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48 results for Geographic Populations

New method generates geolocated synthetic populations from real data.

problem Generating synthetic populations with explicit geographic coordinates.
method Mapping coordinates into a latent space using Normalizing Flows (NF), then combining with other features in a Variational Autoencoder (VAE).
result NF+VAE architecture outperforms existing methods in generating geolocated synthetic populations.

The study uses transfer learning to compare surgical outcomes across racial/ethnic subgroups.

problem Difficulty in comparing surgical outcomes due to racial/ethnic and geographic differences.
method Causal inference framework and transfer learning to incorporate data from multiple populations.
result Racial and ethnic differences in surgical outcomes are found, with non-Hispanic Black patients experiencing wide variability.

Study models risks for low-carbon economy in Balkan countries, focusing on shadow economy and populism.

problem Risks and uncertainties in establishing a low-carbon economy in Balkan countries with transition economies.
method Transdisciplinary approach combining economic policy, public opinion, and climate change models.
result Identifies shadow economy and populism as key risk factors for low-carbon economy implementation.

A large amount of data accommodated in knowledge graphs (KG) is actually metric. For example, the Wikidata KG contains a plenitude of metric facts about geographic entities like cities, chemical compounds or celestial objects. In this paper, we propose a novel approach that transfers orometric (topographic) measures to…

2019-07-22abs ↗pdf ↗

Study improves motor insurance claim prediction using geographic data.

problem Limited location identifiers in public actuarial datasets.
method Zone-level modeling framework with environmental and orthoimagery data.
result Geographic information improves MTPL claim prediction accuracy.

GWRBoost improves GWR for better spatial relationship quantification.

problem Underfitting in GWR for complex data and lack of explainable quantification.
method Geographically weighted gradient boosting model using localized additive model and gradient boosting optimization.
result Significant improvement in RMSE and AICc compared to classic GWR.

STICC clusters geographic objects considering both spatial contiguity and attributes.

problem Discovering repeated geographic patterns with spatial contiguity.
method Spatial Toeplitz Inverse Covariance-Based Clustering (STICC) method.
result STICC significantly outperforms baseline methods in adjusted rand index and macro-F1 score.

Adversarial techniques learn invariant representations across multiple domains.

problem Domain generalization from diverse studies to unseen domains.
method Adversarial censoring techniques for invariant representation learning.
result Limiting behavior of adversarial loss function as the number of domains grows.

Study uses trajectory embedding to measure place function similarity at fine spatial granularity.

problem Measuring place function similarity at fine spatial granularity.
method Trajectory embedding to reduce dimensions and measure similarity of place functions.
result Embedding similarity can be a metric proxy for place functions at fine spatial granularity.

Algorithm selects variables and bandwidths for geographically weighted regression.

problem Estimating variable subsets and bandwidths for geographically weighted regression.
method Mathematical programming-based approach integrating variable selection and bandwidth estimation.
result Proposed algorithm provides stable spatially varying patterns with competitive explanatory power.

SXL embeds spatial autocorrelation into neural networks for better geographic data learning.

problem Difficulties in learning spatial effects for neural networks in geographic data.
method SXL uses auxiliary tasks and autoregressive embeddings to learn spatial autocorrelation.
result SXL improves neural network training in unsupervised and supervised learning tasks.

Study reveals centralization in Bitcoin transactions involving retail users.

problem Centralization and bias in Bitcoin transaction data.
method Heuristic classification of Bitcoin users, weekly activity pattern analysis.
result Most real transactions involve Frequent Receivers, centralizing the ecosystem.

The objective of this paper is to fill a gap in the literature on internationalization, in relation to the absence of objective and measurable performance indicators on the process of how firms sequentially enter external markets. To that end, this research develops a quantitative tool that can be used as a performance…

2017-10-10abs ↗pdf ↗

Proposes FSM-IRL to learn invariant network representations considering feature and structural shifts.

problem Spatial heterogeneity and temporal dynamics lead to OOD generalization issues in geographic networks.
method Introduces FSM-IRL model that accounts for feature and structural distribution shifts using causal attention and reweighting.
result Demonstrates strong learning capabilities on geographic and social network datasets in OOD scenarios.

Agent Based Modeling (ABM) has become a widespread approach to model complex interactions. In this chapter after briefly summarizing some features of ABM the different approaches in modeling spatial interactions are discussed. It is stressed that agents can interact either indirectly through a shared environment and/or…

2014-05-04abs ↗pdf ↗

condLSTM-Q predicts COVID-19 deaths at county level with quantile forecasts.

problem Predicting COVID-19 mortality at fine geographical scales.
method Conditional Long Short-Term Memory networks with quantile output.
result Fine-scale quantile predictions inform about death toll distribution.

Study examines equity in post-Snow Uri recovery, finds disparities.

problem Disproportionate impacts on vulnerable populations during recovery.
method County and census tract level data analysis, satellite imagery, statistical procedures.
result Negative associations between non-Hispanic whites and outages, positive associations with certain demographic variables.

2020 Census uses more noise to protect privacy than needed, improving data accuracy.

problem Ensuring privacy in census data while maintaining accuracy for policy decisions.
method Applied ff-differential privacy to track and reduce noise across geographical levels.
result The 2020 Census provides stronger privacy protections than its nominal guarantees suggest.

New method combines regional HIV prevention trial data without sharing individual patient info.

problem Regional differences in HIV prevention efficacy, privacy concerns, and data sharing limitations.
method Federated learning approach that combines site-specific estimators via L1-regularization.
result Improved precision in estimating region-specific survival curves.

Spatial machine learning improves poverty targeting in Indonesia.

problem Conventional PMT methods have high exclusion and inclusion errors due to spatial dependencies and regional heterogeneity.
method Integrates spatial contiguity matrices into SML models to identify and compare poverty clusters.
result SML reduces exclusion errors from 28% to 20% compared to standard machine learning models.

Study evaluates methods for improving model robustness to various real-world distribution shifts.

problem Improving model robustness to real-world distribution shifts like geographic changes.
method Introduced new datasets and evaluated existing methods on four types of shifts (style, blurriness, location, camera operation).
result Data augmentations and larger models can improve robustness on real-world distribution shifts, contrary to prior claims.

Chagas disease is a neglected disease, and information about its geographical spread is very scarse. We analyze here mobility and calling patterns in order to identify potential risk zones for the disease, by using public health information and mobile phone records. Geolocalized call records are rich in social and mobi…

2018-08-09abs ↗pdf ↗