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We consider deterministic Markov decision processes (MDPs) and apply max-plus algebra tools to approximate the value iteration algorithm by a smaller-dimensional iteration based on a representation on dictionaries of value functions. The…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2019-06-21 Francis Bach

In ergodic physical systems, time-averaged quantities converge (for large times) to their ensemble-averaged values. Large deviation theory describes rare events where these time averages differ significantly from the corresponding ensemble…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2020-05-20 Robert L. Jack

In this paper, we consider projection estimates for L\'evy densities in high-frequency setup. We give a unified treatment for different sets of basis functions and focus on the asymptotic properties of the maximal deviation distribution for…

Probability · Mathematics 2016-01-18 Valentin Konakov , Vladimir Panov

In this article we study a class of generalised linear systems of difference equations with given non-consistent initial conditions and infinite many solutions. We take into consideration the case that the coefficients are square constant…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2016-12-14 Nicholas Apostolopoulos , Fernando Ortega , Grigoris Kalogeropoulos

Bellman equations of ergodic type related to risk-sensitive control are considered. We treat the case that the nonlinear term is positive quadratic form on first-order partial derivatives of solution, which includes linear exponential…

Probability · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Hidehiro Kaise , Shuenn-Jyi Sheu

This paper studies a class of continuous-time scalar-state stochastic Linear-Quadratic (LQ) optimal control problem with the linear control constraints. Applying the state separation theorem induced from its special structure, we develop…

Portfolio Management · Quantitative Finance 2018-06-12 Weiping Wu , Jianjun Gao , Junguo Lu , Xun Li

The main objective of this paper is to develop extreme value theory for $\vartheta$-expansions. We establish the limit distribution of the maximum value in a $\vartheta$-continued fraction mixing stationary stochastic process, along with…

Probability · Mathematics 2025-11-04 Gabriela Ileana Sebe , Dan Lascu , Bilel Selmi

This article provides quasi-optimal a priori error estimates for an optimal control problem constrained by an elliptic obstacle problem where the finite element discretization is carried out using the symmetric interior penalty…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2023-12-21 Harbir Antil , Rohit Khandelwal , Umarkhon Rakhimov

The main results in this paper concern large deviations for families of non-Gaussian processes obtained as suitable perturbations of continuous centered multivariate Gaussian processes which satisfy a large deviation principle. We present…

Probability · Mathematics 2023-07-06 C. Macci , B. Pacchiarotti

We study right tail large deviations of the logarithm of the partition function for directed lattice paths in i.i.d. random potentials. The main purpose is the derivation of explicit formulas for the $1+1$-dimensional exactly solvable case…

Probability · Mathematics 2013-12-17 Nicos Georgiou , Timo Seppäläinen

We introduce a new theory of generalised solutions which applies to fully nonlinear PDE systems of any order and allows for merely measurable maps as solutions. This approach bypasses the standard problems arising by the application of…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2017-02-21 Nikos Katzourakis

A local convergence analysis of the Gauss-Newton method for solving injective-overdetermined systems of nonlinear equations under a majorant condition is provided. The convergence as well as results on its rate are established without a…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2013-03-21 Max Leandro Nobre Goncalves

A general explicit form for generating functions for approximating fractional derivatives is derived. To achieve this, an equivalent characterisation for consistency and order of approximations established on a general generating function…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2021-05-31 W. A. Gunarathna , H. M. Nasir , W. B. Daundasekera

Generalized linear models (GLMs) arise in high-dimensional machine learning, statistics, communications and signal processing. In this paper we analyze GLMs when the data matrix is random, as relevant in problems such as compressed sensing,…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2019-04-01 Jean Barbier , Florent Krzakala , Nicolas Macris , Léo Miolane , Lenka Zdeborová

The concept of moment differentiation is extended to the class of moment summable functions, giving rise to moment differential properties. The main result leans on accurate upper estimates for the integral representation of the moment…

Complex Variables · Mathematics 2020-07-20 Alberto Lastra , Slawomir Michalik , Maria Suwinska

A broad set of sufficient conditions that guarantees the existence of the maximum entropy (maxent) distribution consistent with specified bounds on certain generalized moments is derived. Most results in the literature are either focused on…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2009-09-29 Prakash Ishwar , Pierre Moulin

We apply the G\"artner--Ellis theorem on large deviations to prove a weak version of the Loughran--Smeets conjecture for general fibrations.

Number Theory · Mathematics 2025-09-22 Sun Woo Park , Efthymios Sofos

We construct the generalized entropy optimized by a given arbitrary statistical distribution with a finite linear expectation value of a random quantity of interest. This offers, via the maximum entropy principle, a unified basis for a…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2009-11-07 Sumiyoshi Abe

We use nowdays classical theory of generalized moment problems by Krein-Nudelman [1977] to define a special class of stochastic Gaussian processes. The class contains, of course, stationary Gaussian processes. We obtain a spectral…

Spectral Theory · Mathematics 2010-08-04 L. Baratchart , L. Golinskii , S. Kupin

Through certain appropriate constructions, we establish periodic solutions in distribution for some stochastic differential equations with infinite-dimensional Levy noise. Additionally, we obtain the corresponding periodic measures and…

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