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48 results for Behavioral Knowledge

FLARKO uses LLMs, KGs, and KTO to generate profitable, behaviorally aligned financial recommendations.

problem Financial recommendation systems often fail to account for behavioral and regulatory factors.
method FLARKO integrates LLMs, KGs, and KTO to generate profitable and behaviorally aligned recommendations.
result FLARKO consistently outperforms state-of-the-art recommendation baselines on behavioral alignment and joint profitability.

RKT model improves knowledge tracing by considering exercise relations and student forget behavior.

problem Traditional KT models fail to consider both exercise relations and student forget behavior.
method RKT model uses relation-aware self-attention to incorporate exercise relations and student forget behavior.
result RKT model outperforms state-of-the-art KT methods on real-world datasets.

Designs a DNN with alternative-specific utility functions for improved choice analysis.

problem Challenges in reconciling domain-specific knowledge with generic DNN.
method Integrates prior behavioral knowledge into DNN architecture with alternative-specific utility functions.
result 2-3% higher prediction accuracy than fully connected DNN over hyperparameter space.

The goal of imitation learning is for an apprentice to learn how to behave in a stochastic environment by observing a mentor demonstrating the correct behavior. Accurate prior knowledge about the correct behavior can reduce the need for demonstrations from the mentor. We present a novel approach to encoding prior knowl…

2012-06-20abs ↗pdf ↗

KT models struggle with student concept drift, but BKT remains the most stable.

problem Impact of student concept drift on KT models.
method Applied four KT models to five academic years of data.
result KT models generally degrade in performance with concept drift, BKT remains stable.

Modeling cascading behavior in complex systems using CTBNs.

problem Understanding which states trigger cascading events in complex systems.
method Continuous-time Bayesian networks (CTBNs) for modeling and identifying likely sentry states.
result Identification of likely sentry states that may lead to cascading behavior.

This paper evaluates knowledge graph completion models under the open-world assumption, revealing unexpected behavior of metrics.

problem Evaluation of knowledge graph completion models often assumes a closed-world assumption, which can lead to misleading results.
method The paper studies KGC evaluation under the open-world assumption, analyzing the behavior of metrics like MRR and Hits@K.
result Metrics like MRR and Hits@K can show significant degradation under the open-world assumption, leading to incorrect model comparisons.

Method learns evolving policies in healthcare contexts.

problem Understanding non-stationary behavior in evolving decision-making processes.
method Inverse Contextual Bandits (ICB) approach for learning interpretable representations of non-stationary behavior.
result Demonstrated applicability and accuracy of ICB method in liver transplantation policies.

Modeling student behaviors and multiple predictions for early intervention.

problem Predicting student outcomes and interactions among multiple tasks.
method Proposes a variant of LSTM and soft-attention mechanism for heterogeneous behaviors, and co-attention mechanism for task interactions.
result Demonstrated effectiveness in predicting student outcomes and interactions.

Study minimax off-policy evaluation in multi-armed bandits with known and unknown behavior policies.

problem Evaluate policies in multi-armed bandits with unknown behavior policies.
method Develop minimax rate-optimal procedures for known and unknown behavior policies, including the Switch estimator and Chebyshev polynomial-based estimator.
result Plug-in estimator achieves optimal competitive ratio up to a logarithmic factor when behavior policy is unknown.

The paper proposes a method to transfer knowledge across different settings using causal theory.

problem Learning transfer across similar but different settings.
method Bayesian perspective of causal theory induction, integrating instance-level associative learning and abstract-level structural causal knowledge.
result The proposed model achieved transfer behavior across trials and learning situations, unlike RL algorithms.

Paper develops a framework for learning interpretable representations of sequential decision behavior.

problem Obtaining a transparent description of existing behavior.
method Inverse decision modeling framework, formalizing both forward and inverse problems.
result Learning interpretable representations of behavior, including suboptimal actions, biased beliefs, and imperfect knowledge.

Study evaluates how much knowledge LLMs have by comparing their prediction accuracy to flexible models.

problem Evaluating the predictive power of LLMs without access to their training data.
method Equivalent sample size measure, comparing LLM's prediction error to flexible models trained on varying amounts of domain-specific data.
result LLMs encode varying amounts of predictive information across different economic variables.

QuantAgent learns trading signals through self-improvement.

problem Building domain-specific knowledge for LLMs in quantitative investment.
method Two-layer loop approach: inner loop refines responses, outer loop tests and learns.
result QuantAgent approximates optimal trading behavior with provable efficiency.

Bayesian neural networks incorporate domain knowledge through variational inference.

problem Specifying priors for Bayesian neural networks that capture domain knowledge is challenging.
method Proposes a framework for integrating domain knowledge into BNN priors through variational inference.
result BNNs with proposed domain knowledge priors outperform those with standard priors, achieving better predictive performance.

While physics conveys knowledge of nature built from an interplay between observations and theory, it has been considered less importantly in deep neural networks. Especially, there are few works leveraging physics behaviors when the knowledge is given less explicitly. In this work, we propose a novel architecture call…

2019-02-08abs ↗pdf ↗

A new approach combines prior knowledge with learning to adapt quickly to new tasks.

problem Adapting quickly to new tasks using prior knowledge.
method Combines behavior prior, robust off-policy learning, and value function representation.
result Achieves competitive adaptation performance compared to meta reinforcement learning baselines.

Improved robot navigation using multi-head attention for natural language instructions.

problem Improving robot navigation in unfamiliar environments.
method Proposes a multi-head attention mechanism blending layer in a neural network model.
result Significant performance gains in translating instructions for unseen environments.

This paper tackles online strategic decision making with asymmetry and knowledge transportability.

problem Strategic decision making with information asymmetry and knowledge transportability challenges.
method Developed a sample-efficient algorithm for online learning under these conditions.
result Proved sample complexity of O(1/ε2)O(1/ε^2) for learning an εε-optimal policy.

We propose a framework for ensuring safe behavior of a reinforcement learning agent when the reward function may be difficult to specify. In order to do this, we rely on the existence of demonstrations from expert policies, and we provide a theoretical framework for the agent to optimize in the space of rewards consist…

2018-05-21abs ↗pdf ↗

Role-wise data augmentation improves knowledge distillation effectiveness.

problem Existing knowledge distillation methods fail to utilize the full potential of teacher-student data interaction.
method Design and implement data augmentation agents with distinct roles for teacher and student.
result Specially tailored data points enhance the demonstration of teacher's knowledge to the student.

We provide a rigorous definition of the visual cause of a behavior that is broadly applicable to the visually driven behavior in humans, animals, neurons, robots and other perceiving systems. Our framework generalizes standard accounts of causal learning to settings in which the causal variables need to be constructed …

2014-12-07abs ↗pdf ↗

New method improves uncertainty estimation in Bayesian deep learning models.

problem Underestimation of predictive uncertainty in Neural Linear Models (NLMs).
method Proposes a novel training method to capture useful predictive uncertainties and incorporate domain knowledge.
result Traditional training procedures for NLMs can drastically underestimate uncertainty in data-scarce regions.

StockAgent uses AI to simulate real-world stock trading, analyzing external factors and profitability.

problem Investors need to understand how external factors affect stock trading.
method Developed StockAgent, a multi-agent system driven by large language models.
result Identified how external factors impact trading behavior and profitability.