Volatility forecasting via SVR–GARCH with mixture of Gaussian kernels

The support vector regression (SVR) is a supervised machine learning technique that has been successfully employed to forecast financial volatility. As the SVR is a kernel-based technique, the choice of the kernel has a great impact on its forecasting accuracy. Empirical results show that SVRs with hybrid kernels tend to beat single-kernel models in terms of forecasting accuracy. Nevertheless, no application of hybrid kernel SVR to financial volatility forecasting has been performed in previous researches. Given that the empirical evidence shows that the stock market oscillates between several possible regimes, in which the overall distribution of returns it is a mixture of normals, we attempt to find the optimal number of mixture of Gaussian kernels that improve the one-period-ahead volatility forecasting of SVR based on GARCH(1,1). The forecast performance of a mixture of one, two, three and four Gaussian kernels are evaluated on the daily returns of Nikkei and Ibovespa indexes and compared with SVR–GARCH with Morlet wavelet kernel, standard GARCH, Glosten–Jagannathan–Runkle (GJR) and nonlinear EGARCH models with normal, student-t, skew-student-t and generalized error distribution (GED) innovations by using mean absolute error (MAE), root mean squared error (RMSE) and robust Diebold–Mariano test. The results of the out-of-sample forecasts suggest that the SVR–GARCH with a mixture of Gaussian kernels can improve the volatility forecasts and capture the regime-switching behavior.     

A novel hybrid decomposition-ensemble model based on VMD and HGWO for container throughput forecasting

This paper built a hybrid decomposition-ensemble model named VMD-ARIMA-HGWO-SVR for the purpose of improving the stability and accuracy of container throughput prediction. The latest variational mode decomposition (VMD) algorithm is employed to decompose the original series into several modes (components), then ARIMA models are built to forecast the low-frequency components, and the high-frequency components are predicted by SVR models which are optimized with a recently proposed swarm intelligence algorithm called hybridizing grey wolf optimization (HGWO), following this, the prediction results of all modes are ensembled as the final forecasting result. The error analysis and model comparison results show that the VMD is more effective than other decomposition methods such as CEEMD and WD, moreover, adopting ARIMA models for prediction of low-frequency components can yield better results than predicting all components by SVR models. Based on the results of empirical study, the proposed model has good prediction performance on container throughput data, which can be used in practical work to provide reference for the operation and management of ports to improve the overall efficiency and reduce the operation costs.     

HMM based scenario generation for an investment optimisation problem

The Geometric Brownian motion (GBM) is a standard method for modelling financial time series. An important criticism of this method is that the parameters of the GBM are assumed to be constants; due to this fact, important features of the time series, like extreme behaviour or volatility clustering cannot be captured. We propose an approach by which the parameters of the GBM are able to switch between regimes, more precisely they are governed by a hidden Markov chain. Thus, we model the financial time series via a hidden Markov model (HMM) with a GBM in each state. Using this approach, we generate scenarios for a financial portfolio optimisation problem in which the portfolio CVaR is minimised. Numerical results are presented.     

Bayesian Fused Lasso Regression for Dynamic Binary Networks

We propose a multinomial logistic regression model for link prediction in a time series of directed binary networks. To account for the dynamic nature of the data, we employ a dynamic model for the model parameters that is strongly connected with the fused lasso penalty. In addition to promoting sparseness, this prior allows us to explore the presence of change points in the structure of the network. We introduce fast computational algorithms for estimation and prediction using both optimization and Bayesian approaches. The performance of the model is illustrated using simulated data and data from a financial trading network in the NYMEX natural gas futures market. Supplementary material containing the trading network dataset and code to implement the algorithms is available online.     

基于二次优化BP神经网络的期货价格预测

针对BP算法存在的不足,结合神经网络、遗传算法和主成分分析的优点,提出基于二次优化BP神经网络的期货价格预测算法.初次优化采用主成分分析法对网络结构进行优化,第二次优化采用自适应遗传算法对网络参数进行优化,将经过二次优化后建立的BP神经网络模型用于期货价格预测.经仿真检验,用新方法建立的模型对期货价格进行预测,在预测的精度和速度方面都优于单纯BP神经网络模型.     

Chinese companies distress prediction: an application of data envelopment analysis

Bankruptcy prediction is a key part in corporate credit risk management. Traditional bankruptcy prediction models employ financial ratios or market prices to predict bankruptcy or financial distress prior to its occurrence. We investigate the predictive accuracy of corporate efficiency measures along with standard financial ratios in predicting corporate distress in Chinese companies. Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) is used to measure corporate efficiency. In contrast to previous applications of DEA in credit risk modelling where it was used to generate a single efficiency—Technical Efficiency (TE), we assume Variable Returns to Scale, and decompose TE into Pure Technical Efficiency and Scale Efficiency. These measures are introduced into Logistic Regression to predict the probability of distress, along with the level of Returns to Scale. Effects of efficiency variables are allowed to vary across industries through the use of interaction terms, while the financial ratios are assumed to have the same effects across all sectors. The results show that the predictive power of the model is improved by this corporate efficiency information.     

基于支持向量回归和核岭回归对血糖值预测的对比分析

为了对比支持向量回归(SVR)和核岭回归(KRR)预测血糖值的效果,本文选择人工智能辅助糖尿病遗传风险的相关数据进行实证分析.首先对数据进行预处理,将处理后的数据导入Python.其次,为了使SVR和KRR的对比结果具有客观性,使用了三种有代表性的核方法(线性核函数,径向基核函数和sigmod核函数).然后,在训练集上采用网格搜索自动调参分别建立SVR和KRR的最优模型,对血糖值进行预测.最后,在测试集上对比分析SVR和KRR预测的均方误差(MSE)和拟合时间等指标.结果表明:均方误差(MSE)都小于0.006,且KRR的MSE比SVR的小0.0002,KRR的预测精度比SVR更高;而SVR的预测时间比KRR的少0.803秒,SVR的预测效率比KRR好.     

Switching Control of Nonlinear Systems Based on the Quasi-ARX Model and the SVR Algorithm北大核心CSCD

该文基于改进的含有外部输入项的准线性自回归(准ARX)径向基函数(RBF)网络模型和支持向量回归(SVR)算法,提出了一种非线性切换控制方法.改进的准ARX模型非线性部分采用RBF网络.控制系统设计过程分为三个部分:首先,利用聚类方法确定模型的非线性参数;然后,采用线性SVR算法来解决控制系统的鲁棒性问题;接下来,基于控制误差给出切换判定函数,确定切换律给出控制序列.最后通过数值仿真验证了该方法的有效性.     

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The relationship between futures and spot is still an important issue in academic communities and supervisory departments. In this paper, the Granger Causality Test is extended into quantile regression and then the relationship between futures and spot is investigated at different quantile positions. Note that under the model with differential data, different quantile positions are related to the corresponding financial environments. Consequently, a market-dependent casuality between futures and spot is established, by which we can study the relationship more deeply and comprehensively. The main points of view obtained in this paper are what follows: 1. The relationship between futures and spot is strongly related to the financial environments, besides the features of futures and spot; 2. Under the normal and stable financial markets, there is casuality one another, but the relationship will be abnormal under extremal financial conditions, the common relationship between futures and spot is masked by other financial factors; 3. If the casuality was seen as a normal fact logically, then the abnormal relationship should indicate a bad or extremal financial environment, which provides supervisory departments with a warning signal.     

基于ARMA-GARCH-SN模型的沪深300股指期货日内波动率研究与预测

运用五个交易日的股指期货高频数据(每秒两笔),本文主要研究了沪深300股指期货日内波动率特征并对日内波动率预测。研究发现高频股指期货日内收益率有明显的波动率聚集和条件异方差现象,但无尖峰厚尾现象,收益率序列分布符合有偏正态分布。因此,我们对时间序列建立了最优的ARMA-GARCH-SN模型,并对模型拟合充分性做了验证,拟合结果发现ARMA(1,2)-GARCH(1,1)-SN模型基本能够刻画股指期货高频日内波动特征,条件方差所受的冲击具有很强的持续性、日内波动也具有长记忆性,最后我们还利用自助法对高频股指期货日内波动率两步预测、利用滚动回归预测方法对样本做了样本内预测。预测结果表明,波动率预测结果能够较好地反映股指期货日内波动特征。     

Volatility of volatility of financial markets

We present empirical evidence for considering volatility of Eurodollar futures as a stochastic process, requiring a generalization of the standard Black-Scholes (BS) model which treats volatility as a constant. We use a previous development of a statistical mechanics of financial markets (SMFM) to model these issues.     

基于支持向量机的飞行事故率预测模型

飞行事故率是表征飞行安全水平的重要指标,其预测是典型的小样本问题.针对目前飞行事故率预测中存在的预测精度不高的问题,提出了一种基于回归支持向量机的飞行事故率预测建模方法.最后结合实际算例,采用SVR进行了飞行事故率预测建模并把预测结果与灰色预测和灰色马尔柯夫链预测进行了对比.仿真结果表明SVR具有很高的建模精度和泛化能力,从而验证了采用SVR进行航空飞行事故率预测的合理性和先进性.     

基于VMD-ELM的农产品期货价格分解集成预测模型

为了捕捉农产品市场期货价格波动的复杂特征,进一步提高其预测精度,基于分解集成的思想,构建包含变分模态分解(VMD)和极限学习机(ELM)的分解集成预测模型。首先,利用VMD分解的自适应性和非递归性,选择VMD将复杂时间序列分解成多个模态分量(IMF)。其次,针对VMD分解关键参数模态数K的选取难题,提出基于最小模糊熵准则寻找最优K值的方法,有效避免模态混淆和端点效应问题,从而提升VMD的分解能力。最后,利用ELM强大的学习能力和泛化能力,对VMD分解得到的不同尺度子序列进行预测,集成得到最终预测结果。以CBOT交易所稻谷、小麦、豆粕期货价格作为研究对象,实证结果表明,该分解集成预测模型在预测精度和方向性指标上,显著优于单预测模型和其它分解集成预测模型,为农产品期货价格预测提供了一种新途径。     

基于CSO-SVR的气膜钢筋混凝土储仓主体结构施工成本预测研究

为了较准确的预测气膜钢筋混凝土储仓主体结构施工成本,提出一种鸡群算法(CSO)和支持向量回归机(SVR)结合模型,即CSO-SVR,利用CSO算法对SVR进行寻优得到全局最优解,从而得到具有最佳参数的支持向量回归机模型,通过气膜钢筋混凝土储仓主体结构施工成本数据预测仿真,结果显示:CSO-SVR模型预测精度高于PSO-SVR,GA-SVR,SVR,BPNN等方法,是预测气膜钢筋混凝土储仓主体结构施工成本的有效工具.     

Non-Parametric Regression Methods

The nature of the financial time series is complex, continuous interchange of stochastic and deterministic regimes. Therefore, it is difficult to forecast with parametric techniques. Instead of parametric models, we propose three techniques and compare with each other. Neural networks and support vector regression (SVR) are two universally approximators. They are data-driven non parametric models. ARCH/GARCH models are also investigated. Our assumption is that the future value of Istanbul Stock Exchange 100 index daily return depends on the financial indicators although there is no known parametric model to explain this relationship. This relationship comes from the technical analysis. Comparison shows that the multi layer perceptron networks overperform the SVR and time series model (GARCH).     

Forecasting Loss Given Default models: impact of account characteristics and the macroeconomic state

On the basis of two data sets containing Loss Given Default (LGD) observations of home equity and corporate loans, we consider non-linear and non-parametric techniques to model and forecast LGD. These techniques include non-linear Support Vector Regression (SVR), a regression tree, a transformed linear model and a two-stage model combining a linear regression with SVR. We compare these models with an ordinary least squares linear regression. In addition, we incorporate several variants of 11 macroeconomic indicators to estimate the influence of the economic state on loan losses. The out-of-time set-up is complemented with an out-of-sample set-up to mitigate the limited number of credit crisis observations available in credit risk data sets. The two-stage/transformed model outperforms the other techniques when forecasting out-of-time for the home equity/corporate data set, while the non-parametric regression tree is the best performer when forecasting out-of-sample. The incorporation of macroeconomic variables significantly improves the prediction performance. The downturn impact ranges up to 5% depending on the data set and the macroeconomic conditions defining the downturn. These conclusions can help financial institutions when estimating LGD under the internal ratings-based approach of the Basel Accords in order to estimate the downturn LGD needed to calculate the capital requirements. Banks are also required as part of stress test exercises to assess the impact of stressed macroeconomic scenarios on their Profit and Loss (P&L) and banking book, which favours the accurate identification of relevant macroeconomic variables driving LGD evolutions.     

A semiparametric Bayesian approach to the analysis of financial time series with applications to value at risk estimation

GARCH models are commonly used for describing, estimating and predicting the dynamics of financial returns. Here, we relax the usual parametric distributional assumptions of GARCH models and develop a Bayesian semiparametric approach based on modeling the innovations using the class of scale mixtures of Gaussian distributions with a Dirichlet process prior on the mixing distribution. The proposed specification allows for greater flexibility in capturing the usual patterns observed in financial returns. It is also shown how to undertake Bayesian prediction of the Value at Risk (VaR). The performance of the proposed semiparametric method is illustrated using simulated and real data from the Hang Seng Index (HSI) and Bombay Stock Exchange index (BSE30).     

A robust support vector regression with a linear-log concave loss function

Support vector regression (SVR) is one of the most popular nonlinear regression techniques with the aim to approximate a nonlinear system with a good generalization capability. However, SVR has a major drawback in that it is sensitive to the presence of outliers. The ramp loss function for robust SVR has been introduced to resolve this problem, but SVR with ramp loss function has a non-differentiable and non-convex formulation, which is not easy to solve. Consequently, SVR with the ramp loss function requires smoothing and Concave-Convex Procedure techniques, which transform the non-differentiable and non-convex optimization to a differentiable and convex one. We present a robust SVR with linear-log concave loss function (RSLL), which does not require the transformation technique, where the linear-log concave loss function has a similar effect as the ramp loss function. The zero norm approximation and the difference of convex functions problem are employed for solving the optimization problem. The proposed RSLL approach is used to develop a robust and stable virtual metrology (VM) prediction model, which utilizes the status variables of process equipment to predict the process quality of wafer level in semiconductor manufacturing. We also compare the proposed approach to existing SVR-based methods in terms of the root mean squared error of prediction using both synthetic and real data sets. Our experimental results show that the proposed approach performs better than existing SVR-based methods regardless of the data set and type of outliers (ie, X-space and Y-space outliers), implying that it can be used as a useful alternative when the regression data contain outliers.     

中国期货市场与现货市场的价格引导与价格发现

长期以来对期货市场与现货市场价格关系的实证研究都是基于时间序列方法的研究.为了克服时间序列方法存在着的不足,将使用面板数据方法,在面板单位根检验以及面板协整检验和协整估计的基础上,构建面板误差修正模型来分析期货价格和现货价格的均衡以及相互引导关系.进一步的,在误差修正模型的基础上我们采用信息份额方法(I-S模型)和共同因子贡献法(P-T模型)分析了期货市场和现货市场的价格发现功能.通过上述研究,发现总体上讲我国大宗商品的期货价格和现货价格之间存在着长期均衡,并且表现出了相互引导互为Granger因果的关系.利用I-S模型和P-T模型测算出来的期货市场对价格形成的贡献度分别为88.17%和79.44%,这说明当前我国的期货市场总体上讲是有效率的市场.     

A class of multi-period semi-variance portfolio selection with a four-factor futures price model

Considering the stochastic exchange rate, a four-factor futures model with the underling asset, convenience yield, instantaneous risk free interest rate and exchange rate, is established. These processes follow jump-diffusion processes (Wiener process and Poisson process). The corresponding partial differential equation (PDE) of the futures price is derived. The general solution with parameters of the PDE is drawn. The weight least squares approach is applied to obtain the parameters of above PDE. Variance is substituted by semi-variance in Markovitz’s portfolio selection model. Therefore, a class of multi-period semi-variance model is formulated originally. A hybrid genetic algorithm (GA) with particle swarm optimizer (PSO) is proposed to solve the multi-period semi-variance model. Finally, an example, which are fuel futures in Shanghai exchange market, is selected to demonstrate the effectiveness of above models and methods.