Discrepancy-based inference for intractable generative models using quasi-Monte Carlo

Z Niu, J Meier, FX Briol - Electronic Journal of Statistics, 2023 - projecteuclid.org
Intractable generative models, or simulators, are models for which the likelihood is
unavailable but sampling is possible. Most approaches to parameter inference in this setting …

Quasi-Monte Carlo for Efficient Fourier Pricing of Multi-Asset Options

C Bayer, CB Hammouda, A Papapantoleon, M Samet… - 2024 - repository.kaust.edu.sa
Efficiently pricing multi-asset options poses a significant challenge in quantitative finance.
The Monte Carlo (MC) method remains the prevalent choice for pricing engines; however, its …

Quasi-Monte Carlo with Domain Transformation for Efficient Fourier Pricing of Multi-Asset Options

C Bayer, CB Hammouda, A Papapantoleon… - arxiv preprint arxiv …, 2024 - arxiv.org
Efficiently pricing multi-asset options poses a significant challenge in quantitative finance.
Fourier methods leverage the regularity properties of the integrand in the Fourier domain to …

Methodology and Application of Variational Inference: A Sampling Method and Density Estimation via Maximum Mean Discrepancy

Y Chen - 2024 - search.proquest.com
METHODOLOGY AND APPLICATION OF VARIATIONAL INFERENCE: A SAMPLING METHOD
AND DENSITY ESTIMATION VIA MAXIMUM MEAN DISCREPANCY BY Y Page 1 …

[PDF][PDF] Hierarchical Adaptive Quadrature and Quasi-Monte Carlo for Efficient Fourier Pricing of Multi-Asset Options

M Samet - 2023 - repository.kaust.edu.sa
Efficiently pricing multi-asset options is a challenging problem in computational finance.
Although classical Fourier methods are extremely fast in pricing single asset options …

[HTML][HTML] On the compression phenomenon of typical discrepancies

K Jia, R Qiu, Z Wang, X Duan - Statistics & Probability Letters, 2023 - Elsevier
This study theoretically examines the compression phenomenon of typical discrepancies.
The optimal compression ratio of different discrepancies behaves differently and is related to …

A Less Uncertain Sampling-Based Method of Batch Bayesian Optimization

K Jia, X Duan, Z Wang, L Yan - arxiv preprint arxiv:2202.10152, 2022 - arxiv.org
This paper presents a method called sampling-computation-optimization (SCO) to design
batch Bayesian optimization. SCO does not construct new high-dimensional acquisition …

On the Compression Phenomenon of Typical Discrepancy

K Jia, R Qiu, Z Wang, X Duan - Available at SSRN 4273741, 2022 - papers.ssrn.com
The discrepancy is widely used measurement of the uniformity for a design. While there is
an unreasonable phenomenon: for a uniformly distributed design, its discrepancy is always …

On Efficient Design of Pilot Experiment for Generalized Linear Models

Y Li, X Deng - Journal of Statistical Theory and Practice, 2021 - Springer
The experimental design for a generalized linear model (GLM) is important but challenging
since the design criterion often depends on model specification including the link function …