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Kalman Filter: State Space Models

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FIN-407: Machine learning in finance

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This lecture covers the Kalman Filter, a recursive algorithm for estimating the state of a linear dynamic system from a series of noisy measurements. It explains the prediction, updating, and filtering steps of the Kalman Filter, along with the Kalman gain and the state space problem. The lecture also introduces the Extended Kalman Filter and the Unscented Kalman Filter as extensions for non-linear systems. Time series models, state space representation, and practical examples are discussed, emphasizing the importance of normality assumptions and the minimization of prediction errors.

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Semyon Malamud

Teaching & PhD PhD Students Johannes Schwab, Onur Demiray, Giuseppe Matera Past EPFL PhD Students Rémy Praz, Evgeny Petrov, Yuan Zhang, Julien Arsène Blatt, Erik Hapnes, Teng Andrea Xu, Boris Kuznetsov Courses Big Data and Machine Learning for Financial Economics FIN-622 This class is an introduction to Machine Learning and High Dimensional Statistics in Finance. We start with purely empirical approach, focusing first on high dimensional regressions then moving to kernel methods and deep l

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Kalman filter

For statistics and control theory, Kalman filtering, also known as linear quadratic estimation (LQE), is an algorithm that uses a series of measurements observed over time, including statistical noise and other inaccuracies, and produces estimates of unknown variables that tend to be more accurate than those based on a single measurement alone, by estimating a joint probability distribution over the variables for each timeframe. The filter is named after Rudolf E. Kálmán, who was one of the primary developers of its theory.

Dynamical system

In mathematics, a dynamical system is a system in which a function describes the time dependence of a point in an ambient space, such as in a parametric curve. Examples include the mathematical models that describe the swinging of a clock pendulum, the flow of water in a pipe, the random motion of particles in the air, and the number of fish each springtime in a lake. The most general definition unifies several concepts in mathematics such as ordinary differential equations and ergodic theory by allowing different choices of the space and how time is measured.

Nonlinear system

In mathematics and science, a nonlinear system (or a non-linear system) is a system in which the change of the output is not proportional to the change of the input. Nonlinear problems are of interest to engineers, biologists, physicists, mathematicians, and many other scientists since most systems are inherently nonlinear in nature. Nonlinear dynamical systems, describing changes in variables over time, may appear chaotic, unpredictable, or counterintuitive, contrasting with much simpler linear systems.

Particle filter

Particle filters, or sequential Monte Carlo methods, are a set of Monte Carlo algorithms used to find approximate solutions for filtering problems for nonlinear state-space systems, such as signal processing and Bayesian statistical inference. The filtering problem consists of estimating the internal states in dynamical systems when partial observations are made and random perturbations are present in the sensors as well as in the dynamical system.

Linear system

In systems theory, a linear system is a mathematical model of a system based on the use of a linear operator. Linear systems typically exhibit features and properties that are much simpler than the nonlinear case. As a mathematical abstraction or idealization, linear systems find important applications in automatic control theory, signal processing, and telecommunications. For example, the propagation medium for wireless communication systems can often be modeled by linear systems.

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