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April 14, 2017

A Weak Convergence Criterion For Constructing Changes Of Measure

Abstract Based on a weak convergence argument, we provide a necessary and sufficient condition that guar- antees that a nonnegative local martingale is indeed a…
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April 14, 2017

A One-Dimensional Diffusion Hits Points Fast

Abstract A one-dimensional, continuous, regular, and strong Markov process X with state space E hits any point z ∈ E fast with positive probability. To…
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April 14, 2017

Supermartingales As Radon-Nikodym Densities And Related Measure Extensions

Abstract 1. Introduction. It is a simple but very useful observation that a probabil- ity measure Q which is not absolutely continuous with respect to…
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April 14, 2017

The Uniform Integrability Of Martingales On A Question By Alexander Cherny

Abstract Let X be a progressively measurable, almost surely right-continuous stochastic process such that Xτ ∈ L1 and E = E for each finite stopping…
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April 14, 2017

The Martingale Property In The Context Of Stochastic Differential Equations

Abstract This note studies the martingale property of a nonnegative, continuous local martingale Z, given as a nonanticipative functional of a solution to a stochastic…
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April 14, 2017

Pricing Corporate Bonds In An Arbitrary Jump-Diffusion Model Based On An Improved Brownian-Bridge Algorithm

Abstract We provide an efficient and unbiased Monte-Carlo simulation for the com- putation of bond prices in a structural default model with jumps. The algorithm…
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April 14, 2017

A Multiple Hold-Out Framework For Sparse Partial Least Squares

Abstract Supervised classification machine learning algorithms may have limitations when studying brain diseases with heterogeneous populations, as the labels might be unreliable. More exploratory approaches,…
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April 14, 2017

Image Retrieval With A Bayesian Model of Relevance Feedback

Abstract A content-based image retrieval system based on multinomial relevance feedback is proposed. The system relies on an interactive search paradigm where at each round…
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April 6, 2017

DebtRank: A Microscopic Foundation for Shock Propagation

Abstract The DebtRank algorithm has been increasingly investigated as a method to estimate the impact of shocks in financial networks, as it overcomes the limitations…
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April 6, 2017

The Social Climbing Game

Abstract The structure of societies depends, to some extent, on the incentives of the individuals they are composed of. We study a stylized model of…
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