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Neural networks have recently been employed as material discretizations within adjoint optimization frameworks for inverse problems and topology optimization. While advantageous regularization effects and better optima have been found for…

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We formulate an optimal stopping problem for a geometric Brownian motion where the probability scale is distorted by a general nonlinear function. The problem is inherently time inconsistent due to the Choquet integration involved. We…

Probability · Mathematics 2022-01-07 Zuo Quan Xu , Xun Yu Zhou

The purpose of this paper is two-fold, first, to review a recent method introduced by S. Becker, P. Cheridito, and P. Jentzen, for solving high-dimensional optimal stopping problems using deep Neural Networks, second, to propose an…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2023-04-25 Sigurd Assing , Xin Zhi

Solving optimal stopping problems by backward induction in high dimensions is often very complex since the computation of conditional expectations is required. Typically, such computations are based on regression, a method that suffers from…

Probability · Mathematics 2022-05-19 Martin Redmann

Optimal stopping is the problem of deciding the right time at which to take a particular action in a stochastic system, in order to maximize an expected reward. It has many applications in areas such as finance, healthcare, and statistics.…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2021-05-20 Abderrahim Fathan , Erick Delage

In recent years, deep learning has been connected with optimal control as a way to define a notion of a continuous underlying learning problem. In this view, neural networks can be interpreted as a discretization of a parametric Ordinary…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2020-07-07 Joubine Aghili , Olga Mula

Deep neural networks (DNNs) have been widely applied to solve real-world regression problems. However, selecting optimal network structures remains a significant challenge. This study addresses this issue by linking neuron selection in DNNs…

Computation · Statistics 2025-09-30 Noah Yi-Ting Hung , Li-Hsiang Lin , Vince D. Calhoun

Variational Physics-Informed Neural Networks often suffer from poor convergence when using stochastic gradient-descent-based optimizers. By introducing a Least Squares solver for the weights of the last layer of the neural network, we…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-03-20 Carlos Uriarte , Manuela Bastidas , David Pardo , Jamie M. Taylor , Sergio Rojas

This paper presents the concept of "model-based neural network"(MNN), which is inspired by the classic artificial neural network (ANN) but for different usages. Instead of being used as a data-driven classifier, a MNN serves as a modeling…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-02-15 Yi Jiang , Tianyi Zhang , Wei Zhang

In this paper, we propose deep learning algorithms for ranking response surfaces, with applications to optimal stopping problems in financial mathematics. The problem of ranking response surfaces is motivated by estimating optimal feedback…

Machine Learning · Statistics 2020-03-12 Ruimeng Hu

In this work, we describe a new approach that uses deep neural networks (DNN) to obtain regularization parameters for solving inverse problems. We consider a supervised learning approach, where a network is trained to approximate the…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2021-04-15 Babak Maboudi Afkham , Julianne Chung , Matthias Chung

Neural networks are more expressive when they have multiple layers. In turn, conventional training methods are only successful if the depth does not lead to numerical issues such as exploding or vanishing gradients, which occur less…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2022-06-07 Carles Riera , Camilo Rey , Thiago Serra , Eloi Puertas , Oriol Pujol

Recurrent neural networks (RNNs) have gained a great deal of attention in solving sequential learning problems. The learning of long-term dependencies, however, remains challenging due to the problem of a vanishing or exploding hidden…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2020-03-17 Konstantin Rusch , John W. Pearson , Konstantinos C. Zygalakis

Neural networks can be compressed to reduce memory and computational requirements, or to increase accuracy by facilitating the use of a larger base architecture. In this paper we focus on pruning individual neurons, which can simultaneously…

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Many important challenges in science and technology can be cast as optimization problems. When viewed in a statistical physics framework, these can be tackled by simulated annealing, where a gradual cooling procedure helps search for…

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We propose a novel group of Gaussian Process based algorithms for fast approximate optimal stopping of time series with specific applications to financial markets. We show that structural properties commonly exhibited by financial time…

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In a classical optimal stopping problem the aim is to maximize the expected value of a functional of a diffusion evaluated at a stopping time. This note considers optimal stopping problems beyond this paradigm. We study problems in which…

Probability · Mathematics 2017-08-04 Vicky Henderson , David Hobson , Matthew Zeng

Recurrent neural network (RNN)'s architecture is a key factor influencing its performance. We propose algorithms to optimize hidden sizes under running time constraint. We convert the discrete optimization into a subset selection problem.…

Machine Learning · Statistics 2018-02-22 Junqi Jin , Ziang Yan , Kun Fu , Nan Jiang , Changshui Zhang

Training deep neural networks is a highly nontrivial task, involving carefully selecting appropriate training algorithms, scheduling step sizes and tuning other hyperparameters. Trying different combinations can be quite labor-intensive and…

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The solution to partial differential equations using deep learning approaches has shown promising results for several classes of initial and boundary-value problems. However, their ability to surpass, particularly in terms of accuracy,…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2023-08-23 Ziad Aldirany , Régis Cottereau , Marc Laforest , Serge Prudhomme