result Approach reduces value variance and moves joint solution closer to Nash Equilibrium.

Proposes a transfer learning framework to improve U.S. election prediction models.

problem Limited spatial data and spatial dependence challenges in presidential election prediction.
method Proposes a novel transfer learning framework within the SAR model, using a two-stage algorithm with transferring and debiasing stages.
result Substantially improves prediction accuracy and outperforms traditional methods in U.S. presidential swing states.

Market timing is an investment technique that tries to continuously switch investment into assets forecast to have better returns. What is the likelihood of having a successful market timing strategy? With an emphasis on modeling simplicity, I calculate the feasible set of market timing portfolios using index mutual fu…

2017-12-13abs ↗pdf ↗

The paper calculates gap distributions for translation surfaces, focusing on the double heptagon.

problem Calculating gap distributions for translation surfaces.
method Describes a procedure to find winning holonomy vectors and applies it to the double heptagon.
result Explicitly computed gap distribution for the regular double heptagon translation surface.

The study analyzes games and social hierarchies, incorporating luck and depth of competition.

problem Analyzing patterns of wins and losses in games and social hierarchies.
method Generalized probabilistic models incorporating luck and depth of competition.
result Social competition tends to be deeper with many distinct levels, but there is often a chance of upset victories.

Corporate transparency reduces investors' disposition effect by increasing confidence in holding profitable and losing stocks.

problem Irrational disposition effect in investors selling profitable assets too soon and holding onto losing assets for too long.
method Examined the impact of corporate transparency on individual investors' disposition effect.
result Increased corporate transparency significantly reduces the disposition effect.

Faster WIND accelerates iterative BOND for LLM alignment.

problem Iterative BOND is inefficient in practice due to sample and computation inefficiency.
method Unified game-theoretic connection to self-play alignment, WIND framework with efficient algorithms.
result WIND variant achieves superior sample efficiency and faster computation.

The Lucas critique has exposed the problem of the trade-off between changes in monetary policy and structural breaks in economic time series. The search for and characterisation of such breaks has been a major econometric task ever since. We have developed an integral technique similar to CUSUM using an empirical model…

2011-03-30abs ↗pdf ↗

The Tangent Works team participated in GEFCom 2017 to test its automatic model building strategy for time series known as Tangent Information Modeller (TIM). Model building using TIM combined with historical temperature shuffling resulted in winning the competition. This strategy involved one remaining degree of freedo…

2019-04-12abs ↗pdf ↗

Hybrid method uses LLM to filter lead-lag relationships in prediction markets.

problem Challenges in discovering robust lead-lag relationships in prediction markets due to spurious correlations.
method Two-stage approach: statistical Granger causality followed by LLM semantic re-ranking.
result LLM-based method outperforms statistical baseline, increasing win rate and reducing average loss magnitude.