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48 results for Trajectory Inference

Analyzing the urban trajectory in cities has become an important topic in data mining. How can we model the human mobility consisting of stay and travel from the raw trajectory data? How can we infer such a mobility model from the single trajectory information? How can we further generalize the mobility inference to ac…

2020-01-21abs ↗pdf ↗

Improves neural relational inference for dynamic multi-agent trajectories.

problem Limited accuracy of NRI in short output sequences for relational inference in multi-agent trajectories.
method Proposes DYnamic multi-AgentRelational Inference (DYARI) model to handle changing interactions over time.
result DYARI model outperforms NRI in dynamic relational inference tasks.

New algorithm infers trajectories from partial observations using optimal transport.

problem Inferring trajectories from partial observations of coupled systems.
method Extends MFL algorithm to latent SDEs using observable state space models and partial observations.
result Experiments show significant outperformance over latent-free baseline.

New method learns cell trajectories and network interactions from single-cell data.

problem Network inference in systems biology from steady-state data.
method Min-entropy estimation for stochastic dynamics, leveraging both temporal and perturbational data.
result Jointly learns cellular trajectories and network interactions.

Variational inference improves training of generative flow networks.

problem Training generative flow networks efficiently and accurately.
method Define variational objectives in terms of KL divergences and optimize convex combinations.
result Variational inference methods can reduce the variance of gradients in training generative flow networks.

A method for inferring motility models and heterogeneity from particle trajectories.

problem Understanding motility patterns from discrete trajectory data of biological agents.
method Maximum likelihood approach for second-order Langevin models with population heterogeneity.
result The proposed method outperforms alternative approaches for short trajectories.

Smooth Schrödinger Bridges improve trajectory inference by smoothing Gaussian processes.

problem Improving trajectory inference in applications like particle tracking.
method Generalizes Schrödinger Bridge problem to smooth Gaussian processes, solving the problem on phase space.
result The method outperforms existing methods on real datasets.

New method infers population dynamics from snapshots using path space optimization.

problem Recover dynamics of a population from its temporal marginals.
method Grid-free algorithm using Schrödinger bridges coupled via noisy gradient descent in mean-field limit.
result Global convergence to min-entropy estimator with end-to-end theoretical guarantees.

We present a method for learning options from segmented demonstration trajectories. The trajectories are first segmented into skills using nonparametric Bayesian clustering and a reward function for each segment is then learned using inverse reinforcement learning. From this, a set of inferred trajectories for the demo…

2020-01-19abs ↗pdf ↗

We apply variational inference to learn vehicle trajectory parameters from noisy data.

problem Learning parameters for vehicle trajectory estimation from noisy measurements.
method Gaussian variational inference with parameter learning in a motion and sensor model context.
result High-quality state estimates achieved even with outliers and false loop closures.

Robots need models of human behavior for both inferring human goals and preferences, and predicting what people will do. A common model is the Boltzmann noisily-rational decision model, which assumes people approximately optimize a reward function and choose trajectories in proportion to their exponentiated reward. Whi…

2020-01-13abs ↗pdf ↗

cvHM framework speeds up GP inference for neural spike train analysis.

problem Scalability issue in approximate inference for latent GP models.
method cvHM framework using Hida-Matérn kernels and conjugate computation variational inference (CVI).
result Linear time inference for latent neural trajectories.

A new method infers neural trajectories in real-time, improving experimental design.

problem Real-time inference of neural trajectories for immediate feedback.
method Exponential family variational Kalman filter (eVKF) for online learning.
result eVKF achieves competitive performance on synthetic and real-world data.

EviTrack improves sequential prediction in delayed disambiguation scenarios.

problem Challenges in sequential prediction with delayed disambiguation where early observations are ambiguous.
method EviTrack operates over latent trajectories, applying evidence- and likelihood-ratio-based selection to delay commitment until supported by data.
result EviTrack outperforms sampling-based baselines in a controlled synthetic benchmark, achieving faster post-disambiguation recovery.

This work frames active inference through control as inference, offering robust control algorithms.

problem Active inference framework lacks practical sensorimotor control algorithms.
method Frame active inference through control as inference, presenting trajectory optimization as inference.
result AI may be framed as partially-observed CaI when the cost function is defined in observation states.

The paper extends a neural model to estimate uncertainty in multi-interaction trajectory reconstruction.

problem Lack of uncertainty estimation in neural models for multi-interaction trajectory reconstruction.
method Extended Factorised Neural Relational Inference model to output mean and standard deviation for each component of the phase space vector, using various loss functions.
result Demonstrated the importance of physical meaning of variables and existence of local minima during training.

Semi-supervised Generative Adversarial Networks (GANs) are developed in the context of travel mode inference with uni-dimensional smartphone trajectory data. We use data from a large-scale smartphone travel survey in Montreal, Canada. We convert GPS trajectories into fixed-sized segments with five channels (variables).…

2019-02-27abs ↗pdf ↗

Novel methods improve Bayesian analysis of chaotic dynamical systems.

problem Bayesian parameter inference and trajectory reconstruction of chaotic systems with sparse and noisy data.
method Pilot MAGI (pMAGI) and Pilot MAGI Sequential Prediction (PMSP) methods.
result pMAGI and PMSP significantly outperform existing methods in accuracy and computational efficiency.

Fractured Sampling improves LLM reasoning efficiency by truncating CoT trajectories.

problem Efficiently scaling reasoning in large language models with limited tokens.
method Integrating truncated Chain-of-Thought (CoT) with Fractured Sampling across multiple dimensions.
result Fractured Sampling achieves superior accuracy-cost trade-offs compared to full CoT.

We study the problem of discriminative sub-trajectory mining. Given two groups of trajectories, the goal of this problem is to extract moving patterns in the form of sub-trajectories which are more similar to sub-trajectories of one group and less similar to those of the other. We propose a new method called Statistica…

2019-05-06abs ↗pdf ↗

Deep learning models can infer individual trajectories from sparse data.

problem Learning individual dynamics from limited data points.
method Combining variational autoencoders (VAEs) with ordinary differential equations (ODEs) for dynamic modeling.
result Deep learning can recover individual trajectories from sparse data, but requires careful adaptation.

Learning weights in a spiking neural network with hidden neurons, using local, stable and online rules, to control non-linear body dynamics is an open problem. Here, we employ a supervised scheme, Feedback-based Online Local Learning Of Weights (FOLLOW), to train a network of heterogeneous spiking neurons with hidden l…

2017-12-29abs ↗pdf ↗

Recently, clustering moving object trajectories kept gaining interest from both the data mining and machine learning communities. This problem, however, was studied mainly and extensively in the setting where moving objects can move freely on the euclidean space. In this paper, we study the problem of clustering trajec…

2015-11-04abs ↗pdf ↗

Mobility datasets are fundamental for evaluating algorithms pertaining to geographic information systems and facilitating experimental reproducibility. But privacy implications restrict sharing such datasets, as even aggregated location-data is vulnerable to membership inference attacks. Current synthetic mobility data…

2018-11-30abs ↗pdf ↗

Robot motions in the presence of humans should not only be feasible and safe, but also conform to human preferences. This, however, requires user feedback on the robot's behavior. In this work, we propose a novel approach to leverage the user's brain signals as a feedback modality in order to decode the judgment of rob…

2019-09-03abs ↗pdf ↗

A new method combines ANN and Laplace for fast Bayesian inference in ODE models.

problem Bayesian inference for ODE systems with non-analytical solutions is computationally expensive.
method Hybrid approach using ANN for tractable likelihood and Laplace approximation.
result Effective posterior inference with improved computational cost compared to traditional methods.

Modeling driver trajectories using inverse reinforcement learning and random utility.

problem Modeling rational driver behavior in road networks from sparse sensor data.
method Apply random utility theory to model unknown reward function, introduce extended state, and use Markov decision process.
result Maximum entropy inverse reinforcement learning is a special case of the proposed approach.

Estimates network structure and interaction rules from multiple agent trajectories.

problem Modeling multi-agent systems on networks from data.
method Jointly infers network topology and interaction kernels using non-convex optimization.
result ORALS estimator is consistent and asymptotically normal under coercivity conditions.

We present a probabilistic language model for time-stamped text data which tracks the semantic evolution of individual words over time. The model represents words and contexts by latent trajectories in an embedding space. At each moment in time, the embedding vectors are inferred from a probabilistic version of word2ve…

2017-02-27abs ↗pdf ↗

Framework infers Langevin dynamics from stochastic observations of latent systems.

problem Inferring non-stationary Langevin dynamics from indirect stochastic observations.
method Non-parametric framework explicitly modeling stochastic observation process and non-stationary latent dynamics.
result Correct inference of non-stationary dynamics requires accounting for non-equilibrium states and observation duration.

Develops MENT for interpreting and detecting changes in network trajectories.

problem Distortion of network geometry and invalidation of temporal comparisons in dynamic network analysis.
method Develops Multiscale Euclidean Network Trajectories (MENT) framework based on second-moment geometry.
result Validates and interprets network trajectories through isotropic normalization and orthogonal transformations.

FLUID uses flows to unify filtering and smoothing for complex systems.

problem Bayesian filtering and smoothing for high-dimensional nonlinear systems.
method FLUID encodes observation histories into a fixed summary statistic, using flows for filtering and smoothing.
result FLUID provides accurate approximations of filtering and smoothing distributions.

BALLAST optimizes Lagrangian observer placement for ocean vector fields.

problem Optimizing Lagrangian observer placement for time-dependent ocean vector fields.
method Bayesian active learning with look-ahead amendment for sea-drifter trajectories using a physics-informed spatio-temporal Gaussian process surrogate model.
result Noticeable benefits of BALLAST-aided observer placement strategies on synthetic and high-fidelity ocean models.