A generalized gamification framework is introduced as a form of smart infrastructure with potential to improve sustainability and energy efficiency by leveraging humans-in-the-loop strategy. The proposed framework enables a Human-Centric Cyber-Physical System using an interface to allow building managers to interact wi…
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Proposes a game-theoretic framework to motivate energy-efficient behavior in smart buildings.
problem Improving energy efficiency in smart building infrastructure through occupant behavior.
method Introduces a novel game-theoretic framework with human interaction, incorporating utility learning and deep neural networks.
result Demonstrates highly accurate prediction of occupant energy resource usage and explainable decision-making.
Novel segmentation method for energy game-theoretic frameworks using graphical lasso.
problem Difficulty in computing utility functions for high-player energy game-theoretic frameworks.
method Graphical Lasso based approach to cluster features leading to energy usage behaviors.
result Characteristic clusters demonstrating different energy usage behaviors identified.
Paper proposes transparent reporting of algorithmic energy usage to promote environmental sustainability.
problem Need for transparent reporting of algorithmic energy usage for environmental sustainability.
method Developed a Python package to make analyses of energy usage accessible to individual researchers, localized to specific power grids, and compared with global benchmarks.
result Demonstrated the use of automatically-generated Energy Usage Reports in model-choice for machine learning.
Investigations have been performed into using clustering methods in data mining time-series data from smart meters. The problem is to identify patterns and trends in energy usage profiles of commercial and industrial customers over 24-hour periods, and group similar profiles. We tested our method on energy usage data p…
Multi-Agent Meta-Reinforcement Learning for Self-Powered and Sustainable Edge Computing Systemscs.LG
Paper proposes MAMRL for efficient energy dispatch in self-powered edge computing systems.
problem High energy consumption in self-powered edge computing systems.
method Developed a semi-distributed data-driven MAMRL framework to solve a two-stage linear stochastic programming problem.
result The proposed MAMRL framework reduces up to 11% non-renewable energy usage and 22.4% energy cost.
Proposes Learnergy, a Python framework for energy-based machine learning.
problem Lack of research and implementations around energy-based systems.
method Built upon PyTorch, Learnergy provides a more friendly environment and faster prototyping.
result Learnergy speeds up computational time using CUDA.
This paper discusses how usage patterns and preferences of inhabitants can be learned efficiently to allow smart homes to autonomously achieve energy savings. We propose a frequent sequential pattern mining algorithm suitable for real-life smart home event data. The performance of the proposed algorithm is compared to …
Paper optimizes neural network layers to reduce energy usage without sacrificing accuracy.
problem Energy consumption in deep neural networks during inference.
method Layerwise noise maximization to optimize reliability of memory elements.
result Reduces memory energy consumption by 3.3 times at equal accuracy.
New indicator detects financial strain through smart meter data.
problem Fuel poverty in households, affecting millions.
method Smart meters and machine learning for behavior measurement.
result Early detection of financial strain in households.
Crowdsourcing has been successfully applied in many domains including astronomy, cryptography and biology. In order to test its potential for useful application in a Smart Grid context, this paper investigates the extent to which a crowd can contribute predictive hypotheses to a model of residential electric energy con…
Residential homes constitute roughly one-fourth of the total energy usage worldwide. Providing appliance-level energy breakdown has been shown to induce positive behavioral changes that can reduce energy consumption by 15%. Existing approaches for energy breakdown either require hardware installation in every target ho…
Detector monitoring with artificial neural networks at the CMS experiment at the CERN Large Hadron Colliderphysics.data-an
Reliable data quality monitoring is a key asset in delivering collision data suitable for physics analysis in any modern large-scale High Energy Physics experiment. This paper focuses on the use of artificial neural networks for supervised and semi-supervised problems related to the identification of anomalies in the d…
As sensor networks for health monitoring become more prevalent, so will the need to control their usage and consumption of energy. This paper presents a method which leverages the algorithm's performance and energy consumption. By utilising Reinforcement Learning (RL) techniques, we provide an adaptive framework, which…
Model predicts web page parallelism for improved browser performance and energy.
problem Improving browser performance and energy usage through parallelism.
method Supervised learning model using web page primitives and parallelism features.
result Model predicts parallelism and optimizes performance and energy usage.
Paper presents AETN for efficient user modeling from mobile app usage.
problem Efficient user modeling from mobile app usage with reduced manual effort.
method AutoEncoder-coupled Transformer Network (AETN).
result AETN achieves effective user embeddings with reduced manual effort.
This thesis tackles NILM challenges with a new dataset and efficient edge deployment techniques.
problem Limited datasets and high computational power for NILM deployment.
method Developed an interoperable data collection framework and introduced model compression techniques.
result Efficient edge deployment of NILM models for global scalability and sustainability.
Active inference minimizes expected free energy for optimal behavior.
problem Understanding and optimizing behavior in complex systems.
method Combines Bayesian decision theory, optimal Bayesian design, and the free energy principle.
result Active inference emerges as a unified framework for information-seeking, utility maximization, and goal-directed behavior.
Quantum computing offers energy savings over classical computing.
problem Energy efficiency in computing services.
method Cournot competition model constrained by energy usage.
result Quantum computing firms can outperform classical counterparts in energy efficiency.
Enhanced tabular benchmarks for energy-efficient neural architecture search.
problem Energy consumption in deep learning models.
method Introducing EC-NAS, an enhanced tabular benchmark with energy consumption data.
result EC-NAS reveals a balance between energy usage and accuracy in neural architecture search.
Advances in renewable energy generation and introduction of the government targets to improve energy efficiency gave rise to a concept of a Zero Energy Building (ZEB). A ZEB is a building whose net energy usage over a year is zero, i.e., its energy use is not larger than its overall renewables generation. A collection …
How Do People Differ? A Social Media Approachphysics.soc-ph
Research from a variety of fields including psychology and linguistics have found correlations and patterns in personal attributes and behavior, but efforts to understand the broader heterogeneity in human behavior have not yet integrated these approaches and perspectives with a cohesive methodology. Here we extract pa…
Behaviors of several laboratory animals can be modeled as sequences of stereotyped behaviors, or behavioral motifs. However, identifying such motifs is a challenging problem. Behaviors have a multi-scale structure: the animal can be simultaneously performing a small-scale motif and a large-scale one (e.g. \textit{chewi…
Traditional load analysis is facing challenges with the new electricity usage patterns due to demand response as well as increasing deployment of distributed generations, including photovoltaics (PV), electric vehicles (EV), and energy storage systems (ESS). At the transmission system, despite of irregular load behavio…
To investigate the detection of students' behavioral engagement (On-Task vs. Off-Task), we propose a two-phase approach in this study. In Phase 1, contextual logs (URLs) are utilized to assess active usage of the content platform. If there is active use, the appearance information is utilized in Phase 2 to infer behavi…
The paper studies Möbius energy gradient of helix pairs and finds limiting behavior as coiling ratio increases.
problem Characterizing the limiting behavior of Möbius energy gradient for symmetric helix pairs.
method Complex asymptotics
result The gradient diverges in opposing directions based on radius, approaching 1/2 as coiling ratio increases.
We propose a new framework for single-channel source separation that lies between the fully supervised and unsupervised setting. Instead of supervision, we provide input features for each source signal and use convex methods to estimate the correlations between these features and the unobserved signal decomposition. We…
Study identifies key health behaviors linked to adolescent suicide attempts.
problem Understanding health behaviors associated with increased risk of adolescent suicide attempts.
method Cross-sectional data analysis using machine learning algorithms and logistic regression.
result Non-parametric Bayesian tree ensemble model outperforms other models, achieving 80.0% accuracy in goodness-of-fit and 78.2% in predictive accuracy.
The article explores Helfrich flow with spontaneous curvature, finding singularities and convergence behaviors.
problem Understanding the long-time behavior of Helfrich flow with spontaneous curvature.
method Analyzing the gradient flow of a locally area- and volume-constrained Willmore flow, and applying it to the Helfrich flow.
result For negative spontaneous curvature, the Helfrich flow exhibits finite-time singularities; for positive spontaneous curvature, it converges globally.
We infer both microscopic and macroscopic behaviors of a three-dimensional chaotic fluid flow using reservoir computing. In our procedure of the inference, we assume no prior knowledge of a physical process of a fluid flow except that its behavior is complex but deterministic. We present two ways of inference of the co…
NFs improve on HEP's complex data, tested on increasing dimensions.
problem Leveraging NFs for high-dimensional data in HEP.
method Tested various NF types on toy datasets with varying dimensions.
result NFs robustness increases with higher dimensions.
ELS framework improves safety alignment by dynamically steering LLMs towards helpful responses.
problem Over-Refusal in Aligned Large Language Models
method Fine-tuning free framework using an Energy-Based Model (EBM) to dynamically steer LLMs during inference.
result Extensive experiments show a significant reduction in false refusals (from 57.3% to 82.6%) while maintaining safety performance.
Overprocuring reserves can improve network efficiency by using excess reserves for congestion management.
problem Optimizing energy and reserve allocation between zones to minimize costs and ensure deliverability.
method Developed allocation models for co-allocating traded energy and reserve products, considering both deterministic and stochastic flows.
result Excess reserve supplies can be used for congestion management, leading to additional network benefits.
Study of tori of revolution under Willmore flow converges to Clifford Torus.
problem Long-time behavior and convergence of Willmore flow for tori of revolution.
method Gradient flow of Willmore energy for tori of revolution, analyzing energy threshold and convergence to Clifford Torus.
result Convergence of Willmore flow to Clifford Torus for initial energy below 8π.
Neural Network Renormalization Groupcond-mat.stat-mech
We present a variational renormalization group (RG) approach using a deep generative model based on normalizing flows. The model performs hierarchical change-of-variables transformations from the physical space to a latent space with reduced mutual information. Conversely, the neural net directly maps independent Gauss…
Study examines Wang-Yau quasi-local energy in strong fields near apparent horizons.
problem Examining the behavior of Wang-Yau quasi-local energy near apparent horizons in strong fields.
method Analyzing the limit of the Wang-Yau quasi-local energy as a spacelike surface approaches an apparent horizon, considering bounded coordinate functions and spacelike mean curvature.
result The limit of the Wang-Yau quasi-local energy falls into two cases: it blows up or remains finite, depending on whether the horizon can be isometrically embedded into .
Study of immersions with Willmore energy leading to spherical and catenoid bubbles.
problem Classifying immersions with specific energy properties.
method Analyzing sequences of weak immersions with diverging conformal classes, applying Möbius transformations, and strong -limits.
result Obtaining spherical and catenoid bubbles as limits of immersions.
This paper presents a case study of a recommender system that can be used to save energy in smart homes without lowering the comfort of the inhabitants. We present an algorithm that uses consumer behavior data only and uses machine learning to suggest actions for inhabitants to reduce the energy consumption of their ho…
Study on blow-up behavior of sign-changing solutions for Yamabe equation.
problem Blow-up behavior of sign-changing solutions for Yamabe equation.
method Construction of a smooth metric on space forms to prove blow-up at lowest energy level.
result Blow-up occurs at the lowest energy level for sign-changing solutions in dimensions 11 to 24.
Finite energy solutions of 4-harmonic and ES-4-harmonic maps are trivial.
problem Characterizing the qualitative behavior of 4-harmonic and ES-4-harmonic maps.
method Proving triviality of finite energy solutions for both maps.
result Finite energy solutions of both 4-harmonic and ES-4-harmonic maps are trivial.
RBM models reveal how hidden unit tail behavior affects pattern reconstruction.
problem Understanding how the tail behavior of hidden units in RBMs influences pattern reconstruction.
method Identified an effective energy function for RBMs and studied its local minima.
result The ability to reconstruct patterns depends on the tail behavior of the hidden unit prior distribution.
Study shows visual feedback and monetary incentives reduce plugload energy consumption in commercial buildings.
problem Mitigating energy consumption in commercial buildings through occupant plugload control.
method Field experiments with visual feedback and monetary incentives in government and university buildings.
result Mean energy reduction of ~9.52% in office environments and ~21.61% in university environments with visual feedback.
Study low energy resolvent behavior on fibred boundary metrics.
problem Analyze the resolvent of Hodge Laplacian on manifolds with fibred boundary metrics.
method Develop a 'split' pseudodifferential calculus to handle different asymptotic behaviors.
result Precise asymptotic behavior of resolvent as a fibred boundary pseudodifferential operator.
This paper introduces a new approach to active inference using constrained Bethe Free Energy.
problem Tackling the limitations of existing epistemic behavior models in active inference.
method Introducing a constrained Bethe Free Energy (CBFE) perspective to optimize epistemic behavior in generative models.
result CBFE optimization leads to more robust and flexible epistemic behavior compared to existing methods.
Due to the popularity of context-awareness in the Internet of Things (IoT) and the recent advanced features in the most popular IoT device, i.e., smartphone, modeling and predicting personalized usage behavior based on relevant contexts can be highly useful in assisting them to carry out daily routines and activities. …
Asymptotic behavior of energy of a harmonic map defined on an asymptotically hyperbolic manifold is considered. Using the growth of energy, we show that a harmonic map defined on some asymptotically hyperbolic manifolds has to be constant if the total energy is finite, or if the map approaches a point fast enough, in t…
A framework combining HSMM and survival analysis for lifecycle-oriented mobility analysis.
problem Understanding individual metro usage dynamics over multi-year horizons.
method A state-based lifecycle modeling framework integrating HSMM and discrete-time survival analysis.
result Identification of interpretable mobility states, transition dynamics, and state-dependent exit and re-entry processes.
We investigate the low-energy behavior of the gradient flow of the norm of the Riemannian curvature on four-manifolds. Specifically, we show long time existence and exponential convergence to a metric of constant sectional curvature when the initial metric has positive Yamabe constant and small initial energy.