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48 results for Exponential Smoothing

Exponentially smoothed RNNs improve industrial forecasting.

problem Complexity and non-stationarity in industrial time series data.
method Exponential smoothed recurrent neural networks (RNNs) for modeling non-linear dynamics.
result Exponentially smoothed RNNs outperform traditional models in multi-step forecasting.

Time series analysis is used to understand and predict dynamic processes, including evolving demands in business, weather, markets, and biological rhythms. Exponential smoothing is used in all these domains to obtain simple interpretable models of time series and to forecast future values. Despite its popularity, expon…

2017-06-09abs ↗pdf ↗

This paper extends exponential smoothing to distributional time series using Wasserstein distance.

problem Forecasting distributional time series with exponential smoothing.
method Generalized exponential smoothing in Wasserstein space, with consistent parameter estimation.
result Wasserstein exponential smoothing outperforms traditional methods in high-frequency financial and electricity demand data.

Untuned SGD converges but with an exponential dependence on smoothness, adaptive methods prevent this.

problem The exponential dependence on smoothness in untuned SGD's convergence rate.
method Untuned SGD with arbitrary stepsize η, adaptive methods like NSGD, AMSGrad, and AdaGrad.
result Adaptive methods prevent the exponential dependence on smoothness in SGD.

Continuous control imitation learning fails if expert actions are smooth.

problem Continuous control imitation learning fails if expert actions are smooth.
method Study of imitation learning in discrete-time, continuous state-and-action control systems.
result Any smooth, deterministic imitator policy suffers exponentially larger error than the expert.

We give a new and self-contained proof of the existence and unicity of the flow for an arbitrary (not necessarily homogeneous) smooth vector field on a real supermanifold, and extend these results to the case of holomorphic vector fields on complex supermanifolds. Furthermore we discuss local actions associated to supe…

2012-10-03abs ↗pdf ↗

NSGD-M optimizes machine learning models without hyperparameter tuning, even under relaxed smoothness.

problem Training machine learning models with optimal complexity under relaxed smoothness assumptions.
method Normalized Stochastic Gradient Descent with Momentum (NSGD-M) without stepsize tuning.
result NSGD-M achieves nearly optimal complexity without prior knowledge of problem parameters.

The COS method for European options pricing is improved with a new bound for the number of terms.

problem Determining the optimal number of terms in the COS method for accurate European option pricing.
method Using Fourier-cosine expansion, the study finds an explicit bound for the number of terms N in the cosine series approximation.
result The COS method achieves exponential convergence when the log-return density is smooth, but not when it has heavy tails.

Study on focal locus of submanifolds in Finsler manifolds, showing regularity and smoothness.

problem Investigating the focal locus of submanifolds in Finsler manifolds.
method Using the normal exponential map and extending Warner's ideas, studying connected components and smoothness of focal time maps.
result Identified an open and dense subset where focal time maps are smooth, provided they are finite.

This work improves polynomial approximations for functions with asymmetric behavior.

problem Efficiently approximating functions with asymmetric behavior, especially those growing unbounded on one side.
method Introduces weighted deep polynomial approximants that combine learnable deep polynomials with one-sided weights.
result Weighted deep polynomial approximants outperform existing methods in approximating functions with asymmetric behavior.

Paper explores robust estimators for kernel exponential families using smoothed total variation distances.

problem Outliers can severely impact classical estimators in statistical inference.
method Proposes smoothed total variation (STV) distance as a class of IPMs for robust estimation of kernel exponential families.
result STV-based estimators are robust against distribution contamination for kernel exponential families.

Quantifies polynomial approximation rates for smooth functions under various distributions.

problem Approximating smooth functions with polynomials under different distributional constraints.
method Develops a quantitative analogue of Carleman's theorem using complex analysis.
result Establishes superexponential rates of approximation for certain function classes over general distributions.

Dropout improves regularization in flexible models for rare features.

problem Understanding theoretical properties of dropout in generalized linear models.
method Theoretical analysis and application to adaptive smoothing with B-splines.
result Dropout prefers rare features in mean and dispersion parameters.

We propose a Laplace approximation that creates a stochastic unit from any smooth monotonic activation function, using only Gaussian noise. This paper investigates the application of this stochastic approximation in training a family of Restricted Boltzmann Machines (RBM) that are closely linked to Bregman divergences.…

2016-01-01abs ↗pdf ↗

Given a pseudo-Riemannian metric of regularity C1,1C^{1,1} on a smooth manifold, we prove that the corresponding exponential map is a bi-Lipschitz homeomorphism locally around any point. We also establish the existence of totally normal neighborhoods in an appropriate sense. The proofs are based on regularization, combin…

2013-06-20abs ↗pdf ↗

Adapts SGD to noise and problem specifics for faster convergence.

problem Minimizing smooth, strongly-convex functions with varying noise and problem constants.
method Adaptive SGD with exponentially decreasing step-sizes, Nesterov acceleration, and stochastic line-search.
result Achieves near-optimal convergence rates without knowing noise or problem specifics.

We introduce, for every Z\mathbb{Z}-graded manifold, a formal exponential map defined in a purely algebraic way and study its properties. As an application, we give a simple new construction of a Fedosov type resolution of the algebra of smooth functions of Z\mathbb{Z}-graded manifolds and we extend the Emmrich--Wein…

2015-08-12abs ↗pdf ↗

This paper assesses Gaussian and Exponential mechanisms for certifying adversarial robustness.

problem Certifying adversarial robustness using randomized smoothing mechanisms.
method Proposes a generic framework to assess the appropriateness of randomized smoothing mechanisms.
result Gaussian mechanism is an appropriate option for certifying both 2\ell_2-norm and \ell_\infty-norm robustness.

Hybrid model combines LSTM and ETS for mid-term electric load forecasting.

problem Mid-term electric load forecasting accuracy.
method Combines LSTM, ETS, and ensemble learning; uses dilated LSTM for long-term relationships.
result High performance and competitiveness compared to classical and machine learning models.

We consider the smoothing probabilities of hidden Markov model (HMM). We show that under fairly general conditions for HMM, the exponential forgetting still holds, and the smoothing probabilities can be well approximated with the ones of double sided HMM. This makes it possible to use ergodic theorems. As an applicatio…

2009-10-24abs ↗pdf ↗

On a complete non-compact gradient shrinking Ricci soliton, we prove the analyticity in time for smooth solutions of the heat equation with quadratic exponential growth in the space variable. This growth condition is sharp. As an application, we give a necessary and sufficient condition on the solvability of the backwa…

2019-11-07abs ↗pdf ↗

Price changes are induced by aggressive market orders in stock market. We introduce a bivariate marked Hawkes process to model aggressive market order arrivals at the microstructural level. The order arrival intensity is marked by an exogenous part and two endogenous processes reflecting the self-excitation and cross-e…

2018-11-20abs ↗pdf ↗

Frolicher spaces and smooth mappings form a cartesian closed category. It was shown in our previous paper [Far East Journal of Mathematical Sciences, 35 (2009), 211-233] that its full subcategory of Weil exponentiable Frolicher spaces is cartesian closed. By emancipating microlinearity from within a well-adapted model …

2009-12-04abs ↗pdf ↗

We study spaces with a cuspidal (or horn-like) singularity embedded in a smooth Riemannian manifold and analyze the geodesics in these spaces which start at the singularity. This provides a basis for understanding the intrinsic geometry of such spaces near the singularity. We show that these geodesics combine to natura…

2012-05-21abs ↗pdf ↗

Improved averaging method for noisy observations converges strongly.

problem Noisy observations from random dynamical systems require stable estimates.
method Introduced pp-EMA, a modified exponential moving average with subharmonic weight decay.
result Stochastic convergence guarantees for pp-EMA under mild assumptions.

This research improves LSTM for monthly electricity demand forecasting using pattern-based methods.

problem Forecasting mid-term monthly electricity demand with high accuracy.
method Developed a hybrid LSTM model using x-patterns and exponential smoothing.
result The hybrid model outperformed standard LSTM and classical models.

Study infinitesimal deformations of Lie algebroid pairs.

problem Infinitesimal deformations of Lie algebroid pairs.
method Investigate isomorphism classes of infinitesimal deformations of (L,A)(L,A) modulo automorphisms from exponentials of derivations of LL and those from the exponentials of inner derivations of LL.
result Find the associated governing LL_\infty-algebras in the sense of extended deformation theory.

In this paper we study the Taylor series of an operator-valued function related to the differential of the exponential map. For a smooth manifold M\mathcal{M} with a torsion-free affine connection the operator Ep(v)\mathcal{E}_p(v) acting on the space TpMT_p\mathcal{M} is defined to be the composition of the differential …

2012-05-13abs ↗pdf ↗

A new method for efficiently computing derivatives of skew-symmetric matrix exponentials.

problem Efficient computation of derivatives for skew-symmetric matrices.
method Characterization of invertibility, construction of nearby logarithm, and efficient implementation.
result Explicit formulae for differentiation and its inverse of skew-symmetric matrix exponentials.

We propose networked exponential families to jointly leverage the information in the topology as well as the attributes (features) of networked data points. Networked exponential families are a flexible probabilistic model for heterogeneous datasets with intrinsic network structure. These models can be learnt efficient…

2019-05-22abs ↗pdf ↗

Study on controllability and groups of manifolds with boundaries.

problem Controllability of vector fields on manifolds with boundaries.
method Establish controllability results for diffeomorphism groups of manifolds with smooth boundaries.
result Diffeomorphism groups of manifolds with smooth boundaries form fibre bundles and are generated by the exponential map.

This manuscript develops the theory of agglomerative clustering with Bregman divergences. Geometric smoothing techniques are developed to deal with degenerate clusters. To allow for cluster models based on exponential families with overcomplete representations, Bregman divergences are developed for nondifferentiable co…

2012-06-27abs ↗pdf ↗

Annealed Entropic Allocation improves ranking and selection by mitigating hard switching and improving finite-budget discrimination.

problem Sequential budget allocation in ranking and selection
method Annealed weighted soft-min framework
result Surrogate converges uniformly to the hard minimum, soft-min weights concentrate on active challengers, and target allocation map is continuous.

We show that a smooth unknotted curve in R^3 satisfies an isoperimetric inequality that bounds the area of an embedded disk spanning the curve in terms of two parameters: the length L of the curve and the thickness r (maximal radius of an embedded tubular neighborhood) of the curve. For fixed length, the expression giv…

2003-06-21abs ↗pdf ↗