SE-KGE embeds spatial data into KGs for better spatial reasoning.
problem Spatially explicit KG embeddings for geographic tasks.
method Location-aware KG embedding model SE-KGE.
result SE-KGE outperforms baselines on DBGeo dataset.
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SpatialSim benchmarks machine learning in recognizing object spatial configurations.
problem Machine learning in recognizing precise geometrical configurations of groups of objects.
method SpatialSim benchmark with tasks of Identification and Comparison, using Graph Neural Networks (MPGNNs).
result MPGNNs outperform baselines in recognizing spatial configurations, highlighting current limits.
Uniform consistency proven for spatial distribution and depth estimators in any dimension.
problem Uniform consistency of spatial distribution and depth estimators in arbitrary dimensions.
method Proof of uniform -consistency using sample size as the only dependency.
result Consistency rate is independent of dimension and sample size .
Introduces Spectral Graph Network combining spatial and spectral message passing.
problem Relational reasoning in graph structured data.
method Applies message passing to both spatial and spectral domains of a graph.
result Promotes efficient training with fewer iterations and robustness to edge dropout.
ENN neural network learns logical syllogisms using Euler diagrams.
problem Traditional neural networks struggle with logical reasoning, especially syllogisms.
method ENN represents logical relations as Euler diagrams, optimizing syllogism structures with a novel back-propagation algorithm.
result ENN can precisely represent and reason with all 24 syllogism structures.
New RL framework learns task completion without prior knowledge.
problem Learning task completion without linguistic or perceptual knowledge.
method Sequentially imagining visual goals and choosing actions.
result Framework outperforms flat and hierarchical architectures.
Program synthesis struggles with complex spatial relationships in image classification.
problem Challenges in solving Synthetic Visual Reasoning Test problems.
method Quantitative reanalysis of human and machine performance, improved program synthesis classifier, categorization of SVRT problems.
result Program synthesis is constrained by spatial relationships in images, not just shape specification.
Functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) produces data about activity inside the brain, from which spatial maps can be extracted by independent component analysis (ICA). In datasets, there are n spatial maps that contain p voxels. The number of voxels is very high compared to the number of analyzed spatial maps. Cl…
We consider the quantifier-free languages, Bc and Bc0, obtained by augmenting the signature of Boolean algebras with a unary predicate representing, respectively, the property of being connected, and the property of having a connected interior. These languages are interpreted over the regular closed sets of n-dimension…
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.
We consider open globally hyperbolic spacetimes of dimension , , which are spatially asymptotic to a Robertson-Walker spacetime or an open Friedmann universe with spatial curvature and prove, under reasonable assumptions, that there exists a unique foliation by hypersurfaces of constant…
New method generates geolocated synthetic populations from real data.
problem Generating synthetic populations with explicit geographic coordinates.
method Mapping coordinates into a latent space using Normalizing Flows (NF), then combining with other features in a Variational Autoencoder (VAE).
result NF+VAE architecture outperforms existing methods in generating geolocated synthetic populations.
Survey on automating geometry problem solving with large models.
problem Automating geometric problem solving with spatial understanding and logical reasoning.
method Synthesizes GPS advancements through benchmark construction, parsing, and reasoning paradigms.
result Unified analytical paradigm and emerging opportunities identified.
Combines GANs and EVT for better modeling of spatial climate extremes.
problem Modeling dependencies between climate extremes, especially in high-dimensional spaces.
method Generative Adversarial Networks (GANs) combined with Extreme Value Theory (EVT).
result evtGAN outperforms classical GANs and statistical approaches in modeling spatial extremes.
New architecture tracks objects in cluttered scenes without supervision.
problem Learning to track objects in large scenes with many objects.
method Spatially invariant computations and representations.
result Outperforms competing methods in tracking objects in cluttered scenes.
This paper presents a novel approach to exploit the distinctive invariant features in convolutional neural network. The proposed CNN model uses Scale Invariant Feature Transform (SIFT) descriptor instead of the max-pooling layer. Max-pooling layer discards the pose, i.e., translational and rotational relationship betwe…
This study forecasts climate data in Chile using EOFs and machine learning models.
problem Predicting climatic variability in Chile for resource management and planning.
method Combines EOF decomposition, wavelet analysis, and neural networks for spatiotemporal forecasting.
result Improved accuracy in forecasting climate data through a hybrid ML approach.
The wavelet Maximum Entropy on the Mean (wMEM) approach to the MEG inverse problem is revisited and extended to infer brain activity from full space-time data. The resulting dimensionality increase is tackled using a collection of techniques , that includes time and space dimension reduction (using respectively wavelet…
Detecting the intention of drivers is an essential task in self-driving, necessary to anticipate sudden events like lane changes and stops. Turn signals and emergency flashers communicate such intentions, providing seconds of potentially critical reaction time. In this paper, we propose to detect these signals in video…
Proposes a Coulomb-like model for international trade flows, fitting real-world data.
problem Describing and predicting international trade flows between countries.
method Formulated a coulomb force model where GDP represents charge and distance is influenced by various factors.
result Developed a trade strength distribution equation that fits real-world data well.
FLUID-LLM: Learning Computational Fluid Dynamics with Spatiotemporal-aware Large Language Modelscs.LG
FLUID-LLM uses LLMs to predict fluid dynamics with improved accuracy.
problem Leveraging LLMs for CFD due to their pattern recognition abilities but struggles with fluid dynamics complexities.
method Combines pre-trained LLMs with spatiotemporal-aware encoding to predict unsteady fluid dynamics.
result Significant performance improvements in CFD predictions across various datasets.
Zero-shot understanding of accidents from surveillance videos using vision-language models
problem Accident understanding from surveillance videos
method Three-stage pipeline with vision-language similarity, metadata-driven multi-prompt reasoning, and entropy-gated pairwise adjudicator
result Substantial improvement in harmonic-mean score over baseline
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 …
New diffusion models improve counterfactual image generation with semantic control.
problem Challenges in preserving identity, maintaining quality, and ensuring causal model faithfulness in counterfactual image generation.
method Integrates semantic representations into diffusion models through Pearlian causality, introducing spatial, semantic, and dynamic abduction.
result Demonstrates high-level semantic identity preservation and principled trade-offs between faithful causal control and identity preservation.
Many real world tasks such as reasoning and physical interaction require identification and manipulation of conceptual entities. A first step towards solving these tasks is the automated discovery of distributed symbol-like representations. In this paper, we explicitly formalize this problem as inference in a spatial m…
Improves AI agents' 3D navigation by learning from failures and 3D spatial relationships.
problem Challenges in data efficiency, obstacle avoidance, and generalization in 3D visual navigation.
method Incorporates attention on 3D spatial relationships and a target skill extension module into DRL framework.
result Significantly improves navigation performance and generalization across targets and scenes.
A novel method for visual question answering using scene graphs and reinforcement learning.
problem Answering free-form questions about images with deep linguistic and visual understanding.
method Context-driven, sequential reasoning based on scene graphs and reinforcement learning.
result Our method almost reaches human performance on the GQA dataset.
Understanding and reasoning about places and their relationships are critical for many applications. Places are traditionally curated by a small group of people as place gazetteers and are represented by an ID with spatial extent, category, and other descriptions. However, a place context is described to a large extent…
Spatial blind source separation simplifies multivariate spatial prediction.
problem Predicting multivariate measurements at unobserved locations with spatial dependencies.
method Spatial blind source separation as a pre-processing tool compared to Cokriging and neural networks.
result Spatial blind source separation simplifies spatial prediction by avoiding cross-dependencies.
In this paper, we propose Generative Adversarial Network (GAN) architectures that use Capsule Networks for image-synthesis. Based on the principal of positional-equivariance of features, Capsule Network's ability to encode spatial relationships between the features of the image helps it become a more powerful critic in…
The paper introduces groupoid racks for spatial surfaces.
problem Coloring diagrams of spatial surfaces for invariant calculation.
method Introduces groupoid racks with universal properties.
result Groupoid racks provide an invariant for spatial surfaces.
Machine learning algorithms find frequent application in spatial prediction of biotic and abiotic environmental variables. However, the characteristics of spatial data, especially spatial autocorrelation, are widely ignored. We hypothesize that this is problematic and results in models that can reproduce training data …
STICC clusters geographic objects considering both spatial contiguity and attributes.
problem Discovering repeated geographic patterns with spatial contiguity.
method Spatial Toeplitz Inverse Covariance-Based Clustering (STICC) method.
result STICC significantly outperforms baseline methods in adjusted rand index and macro-F1 score.
Spatial understanding is a fundamental problem with wide-reaching real-world applications. The representation of spatial knowledge is often modeled with spatial templates, i.e., regions of acceptability of two objects under an explicit spatial relationship (e.g., "on", "below", etc.). In contrast with prior work that r…
Non-parabolic Spatial Hybrid Framed Curves and Their Applications in the Spatial Hybrid Number Spacemath.DG
Defines non-parabolic curves in spatial hybrid space with applications.
problem Defining and analyzing non-parabolic spatial hybrid framed curves.
method Definition and proof of existence and uniqueness theorem for non-parabolic spatial hybrid framed curves.
result Existence and uniqueness theorem for non-parabolic spatial hybrid framed curves.
A framework converts spatial data into embeddings for insurance risk modelling.
problem Improving underwriting precision and risk management in insurance with spatial data.
method Multi-view contrastive learning framework for generating spatial embeddings.
result Spatial embeddings consistently improve predictive accuracy across various models.
This study analyses, through cross-section estimation methods, the influence of spatial effects in the conditional product convergence in the parishes' economies of mainland Portugal between 1991 and 2001 (the last year with data available for this spatial disaggregation level). To analyse the data, Moran's I statistic…
Humans can only interact with part of the surrounding environment due to biological restrictions. Therefore, we learn to reason the spatial relationships across a series of observations to piece together the surrounding environment. Inspired by such behavior and the fact that machines also have computational constraint…
Data Augmentation View on Graph Convolutional Network and the Proposal of Monte Carlo Graph Learningcs.LG
Introduces data augmentation for graph convolutional networks, proposing Monte Carlo Graph Learning.
problem Lack of transparency in graph convolutional networks.
method Data augmentation through graph structure, training traditional classifiers on expanded training set.
result MCGL shows better tolerance to graph structure noise than GCN on noisy graphs.
Improved text-to-image and multimodal understanding through adaptive generation order optimization.
problem Determining optimal generation sequences in text-to-image synthesis and multimodal understanding.
method Introduced a learnable control module trained via Group Relative Policy Optimization (GRPO) to determine the generation order.
result Learning the control block substantially improves text-to-image alignment and multimodal understanding in DLMs.
This paper reviews spatial and spatiotemporal volatility models.
problem Capturing spatial dependence in volatility of spatial and spatiotemporal data.
method Review of time series volatility models and their extensions.
result Comparison and practical recommendations for spatial and spatiotemporal volatility models.
Object-based approaches for learning action-conditioned dynamics has demonstrated promise for generalization and interpretability. However, existing approaches suffer from structural limitations and optimization difficulties for common environments with multiple dynamic objects. In this paper, we present a novel self-s…
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…
New method estimates spatial weights matrix for lattice data, improving prediction accuracy.
problem Estimating spatial dependence structure for regular lattice data.
method Adaptive lasso with cross-sectional resampling to estimate sparse spatial weights matrix.
result Improves prediction accuracy of nitrogen dioxide concentrations.
NCS enables efficient and accurate conditional simulation for complex spatial processes.
problem Challenges in simulating from complex spatial process distributions.
method Neural diffusion models and conditional score-based diffusion.
result NCS outperforms traditional methods in efficiency and accuracy.
Grid homology theory for spatial graphs extends skein sequence.
problem No specific problem stated; focuses on extending a sequence.
method Defined grid homology theory for spatial graphs and extended skein sequence.
result Skein exact sequence extended to grid homology for spatial graphs.
Spatial Adapter: Structured Spatial Decomposition and Closed-Form Covariance for Frozen Predictorsstat.ML
Spatial Adapter adds structured spatial representation to frozen predictors.
problem Efficiently adding spatial structure to pre-trained models.
method Structured spatial decomposition and closed-form covariance for residual fields.
result Adapter improves spatial prediction and uncertainty quantification.
New invariants distinguish spatial graphs not previously possible.
problem Distinguishing spatial graphs using Dehn colorings.
method Developed vertex-weight invariants based on Dehn colorings.
result Found spatial graphs distinguishable by vertex-weight invariants.