For a long investment time horizon, it is preferable to rebalance the portfolio weights at intermediate times. This necessitates a multi-period market model in which portfolio optimization is usually done through dynamic programming. However, this assumes a known distribution for the parameters of the financial time se…
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In this paper we apply active learning algorithms for dynamic pricing in a prominent e-commerce website. Dynamic pricing involves changing the price of items on a regular basis, and uses the feedback from the pricing decisions to update prices of the items. Most popular approaches to dynamic pricing use a passive learn…
The paper analyzes dynamics of momentum in high dimensions with sparse updates.
problem Theoretical analysis of momentum dynamics in high-dimensional sparse settings.
method Theoretical analysis of two models: least squares with sparse inputs and logistic regression with a rare class.
result Characterization of high-dimensional limits of momentum dynamics and phase structure.
This work analyzes how users and services adapt to reduce risk, leading to specialization.
problem Adaptation of users and services to reduce risk affects learning and performance.
method Analyzed a class of dynamics where users allocate participation and services update parameters.
result Repeated myopic updates with multiple learners lead to better outcomes than repeated risk minimization.
Develops parameter-free online mirror descent for optimal dynamic regret.
problem Optimal online linear optimization in unbounded domains.
method Modified online mirror descent framework for parameter-free algorithms.
result First unconstrained online linear optimization achieving optimal dynamic regret.
A new algorithm reduces training time for distributed machine learning by dynamically assigning backup workers.
problem Time-consuming synchronization phase due to slow workers (stragglers).
method Dynamic allocation of backup workers to minimize waiting time.
result Achieves linear speedup in convergence performance with more workers.
Bayesian model updating uses VAEs to approximate likelihood with small data.
problem Approximating likelihood for small data sets in structural analysis.
method Uses multimodal VAEs to approximate likelihood, suitable for high-dimensional correlated observations.
result Demonstrates computational efficiency and accuracy compared to original VAE approach.
A new method for efficient neural network fine-tuning using queryable low-rank update atoms.
problem Rigidity of static low-rank adaptation methods when input and depth-wise computation vary.
method A shared queryable memory of low-rank update atoms, allowing dynamic and context-sensitive adaptation.
result Improves final test performance and training stability compared to standard low-rank adaptation.
Transformers can implement reinforcement learning algorithms from data without updates.
problem Training reinforcement learning algorithms from data without parameter updates.
method Design a teacher-mimicking training procedure for transformers to implement policy-improvement methods.
result Gradient flow converges to an optimal parameter manifold corresponding to the desired RL update.
Online DEM improves tracking of latent states in dynamic systems.
problem Tracking latent states in dynamic systems with online updates.
method Specializes DEM for online data assimilation, separating temporal scales.
result ODEM can track latent states of a non-linear generative model.
Optimizes neural network training by dynamically updating Tucker decomposition ranks.
problem Redundant parameters in neural network architectures.
method Geometry-aware training of factorized layers in tensor Tucker format.
result Optimal locally approximating the original dynamics without initial rank knowledge.
Framework for safely updating machine learning models.
problem Continuous updates to machine learning models can lead to unintended consequences.
method Formalizes the problem as computing the largest locally invariant domain (LID), uses tractable primal-dual formulation.
result Matches or exceeds heuristic baselines for avoiding forgetting while providing formal safety guarantees.
Marginalized particle Gibbs for multiple state-space models coupled through shared parametersstat.ME
New PG samplers improve inference in coupled state-space models.
problem Bayesian inference from multiple time series with shared parameters.
method Marginalized Particle Gibbs samplers for coupled state-space models.
result Improved parameter inference through shared information.
LatentTrack generates model parameters online for nonstationary data.
problem Online probabilistic prediction under nonstationary dynamics.
method Sequential neural architecture with latent filtering and amortized inference.
result Consistently lower negative log-likelihood and mean squared error than baselines.
In-Place TTT enhances LLMs with dynamic parameter updates at inference time.
problem Static training limits LLMs from adapting to new information.
method In-Place TTT updates a subset of model parameters (fast weights) at inference time.
result In-Place TTT enables 4B-parameter models to outperform on tasks with up to 128k contexts.
The paper deals with learning probability distributions of observed data by artificial neural networks. We suggest a so-called gradient conjugate prior (GCP) update appropriate for neural networks, which is a modification of the classical Bayesian update for conjugate priors. We establish a connection between the gradi…
Probabilistic machine learning based predictive and interpretable digital twin for dynamical systemsstat.ML
Proposes a probabilistic digital twin for dynamical systems using sparse Bayesian learning.
problem Creating and updating accurate digital twins for complex dynamical systems.
method Sparse Bayesian machine learning, two approaches: input-output and output-only.
result Identifies correct perturbation terms and associated parameters in dynamical systems.
Aims to describe neural network training dynamics using two-time-scale models.
problem Lack of a general mathematical description of neural network training.
method Introduces a theoretical framework based on two-time-scale population dynamics.
result Derives selection-mutation equations and effective fitness for hyperparameters.
Hamiltonian Monte Carlo (HMC) samples efficiently from high-dimensional posterior distributions with proposed parameter draws obtained by iterating on a discretized version of the Hamiltonian dynamics. The iterations make HMC computationally costly, especially in problems with large datasets, since it is necessary to c…
The paper simplifies multi-agent RL dynamics in finite-state Markov games using homogenization.
problem Approximating complex multi-agent reinforcement learning dynamics in finite-state Markov games.
method Rescaling learning process by reducing learning rate and increasing update frequency, proving convergence to an ODE.
result The rescaled process converges to an ODE that approximates the agent's learning dynamics.
Examines learned optimizers in deep learning, revealing their dynamics and potential improvements.
problem Stability and generalization issues with learned optimizers.
method Analyzes optimization trajectories using network architecture symmetries and parameter update distributions, contrasts with manual designs.
result Identifies key insights for improving learned optimizers by leveraging strengths from both learned and manual designs.
Trend arbitrage, bid-ask spread and market dynamicsphysics.data-an
Microstructure of market dynamics is studied through analysis of tick price data. Linear trend is introduced as a tool for such analysis. Trend arbitrage inequality is developed and tested. The inequality sets limiting relationship between trend, bid-ask spread, market reaction and average update frequency of price inf…
Locally private algorithm improves online federated learning with correlated noise.
problem Privacy-preserving online federated learning with non-IID data.
method Locally differentially private algorithm using temporally correlated noise.
result Established dynamic regret bound for nonconvex loss functions.
Study reveals convergence properties of SGD with random learning rate.
problem Analyzing convergence of SGD with random learning rate in non-convex optimization.
method Introduced Poisson SGD with random learning rate and used stationary distribution analysis.
result Poisson SGD converges to a stationary distribution and finds global minima in non-convex optimization.
New method prevents forgetting in LLMs by dynamically identifying task-specific subspaces.
problem Catastrophic forgetting in continual learning of LLMs.
method Adaptive Singular Value Decomposition (SVD) for constrained full fine-tuning.
result Achieves state-of-the-art results in continual learning benchmarks.
Novel method for SDE calibration from sparse data using neural flows.
problem Calibrating SDEs from sparse, noisy observations.
method Characterization of posterior SDE using neural networks trained to solve a PDE with multiplicative updates.
result Significant improvement in scalability and accuracy compared to classical methods.
CAdam optimizes online learning by adapting to distribution shifts and noise.
problem Challenges in online learning data, including distribution shifts and noise, affect Adam's performance.
method CAdam uses a confidence-based approach to assess the consistency between momentum and gradients before updating parameters.
result CAdam outperforms other optimizers in various settings with distribution shift or noise.
Most of real-world graphs are dynamic, i.e., they change over time by a sequence of update operations. While the regression problem has been studied for static graphs and temporal graphs, it is not investigated for general dynamic graphs. In this paper, we study regression over dynamic graphs. First, we present the not…
Automatic, Dynamic, and Nearly Optimal Learning Rate Specification by Local Quadratic Approximationstat.ML
A new method automatically and dynamically sets learning rates in deep learning.
problem Determining the appropriate learning rate in deep learning tasks is challenging and often subjective.
method Local Quadratic Approximation (LQA) to automatically and dynamically set learning rates.
result The proposed method leads to nearly optimal learning rates in a computationally efficient way.
GENIE balances domain-invariant feature learning and gradient alignment for improved DG performance.
problem Domain Generalization (DG) overfitting to domain-specific features
method GENIE (Generalization-ENhancing Iterative Equalizer) optimizer
result Prevents a small subset of parameters from dominating optimization, promoting domain-invariant feature learning
Proposes a deep learning method for modeling dynamic individual-level latent trajectories with changing parameters.
problem Modeling longitudinal data with changing individual-level dynamics parameters.
method Combines deep learning for dimensionality reduction and differential equations for dynamic modeling, allowing different parameters for sub-periods.
result Successfully identifies dynamic parameters and predictors of resilience.
This paper explores estimating chaotic dynamics and parameters using local ensemble Kalman filters.
problem Estimating chaotic dynamics and parameters from observations.
method Local ensemble Kalman filters with covariance and local domain localisation.
result Rigorously updating global parameters using a local domain ensemble Kalman filter.
Min-max formulations have attracted great attention in the ML community due to the rise of deep generative models and adversarial methods, while understanding the dynamics of gradient algorithms for solving such formulations has remained a grand challenge. As a first step, we restrict to bilinear zero-sum games and giv…
Bayesian sparse learning method improves deep neural network efficiency.
problem Sparse learning in deep neural networks with complex geometry.
method Preconditioned stochastic gradient Langevin Dynamics (PSGLD) for sampling and adaptive optimization of hyperparameters.
result The proposed algorithm achieves asymptotic convergence with controlled bias.
On the Dynamics of Inference and Learningcond-mat.dis-nn
Bayesian updating is modeled as a dynamical system, revealing learning rate laws.
problem Modeling Bayesian inference as a dynamical system.
method Formulated Bayesian updating as a continuous dynamical system, solving for trajectories in information geometry.
result Learning rate is governed by a power-law when the Cramér-Rao bound is saturated.
Tensor-EM method learns MoLDS from complex, noisy data.
problem Modeling diverse temporal dynamics in neural data.
method Tensor-based moment method followed by EM updates.
result Tensor-EM achieves more reliable recovery and robustness.
This paper analyzes a simplified strategy for nonlinear control using local linear models and iLQR updates.
problem Nonlinear policy optimization in control systems.
method Iterative estimation of local linear models and iLQR-like policy updates.
result Demonstrates polynomial sample complexity and overcomes exponential problem horizon dependence.
When training large machine learning models with many variables or parameters, a single machine is often inadequate since the model may be too large to fit in memory, while training can take a long time even with stochastic updates. A natural recourse is to turn to distributed cluster computing, in order to harness add…
New method for LVEBMs using saddle-point optimization and Langevin updates.
problem Expressive generative modeling of latent variables with hidden structure.
method Reformulate LVEBM training as a saddle problem, using Langevin updates and gradient flows.
result Proves existence and convergence of the algorithm under standard assumptions, with improved ELBO bounds.
Stochastic gradient descent in continuous time (SGDCT) provides a computationally efficient method for the statistical learning of continuous-time models, which are widely used in science, engineering, and finance. The SGDCT algorithm follows a (noisy) descent direction along a continuous stream of data. SGDCT performs…
New algorithm optimizes MCMC sampling for structural dynamic models.
problem Time-consuming retraining of neural networks in MCMC methods.
method Adaptive meta-learning SGHMC algorithm that optimizes sampling strategy.
result Trained sampler can be applied to various problems without retraining.
Stochastic Gradient Langevin Dynamics (SGLD) is a sampling scheme for Bayesian modeling adapted to large datasets and models. SGLD relies on the injection of Gaussian Noise at each step of a Stochastic Gradient Descent (SGD) update. In this scheme, every component in the noise vector is independent and has the same sca…
Flora uses random projections to achieve high-rank updates with low memory usage.
problem Excessive memory usage in large neural networks during training.
method Flora approximates LoRA using random projections to enable high-rank updates with sublinear space complexity.
result Flora achieves high-rank updates with significantly reduced memory usage compared to LoRA.
This paper introduces a new probabilistic model for online learning which dynamically incorporates information from stochastic gradients of an arbitrary loss function. Similar to probabilistic filtering, the model maintains a Gaussian belief over the optimal weight parameters. Unlike traditional Bayesian updates, the m…
The prediction of the gas production from mature gas wells, due to their complex end-of-life behavior, is challenging and crucial for operational decision making. In this paper, we apply a modified deep LSTM model for prediction of the gas flow rates in mature gas wells, including the uncertainties in input parameters.…
Approximate dynamic programming (ADP) has proven itself in a wide range of applications spanning large-scale transportation problems, health care, revenue management, and energy systems. The design of effective ADP algorithms has many dimensions, but one crucial factor is the stepsize rule used to update a value functi…
Proposes a differentially private bandit algorithm reducing noise over time.
problem Privacy concerns in interactive recommendation systems.
method Tree-based mechanism to add Laplace or Gaussian noise to model parameters, focusing on dynamic global sensitivity.
result Demonstrates -differential privacy with reduced noise and improved regret.
New BED method handles online inference for partially observed dynamical systems.
problem Optimizing data collection for partially observable, partially online dynamical systems.
method Derived estimators of expected information gain and its gradient for SSMs, using nested particle filters.
result Successfully handles both partial observability and online inference in realistic models.