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48 results for Sequential Methods

This paper reviews methods for interpreting deep learning models with sequential data.

problem Limited interpretability of deep learning models in sequential data domains.
method Reviews and compares techniques for sequential interpretability.
result Current techniques have limitations and future research is needed.

New method for evaluating sequential recommendations with lower variance.

problem Evaluating good sequences of music, video, news, and e-commerce recommendations.
method Proposes a new counterfactual estimator for sequential reward interactions with lower variance and asymptotic unbiasedness.
result Our method outperforms existing methods in bias and data efficiency for sequential track recommendations.

We explore a general framework in Markov chain Monte Carlo (MCMC) sampling where sequential proposals are tried as a candidate for the next state of the Markov chain. This sequential-proposal framework can be applied to various existing MCMC methods, including Metropolis-Hastings algorithms using random proposals and m…

2019-07-15abs ↗pdf ↗

Develops methods for inference after detecting a change in sequential data.

problem Inference after a detected change in sequential data.
method General framework for constructing confidence sets using only data up to a stopping time.
result First general method for sequential changepoint localization with theoretical guarantees.

We consider the sequential anomaly detection problem in the one-class setting when only the anomalous sequences are available and propose an adversarial sequential detector by solving a minimax problem to find an optimal detector against the worst-case sequences from a generator. The generator captures the dependence i…

2019-10-21abs ↗pdf ↗

New methods optimize experiment selection for sequential data, improving model accuracy.

problem Optimizing experiment selection for sequential data in multidimensional cases.
method Adopting greedy experiment selection methods for maximum likelihood estimation.
result Proposed methods produce consistent and asymptotically normal estimators.

A new method uses active learning to improve bile duct stone evaluation.

problem Efficiently collecting necessary patient data in sequential healthcare decisions.
method Developed an active learning-based multistage sequential decision-making model.
result Improves estimation efficiency by 62%-1838% compared to baseline methods.

This paper discovers classification models from sequential data without prior knowledge.

problem Lack of prior knowledge in defining kernels for online classification.
method Adapts GP-based time-series structure discovery with SMC to learn new features from sequential data.
result Improves classification accuracy by 10% on real-world data.

A universal framework for constructing confidence sets using sequential likelihood mixing.

problem Constructing reliable confidence sets for realizable likelihood functions.
method Sequential likelihood mixing, integrating Bayesian inference and regret inequalities.
result Establishes fundamental connections and provable coverage guarantees for various inference techniques.

Paper tackles uncertainty prediction for deep sequential regression.

problem Challenges in generating accurate uncertainty estimates for deep recurrent networks.
method Flexible method that generates symmetric and asymmetric uncertainty estimates without stationarity assumptions.
result Outperforms competitive baselines on both drift and non-drift scenarios.

New method uses diffusion models for Bayesian inverse problems.

problem Solving Bayesian inverse problems with linear-Gaussian models.
method Decoupled Diffusion Sequential Monte Carlo (DDSMC) method.
result Asymptotically exact solution demonstrated on various data types.

Proposes using frequent sequences to improve sequential recommendation models.

problem Combining user history and recent actions for personalized recommendations.
method Uses frequent sequences to identify relevant parts of user history, embedding items based on preferences and dynamics in a unified metric model.
result Outperforms state-of-the-art methods, especially on sparse datasets.

The paper addresses estimating long-term treatment effects with monotone missing data.

problem Estimating long-term treatment effects with missing data, especially monotone missing.
method The paper introduces the sequential missingness assumption for identification and proposes three novel estimation methods: inverse probability weighting, sequential regression imputation, and SeqMSM. It also introduces a balancing-enhanced approach, BalanceNet, to improve estimation accuracy.
result The proposed methods, including BalanceNet, effectively estimate long-term treatment effects with monotone missing data.

New method estimates treatment effects over time with unobserved confounders.

problem Estimating treatment effects from observational data with unobserved confounders.
method Sequential Deconfounder using Gaussian process latent variable model.
result Unbiased estimates of individualized treatment responses over time.

Pricing options is an important problem in financial engineering. In many scenarios of practical interest, financial option prices associated to an underlying asset reduces to computing an expectation w.r.t.~a diffusion process. In general, these expectations cannot be calculated analytically, and one way to approximat…

2016-08-11abs ↗pdf ↗

The paper develops a method to learn cost-optimal sequential testing policies from retrospective data.

problem Learning cost-optimal sequential decision policies from retrospective data with missing test results.
method Doubly robust Q-learning framework with path-specific inverse probability weights.
result The method reduces testing cost without compromising predictive accuracy.

Develops methods for finding counterfactual explanations in sequential decision making.

problem Finding counterfactual explanations for sequential decision making processes.
method Formal characterization of sequential actions and states using Markov decision processes and Gumbel-Max structural causal model. Introduces a polynomial time algorithm based on dynamic programming.
result Algorithm finds optimal counterfactual explanations for sequential decision making.

New method uses hyperbolic space for faster phylogenetic tree inference.

problem Inefficient Euclidean-based phylogenetic inference in high dimensions.
method Developed novel hyperbolic extensions of sequential search algorithms and variational inference methods.
result Improved speed, scalability and performance in phylogenetic inference.

Study when to replace machine learning models with new data.

problem When to switch machine learning models with new data sources.
method Unified economic and statistical framework linking learning-curve dynamics, data-acquisition, and retraining costs.
result Look-ahead sequential method outperforms other methods and approaches optimal value.

The number of methods available for classification of multi-label data has increased rapidly over recent years, yet relatively few links have been made with the related task of classification of sequential data. If labels indices are considered as time indices, the problems can often be seen as equivalent. In this pape…

2016-09-27abs ↗pdf ↗

To analyse a very large data set containing lengthy variables, we adopt a sequential estimation idea and propose a parallel divide-and-conquer method. We conduct several conventional sequential estimation procedures separately, and properly integrate their results while maintaining the desired statistical properties. A…

2018-12-22abs ↗pdf ↗

MEANTIME improves sequential recommendation by using multi-temporal embeddings and attention mechanisms.

problem Limited use of timestamp information and information bottleneck in sequential recommendation models.
method MEANTIME employs multiple types of temporal embeddings and attention mechanisms to capture diverse patterns from user behavior sequences.
result MEANTIME outperforms state-of-the-art sequential recommendation methods.

This review assesses deep-learning methods for complex sequential data.

problem Lack of robustness and transparency in deep-learning frameworks for irregular sequential data.
method Systematic literature review of existing algorithms.
result Recurrent neural networks dominate in performance evaluation of deep-learning frameworks.

Proposes a method to accelerate safe sequential learning using offline data.

problem Limited exploration due to disconnected safe regions and slow task learning.
method Safe transfer sequential learning using Gaussian processes and offline data.
result Enhances global exploration across multiple disjoint safe regions with lower data consumption.

Method solves complex optimization problems with high probability bounds.

problem Nonlinear equality constrained stochastic optimization problems.
method Step-search sequential quadratic programming method.
result High-probability bound on iteration complexity for first-order stationarity.

SNPLA uses normalizing flows for efficient inference in implicit models.

problem Efficient inference in implicit models with complex likelihood and posterior learning.
method Sequential Neural Posterior and Likelihood Approximation (SNPLA) algorithm using normalizing flows.
result SNPLA achieves competitive performance with faster posterior draws compared to MCMC methods.

Optimized parallel algorithms for identifying strong ties in data.

problem Identifying strong ties in data with varying distances and community sizes.
method Design and analysis of sequential and parallel algorithms for partitioned local depths.
result Optimized algorithms achieve up to 19.4x speedup in parallel execution.

A new sequential method estimates Poisson means in streaming data, achieving optimality and efficiency.

problem Estimating Poisson means in a streaming, or online, framework.
method A quasi-Bayesian approach based on Newton's algorithm for a sequential estimate.
result Established frequentist guarantees including consistency and asymptotic optimality.

Sequential Monte Carlo (SMC) methods comprise one of the most successful approaches to approximate Bayesian filtering. However, SMC without good proposal distributions struggle in high dimensions. We propose nested sequential Monte Carlo (NSMC), a methodology that generalises the SMC framework by requiring only approxi…

2016-12-29abs ↗pdf ↗

Improved state estimation in high-dimensional models using Zig-Zag Sampler.

problem Weight degeneracy in particle filtering methods for high-dimensional state space models.
method Discrete Zig-Zag Sampler applied within the Composite MH Kernel of SMCMC framework.
result Improves estimation accuracy and increases acceptance ratio in high-dimensional state estimation.

A hierarchical model shows how scaling laws emerge from sequential feature recovery.

problem Emergence of scaling laws from feature learning in multi-layer networks.
method Layer-wise spectral algorithm adapted to compositional structure, sequential feature detection.
result Sequential detection of latent features, leading to explicit power-law decay of prediction error.

A new method for estimating large-scale linear models with improved precision.

problem Estimating large-scale linear statistical models efficiently.
method Sequential Least-Squares Estimators with Fast Randomized Sketching (SLSE-FRS), integrating Sketch-and-Solve and Iterative-Sketching methods.
result SLSE-FRS produces high-precision estimators, outperforming state-of-the-art methods.