Does a lot help a lot? Forecasting stock returns with pooling strategies in a data‐rich environment

A variety of recent studies provide a skeptical view on the predictability of stock returns. Empirical evidence shows that most prediction models suffer from a loss of information, model uncertainty, and structural instability by relying on low‐dimensional information sets. In this study, we evaluate the predictive ability of various lately refined forecasting strategies, which handle these issues by incorporating information from many potential predictor variables simultaneously. We investigate whether forecasting strategies that (i) combine information and (ii) combine individual forecasts are useful to predict US stock returns, that is, the market excess return, size, value, and the momentum premium. Our results show that methods combining information have remarkable in‐sample predictive ability. However, the out‐of‐sample performance suffers from highly volatile forecast errors. Forecast combinations face a better bias–efficiency trade‐off, yielding a consistently superior forecast performance for the market excess return and the size premium even after the 1970s.     

基于滑移/非滑移异质界面的动压润滑性能优化

合理布置的滑移/非滑移异质界面可以提高流体动压润滑性能,但目前滑移区和非滑移区的组合方式大多采用单一的直线拼接法,没有针对流体润滑摩擦副的各类工况设计出相应的优化方案,为此本文建立了一组离散式二次方程来描述滑移区和非滑移区拼接轨迹,并引入计算域单元的宽长比作为优化变量,分别以液膜刚度和摩擦因数作为优化目标,通过MATLAB数值仿真求解不同宽长比条件下滑移区和非滑移区的最优拼接轨迹。结果表明,与直线拼接法相比,选取二次方程所描述的抛物线作为滑移区和非滑移区拼接轨迹的方法使流体润滑摩擦副在摩擦因数和液膜刚度等性能指标上都有所改善,而且根据不同的优化目标参数可以方便地绘制出最优拼接方案,验证了本文方法在改善动压润滑性能上的可行性和普适性。     

The futility of decision making research

We have each spent more than 50 years doing research that has had little impact. Even more lamentable is that our field, judgment and decision making (JDM), has on the whole had little impact during that span. We attribute that failure to the use of methodologies that emphasize testing models rather than looking for differences in behavior. The “cognitive revolution” led the field astray, toward the goal of studying model fit rather than comparing observable results. With modeling as the goal, experimentation was stultified. Simple tasks became dominant. Although a poor metaphor for real decision making, the gambling paradigm has lasted forever because the inputs to the decision are known to the researcher and thus easily modeled.     

考虑节点失效的异构仿真网络可靠性评估蒙特卡罗模拟

异构仿真网络是实况、虚拟和构造(live, virtual, and constructive, LVC)仿真的基础环境支撑,合理评估其可靠性在LVC仿真应用中具有重要作用。针对复杂网络可靠性评估难以获得精确解、效率不高的问题,提出一种考虑节点失效的LVC异构仿真网络蒙特卡罗评估方法。首先,基于异构网络自身特点及因子定理,对蜂窝网络和无线传感器网络进行等效转化;其次,运用可靠性保持缩减技术对转化的仿真网络进行缩减,提高算法效率和收敛速度;最后,依据不完全可靠节点转化原则,对简化网络可靠性进行蒙特卡罗模拟,实现LVC异构仿真网络连通可靠性的评估。计算结果表明,相比传统蒙特卡罗方法,所提方法在保证计算精度的同时,方差减小,运行负载较小,稳定性更好。     

Spatial dependence model with feature difference

This paper presents a new spatial dependence model with an adjustment of feature difference. The model accounts for the spatial autocorrelation in both the outcome variables and residuals. The feature difference adjustment in the model helps to emphasize feature changes across neighboring units, while suppressing unobserved covariates that are present in the same neighborhood. The prediction at a given unit incorporates components that depend on the differences between the values of its main features and those of its neighboring units. In contrast to conventional spatial regression models, our model does not require a comprehensive list of global covariates necessary to estimate the outcome variable at the unit, as common macro-level covariates are differenced away in the regression analysis. Using the real estate market data in Hong Kong, we applied Gibbs sampling to determine the posterior distribution of each model parameter. The result of our empirical analysis confirms that the adjustment of feature difference with an inclusion of the spatial error autocorrelation produces better out-of-sample prediction performance than other conventional spatial dependence models. In addition, our empirical analysis can identify components with more significant contributions.     

Forecasting under model uncertainty: Non-homogeneous hidden Markov models with Pòlya-Gamma data augmentation

We consider finite state-space non-homogeneous hidden Markov models for forecasting univariate time series. Given a set of predictors, the time series are modeled via predictive regressions with state-dependent coefficients and time-varying transition probabilities that depend on the predictors via a logistic/multinomial function. In a hidden Markov setting, inference for logistic regression coefficients becomes complicated and in some cases impossible due to convergence issues. In this paper, we aim to address this problem utilizing the recently proposed Pólya-Gamma latent variable scheme. Also, we allow for model uncertainty regarding the predictors that affect the series both linearly — in the mean — and non-linearly — in the transition matrix. Predictor selection and inference on the model parameters are based on an automatic Markov chain Monte Carlo scheme with reversible jump steps. Hence the proposed methodology can be used as a black box for predicting time series. Using simulation experiments, we illustrate the performance of our algorithm in various setups, in terms of mixing properties, model selection and predictive ability. An empirical study on realized volatility data shows that our methodology gives improved forecasts compared to benchmark models.     

带搬运时间的批量生产制造系统生产作业计划方法

为给考虑搬运时间的批量生产制造系统中的同类型工件制定生产作业计划,对批量工件的加工与搬运时间、搬运车辆调度和工件移动方式决策等问题进行深入研究.构建同类型批量工件在不同移动方式中的加工与搬运时间模型并设计相应的计算流程图.建立基于生产周期和搬运车辆总投入数量两个决策目标的工件移动方式决策模型.研究结果表明:本研究可有效选择工件移动方式,可为考虑搬运时间的同类型批量工件制定精确的生产作业计划,并可对搬运车辆进行合理调度.     

大数据科学的认知和数学基础引论

 大数据不仅在科学、工程与计算智能中有着广泛的应用，而且在人类感知、估计、量化、记忆和推理的认知机制中发挥着基础性作用。通过对大数据科学理论的基础研究，提出一组大数据系统的一般原理和分析方法。为了从形式上解释大数据的起源和本质，探讨大数据的认知基础及其数学模型，严格地引出了根植于科学、工程和社会各个领域的大数据的一般模式。研究发现大数据不再是传统实域上的纯数，而是一个前所未有的新型数学结构，称为递归类型化超结构（RTHS）。这一大数据系统的基本拓扑特性揭示了大数据工程的复杂性及其操作与处理的全新认知、理论挑战，以及可选解决方案。     

Existence of macroscopic spatial superpositions in collapse theories

It is shown that the collapse dynamics in the CSL model will entangle two independent systems under certain conditions, and their state after collapse may be an entangled superposition of spatially separated states. However, since the conditions can hardly be satisfied in reality, the occurrence of such superpositions is very improbable, and thus collapse theories still provide a promising solution to the measurement problem.     

基于射频能量收集的异构网络资源分配策略

针对异构网络中微微基站出现过多用户的情况,研究最大化上行总吞吐量的资源分配问题。通过部署一个具有能量收集功能的中继节点,将微微基站部分用户转移到相邻的空闲微微基站。中继节点具有能量收集功能,可以从专用射频源和环境射频源收集能量。将资源分配问题建模为最优化问题,以最大化微微基站用户的上行总吞吐量为目标,同时满足用户最小数据速率、中继节点能量消耗和发射功率的约束条件。通过引入增广拉格朗日乘子法,获得最优解。仿真结果表明,与传统的将部分微微基站用户转移到宏基站的方法相比,提出的方法具有较大的吞吐量提升。此外,与同样采用中继节点进行辅助通信的等功率方法相比,提出的方法在吞吐量方面有一定程度的增加。