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48 results for Mechanical properties

New approach identifies latent properties from mechanisms, not just data.

problem Identifying latent properties from data generating processes.
method Equivariance perspective on identifiable representation learning.
result Identification of latent properties is possible up to shared equivariances in known mechanisms.

New integrators for mechanical systems on Lie groups simplify based on group properties.

problem Designing numerical integrators for mechanical systems on Lie groups.
method Leverage retraction maps and Lie group properties to design structure-preserving integrators.
result Simplified design of integrators for Euler-Poincare and Lie-Poisson equations.

Study reveals Transformer's expressive power and mechanisms.

problem Understanding the approximation properties of Transformer for sequence modeling.
method Systematic study of Transformer's components and their combined effects, establishing approximation rates.
result Reveals roles of critical parameters in Transformer, such as number of layers and attention heads.

This paper provides a construction of a quantum statistical mechanical system associated to knots in the 3-sphere and cyclic branched coverings of the 3-sphere, which is an analog, in the sense of arithmetic topology, of the Bost-Connes system, with knots replacing primes, and cyclic branched coverings of the 3-sphere …

2016-02-16abs ↗pdf ↗

Framework uses diffusion models to infer material properties from noisy mechanical measurements.

problem Inference of spatially varying material properties from noisy mechanical responses.
method Conditional score-based diffusion models approximating the score function of a conditional distribution.
result Framework can efficiently solve large-scale physics-based inverse problems.

We formulate a class of minimal tori in S^3 in terms of classical mechanics, reveal a curious property of the Clifford torus, and note that the question of periodicity can be made more explicit in a simple way.

2013-07-08abs ↗pdf ↗

With the proliferation of mobile devices and the internet of things, developing principled solutions for privacy in time series applications has become increasingly important. While differential privacy is the gold standard for database privacy, many time series applications require a different kind of guarantee, and a…

2017-07-10abs ↗pdf ↗

This paper considers control systems defined on Lie algebroids. After deriving basic controllability tests for general control systems, we specialize our discussion to the class of mechanical control systems on Lie algebroids. This class of systems includes mechanical systems subject to holonomic and nonholonomic const…

2004-02-26abs ↗pdf ↗

A closed linkage mechanism in three-dimensional space is an object comprising rigid bodies connected with hinges in a circular form like a rosary. Such linkages include Bricard6R and Bennett4R. To design such a closed linkage, it is necessary to solve a high-degree algebraic equation, which is generally difficult. In t…

2019-09-05abs ↗pdf ↗

Extends PoS proof-of-stake transaction fee mechanism with miner utility model.

problem Designing a transaction fee mechanism for PoS protocol that incorporates miner utility.
method Introduced a new mechanism (BSP(θ)) incorporating a parameter θ to ensure user and miner incentives.
result The new mechanism (BSP(θ)) satisfies user and miner incentives and contract proofness.

A new constructivist approach to modeling in economics and theory of consciousness is proposed. The state of elementary object is defined as a set of its measurable consumer properties. A proprietor's refusal or consent for the offered transaction is considered as a result of elementary economic measurement. We were al…

2011-10-24abs ↗pdf ↗

The geometry of a Lagrangian mechanical system is determined by its associated evolution semispray. We uniquely determine this semispray using the symplectic structure and the energy of the Lagrange space and the external force field. We study the variation of the energy and Lagrangian functions along the evolution and…

2006-09-28abs ↗pdf ↗

Paper tackles dynamic behavior of variable topology mechanisms, presenting new transition conditions.

problem Dynamic behavior of mechanisms with changing kinematic topology.
method Presented new transition conditions for variable topology mechanisms using projected motion equations and Voronets equations.
result Results show the dynamic behavior of joint locking in 3R and 6DOF mechanisms.

We present an axiomatic modification of quaternionic quantum mechanics with a possible-worlds semantics capable of predicting essential "nonquantum" features of an observable universe model - the dimensionality and topology of spacetime, the existence, the signature and a specific form of a metric on it, and certain na…

2007-02-28abs ↗pdf ↗

The paper develops a method for inferring second opinions from experts using counterfactual inference.

problem Designing efficient decision support systems for second opinions.
method Set invariant Gumbel-Max structural causal model for multiclass classification.
result The proposed model can infer second opinions more accurately than non-causal models.

The paper analyzes errors in mechanical systems with external forces.

problem Error analysis of mechanical systems with external forces.
method Analysis of variational integrators with contact order rr for discrete mechanical systems.
result The contact order of the integrator is the same as the contact order of the original systems.

The paper analyzes network models with binary values and sub-Gamma noise, deriving asymptotic properties.

problem Analyzing network models with binary values and sub-Gamma noise.
method Derives asymptotic properties of network models with binary values and sub-Gamma noise.
result Established asymptotic consistency and normality of parameter estimators in network models.

Ranked data appear in many different applications, including voting and consumer surveys. There often exhibits a situation in which data are partially ranked. Partially ranked data is thought of as missing data. This paper addresses parameter estimation for partially ranked data under a (possibly) non-ignorable missing…

2019-02-28abs ↗pdf ↗

A new graph model HMG and neural network HMGNN improve molecule property predictions.

problem Predicting quantum mechanical properties of molecules with limited consideration of many-body interactions.
method Introducing heterogeneous molecular graphs (HMG) and building HMGNN on neural message passing scheme.
result HMGNN achieves state-of-the-art performance in 9 out of 12 tasks on the QM9 dataset.

In this work we introduce a category of discrete Lagrange--Poincare systems LP_d and study some of its properties. In particular, we show that the discrete mechanical systems and the discrete mechanical systems obtained by the Lagrangian reduction of symmetric discrete mechanical systems are objects in LP_d. We introdu…

2015-11-20abs ↗pdf ↗

In this paper, we investigate the existence of a subclass of quotients of affine connection control systems, which preserve the mechanical structures. Both local and global sufficient and necessary conditions are given for the geodesically accessible affine connection control systems such that they can admit this subcl…

2019-08-06abs ↗pdf ↗

Humans can learn a variety of concepts and skills incrementally over the course of their lives while exhibiting many desirable properties, such as continual learning without forgetting, forward transfer and backward transfer of knowledge, and learning a new concept or task with only a few examples. Several lines of mac…

2019-11-21abs ↗pdf ↗

Proposes a new method for estimating counterfactual treatment effects.

problem Uncertainty in identifying causal mechanisms from observational data.
method Introduces a parameterized family of causal mechanisms that generalize Gumbel-max, trained to minimize counterfactual effect variance.
result Trained mechanisms yield lower variance estimates of counterfactual treatment effects.

Survey explores cohomology's roles in applied math and sciences.

problem Understanding cohomology's role in solving differential equations.
method Examining differential complexes and structure-preserving discretizations.
result Various fundamental concepts in mechanics are formulated using differential complexes.

We give an up-to-date overview of geometric and topological properties of cosymplectic and coKaehler manifolds. We also mention some of their applications to time-dependent mechanics.

2013-05-16abs ↗pdf ↗

We develop a geometric version of the inverse problem of the calculus of variations for discrete mechanics and constrained discrete mechanics. The geometric approach consists of using suitable Lagrangian and isotropic submanifolds. We also provide a transition between the discrete and the continuous problems and propos…

2017-08-14abs ↗pdf ↗

GraphOpt learns the formation mechanism of graphs from observed structures.

problem Learning formation mechanisms from observed graphs with complex structural properties.
method GraphOpt uses maximum entropy inverse reinforcement learning to solve the link formation problem in a sequential decision-making process.
result GraphOpt discovers a latent objective function that can explain and transfer across different graphs.

A fundamental result in differential privacy states that the privacy guarantees of a mechanism are preserved by any post-processing of its output. In this paper we investigate under what conditions stochastic post-processing can amplify the privacy of a mechanism. By interpreting post-processing as the application of a…

2019-05-29abs ↗pdf ↗

New method learns population dynamics from snapshots, outperforming existing models.

problem Capturing periodic and other dynamical properties of population dynamics.
method Wasserstein Lagrangian Mechanics (WLM) for learning second-order dynamics from observed marginals.
result WLM outperforms existing methods across various dynamics, including vortex dynamics, embryonic development, and flocking.

This work generalizes Hamiltonian mechanics using closed differential forms.

problem Hidden invariants in classical Hamiltonian mechanics.
method Establishes a novel correspondence between generalized Hamiltonian mechanics and multisymplectic geometry.
result Key theorems linking classical and generalized Hamiltonian systems.

Sturm theory applied to symplectic geometry and mechanics.

problem Detecting geometric properties of solutions in symplectic geometry and mechanics.
method Generalization of symplectic Sturm theory to Hamiltonians and application to semi-Riemannian manifolds and singular Lagrangian systems.
result Detection of conjugate and focal points on semi-Riemannian manifolds and geometrical properties of solutions space.

The Sampled Gaussian Mechanism (SGM)---a composition of subsampling and the additive Gaussian noise---has been successfully used in a number of machine learning applications. The mechanism's unexpected power is derived from privacy amplification by sampling where the privacy cost of a single evaluation diminishes quadr…

2019-08-28abs ↗pdf ↗

Mechanism designs for unknown agent values in stochastic bandit settings.

problem Designing truthful mechanisms for maximizing social welfare in settings with unknown agent values and stochastic feedback.
method Developed a VCG-like mechanism with regret bounds for multi-round allocations, balancing agent and seller welfare.
result Achieved an $Ω(T^{ rac{2}{3}})$ lower bound for the maximum of welfare, agent utilities, and mechanism utility after TT rounds.