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A Heterogeneous Multi-Task Deep Learning Approach for Geopolitical Risk Prediction and Cross-Country Heterogeneity in ASEAN Equity Markets

Utomo, St. Dwiarso and Suhartono, Entot and D., Ngurah Pandji M. A. and Minarso, Bambang and Prajanto, Agung and Ali, Shujahat (2026) A Heterogeneous Multi-Task Deep Learning Approach for Geopolitical Risk Prediction and Cross-Country Heterogeneity in ASEAN Equity Markets. Journal of Computing Theories and Applications, 4 (2). pp. 536-558. ISSN 3024-9104

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Abstract

Modeling the asymmetric transmission of geopolitical shocks across structurally diverse emerging markets presents a severe computational challenge. Traditional homogeneous deep learning approaches often suffer from negative transfer and base-rate bias when applied to cross-country financial prediction. To address this, we propose the Heterogeneous Multi-Task Spatiotemporal Network (HMT-STN), a structurally adaptive framework that integrates country-specific embeddings, heterogeneous task decoupling, and a Focal Loss mechanism. Evaluated on a daily panel dataset of ASEAN-4 equity markets (2016–2026), the HMT-STN is designed to simultaneously optimize directional return classification and volatility regression. Comprehensive evaluations using Precision, Recall, F1-score, and AUC-ROC demonstrate the framework's superior discriminative power, notably achieving 66.21% accuracy and an AUC-ROC of 0.68 in Thailand, a highly volatile transitional market. Rigorous ablation studies confirm that Focal Loss prevents catastrophic performance collapse in noisy environments, while country embeddings successfully isolate market-specific idiosyncrasies. Furthermore, SHAP (SHapley Additive exPlanations) analysis reveals a tripartite spectrum of cross-country heterogeneity, providing model-based feature attributions that are consistent with established economic theories of market segmentation and geopolitical risk sensitivity. Collectively, this study demonstrates that explicitly modeling cross-country heterogeneity through heterogeneous multi-task learning offers a robust, interpretable, and computationally efficient paradigm for geopolitical risk assessment in fragmented global economies.

Item Type: Article
Subjects: Q Science > QA Mathematics > QA75 Electronic computers. Computer science
Depositing User: dl fts
Date Deposited: 07 Oct 2026 02:47
Last Modified: 07 Oct 2026 02:47
URI: https://dl.futuretechsci.org/id/eprint/223

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