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Main Authors: Miller, Jared, Tacchi, Matteo, Sznaier, Mario, Jasour, Ashkan
Format: Preprint
Published: 2023
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2303.16064
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author Miller, Jared
Tacchi, Matteo
Sznaier, Mario
Jasour, Ashkan
author_facet Miller, Jared
Tacchi, Matteo
Sznaier, Mario
Jasour, Ashkan
contents This paper formulates algorithms to upper-bound the maximum Value-at-Risk (VaR) of a state function along trajectories of stochastic processes. The VaR is upper bounded by two methods: minimax tail-bounds (Cantelli/Vysochanskij-Petunin) and Expected Shortfall/Conditional Value-at-Risk (ES). Tail-bounds lead to a infinite-dimensional Second Order Cone Program (SOCP) in occupation measures, while the ES approach creates a Linear Program (LP) in occupation measures. Under compactness and regularity conditions, there is no relaxation gap between the infinite-dimensional convex programs and their nonconvex optimal-stopping stochastic problems. Upper-bounds on the SOCP and LP are obtained by a sequence of semidefinite programs through the moment-Sum-of-Squares hierarchy. The VaR-upper-bounds are demonstrated on example continuous-time and discrete-time polynomial stochastic processes.
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spellingShingle Peak Value-at-Risk Estimation of Stochastic Processes using Occupation Measures
Miller, Jared
Tacchi, Matteo
Sznaier, Mario
Jasour, Ashkan
Optimization and Control
This paper formulates algorithms to upper-bound the maximum Value-at-Risk (VaR) of a state function along trajectories of stochastic processes. The VaR is upper bounded by two methods: minimax tail-bounds (Cantelli/Vysochanskij-Petunin) and Expected Shortfall/Conditional Value-at-Risk (ES). Tail-bounds lead to a infinite-dimensional Second Order Cone Program (SOCP) in occupation measures, while the ES approach creates a Linear Program (LP) in occupation measures. Under compactness and regularity conditions, there is no relaxation gap between the infinite-dimensional convex programs and their nonconvex optimal-stopping stochastic problems. Upper-bounds on the SOCP and LP are obtained by a sequence of semidefinite programs through the moment-Sum-of-Squares hierarchy. The VaR-upper-bounds are demonstrated on example continuous-time and discrete-time polynomial stochastic processes.
title Peak Value-at-Risk Estimation of Stochastic Processes using Occupation Measures
topic Optimization and Control
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2303.16064