Linear Algorithm for Portfolio Optimization with Third-Order Stochastic Dominance

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yi Fang
Keyword(s):  
Portfolio Optimization ◽  
Stochastic Dominance ◽  
Third Order ◽  
Linear Algorithm ◽  
Order Stochastic Dominance

scholarly journals The concept of stochastic dominance in ranking investment alternatives

2005 ◽  
Vol 50 (164) ◽  
pp. 135-149
Author(s):  
Dejan Trifunovic
Keyword(s):  
Stochastic Dominance ◽  
Distribution Functions ◽  
Third Order ◽  
Ranking Problem ◽  
First Order ◽  
Order Stochastic Dominance ◽  
Arbitrage Opportunities ◽  
Second Order Stochastic Dominance ◽  
Mean Variance ◽  
Almost Stochastic Dominance

In order to rank investments under uncertainty, the most widely used method is mean variance analysis. Stochastic dominance is an alternative concept which ranks investments by using the whole distribution function. There exist three models: first-order stochastic dominance is used when the distribution functions do not intersect, second-order stochastic dominance is applied to situations where the distribution functions intersect only once, while third-order stochastic dominance solves the ranking problem in the case of double intersection. Almost stochastic dominance is a special model. Finally we show that the existence of arbitrage opportunities implies the existence of stochastic dominance, while the reverse does not hold.

scholarly journals Whale Optimization Algorithm for Multiconstraint Second-Order Stochastic Dominance Portfolio Optimization

2020 ◽  
Vol 2020 ◽  
pp. 1-19
Author(s):  
Q. H. Zhai ◽  
T. Ye ◽  
M. X. Huang ◽  
S. L. Feng ◽  
H. Li
Keyword(s):  
Portfolio Optimization ◽  
Optimization Algorithm ◽  
Stochastic Dominance ◽  
Optimization Model ◽  
Second Order ◽  
Whale Optimization Algorithm ◽  
Order Stochastic Dominance ◽  
Whale Optimization ◽  
Portfolio Optimization Model ◽  
Second Order Stochastic Dominance

In the field of asset allocation, how to balance the returns of an investment portfolio and its fluctuations is the core issue. Capital asset pricing model, arbitrage pricing theory, and Fama–French three-factor model were used to quantify the price of individual stocks and portfolios. Based on the second-order stochastic dominance rule, the higher moments of return series, the Shannon entropy, and some other actual investment constraints, we construct a multiconstraint portfolio optimization model, aiming at comprehensively weighting the returns and risk of portfolios rather than blindly maximizing its returns. Furthermore, the whale optimization algorithm based on FTSE100 index data is used to optimize the above multiconstraint portfolio optimization model, which significantly improves the rate of return of the simple diversified buy-and-hold strategy or the FTSE100 index. Furthermore, extensive experiments validate the superiority of the whale optimization algorithm over the other four swarm intelligence optimization algorithms (gray wolf optimizer, fruit fly optimization algorithm, particle swarm optimization, and firefly algorithm) through various indicators of the results, especially under harsh constraints.

scholarly journals A Stochastic Dominance-Based Approach for Hotel Selection under Probabilistic Linguistic Environment

Mathematics ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (9) ◽  
pp. 1525
Author(s):  
Su-min Yu ◽  
Zhi-jiao Du ◽  
Xu-dong Lin ◽  
Han-yang Luo ◽  
Jian-qiang Wang
Keyword(s):  
Stochastic Dominance ◽  
Online Reviews ◽  
Missing Information ◽  
Third Order ◽  
Scale Functions ◽  
Probabilistic Linguistic Term Set ◽  
Order Stochastic Dominance ◽  
The Stability ◽  
Parameter Values

Online reviews of hotels reflect tourist perception and evaluation, which are becoming an important perspective of studying hotel selection. In this paper, we prefer to use a probabilistic linguistic term set (PLTS) to fully reveal evaluation grades and the corresponding probability distribution in the online reviews of hotels. In this way, we propose a novel stochastic dominance-based approach based on stochastic dominance degrees of PLTSs and a stochastic multi-criteria acceptability analysis (SMAA) method that tolerates missing information. Among them, first-, second-, and third-order stochastic dominance degrees of PLTSs are calculated on the premise that the dominance relationships between PLTSs can be defined based on first-, second-, and third-order stochastic dominance rules of PLTSs. Based on these basic researches, five hotels are selected as alternatives in our case study to verify the validity and feasibility of the proposed approach. In the end, data analysis illustrates the influence of parameter and linguistic scale functions and how to choose appropriate parameter values. Furthermore, comparative analysis with other methods shows the stability of the proposed approach.

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