Improved MCTS for asymmetric trees and loops.
problem Efficiency issues in MCTS for asymmetric trees and loops.
method Extended MCTS-T algorithm with modifications for asymmetric termination and loops, using a modified UCB formula.
result Significantly improved efficiency in asymmetric domains and loops compared to standard MCTS.
The study examines how altering impurity functions influences optimal splits in binary classification trees.
problem Understanding how altering impurity functions affects optimal splits in binary classification trees.
method Investigates how skewing impurity functions biases optimal splits towards isolating points of a particular class.
result A necessary and sufficient condition for skewing an impurity function to bias optimal splits towards isolating points of a particular class is provided.
New algorithm efficiently learns sparse staged trees.
problem Scalability issue in existing structural learning algorithms for staged trees.
method Searches over a space of models with limited dependencies.
result First scalable structural learning algorithm for staged trees.
Innovative extensions to option pricing models using asymmetric Brownian motion and random walk approaches.
problem Capturing empirical phenomena like return skewness, heavy tails, and volatility asymmetry in option pricing models.
method Developing the Geometric Asymmetric Brownian Motion (GABM) within the Bachelier--Black--Scholes--Merton framework.
result Deriving closed-form option pricing formulas and a discrete-time binomial tree algorithm that converges to the GABM limit.
Paper analyzes soft tree ensembles using NTK, finding only leaf count matters.
problem Understanding impact of various tree architectures in ensemble learning.
method Formulated and analyzed Neural Tangent Kernel (NTK) for soft tree ensembles.
result Only the number of leaves at each depth is relevant for tree architecture in ensemble learning.
Edge subdivision affects the Perron eigenvalue of tree Ricci matrices.
problem Understanding how edge subdivision impacts the Perron eigenvalue of tree Ricci matrices.
method Compressing branches into scalar feedback functions via Schur complement, reducing the spectral problem to a one-dimensional Chebyshev equation.
result Edge subdivision can decrease, preserve, or increase the Perron eigenvalue of tree Ricci matrices.
We study the problem of identifying the source of a diffusion spreading over a regular tree. When the degree of each node is at least three, we show that it is possible to construct confidence sets for the diffusion source with size independent of the number of infected nodes. Our estimators are motivated by analogous …
For a finitely generated group G, we introduce an asymmetric pseudometric on projectivized deformation spaces of G-trees, using stretching factors of G-equivariant Lipschitz maps, that generalizes the Lipschitz metric on Outer space and is an analogue of the Thurston metric on Teichmüller space. We show that in t…
A new method for CT-DCEGs simplifies inference for asymmetric processes.
problem Inference in asymmetric state space problems with continuous time evolution.
method An extension of CEG propagation for CT-DCEGs, employing junction tree inference.
result CT-DCEGs are preferred over DBNs and continuous time BNs for asymmetric processes.
Gradient boosted trees outperform other models in predicting corporate bankruptcy.
problem Predicting financial distress of publicly traded U.S. firms.
method Benchmarked various machine learning models using a comprehensive sample of bankruptcies.
result Gradient boosted trees outperform other models in one-year-ahead forecasts.
The paper explores features from orderbooks to improve intraday electricity price forecasting.
problem Improving probabilistic forecasting of intraday electricity prices.
method Extracted 384 features from orderbooks, selected powerful features, and benchmarked models across two countries and product types.
result Revealed an asymmetric generalization phenomenon in electricity price forecasting models.
The paper introduces new Bayesian network classifiers for better classification accuracy.
problem Improving supervised classification accuracy using Bayesian network classifiers.
method Developed novel classes of generative classifiers based on staged tree models, extending Bayesian networks.
result Data-driven learning routines enhance the accuracy of the new classifiers.
Regularizes decision trees to reduce inference time by up to 4x with minimal accuracy loss.
problem Optimizing decision tree execution time on resource-constrained devices.
method Regularizes impurity computation during CART algorithm training to favor highly asymmetric distributions.
result Reduces inference time by up to 4x with minimal accuracy loss.
Study of geometric analysis on asymmetric metric spaces, including heat flow and Sobolev spaces.
problem Analysis of geometric properties on asymmetric metric measure spaces.
method Introduction of upper gradients, q-Laplacian, and q-heat flow in asymmetric settings. result Extension of concepts from symmetric to asymmetric metric measure spaces.
A new asymmetric correntropy method improves robust adaptive filtering for asymmetric error distributions.
problem Inadequate handling of asymmetric error distributions in adaptive filtering.
method Proposes asymmetric correntropy using an asymmetric Gaussian kernel and develops a robust adaptive filtering algorithm.
result The proposed algorithm shows better steady-state convergence performance for asymmetric error distributions.
New metrics for Anosov representations defined from Thurston's asymmetric metrics.
problem Defining metrics for Anosov representations.
method Generalizing Thurston's asymmetric metric to Anosov representations.
result Provides a (possibly asymmetric) Finsler distance in some cases.
Generalizes Thurston's asymmetric metric to flat metrics.
problem Defining an asymmetric metric on flat metrics.
method Defined an asymmetric metric on the space of unit-area flat metrics.
result Discussed two different topologies from the asymmetry.
Deep asymmetric networks prioritize feature importance.
problem Learning feature importance in neural networks.
method Nodes with smaller indices are more sensitive to variant activation functions.
result Features are learned in order of importance, and nodes can be pruned.
This study examines asymmetric cross-correlations in cryptocurrency markets using fractal analysis.
problem Exploring asymmetric multifractal cross-correlations in cryptocurrency markets.
method Fractal analysis and MF-ADCCA method to investigate asymmetric volatility dynamics.
result Cross-correlations are stronger in downtrend markets than in uptrend markets for maturing BTC and ETH.
Theoretical justification for asymmetric actor-critic algorithms in reinforcement learning.
problem Lack of precise theoretical justification for asymmetric actor-critic algorithms in reinforcement learning.
method Adapting a finite-time convergence analysis to the asymmetric actor-critic setting with linear function approximators.
result A finite-time bound reveals that the asymmetric critic eliminates aliasing errors in the agent state.
We consider the problem of designing locality sensitive hashes (LSH) for inner product similarity, and of the power of asymmetric hashes in this context. Shrivastava and Li argue that there is no symmetric LSH for the problem and propose an asymmetric LSH based on different mappings for query and database points. Howev…
New asymmetric kernel methods improve feature learning.
problem Improving feature learning with asymmetric kernels.
method Coupled covariance eigenproblem and Nyström method.
result Empirical evaluations show benefits of KSVD.
Deep-AMTFL learns shared features across tasks while preventing negative transfer.
problem Preventing negative transfer in multi-task learning.
method Introduces an asymmetric autoencoder term to prevent unreliable predictors from influencing feature learning.
result Significantly outperforms existing models on benchmark datasets.
A new algorithm improves model-based reinforcement learning by guiding latent representations.
problem Improving model-based reinforcement learning through additional supervision.
method Proposed a novel asymmetric representation learning objective using latent guidance.
result Significantly improved performance over previous asymmetric approaches.
The article confirms two quasi-alternating surgeries for 9 asymmetric L-space knots.
problem Understanding quasi-alternating surgeries on asymmetric L-space knots.
method Using the Montesinos trick to confirm known surgeries.
result Confirmation of two quasi-alternating surgeries for each of 9 asymmetric L-space knots.
The paper improves asymmetric causality tests by addressing inefficiencies and statistical significance issues.
problem Inefficiencies and statistical significance issues in asymmetric causality tests.
method Improved asymmetric causality tests via partial cumulative sums for positive and negative components, explicitly testing differences between causal parameters.
result Efficiently tested hypotheses on asymmetric causal interaction between financial markets.
Asymmetric expansion preserves convexity in hyperbolic geometry.
problem Maintaining convexity in hyperbolic geometry under asymmetric expansions.
method Generalizing earlier results on radial expansion to asymmetric expansion.
result Asymmetric expansion of hyperbolic convex sets remains convex.
Study of classification in asymmetric quasi-metric spaces.
problem Classification in asymmetric quasi-metric spaces.
method Sample compression and nearest neighbor algorithm.
result Algorithm has favorable statistical properties.
In this paper we show how the study of asymmetric R&D alliances, that are those between young and small firms and large and MNEs firms for knowledge exploration and/or exploitation, requires the adoption of a coopetitive framework which consider both collaboration and competition. We draw upon the literature on asymmet…
New asymmetric L-space knots found in 3D space.
problem Finding asymmetric L-space knots in 3D space.
method Construction of hyperbolic knots with specific properties.
result First asymmetric L-space knots in S3 and lens spaces. NT-DCEG models dynamic processes with specific periodicity, proving useful for multivariate processes.
problem Modeling dynamic processes with specific periodicity and context-specific independences.
method Developed a method to distributively construct NT-DCEG models and used graph topology to infer context-specific independences.
result NT-DCEGs contain all discrete N time-slice Dynamic Bayesian Networks as special cases.
Bayesian VI copula models capture asymmetric intraday equity dependence.
problem Modeling asymmetric and extreme tail dependence in financial data.
method Bayesian variational inference for skew-t copula models in high dimensions.
result The copula captures substantial heterogeneity in asymmetric dependence over equity pairs and time.
New research finds deep networks often settle in asymmetric valleys, improving generalization.
problem Understanding the nature of local minima in deep neural networks.
method Formal analysis and empirical investigation of SGD trajectories and BN effects.
result SGD solutions biased towards flat sides of asymmetric valleys generalize better.
This work describes compactifications of metric spaces and vector spaces using asymmetric norms.
problem Compactifying metric spaces and vector spaces using asymmetric norms.
method Nonstandard methods, ultrapowers of the spaces at hand.
result Polyhedral compactifications of vector spaces with stratified structure.
Extends multidimensional scaling to analyze three-way asymmetric proximities.
problem Analyzing asymmetric and three-way proximities in a Euclidean space.
method Unified h-plot methodology for three-way asymmetric proximities, including symmetric and conditional frameworks.
result Identification of archetypal profiles and clustering structures.
Extends metric to Margulis spacetimes for convex properties.
problem No specific problem stated; extends metric.
method Extends Thurston's asymmetric metric to Margulis spacetimes and proves convex properties.
result Established convex properties of the extended metric.
This paper introduces constrained mixtures for continuous distributions, characterized by a mixture of distributions where each distribution has a shape similar to the base distribution and disjoint domains. This new concept is used to create generalized asymmetric versions of the Laplace and normal distributions, whic…
Enhances reinforcement learning with partial state information.
problem Improving learning under partial observability with limited privileged signals.
method Introduced informed asymmetric actor-critic framework that uses arbitrary state-dependent privileged signals.
result Unbiased policy gradient estimates with arbitrary privileged signals.
This paper studies gradient flows in asymmetric metric spaces and proves existence results.
problem Investigating gradient flows in asymmetric metric spaces.
method Discrete approximation and natural convexity assumption on potential function.
result Existence of curves of maximal slope in asymmetric metric spaces.
Proposes a new OAL algorithm for imbalanced data with limited labels.
problem Handling imbalanced unlabeled datastream with limited query budget.
method Integrates asymmetric losses and queries strategies, uses second-order optimization, and applies sketching technique.
result Demonstrates improved performance and efficiency in class imbalance.
A new method approximates loss functions asymmetrically to prevent catastrophic forgetting.
problem Catastrophic forgetting in deep neural networks.
method Approximating a true loss function using an asymmetric quadratic function with one side overestimated.
result Achieves state-of-the-art accuracy close to upper-bound performance on benchmark datasets.
Unified framework guarantees exactness of asymmetric low-rank SDP learning.
problem Exactness of asymmetric low-rank SDP learning with a quadratic penalty.
method Unified regularized asymmetric Burer-Monteiro factorization framework.
result Explicit lower bound on penalty parameter γ for exactness. Paper defines saddle points in asymmetric Dynkin games using martingale theory.
problem Tackles saddle point conditions in asymmetric Dynkin games with partial information.
method Uses martingale theory to identify super and submartingales related to equilibrium payoffs.
result Characterizes saddle point strategies in terms of equilibrium payoffs' dynamics and Doob-Meyer decompositions.
Study uncovers new phase transitions in asymmetric causal inference scenarios.
problem Understanding typical phase transitions in asymmetric causal inference.
method Combining Causal inference (C-inf) and Low-rank recovery (LRR) with Random duality - Free probability theory (RDT-FPT).
result Discovering a doubling low-rankness phenomenon in asymmetric scenarios.
Modified asymmetric hidden Markov models for time series with autoregressive components.
problem Dynamic relationships between variables in time series data.
method Introducing an asymmetric autoregressive component to recent asymmetric hidden Markov models.
result The model can choose the optimal autoregressive order for better likelihood.
Mixtures of multivariate contaminated shifted asymmetric Laplace distributions are developed for handling asymmetric clusters in the presence of outliers (also referred to as bad points herein). In addition to the parameters of the related non-contaminated mixture, for each (asymmetric) cluster, our model has one param…
Estimates price impacts and finds asymmetric market structures.
problem Understanding asymmetric price impacts in financial markets.
method Quantifies price impacts using spectral statistics and Shannon entropy.
result Asymmetric and non-random price impacts across the market.
Study proves value of non-Markovian games with partial, asymmetric info.
problem Value of non-Markovian Dynkin games with partial and asymmetric information.
method Probabilistic and functional analytic approach based on Sion's min-max theorem.
result Existence of optimal strategies for both players in randomised stopping times.