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48 results for 2016 U.S. election

A framework traces ideology changes on social media during the 2016 U.S. election.

problem Understanding how ideology changed on social media during the 2016 U.S. election.
method Jointly estimating ideology of users and news sites, tracing changes over time.
result Both liberal and conservative users became more polarized over time.

Donald Trump was lagging behind in nearly all opinion polls leading up to the 2016 US presidential election, but he surprisingly won the election. This raises the following important questions: 1) why most opinion polls were not accurate in 2016? and 2) how to improve the accuracies of opinion polls? In this paper, we …

2018-12-31abs ↗pdf ↗

We consider the estimation of binary election outcomes as martingales and propose an arbitrage pricing when one continuously updates estimates. We argue that the estimator needs to be priced as a binary option as the arbitrage valuation minimizes the conventionally used Brier score for tracking the accuracy of probabil…

2017-03-18abs ↗pdf ↗

Study of negative ads on social media during U.S. midterm elections.

problem Understanding the effectiveness and mechanisms of negative advertising on social media.
method Machine learning for sentiment analysis, AI image recognition, ordinal regressions.
result Negative ads are less effective than previously thought, anger is a key mechanism.

Model election dynamics and disinformation impact using information flow.

problem Understanding the unpredictable evolution of election polls and disinformation effects.
method Model election dynamics by specifying the flow of relevant information, deriving poll statistics as outputs.
result Derived outputs (poll statistics) reveal insights into prediction, disinformation impact, and optimal information management strategies.

Human stablecoin transactions predict political risk in cryptocurrency markets.

problem Predicting political risk in cryptocurrency markets.
method Structural break analysis and surrogate-based robustness tests.
result Human-driven stablecoin transactions shift significantly before major political events.

This paper examines how voter concentration affects election outcomes in district-based systems.

problem How does the spatial concentration of electors impact election results?
method The authors frame the spatial distribution of electors in a probabilistic setting and explore models to capture intra-district polarization. They use Likelihood-free Inference under the Approximate Bayesian Computation framework and supervised regression methods to estimate parameters.
result The models can capture statistical properties of real elections and show how voter distributions can change election results.

Fuzzy Forests reduces feature space in high-dimensional survey data.

problem High-dimensional and highly correlated datasets in social science.
method Fuzzy Forests algorithm, a variant of Random Forests.
result Partisan polarization was the strongest factor in the 2020 presidential election.

Calculates winning probability for three candidates based on support rates and information timing.

problem Determining optimal strategy for three candidates in an election.
method Closed-form solution using support rates, political spectrum positioning, time left, and information revelation rate.
result Optimal strategy can be complex, especially for candidates in the center of a polarized electorate.

Proposes a transfer learning framework to improve U.S. election prediction models.

problem Limited spatial data and spatial dependence challenges in presidential election prediction.
method Proposes a novel transfer learning framework within the SAR model, using a two-stage algorithm with transferring and debiasing stages.
result Substantially improves prediction accuracy and outperforms traditional methods in U.S. presidential swing states.

The study uncovers stock synergy networks using mutual information in Indian stock market data.

problem Detecting clusters of stocks in synergy in the Indian Stock Market.
method Analysis of high frequency data, mutual information for non-linearity, comparison with correlation method.
result Mutual information method successfully identifies effective networks compared to correlation method.

We present a new modeling technique for solving the problem of ecological inference, in which individual-level associations are inferred from labeled data available only at the aggregate level. We model aggregate count data as arising from the Poisson binomial, the distribution of the sum of independent but not identic…

2018-02-04abs ↗pdf ↗

In accordance with "Democracy's Effect on Development: More Questions than Answers", we seek to carry out a study in following the description in the 'Questions for Further Study.' To that end, we studied 33 countries in the Sub-Saharan Africa region, who all went through an election which should signal a "step-up" for…

2017-12-12abs ↗pdf ↗

During times of extreme market turmoil, it is acknowledged that there is a tendency towards "flight to safety". A strong (weak) safe haven is defined as an asset that has a significant positive (negative) return in periods where another asset is in distress, while hedge has to be negatively correlated (uncorrelated) on…

2017-03-01abs ↗pdf ↗

The paper uses Black-Scholes model to analyze political support and coalition agreements.

problem Determining the minimum support level for a minor party in a pre-electoral coalition.
method Modeling political support as a stochastic process with a deterministic growth rate and applying Black-Scholes option pricing theory.
result The minimum support level for a minor party to gain a representative in a pre-electoral coalition.

Paper proposes a faster neural machine translation model using election methods and Q-learning.

problem Slower inference time in complex attention models.
method Modelled attention network using election methods and Q-learning.
result Inference time is less than a standard Bahdanau translator, results comparable.

The goal of this research was to find a way to extend the capabilities of computers through the processing of language in a more human way, and present applications which demonstrate the power of this method. This research presents a novel approach, Rhetorical Analysis, to solving problems in Natural Language Processin…

2013-01-16abs ↗pdf ↗

Model shows wealth taxes can cause sudden emigration waves, impacting GDP.

problem Estimating the economic impact of wealth taxes on emigration.
method Developed a social contagion model with tipping-point dynamics, embedded in Fokker-Planck framework.
result Micro-to-macro extrapolation requires five conditions to hold, violating each.

Detects anomalous behavior in social media users by analyzing content and connections.

problem Identifying disruptive patterns in user behavior on social media platforms.
method Joint representation learning of content and connection to detect anomalous behavior.
result Observed densely connected users engaging in local politics and exhibiting troll-like behavior.

New results for modeling voter probabilities in elections.

problem Modeling voter preferences with aggregate data and individual covariates.
method Maximum likelihood estimation for Poisson binomial distribution, approximated with heteroscedastic Gaussian.
result Existence and curvature results for the MLE of the Poisson binomial likelihood.

Bayesian estimators for causal inference using hierarchical Gaussian Processes.

problem Estimating causal effects in sharp and fuzzy RD/RK designs.
method Hierarchical Gaussian Process models for regression and classification.
result Hierarchical GP models improve precision and coverage of RD/RK estimations.

New voting strategies show committee-based consensus can scale efficiently.

problem Ensuring honest committees in committee-based consensus protocols.
method Empirical analysis of simpler voting strategies and their convergence to optimality.
result Simpler voting strategies converge to optimality exponentially quickly, ensuring robustness and efficiency.

We present proofs of classical results in Poisson geometry using techniques from Dirac geometry. This article is based on mini-courses at the Poisson summer school in Geneva, June 2016, and at the workshop "Quantum Groups and Gravity" at the University of Waterloo, April 2016.

2016-12-02abs ↗pdf ↗

Scores political leanings in Web3 betting markets.

problem Understanding political motivations in decentralized prediction markets.
method Constructing PBLS from Polymarket data, analyzing 15k addresses, 4k events, 8k markets.
result Validated PBLS through internal and external comparisons, revealing political and profit motives.

Geometric Graph Alignment enhances IoT intrusion detection using NID data.

problem Data scarcity hinders IoT intrusion detection accuracy.
method Geometric Graph Alignment (GGA) approach to transfer knowledge between network intrusion detection and IoT intrusion detection domains.
result GGA approach boosts IoT intrusion detection performance on multiple datasets.