A major drawback of Mean-Variance and Stochastic Dominance investment criteria is that they may fail to determine dominance even in situations when all “reasonable” decision-makers would clearly prefer one alternati...A major drawback of Mean-Variance and Stochastic Dominance investment criteria is that they may fail to determine dominance even in situations when all “reasonable” decision-makers would clearly prefer one alternative over another. Leshno and Levy [1] suggest Almost Stochastic Dominance (ASD) as a remedy. This paper develops algorithms for deriving the ASD efficient sets. Empirical application reveals that the improvement to the efficient sets implied by ASD is substantial (64% reduction for FSD). Direct expected utility maximization shows that investment portfolios excluded from the ASD efficient set would not have been chosen by any investors with reasonable preferences.展开更多
In this article, we consider the continuous gas in a bounded domain ∧ of R^＋ or R^d described by a Gibbsian probability measure μη∧ associated with a pair interaction φ, the inverse temperature β, the activity...In this article, we consider the continuous gas in a bounded domain ∧ of R^＋ or R^d described by a Gibbsian probability measure μη∧ associated with a pair interaction φ, the inverse temperature β, the activity z 〉 0, and the boundary condition η. Define F ∫ωf（s）wA（ds）. Applying the generalized Ito＇s formula for forward-backward martingales （see Klein et M. [5]）, we obtain convex concentration inequalities for F with respect to the Gibbs measure μη∧. On the other hand, by FKG inequality on the Poisson space, we also give a new simple argument for the stochastic domination for the Gibbs measure.展开更多
In this paper, the simultaneous perturbation stochastic approximation （SPSA） algorithm is used for seeking optimal parameters in an adaptive filter developed for assimilating observations in the very high dimensiona...In this paper, the simultaneous perturbation stochastic approximation （SPSA） algorithm is used for seeking optimal parameters in an adaptive filter developed for assimilating observations in the very high dimensional dynamical systems. The main results show that the SPSA is capable of yielding the high filter performance similar to that produced by classical optimization algorithms, with better performance for non-linear filtering problems as more and more observations are assimilated. The advantage of the SPSA is that at each iteration it requires only two measurements of the objective function to approximate the gradient vector regardless of the dimension of the control vector （or maximally, three measurements if second-order optimization algorithms are used）. The SPSA approach is thus free from the need to develop a discrete adjoint of tangent linear model as it is required up to now for solving optimization problems in very high dimensional systems. This technique offers promising perspectives on developing optimal assimilation systems encountered in the field of data assimilation in meteorology and oceanography.展开更多
This paper examines N-th degree stochastic dominance which is used to compare the risk factor of risky assets after summarizing the definitions of first degree stochastic dominance and second degree stochastic dominan...This paper examines N-th degree stochastic dominance which is used to compare the risk factor of risky assets after summarizing the definitions of first degree stochastic dominance and second degree stochastic dominance. The paper defines general N-th degree stochastic dominance, presents a sufficient and necessary condition which is the equivalent theorem of general N-th degree stochastic dominance. The feasible utility form is constructed to explain the economic meaning of N-th degree stochastic dominance in the field of financial economics. The equivalent condition is described by the probability distribution functions of risky assets, which are not related to utility functions (preference relations).展开更多
Second-order stochastic dominance plays an important role in reliability and various branches of economics such as finance and decision-making under risk, and statistical testing for the stochastic dominance is often ...Second-order stochastic dominance plays an important role in reliability and various branches of economics such as finance and decision-making under risk, and statistical testing for the stochastic dominance is often useful in practice. In this paper, we present a test of stochastic equality under the constraint of second-order stochastic dominance based on the theory of empirical processes. The asymptotic distribution of the test statistic is obtained, and a simple method to compute the critical value is derived. Simulation results and real data examples are presented to illustrate the proposed test method.展开更多
文摘A major drawback of Mean-Variance and Stochastic Dominance investment criteria is that they may fail to determine dominance even in situations when all “reasonable” decision-makers would clearly prefer one alternative over another. Leshno and Levy [1] suggest Almost Stochastic Dominance (ASD) as a remedy. This paper develops algorithms for deriving the ASD efficient sets. Empirical application reveals that the improvement to the efficient sets implied by ASD is substantial (64% reduction for FSD). Direct expected utility maximization shows that investment portfolios excluded from the ASD efficient set would not have been chosen by any investors with reasonable preferences.
文摘In this article, we consider the continuous gas in a bounded domain ∧ of R^＋ or R^d described by a Gibbsian probability measure μη∧ associated with a pair interaction φ, the inverse temperature β, the activity z 〉 0, and the boundary condition η. Define F ∫ωf（s）wA（ds）. Applying the generalized Ito＇s formula for forward-backward martingales （see Klein et M. [5]）, we obtain convex concentration inequalities for F with respect to the Gibbs measure μη∧. On the other hand, by FKG inequality on the Poisson space, we also give a new simple argument for the stochastic domination for the Gibbs measure.
文摘In this paper, the simultaneous perturbation stochastic approximation （SPSA） algorithm is used for seeking optimal parameters in an adaptive filter developed for assimilating observations in the very high dimensional dynamical systems. The main results show that the SPSA is capable of yielding the high filter performance similar to that produced by classical optimization algorithms, with better performance for non-linear filtering problems as more and more observations are assimilated. The advantage of the SPSA is that at each iteration it requires only two measurements of the objective function to approximate the gradient vector regardless of the dimension of the control vector （or maximally, three measurements if second-order optimization algorithms are used）. The SPSA approach is thus free from the need to develop a discrete adjoint of tangent linear model as it is required up to now for solving optimization problems in very high dimensional systems. This technique offers promising perspectives on developing optimal assimilation systems encountered in the field of data assimilation in meteorology and oceanography.
基金the Major Research Project of the Ninth-Five Plan!(1997- 2 0 0 1) of China(No.79790 130 )
文摘This paper examines N-th degree stochastic dominance which is used to compare the risk factor of risky assets after summarizing the definitions of first degree stochastic dominance and second degree stochastic dominance. The paper defines general N-th degree stochastic dominance, presents a sufficient and necessary condition which is the equivalent theorem of general N-th degree stochastic dominance. The feasible utility form is constructed to explain the economic meaning of N-th degree stochastic dominance in the field of financial economics. The equivalent condition is described by the probability distribution functions of risky assets, which are not related to utility functions (preference relations).
基金This work is supported by Grants from the Natural Science Foundation of China （11271039） Specialized Research Fund for the Doctoral Program of Higher Education+2 种基金 Research Fund of Weifang University （2011Z24） Funding Project of Science and Technology Research Plan of Weifang City （201301019） The Natural Science Foundation of Shandong （ZR2013FL032）.
文摘Second-order stochastic dominance plays an important role in reliability and various branches of economics such as finance and decision-making under risk, and statistical testing for the stochastic dominance is often useful in practice. In this paper, we present a test of stochastic equality under the constraint of second-order stochastic dominance based on the theory of empirical processes. The asymptotic distribution of the test statistic is obtained, and a simple method to compute the critical value is derived. Simulation results and real data examples are presented to illustrate the proposed test method.
