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48 results for Path Aggregation

A conformal procedure improves CoT reasoning by aggregating reasoning paths and calibrating abstention rules.

problem Aggregation uncertainty in chain-of-thought reasoning makes correct answers less reliable.
method Introduces a conformal procedure for CoT reasoning that uses weighted score aggregation and abstention rules.
result Achieves higher selective accuracy with abstention, reducing confident-error rate.

Temporal aggregation reveals latent default correlation from monthly data.

problem Understanding effective default correlation from monthly default data.
method Temporal coarse-graining of latent default-probability paths.
result Temporal coarse-graining improves identifiability and reduces over-allocation of long-horizon fluctuations.

Temporal coarse-graining of latent default paths explains effective correlation in corporate defaults.

problem Understanding effective default correlation in corporate defaults.
method Temporal coarse-graining of latent default-probability paths, applied to corporate default-count data.
result Temporal coarse-graining provides a scale-consistent baseline that improves identifiability and reduces over-allocation of long-horizon fluctuations.

ie-HGCN addresses HIN challenges by efficiently learning node representations.

problem Lack of flexibility in exploring meta-paths and high computational complexity in HIN GCN methods.
method Hierarchical aggregation architecture that automatically extracts useful meta-paths and reduces computational cost.
result ie-HGCN outperforms state-of-the-art methods on real network datasets.

Study online learning in MDPs with aggregate bandit feedback, achieving low regret in both stochastic and adversarial settings.

problem Online learning in finite-horizon episodic MDPs with aggregate bandit feedback.
method Best-of-both-worlds (BOBW) algorithms using FTRL over occupancy measures, self-bounding techniques, and new loss estimators.
result First BOBW algorithms for episodic tabular MDPs with aggregate bandit feedback achieving O(logT)O(\log T) regret in stochastic and O(T){O}(\sqrt{T}) regret in adversarial settings.

We describe the sample paths of the stochastic field F=Ft(v,x,q)F = F_t(v,x,q) of aggregate utilities parameterized by Pareto weights vv and total cash amounts xx and stocks' quantities qq in an economy. We also describe the sample paths of the stochastic field G=Gt(u,y,q)G = G_t(u,y,q), which is conjugate to FF with respect to the …

2013-10-28abs ↗pdf ↗

Graph neural network have achieved impressive results in predicting molecular properties, but they do not directly account for local and hidden structures in the graph such as functional groups and molecular geometry. At each propagation step, GNNs aggregate only over first order neighbours, ignoring important informat…

2020-02-24abs ↗pdf ↗

This research develops a new model for cyber risk and insurance pricing.

problem Accurate calculation of aggregate losses in cyber insurance pricing.
method A path-based k-generation risk contagion model in a tree-shaped network structure.
result Explicit expressions for mean and variance of local loss on a single path.

We provide a general construction of time-consistent sublinear expectations on the space of continuous paths. It yields the existence of the conditional G-expectation of a Borel-measurable (rather than quasi-continuous) random variable, a generalization of the random G-expectation, and an optional sampling theorem that…

2012-05-11abs ↗pdf ↗

Non-affine aggregation rules cannot preserve monotonicity in convex learning.

problem Designing non-affine aggregation rules that maintain monotonicity in convex learning.
method Proving that monotonicity of aggregated gradients is preserved only if the aggregation rule is positively affine.
result Non-affine aggregation prevents steady convergence and substantially degrades algorithmic stability.

Recently, researchers have started decomposing deep neural network models according to their semantics or functions. Recent work has shown the effectiveness of decomposed functional blocks for defending adversarial attacks, which add small input perturbation to the input image to fool the DNN models. This work proposes…

2019-04-17abs ↗pdf ↗

Graph edges, along with their labels, can represent information of fundamental importance, such as links between web pages, friendship between users, the rating given by users to other users or items, and much more. We introduce LEAP, a trainable, general framework for predicting the presence and properties of edges on…

2019-03-11abs ↗pdf ↗

Much of the recent work on learning molecular representations has been based on Graph Convolution Networks (GCN). These models rely on local aggregation operations and can therefore miss higher-order graph properties. To remedy this, we propose Path-Augmented Graph Transformer Networks (PAGTN) that are explicitly built…

2019-05-29abs ↗pdf ↗

CDA framework infers channel influence from aggregated data without user identifiers.

problem Lack of user-level path data due to privacy regulations and platform restrictions.
method CDA integrates PCMCI for causal discovery and Structural Causal Model for effect estimation.
result CDA achieves strong accuracy in estimating channel influence, even under structural uncertainty.

New method improves MAP inference for CGMs on path graphs, avoiding approximation and maintaining integrality.

problem Improving MAP inference for aggregated count data in CGMs with small values.
method Formulated as a minimum cost flow problem, solved using DCA with efficient subroutines.
result Outputs higher quality solutions than conventional methods.

MELO predicts electricity loads by adapting to shifts without external indicators.

problem Adapting to non-stationary prediction challenges in online settings.
method MELO combines multiple forgetting factors and aggregation rules to adaptively predict.
result MELO reduces RMSE by 34.7% compared to base predictors and external covariates.

Estimating temporal patterns in travel times along road segments in urban settings is of central importance to traffic engineers and city planners. In this work, we propose a methodology to leverage coarse-grained and aggregated travel time data to estimate the street-level travel times of a given metropolitan area. Ou…

2020-01-13abs ↗pdf ↗

A new graph kernel uses LCS and Wasserstein distance for better graph comparisons.

problem Graph learning methods can be limited by information from distant vertices and path length constraints.
method Proposes a Graph Kernel based on LCS similarity and Wasserstein distance in a novel metric space.
result The new kernel emphasizes comparisons between similar paths and reduces information loss.

A new method for feature selection robust to noise and design variability.

problem Feature selection in high-dimensional regression under sampling variability and measurement error.
method Injects controlled additive noise into the design matrix, fits a base selector, and aggregates selection frequencies.
result Improved robustness compared to Stability Selection and standard base selectors.

A new network learns to prioritize messages for efficient multi-robot path planning.

problem Efficient path planning and coordination for large-scale multi-robot systems.
method Message-Aware Graph Attention Network (MAGAT) incorporating attention mechanisms.
result MAGAT achieves performance close to a coupled centralized expert algorithm.

A new method extracts events and their arguments efficiently from text.

problem Efficiently extract event information from texts with long-range dependencies and associations.
method Graph Convolutional Networks with shortest dependency paths to capture syntactic relationships.
result Significant improvement over state-of-the-art methods.

CDP reduces point cloud dimensions by preserving detour-induced local non-convexity.

problem Preserving local non-convexity in point cloud dimensionality reduction.
method CDP builds a k-NN graph, identifies admissible pairs, aggregates normalized directions, and uses top-k eigenvectors for projection.
result CDP provides verifiable guarantees on post-projection distortion and direction energy.

We address the problem of estimating the parameters of a time-homogeneous Markov chain given only noisy, aggregate data. This arises when a population of individuals behave independently according to a Markov chain, but individual sample paths cannot be observed due to limitations of the observation process or the need…

2016-04-14abs ↗pdf ↗

CAPM interpretation is flawed; beta reflects proxy for underlying driver, not causal transmission.

problem Inconsistent interpretation of CAPM regression as contemporaneous causation.
method Formalized CAPM as a structural causal model and analyzed admissible three-node graphs.
result Contemporaneous betas act like proxies rather than mechanisms; genuine market-to-stock channel appears only at a lag.

SGM combines deep learning and planning for robust long-horizon tasks.

problem Combining deep learning and planning for robust long-horizon tasks.
method Sparse Graphical Memory (SGM) that stores states and feasible transitions in a sparse memory, aggregating states according to a two-way consistency objective.
result SGM significantly outperforms current state of the art methods on long horizon, sparse-reward visual navigation tasks.

The length of the geodesic between two data points along a Riemannian manifold, induced by a deep generative model, yields a principled measure of similarity. Current approaches are limited to low-dimensional latent spaces, due to the computational complexity of solving a non-convex optimisation problem. We propose fin…

2018-12-19abs ↗pdf ↗

Temporal coarse-graining of multi-sector default count data generates effective correlation matrices and rank copulas.

problem Explaining the difference in default dependence between monthly and annual aggregation.
method Dynamic low-rank state-space model with AR(1) latent credit-state factors.
result Effective correlation matrices and rank copulas are generated from monthly default count data.

MF-PID uses interacting samples to efficiently transport probability mass.

problem Efficiently transporting probability mass in generative models.
method Introducing Mean-Field Path-Integral Diffusion (MF-PID) where samples become interacting agents.
result MF-PID achieves 19-24% reductions in control energy for demand-response control of energy systems.

We present a neural model for representing snippets of code as continuous distributed vectors ("code embeddings"). The main idea is to represent a code snippet as a single fixed-length code vector\textit{code vector}, which can be used to predict semantic properties of the snippet. This is performed by decomposing code to a col…

2018-03-26abs ↗pdf ↗

Study aggregation of statistical evidence under unknown dependence using group-invariance.

problem Aggregating statistical evidence under unknown and complex dependence structures.
method Develops a framework using group-invariance and permutation-based constructions to aggregate evidence across transformed datasets.
result Shows uniform improvement in critical values for single-batch aggregation over deterministic calibrations, adapting to unknown dependence structures.

Aggregation challenges causal interpretation of IV estimators.

problem Aggregation of fine-grained components into an aggregate treatment variable.
method Characterization of conditions for identifying aggregate causal effects.
result Standard IV estimators cannot identify aggregate causal effects due to ambiguous dependencies.