Restricted Tweedie stochastic block models
Canadian Journal of Statistics, EarlyView.Abstract The stochastic block model (SBM) is a widely used framework for community detection in networks, where the network structure is typically represented by an adjacency matrix. However, conventional SBMs are not directly applicable to an adjacency matrix that consists of nonnegative zero‐inflated continuous edge weights.
Jie Jian, Mu Zhu, Peijun Sang
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Optimal dividends for a NatCat insurer in the presence of a climate tipping point
Canadian Journal of Statistics, EarlyView.Abstract We study optimal dividend strategies for an insurance company facing natural catastrophe claims, anticipating the arrival of a climate tipping point after which the claim intensity and/or the claim size distribution of the underlying risks deteriorates irreversibly.
Hansjörg Albrecher +2 more
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Active Inference through Incentive Design in Markov Decision Processes [PDF]
Xinyi Wei +5 more
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Hidden Markov graphical models with state‐dependent generalized hyperbolic distributions
Canadian Journal of Statistics, EarlyView.Abstract In this article, we develop a novel hidden Markov graphical model to investigate time‐varying interconnectedness between different financial markets. To identify conditional correlation structures under varying market conditions and accommodate shape features embedded in financial time series, we rely upon the generalized hyperbolic family of ...
Beatrice Foroni +2 more
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Online Active Perception for Partially Observable Markov Decision Processes with Limited Budget [PDF]
, 2019 Mahsa Ghasemi, Ufuk Topcu
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A Hitting Time Analysis for Stochastic Time-Varying Functions with Applications to Adversarial Attacks on Computation of Markov Decision Processes [PDF]
, 2023 Ali Yekkehkhany +3 more
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A Markov approach to credit rating migration conditional on economic states
Canadian Journal of Statistics, EarlyView.Abstract We develop a model for credit rating migration that accounts for the impact of economic state fluctuations on default probabilities. The joint process for the economic state and the rating is modelled as a time‐homogeneous Markov chain. While the rating process itself possesses the Markov property only under restrictive conditions, methods ...
Michael Kalkbrener, Natalie Packham
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Comparative Effectiveness of Different Combinations of Treatment Interventions in Patients with Stroke at the Convalescence Stage Based on the Markov Decision Process. [PDF]
Evid Based Complement Alternat Med, 2020 Shen Y +7 more
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Bayesian clustering of multivariate extremes
Canadian Journal of Statistics, EarlyView.Abstract The asymptotic dependence structure between multivariate extreme values is fully characterized by their projections on the unit simplex. Under mild conditions, the only constraint on the resulting distributions is that their marginal means must be equal, which results in a nonparametric model that can be difficult to use in applications ...
Sonia Alouini, Anthony C. Davison
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