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Time-encoded signals, such as social network update logs and spiking traces in neuromorphic processors, are defined by multiple traces carrying information in the timing of events, or spikes. When time-encoded data is processed at a remote…

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We propose a modeling framework for the dynamics of a reduced form order book in event time and based on event sizes. Our framework for the order book is influenced by [9], but compared to [9] we allow the best bid ask spread to be larger…

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