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Non-normal Recurrent Neural Network (nnRNN): learning long time dependencies while improving expressivity with transient dynamics
A recent strategy to circumvent the exploding and vanishing gradient problem
in RNNs, and to allow the stable propagation of signals over long time scales,
is to constrain recurrent connectivity matrices to be orthogonal or unitary.
This ensures eigenvalues with unit norm and thus stable dynamics and training.
However this comes at the cost of reduced expressivity due to the limited
variety of orthogonal transformations. We propose a novel connectivity
structure based on the Schur decomposition and a splitting of the Schur form
into normal and non-normal parts. This allows to parametrize matrices with
unit-norm eigenspectra without orthogonality constraints on eigenbases. The
resulting architecture ensures access to a larger space of spectrally
constrained matrices, of which orthogonal matrices are a subset. This crucial
difference retains the stability advantages and training speed of orthogonal
RNNs while enhancing expressivity, especially on tasks that require
computations over ongoing input sequences
Direct data-driven control of constrained linear parameter-varying systems: A hierarchical approach
In many nonlinear control problems, the plant can be accurately described by
a linear model whose operating point depends on some measurable variables,
called scheduling signals. When such a linear parameter-varying (LPV) model of
the open-loop plant needs to be derived from a set of data, several issues
arise in terms of parameterization, estimation, and validation of the model
before designing the controller. Moreover, the way modeling errors affect the
closed-loop performance is still largely unknown in the LPV context. In this
paper, a direct data-driven control method is proposed to design LPV
controllers directly from data without deriving a model of the plant. The main
idea of the approach is to use a hierarchical control architecture, where the
inner controller is designed to match a simple and a-priori specified
closed-loop behavior. Then, an outer model predictive controller is synthesized
to handle input/output constraints and to enhance the performance of the inner
loop. The effectiveness of the approach is illustrated by means of a simulation
and an experimental example. Practical implementation issues are also
discussed.Comment: Preliminary version of the paper "Direct data-driven control of
constrained systems" published in the IEEE Transactions on Control Systems
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GPU-accelerated stochastic predictive control of drinking water networks
Despite the proven advantages of scenario-based stochastic model predictive
control for the operational control of water networks, its applicability is
limited by its considerable computational footprint. In this paper we fully
exploit the structure of these problems and solve them using a proximal
gradient algorithm parallelizing the involved operations. The proposed
methodology is applied and validated on a case study: the water network of the
city of Barcelona.Comment: 11 pages in double column, 7 figure
Rational Multi-Curve Models with Counterparty-Risk Valuation Adjustments
We develop a multi-curve term structure setup in which the modelling
ingredients are expressed by rational functionals of Markov processes. We
calibrate to LIBOR swaptions data and show that a rational two-factor lognormal
multi-curve model is sufficient to match market data with accuracy. We
elucidate the relationship between the models developed and calibrated under a
risk-neutral measure Q and their consistent equivalence class under the
real-world probability measure P. The consistent P-pricing models are applied
to compute the risk exposures which may be required to comply with regulatory
obligations. In order to compute counterparty-risk valuation adjustments, such
as CVA, we show how positive default intensity processes with rational form can
be derived. We flesh out our study by applying the results to a basis swap
contract.Comment: 34 pages, 9 figure
Observational hints on the Big Bounce
In this paper we study possible observational consequences of the bouncing
cosmology. We consider a model where a phase of inflation is preceded by a
cosmic bounce. While we consider in this paper only that the bounce is due to
loop quantum gravity, most of the results presented here can be applied for
different bouncing cosmologies. We concentrate on the scenario where the scalar
field, as the result of contraction of the universe, is driven from the bottom
of the potential well. The field is amplified, and finally the phase of the
standard slow-roll inflation is realized. Such an evolution modifies the
standard inflationary spectrum of perturbations by the additional oscillations
and damping on the large scales. We extract the parameters of the model from
the observations of the cosmic microwave background radiation. In particular,
the value of inflaton mass is equal to GeV. In
our considerations we base on the seven years of observations made by the WMAP
satellite. We propose the new observational consistency check for the phase of
slow-roll inflation. We investigate the conditions which have to be fulfilled
to make the observations of the Big Bounce effects possible. We translate them
to the requirements on the parameters of the model and then put the
observational constraints on the model. Based on assumption usually made in
loop quantum cosmology, the Barbero-Immirzi parameter was shown to be
constrained by from the cosmological observations. We have
compared the Big Bounce model with the standard Big Bang scenario and showed
that the present observational data is not informative enough to distinguish
these models.Comment: 25 pages, 8 figures, JHEP3.cl
Negative fluctuation-dissipation ratios in the backgammon model
We analyze fluctuation-dissipation relations in the Backgammon model: a
system that displays glassy behavior at zero temperature due to the existence
of entropy barriers. We study local and global fluctuation relations for the
different observables in the model. For the case of a global perturbation we
find a unique negative fluctuation-dissipation ratio that is independent of the
observable and which diverges linearly with the waiting time. This result
suggests that a negative effective temperature can be observed in glassy
systems even in the absence of thermally activated processes.Comment: 32 pages, 10 figures. Accepted in PR
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