Hybrid framework merges data and domain knowledge for better spatial interpolation.
problem Spatial interpolation overlooks domain knowledge and limits to spatial coordinates.
method Integrates data-driven features with rule-assisted spatial dependency function mapping.
result Superior performance in two application scenarios, capturing localized features.
This study bridges the gap between spatial and spectral GNNs.
problem Lack of direct comparison and cross-reference of existing GNNs.
method Systematically categorizes and examines GNNs into spatial and spectral domains.
result Establishes a strong relationship between spatial and spectral GNNs.
Language models trained on chess board states outperform those on moves, even with causal masking.
problem Applying causal masking to spatial data for training unimodal language models.
method Trained bidirectional and causal self-attention models on both spatial (board-based) and sequential (move-based) chess data.
result Models trained on spatial board states achieve stronger playing strength than those trained on sequential data, even with causal masking.
Model nonstationary spatial processes using normalizing flows.
problem Difficult selection of spatial warping functions.
method Neural autoregressive flows (NAFs) for complex, high-dimensional warpings.
result NAFs model has greater representational capacity than other spatial process models.
State-of-the-art deep learning methods have shown a remarkable capacity to model complex data domains, but struggle with geospatial data. In this paper, we introduce SpaceGAN, a novel generative model for geospatial domains that learns neighbourhood structures through spatial conditioning. We propose to enhance spatial…
CNNs predict spatial fields from sparse data.
problem Predicting complete spatial fields from limited observations.
method Convolutional Neural Networks (CNNs) trained on a single partially observed field.
result CNNs can flexibly capture local spatial patterns without explicit covariance modeling.
Develops deep models to handle nonstationary spatial extremal dependence.
problem Challenges in modeling nonstationary extremal dependence in spatial data.
method Deep compositional spatial models to capture nonstationarity in extremal dependence.
result Efficient estimation of warped space for nonstationary spatial data.
The paper bridges spectral and spatial graph convolutions, improving model capacity and transferability.
problem Improving graph neural networks by bridging spectral and spatial design.
method Theoretical demonstration and general framework for spectral analysis, new spectral convolutions, and depthwise separable convolutions.
result General framework allows spectral analysis of ConvGNNs, showing their performance and limits, and proposing new spectral convolutions.
New CV method reduces bias in spatial prediction models.
problem Bias in standard cross-validation due to uneven sampling.
method Target-Weighted Cross-Validation (TWCV) framework.
result Weighted CV approaches reduce bias in prediction error.
Video sequences contain rich dynamic patterns, such as dynamic texture patterns that exhibit stationarity in the temporal domain, and action patterns that are non-stationary in either spatial or temporal domain. We show that a spatial-temporal generative ConvNet can be used to model and synthesize dynamic patterns. The…
Dimensionality reduction (DR) methods have attracted extensive attention to provide discriminative information and reduce the computational burden of the hyperspectral image (HSI) classification. However, the DR methods face many challenges due to limited training samples with high dimensional spectra. To address this …
Convolutional Neural Networks (CNN) have been pivotal to the success of many state-of-the-art classification problems, in a wide variety of domains (for e.g. vision, speech, graphs and medical imaging). A commonality within those domains is the presence of hierarchical, spatially agglomerative local-to-global interacti…
The understanding of geographical reality is a process of data representation and pattern discovery. Former studies mainly adopted continuous-field models to represent spatial variables and to investigate the underlying spatial continuity/heterogeneity in the regular spatial domain. In this article, we introduce a more…
Spatial studies of transcriptome provide biologists with gene expression maps of heterogeneous and complex tissues. However, most experimental protocols for spatial transcriptomics suffer from the need to select beforehand a small fraction of genes to be quantified over the entire transcriptome. Standard single-cell RN…
We introduce a general method of performing Residual Network inference and learning in the JPEG transform domain that allows the network to consume compressed images as input. Our formulation leverages the linearity of the JPEG transform to redefine convolution and batch normalization with a tune-able numerical approxi…
Develops statistical methods for rates of change on Riemannian manifolds.
problem Statistical inference for rates of change in spatial processes over non-Euclidean domains.
method Formalizes smoothness and constructs differential processes for Riemannian manifolds, derives conditions for kernel existence, and develops predictive inference.
result Validates theoretical findings through simulation experiments for derivatives over polyhedral meshes.
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.
SpaCE tackles spatial confounding in scientific studies.
problem Spatial confounding influences treatment and outcome, leading to spurious associations.
method Introduces SpaCE toolkit for benchmark datasets and tools to evaluate causal inference methods.
result Facilitates automated evaluation of machine learning and causal inference models.
We focus on explicitly learning disentangled representation for natural image generation, where the underlying spatial structure and the rendering on the structure can be independently controlled respectively, yet using no tuple supervision. The setting is significant since tuple supervision is costly and sometimes eve…
We study large-scale spatial systems that contain exogenous variables, e.g. environmental factors that are significant predictors in spatial processes. Building predictive models for such processes is challenging because the large numbers of observations present makes it inefficient to apply full Kriging. In order to r…
We propose a probabilistic model for inferring the multivariate function from multiple areal data sets with various granularities. Here, the areal data are observed not at location points but at regions. Existing regression-based models can only utilize the sufficiently fine-grained auxiliary data sets on the same doma…
Spatial Deconfounder tackles interference and confounding in spatial data.
problem Interference and unmeasured spatial factors confound causal inference in spatial domains.
method Two-stage method using CVAE with spatial prior to reconstruct confounder, then estimate causal effects.
result Nonparametric identification of direct and spillover effects under weak assumptions.
TK-GCN forecasts spatiotemporal dynamics using Koopman-enhanced graph convolutional networks.
problem Forecasting complex spatiotemporal dynamics over irregular domains.
method Two-stage framework: Koopman-enhanced Graph Convolutional Network (K-GCN) for spatial encoding and Transformer for temporal modeling.
result TK-GCN outperforms state-of-the-art methods in spatiotemporal cardiac dynamics forecasting.
Geostatistical learning faces unique challenges due to spatial correlation and covariate shifts.
problem Challenges in applying statistical learning to geospatial data.
method Assessing generalization error under covariate shift and spatial correlation.
result No classical learning methods are adequate for model selection in geospatial contexts.
Proposes LSCP for spatial data uncertainty quantification.
problem Uncertainty quantification in spatial statistics, especially for complex and heterogeneous datasets.
method Localized quantile regression for spatial conformal prediction.
result LSCP provides more accurate and consistent prediction intervals.
Scalable method for regionalizing and extracting temporal patterns from time series data.
problem Static spatial snapshots and ad hoc regularization limit effective spatial analysis and resource management.
method Minimum description length principle for fully nonparametric spatial partitioning and time series archetypes.
result Accurately recovers planted regional structure and drivers in synthetic and empirical data.
Hyperspectral images (HSI) contain a wealth of information over hundreds of contiguous spectral bands, making it possible to classify materials through subtle spectral discrepancies. However, the classification of this rich spectral information is accompanied by the challenges like high dimensionality, singularity, lim…
Generative model improves wind field downscaling from coarse climate models.
problem Limited spatial resolution and biases in GCMs for wind energy studies.
method SerpentFlow for domain alignment and conditional fine-scale learning.
result Improved spatial coherence, inter-variable consistency, robustness under climate change.
STCA discovers dynamic functional brain networks using spatial-temporal convolution and attention.
problem Lack of dynamic exploration of functional brain networks.
method Spatial-Temporal Convolutional Attention (STCA) model.
result STCA can discover dynamic functional brain networks in a novel way.
SIGMA prior enables federated learning for non-factorizable models.
problem Current FL methods assume conditional independence, limiting applicability to non-factorizable models.
method SIGMA prior approximates deep generative model to induce conditional independence structure.
result SIGMA prior expands FL applicability to fields requiring modeling dependencies.
A new method uses deep learning to efficiently solve complex physics equations in high dimensions.
problem Efficiently solving high-dimensional time-dependent PDEs with dynamic solutions.
method Deep adaptive sampling framework for PINNs extended to spacetime domains using normalizing flows.
result The method effectively identifies and tracks high-residual regions in both space and time.
S-SIRUS explains RF for spatial data, improving accuracy and interpretability.
problem Non-interpretable nature of Random Forest in spatially dependent data.
method Proposes S-SIRUS, a spatial extension of SIRUS for extracting interpretable rules.
result S-SIRUS outperforms SIRUS in spatially dependent data, offering higher predictive accuracy and shorter rule lists.
State-of-the-art methods for Convolutional Sparse Coding usually employ Fourier-domain solvers in order to speed up the convolution operators. However, this approach is not without shortcomings. For example, Fourier-domain representations implicitly assume circular boundary conditions and make it hard to fully exploit …
Pursuit-evasion is a multi-agent sequential decision problem wherein a group of agents known as pursuers coordinate their traversal of a spatial domain to locate an agent trying to evade them. Pursuit evasion problems arise in a number of import application domains including defense and route planning. Learning to opti…
Proposes a non-autoregressive Transformer for time series forecasting.
problem Autoregressive errors and spatial-temporal dependencies in time series forecasting.
method Introduces a Non-Autoregressive Transformer with a learned temporal influence map.
result Demonstrates state-of-the-art performance on time series forecasting datasets.
Proposes a deep neural network for spatial data regression.
problem Regression of spatial data using deep neural networks.
method Localized two-layer deep neural network for spatial data, proving consistency and asymptotic convergence.
result Asymptotic convergence rate is faster than existing methods, demonstrating effectiveness on temperature estimation.
Dual random fields improve mineral potential predictions.
problem Limited understanding of multi-dimensional causalities and dependencies.
method Introduces dual random fields to pool response functions across the domain.
result Spatial inference and uncertainty assessment of response models and predictions.
SX-GeoTree improves spatially coherent explanations in geospatial regression trees.
problem Capturing spatial dependence and producing robust explanations in tabular prediction models.
method Integrates three objectives: impurity reduction, spatial residual control, and explanation robustness via modularity maximization on a consensus similarity network.
result Improves residual spatial evenness and doubles attribution consensus (modularity: Fujian 0.19 vs 0.09; Seattle 0.10 vs 0.05).
New method for estimating spatial associations with discrete data, even under model misspecification.
problem Estimating associations between covariates and discrete responses with spatial variability and nonrandom sampling.
method Proposes a novel approach to handle spatially varying noise, provides a proof of consistency, and uses a delta method argument.
result Empirically shows reliable confidence intervals compared to standard methods, even with model misspecification.
Model infers functions for attributes using multi-aggregate datasets with knowledge transfer.
problem Modeling aggregate data with varying granularities and spatial supports.
method Multi-output Gaussian process (MoGP) with linear mixing of independent latent GPs, aggregation process, and prior distribution of mixing weights.
result Proposed model outperforms in refining coarse-grained aggregate data.
Developed a diffusion model on spherical data, addressing geometric and stochastic challenges.
problem Diffusion models on spherical data face unique geometric and stochastic issues.
method Extended spectral diffusion to spherical harmonics, introducing modified stochastic differential equations.
result Introduced a geometry-dependent inductive bias in spectral diffusion models.
Due to the dynamic nature, chaotic time series are difficult predict. In conventional signal processing approaches signals are treated either in time or in space domain only. Spatio-temporal analysis of signal provides more advantages over conventional uni-dimensional approaches by harnessing the information from both …
SPACY discovers causal graphs from spatiotemporal data using variational inference.
problem Inferring causal relationships from high-dimensional spatiotemporal data with complex correlations.
method SPACY uses variational inference to model latent time series and their causal relationships, incorporating spatial factors to aggregate correlated data.
result SPACY outperforms state-of-the-art methods on synthetic and real-world data, identifying key causal phenomena.
We propose an efficient method for estimating covariate effects in doubly-stochastic spatial models.
problem Computational demands and restrictive assumptions in existing doubly-stochastic spatial models.
method Penalized regression method for estimating covariate effects in doubly-stochastic point processes.
result Consistency and asymptotic normality of the covariate effect estimates achieved despite model misspecification.
FFRK automatically extracts features for spatial interpolation without external variables.
problem Spatial interpolation challenges, especially nonstationarity and lack of explanatory variables.
method Feature-Free Regression Kriging (FFRK) method that extracts geospatial features.
result FFRK outperforms classical methods in predicting heavy metal concentrations.
This paper concerns the numerical solution of the finite-horizon Optimal Investment problem with transaction costs under Potential Utility. The problem is initially posed in terms of an evolutive HJB equation with gradient constraints. In Finite-Horizon Optimal Investment with Transaction Costs: A Parabolic Double Obst…
RNNs and their variants have been widely adopted for image captioning. In RNNs, the production of a caption is driven by a sequence of latent states. Existing captioning models usually represent latent states as vectors, taking this practice for granted. We rethink this choice and study an alternative formulation, name…
Machine learning methods such as convolutional neural networks (CNNs) are becoming an integral part of scientific research in many disciplines, spatial vector data often fail to be analyzed using these powerful learning methods because of its irregularities. With the aid of graph Fourier transform and convolution theor…