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48 results for Temporal Differences

Temporal difference learning explained through gradient splitting, improving convergence times.

problem Learning value functions in Markov Decision Processes with linear approximations.
method Interpreting TD learning as gradient splitting and applying convergence proofs from gradient descent.
result Improved convergence times for TD learning, especially with a minor variation.

Networks are a fundamental tool for modeling complex systems in a variety of domains including social and communication networks as well as biology and neuroscience. Small subgraph patterns in networks, called network motifs, are crucial to understanding the structure and function of these systems. However, the role of…

2016-12-29abs ↗pdf ↗

Quantile TD learning outperforms classical TD learning for value estimation.

problem Temporal-difference learning in reinforcement learning.
method Quantile Temporal-Difference Learning (QTD) for policy evaluation.
result QTD offers superior performance to classical TD learning, even in tabular settings.

Temporal-difference and Q-learning learn feature representations that converge to optimal ones.

problem Understanding how feature representations evolve in temporal-difference and Q-learning with neural networks.
method Mean-field theory applied to overparameterized two-layer neural networks.
result The feature representation converges to the optimal one, generalizing previous results.

Model predicts travel time under rare conditions using a vector-space model.

problem Predicting travel time under rare temporal conditions (e.g., holidays, school vacations) is challenging due to limited historical data and other temporal changes.
method Presented a vector-space model for encoding rare temporal conditions, allowing coherent representation learning across different conditions.
result Increased performance for travel time prediction over different baselines when using the vector-space encoding for representing the temporal setting.

New methods improve temporal difference learning for policy evaluation in Markov decision processes.

problem Improving temporal difference learning for policy evaluation in Markov decision processes.
method Introduced variance-reduced forms of stochastic approximation to achieve non-asymptotic, instance-dependent optimality.
result Temporal difference learning is strictly suboptimal, but variance-reduced forms achieve optimality up to logarithmic factors.

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…

2016-06-03abs ↗pdf ↗

TD learning reduces prediction error in Markov chain problems.

problem Estimating value functions in Markov chains with temporal inconsistency.
method Temporal difference learning minimizes temporal inconsistency between successive estimates.
result TD learning can significantly reduce mean-squared error in value estimates.

In this work, we present a method for node embedding in temporal graphs. We propose an algorithm that learns the evolution of a temporal graph's nodes and edges over time and incorporates this dynamics in a temporal node embedding framework for different graph prediction tasks. We present a joint loss function that cre…

2019-03-21abs ↗pdf ↗

Proposes a method to enhance exploration in RL using temporal difference uncertainties.

problem Challenges in estimating uncertainty in non-tabular reinforcement learning settings.
method Estimates uncertainty over value function using temporal difference errors and incorporates it as an intrinsic reward.
result Demonstrates improved exploration in various tasks, including Deep Sea and Atari 2600 environments.

MRIF models dynamic user interests at multiple temporal-ranges.

problem Capturing dynamic and multi-resolution user interests in recommendation.
method Multi-resolution Interest Fusion (MRIF) model that considers both temporal-ranges and drifts in user interests.
result MRIF outperforms state-of-the-art recommendation methods consistently.

Improved incremental sequence classification with temporal consistency.

problem Updating predictions as new sequence elements are revealed.
method Temporal-difference learning and a temporal-consistency condition for successive predictions.
result Optimizing a novel loss function improves data efficiency and predictive accuracy.

Flow prediction (e.g., crowd flow, traffic flow) with features of spatial-temporal is increasingly investigated in AI research field. It is very challenging due to the complicated spatial dependencies between different locations and dynamic temporal dependencies among different time intervals. Although measurements of …

2019-12-13abs ↗pdf ↗

To act and plan in complex environments, we posit that agents should have a mental simulator of the world with three characteristics: (a) it should build an abstract state representing the condition of the world; (b) it should form a belief which represents uncertainty on the world; (c) it should go beyond simple step-…

2018-06-08abs ↗pdf ↗

Temporal difference learning and Residual Gradient methods are the most widely used temporal difference based learning algorithms; however, it has been shown that none of their objective functions is optimal w.r.t approximating the true value function VV. Two novel algorithms are proposed to approximate the true value…

2017-04-17abs ↗pdf ↗

Paper tackles temporal overfitting in wind power curve modeling.

problem Temporal overfitting in wind power curve modeling.
method Proposes a Gaussian process-based method to partition and model time-invariant and time-varying components.
result Significant improvement in predicting responses for different time periods.

Financial networks have become extremely useful in characterizing the structure of complex financial systems. Meanwhile, the time evolution property of the stock markets can be described by temporal networks. We utilize the temporal network framework to characterize the time-evolving correlation-based networks of stock…

2017-12-13abs ↗pdf ↗

Many real-world graphs or networks are temporal, e.g., in a social network persons only interact at specific points in time. This information directs dissemination processes on the network, such as the spread of rumors, fake news, or diseases. However, the current state-of-the-art methods for supervised graph classific…

2019-10-14abs ↗pdf ↗

Finite element method applied to Leland's model for option pricing with transaction costs.

problem Option pricing with transaction costs using Leland's model.
method Spatial finite element models based on P1 and/or P2 elements combined with a Crank-Nicolson-type temporal scheme.
result Results compare favorably with finite difference methods in the literature.

Paper improves TD learning algorithm bounds with linear approx.

problem Sharp bounds for TD method performance in MDPs.
method Polyak-Ruppert averaging, universal step size, refined error bounds, stability of random matrices.
result Near-optimal variance and bias terms achieved.

Temporal mixture ensemble predicts cryptocurrency exchange volumes better than traditional methods.

problem Intraday volume forecasting in cryptocurrency markets.
method Temporal mixture ensemble model using transaction and order book data.
result The model outperforms traditional time series and machine learning methods.

New method uses MMAF-guided learning for spatio-temporal probabilistic forecasts.

problem Probabilistic forecasting of spatio-temporal data with causal structure.
method Generalized Bayesian methodology, MMAF-guided learning, ensemble of stochastic feed-forward neural networks.
result Forecast performance comparable to, and sometimes better than, deep learning architectures.

A method for fast, accurate cross-temporal forecasts using machine learning.

problem Inconsistent forecasts across different levels of platform data.
method Non-linear hierarchical forecast reconciliation using machine learning.
result Automated direct production of reconciled forecasts for high-frequency decision making.

Paper introduces a new reinforcement learning method with improved performance.

problem Designing and analyzing efficient reinforcement learning algorithms.
method Proximal gradient temporal difference learning (GTD) with accelerated algorithm GTD2-MP.
result GTD algorithms have linear complexity and improved convergence rate.

In kernel methods, temporal information on the data is commonly included by using time-delayed embeddings as inputs. Recently, an alternative formulation was proposed by defining a gamma-filter explicitly in a reproducing kernel Hilbert space, giving rise to a complex model where multiple kernels operate on different t…

2017-06-12abs ↗pdf ↗

Within many real-world networks the links between pairs of nodes change over time. Thus, there has been a recent boom in studying temporal graphs. Recognizing patterns in temporal graphs requires a proximity measure to compare different temporal graphs. To this end, we propose to study dynamic time warping on temporal …

2018-10-15abs ↗pdf ↗

Paper introduces a conformer-based system for streaming language identification in long-form speech.

problem Language identification in long-form audio.
method Conformer layers with attentive temporal pooling and domain adaptation.
result Conformer-based models significantly outperform LSTM and transformer models.

Spatio-temporal (ST) data, which represent multiple time series data corresponding to different spatial locations, are ubiquitous in real-world dynamic systems, such as air quality readings. Forecasting over ST data is of great importance but challenging as it is affected by many complex factors, including spatial char…

2018-09-28abs ↗pdf ↗

CODA simulates future data to generalize models across different datasets.

problem Concept drift in real-world machine learning models.
method CODA framework using a predicted feature correlation matrix to simulate future data.
result CODA effectively achieves temporal domain generalization across different model architectures.

Electronic records contain sequences of events, some of which take place all at once in a single visit, and others that are dispersed over multiple visits, each with a different timestamp. We postulate that fine temporal detail, e.g., whether a series of blood tests are completed at once or in rapid succession should n…

2019-04-27abs ↗pdf ↗

Temporal networks representing a stream of timestamped edges are seemingly ubiquitous in the real-world. However, the massive size and continuous nature of these networks make them fundamentally challenging to analyze and leverage for descriptive and predictive modeling tasks. In this work, we propose a general framewo…

2019-10-18abs ↗pdf ↗

Machine learning struggles with temporal data in finance, leading to inaccurate models.

problem Machine learning models struggle with temporal data in finance, leading to inaccurate predictions.
method Review and critique current machine learning approaches for temporal data in finance.
result Current approaches to machine learning in finance often ignore the temporal richness of data.