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48 results for Hybrid Objective Function

A common practice in most of deep convolutional neural architectures is to employ fully-connected layers followed by Softmax activation to minimize cross-entropy loss for the sake of classification. Recent studies show that substitution or addition of the Softmax objective to the cost functions of support vector machin…

2017-10-20abs ↗pdf ↗

A hybrid neural network improves robustness in estimating vehicle parameters from noisy data.

problem Estimating parameters of a mechanical vehicle model from noisy acceleration data.
method Introduced a convolutional neural network with two objective functions: naive and hybrid.
result The hybrid objective function outperforms the naive one in robustness on noisy input data.

Bayesian framework learns latent preference archetypes for many-objective optimization.

problem Expanding space of trade-offs and context-dependent human values.
method Dirichlet-process mixture model for latent preference archetypes, hybrid queries for efficient information.
result Mixture-aware Bayesian optimization outperforms standard methods on synthetic and real-world benchmarks.

RP1 uses active learning to improve world model in fewest samples.

problem Improving sample efficiency in MBRL for continuous control tasks.
method RP1 views MBRL as active learning, using a hybrid objective function and principled termination.
result Statistically significant gains over existing approaches on continuous control tasks.

Existing imitation learning approaches often require that the complete demonstration data, including sequences of actions and states, are available. In this paper, we consider a more realistic and difficult scenario where a reinforcement learning agent only has access to the state sequences of an expert, while the expe…

2019-03-11abs ↗pdf ↗

Generative Adversarial Networks (GANs) can achieve state-of-the-art sample quality in generative modelling tasks but suffer from the mode collapse problem. Variational Autoencoders (VAE) on the other hand explicitly maximize a reconstruction-based data log-likelihood forcing it to cover all modes, but suffer from poore…

2019-09-27abs ↗pdf ↗

Novel method for efficient optimization of noisy, expensive hybrid models.

problem Efficient optimization of hybrid models with noisy observations and constraints.
method Constrained Upper Quantile Bound (CUQB) method exploiting composite structure.
result Significantly improved sampling efficiency and theoretical guarantees.

We propose a neural hybrid model consisting of a linear model defined on a set of features computed by a deep, invertible transformation (i.e. a normalizing flow). An attractive property of our model is that both p(features), the density of the features, and p(targets | features), the predictive distribution, can be co…

2019-02-07abs ↗pdf ↗

A new method for optimizing functions without gradients, improving efficiency and convergence.

problem Optimizing functions without gradient information in machine learning.
method Hybrid Gradient Descent (HGE) using random and coordinate-wise gradient estimates.
result The proposed method achieves optimal convergence rates in convex cases and generalizes to non-convex cases.

The study examines MCMC methods for arbitrary objectives and finds likelihood sharpness impacts performance and regularization.

problem Limitations of MCMC methods for arbitrary objective functions.
method Two-block MCMC framework with Metropolis-Hastings and Gibbs sampling, exploring likelihood curvature and sharpness.
result Likelihood sharpness governs in-sample performance and regularization inferred by training data.

Mathematical analysis of Riemann surfaces and their moduli spaces using hybrid Laplacians.

problem Analyzing the asymptotics of Arakelov Green functions on Riemann surfaces near boundary of moduli spaces.
method Introducing hybrid Laplacian, solving hybrid Poisson equation, and defining hybrid Green functions.
result Layered description of asymptotics of Arakelov Green functions on Riemann surfaces near boundary of their moduli spaces.

D-Wave hybrid quantum-classical portfolio optimization shows classical decomposition is key, not quantum sampling.

problem Optimizing portfolios with constraints using hybrid quantum-classical methods.
method Operational decomposition audit of D-Wave's hybrid quantum-classical service on mean-variance-turnover instances.
result Classical decomposition and feasibility-aware reassembly are key to hybrid quantum-classical performance.

Physics-informed GCRL tackles sparse feedback learning with hybrid dynamics.

problem Sparse feedback learning with high-dimensional, hybrid, or contact-dependent dynamics.
method Introduces physics-informed inductive biases into goal-conditioned value learning.
result Contact-rich manipulation tasks degrade existing Pi-GCRL methods.

Paper uses RL to optimize derivative hedging with reduced costs.

problem Optimizing hedging strategies for derivatives with transaction costs.
method Reinforcement learning with two Q-functions, continuous state/action space, hybrid valuation model.
result Optimal hedging reduces mean and variance of hedging costs.

Generally speaking, the goal of constructive learning could be seen as, given an example set of structured objects, to generate novel objects with similar properties. From a statistical-relational learning (SRL) viewpoint, the task can be interpreted as a constraint satisfaction problem, i.e. the generated objects must…

2014-02-18abs ↗pdf ↗

A hybrid algorithm combines optimization and enumeration for symbolic regression.

problem Finding any function from a set of operators without prior specification.
method Mixed-integer nonlinear optimization with explicit enumeration and constraints.
result The hybrid algorithm is competitive with state-of-the-art methods.

A new hybrid fuzzy-crisp clustering algorithm addresses imbalanced cluster sizes.

problem Imbalanced influence in fuzzy c-means clustering for large vs. small clusters.
method Hybrid fuzzy-crisp algorithm combining linear and quadratic membership functions, setting exact zero membership for sufficiently distant points.
result The hybrid algorithm outperforms conventional fuzzy and crisp clustering methods on imbalanced datasets.

We consider the problem of learning a measure of distance among vectors in a feature space and propose a hybrid method that simultaneously learns from similarity ratings assigned to pairs of vectors and class labels assigned to individual vectors. Our method is based on a generative model in which class labels can prov…

2012-06-29abs ↗pdf ↗

Hybrid Bayesian neural networks use function uncertainty for probabilistic inference.

problem Uncertainty in neural network weights is hard to specify and interpret.
method Integrates probabilistic layers with standard deterministic layers for function uncertainty.
result Improves probabilistic inference by encoding function uncertainty.

Proposes EDESH-SA for better inventory management under uncertainty.

problem Inventory management under uncertainty.
method Ensemble Differential Evolution with simulation-based hybridization and self-adaptation.
result Improves financial performance and optimizes search spaces.

Regularization is an important component of predictive model building. The hybrid bootstrap is a regularization technique that functions similarly to dropout except that features are resampled from other training points rather than replaced with zeros. We show that the hybrid bootstrap offers superior performance to dr…

2018-01-22abs ↗pdf ↗

We present Simitate --- a hybrid benchmarking suite targeting the evaluation of approaches for imitation learning. A dataset containing 1938 sequences where humans perform daily activities in a realistic environment is presented. The dataset is strongly coupled with an integration into a simulator. RGB and depth stream…

2019-05-15abs ↗pdf ↗

Hybrid controller combines model-based and policy-based reinforcement learning.

problem Combining model-based and policy-based reinforcement learning for stability and robustness.
method Designs a hybrid controller that interpolates a model-based linear controller and a differentiable policy.
result Proven to maintain stability and universal approximation properties.

Extends reinforcement learning alignment to scalar rewards, improving math reasoning.

problem Designing reinforcement learning algorithms for general LLM alignment.
method Introduces f-GRPO and f-HAL, estimating f-divergences between reward-aligned and unaligned distributions.
result Improves math reasoning RLVR tasks and mitigates reward hacking.

We introduce a simulation scheme for Brownian semistationary processes, which is based on discretizing the stochastic integral representation of the process in the time domain. We assume that the kernel function of the process is regularly varying at zero. The novel feature of the scheme is to approximate the kernel fu…

2015-07-10abs ↗pdf ↗

HyperFair integrates fairness in recommender systems using probabilistic soft logic.

problem Ensuring fairness in recommender systems across diverse domains.
method Soft fairness constraints integrated as regularization in a joint inference objective function.
result HyperFair improves fairness of predictions from black-box models and hybrid systems.