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48 results for Varying Quality

IGGP learns game rules from varying quality game play, finding no overall trend.

problem Learn game rules from varying quality game play.
method Used Sancho's intelligent game traces and ILP systems (Metagol, Aleph, ILASP) to induce game rules from traces of varying quality and volume.
result No overall trend in accuracy of learned game rules from varying quality and volume of training data.

SpecGrad improves neural vocoder sound quality by adapting diffusion noise to log-mel spectrogram.

problem Improving neural vocoder sound quality, especially in high-frequency bands.
method Adapting the diffusion noise distribution to the conditioning log-mel spectrogram through time-varying filtering.
result SpecGrad generates higher-fidelity speech waveform than conventional DDPM-based neural vocoders.

We study the effect of the quality and quantity of side information on the recovery of a hidden community of size K=o(n)K=o(n) in a graph of size nn. Side information for each node in the graph is modeled by a random vector with the following features: either the dimension of the vector is allowed to vary with nn, while …

2018-09-05abs ↗pdf ↗

There is growing interest in applying machine learning methods to Electronic Medical Records (EMR). Across different institutions, however, EMR quality can vary widely. This work investigated the impact of this disparity on the performance of three advanced machine learning algorithms: logistic regression, multilayer p…

2017-03-23abs ↗pdf ↗

We seek to better understand the difference in quality of the several publicly released embeddings. We propose several tasks that help to distinguish the characteristics of different embeddings. Our evaluation of sentiment polarity and synonym/antonym relations shows that embeddings are able to capture surprisingly nua…

2013-01-15abs ↗pdf ↗

A new method generates counterfactual treatment outcomes for time-varying treatments.

problem Estimating counterfactual outcomes for time-varying treatments with high-dimensional outcomes.
method Conditional generative framework with inverse probability re-weighting.
result Our method outperforms state-of-the-art baselines in generating high-quality counterfactual samples.

Local EGOP learns functions varying along a few directions.

problem Efficient estimation of functions varying along a few directions in high-dimensional space.
method Local EGOP learning, a recursive algorithm using EGOP quadratic form as metric and inverse-covariance.
result Local EGOP learning achieves intrinsic dimensional learning rates under noisy manifold hypothesis.

The presence of discrete dividends complicates the derivation and form of pricing formulas even for vanilla options. Existing analytic, numerical, and theoretical approximations provide results of varying quality and performance. Here, we compare the analytic approach, developed and effective for European puts and call…

2016-01-05abs ↗pdf ↗

Study analyzes neural network models to understand generalization performance.

problem Understanding good generalization in neural networks.
method Analyzed a corpus of models from a public contest, breaking ALPHAHAT into scale and shape metrics.
result Identified a Simpson's paradox in metric performance across different model depths and regularization hyperparameters.

Domain adaptation provides a powerful set of model training techniques given domain-specific training data and supplemental data with unknown relevance. The techniques are useful when users need to develop models with data from varying sources, of varying quality, or from different time ranges. We build CrossTrainer, a…

2019-05-07abs ↗pdf ↗

The paper investigates how dataset quality and heterogeneity affect model confidence in machine learning.

problem Understanding how dataset quality and heterogeneity impact model confidence in machine learning.
method The study uses theoretical explanations and experimental demonstrations to investigate the effects of dataset size, label noise, and class heterogeneity on model confidence.
result Label noise reduces model confidence, while reduced dataset size increases it, and class heterogeneity leads to inconsistent confidence across classes.

New methods for handling time-varying label noise in time series classification.

problem Temporal label noise in time series classification tasks.
method Proposed methods to estimate temporal label noise function directly from data.
result Our methods lead to state-of-the-art performance under diverse types of temporal label noise.

The performance of a reinforcement learning algorithm can vary drastically during learning because of exploration. Existing algorithms provide little information about the quality of their current policy before executing it, and thus have limited use in high-stakes applications like healthcare. We address this lack of …

2018-11-07abs ↗pdf ↗

Machine learning models have demonstrated vulnerability to adversarial attacks, more specifically misclassification of adversarial examples. In this paper, we propose a one-off and attack-agnostic Feature Manipulation (FM)-Defense to detect and purify adversarial examples in an interpretable and efficient manner. The i…

2020-02-03abs ↗pdf ↗

CDC-FM improves generative model quality-generalization tradeoff by regularizing with geometry-aware noise.

problem Tradeoff between high sample quality and memorization in deep generative models.
method Introduces Carré du champ flow matching (CDC-FM) that replaces homogeneous noise with anisotropic Gaussian noise capturing latent data manifold geometry.
result CDC-FM consistently offers better quality-generalization tradeoff across diverse datasets and architectures.

Model explains how stablecoin runs are influenced by large sales and reserve quality.

problem Understanding and predicting stablecoin runs due to large sales and poor reserve quality.
method Global game model addressing both large sales and poor reserve quality, analyzing risk components.
result The probability of a run increases with large sales and decreases with precise public knowledge, but increases with precise private signals when fundamentals are weak.

This paper presents a new approach for filter design based on stochastic distances and tests between distributions. A window is defined around each pixel, samples are compared and only those which pass a goodness-of-fit test are used to compute the filtered value. The technique is applied to intensity Synthetic Apertur…

2012-07-03abs ↗pdf ↗

AdaPID optimizes diffusion-based samplers by dynamically adjusting schedules.

problem Optimizing the intermediate-time dynamics in diffusion-based samplers.
method Develops a time-varying stiffness schedule using Piece-Wise-Constant (PWC) parametrizations and a hierarchical refinement approach.
result QoS-driven PWC schedules consistently improve sampling fidelity and accuracy.

A new restart criterion for k-means++ improves clustering quality and adapts to data difficulty.

problem Arbitrary restart counts in k-means++ lead to inconsistent results and wasted computation.
method GTRC combines Good-Turing estimates, bounds, and user-specified tolerance to dynamically decide restarts.
result GTRC achieves clustering quality comparable to fixed restart counts, varying restarts based on data difficulty.

A simple method treats heteroscedastic variance variatively, improving model calibration and sample quality.

problem Brittle optimization impacts model likelihoods for mean and variance estimation.
method Proposes a variational approach to heteroscedastic variance, improving predictive mean and variance calibration.
result The proposed method significantly improves parameter calibration and sample quality for regression and VAEs.

New algorithm reduces regret and constraint violation in online convex optimization with predictions.

problem Online convex optimization with time-varying constraints and predictions.
method Primal-dual algorithm combining Follow-The-Regularized-Leader with adaptive steps.
result Achieves O(T3β4)\mathcal O(T^{\frac{3-β}{4}}) regret and O(T1+β2)\mathcal O(T^{\frac{1+β}{2}}) constraint violation bounds.

A popular approach of achieving fairness in optimization problems is by constraining the solution space to "fair" solutions, which unfortunately typically reduces solution quality. In practice, the ultimate goal is often an aggregate of sub-goals without a unique or best way of combining them or which is otherwise only…

2019-07-11abs ↗pdf ↗

Improves magnetic field mapping using an array of magnetometers with noisy input.

problem Improving magnetic field maps in indoor environments with noisy magnetometer data.
method Uses Gaussian process regression with an array of magnetometers, incorporating known array positions and relative magnetometer locations.
result The method produces higher quality magnetic field maps compared to using a single magnetometer.

Novel Orlicz regrets consistently bound environmental variable statistics.

problem Consistent evaluation of stochastic environmental variables like water quality indices.
method Proposed novel Orlicz regrets for upper and lower bounds.
result Explicit linkage between Orlicz regrets and divergence risk measures.

QC methods improve reliability of machine learning-based image segmentation.

problem Inaccuracies in machine learning algorithms limit their clinical applicability.
method Analysis and validation of QC approaches for automatic segmentation.
result Aggregation of uncertainty and Dice prediction methods improved segmentation reliability.

Study finds visual explanations do not significantly improve human accuracy or trust in model predictions.

problem Measuring the impact of visual explanations on human accuracy and trust in model predictions.
method Randomized controlled trial with image-based age prediction task, varying levels of explanation quality.
result Visual explanations do not significantly alter human accuracy or trust in the model.

Our goal is to extract meaningful transformations from raw images, such as varying the thickness of lines in handwriting or the lighting in a portrait. We propose an unsupervised approach to learn such transformations by attempting to reconstruct an image from a linear combination of transformations of its nearest neig…

2017-11-06abs ↗pdf ↗

Increasing availability of vehicle GPS data has created potentially transformative opportunities for traffic management, route planning and other location-based services. Critical to the utility of the data is their accuracy. Map-matching is the process of improving the accuracy by aligning GPS data with the road netwo…

2016-11-29abs ↗pdf ↗

P3BO optimizes biological sequence design by combining multiple methods.

problem Variability in performance of black-box optimization methods for biological sequence design.
method Population-Based Black-Box Optimization (P3BO) that samples sequences from an ensemble of methods, weighting by past performance.
result P3BO outperforms individual methods, proposing higher quality and more diverse sequences.

The study forecasts water quality from satellite data using machine learning.

problem Predicting future water quality from satellite data for coastal regions.
method Decomposed time series into components and used machine learning models (SARIMA, regression, neural network).
result Regression and neural network models are best at predicting Chl-a, SARIMA model best at FLH and SST.

This study examines how DMMs affect market liquidity and competition.

problem The impact of DMMs on market liquidity and competition.
method Agent-based simulations to explore the effects of varying competition levels and incentive structures among DMMs.
result Optimal competition among DMMs maximizes liquidity benefits without negatively impacting price discovery.

Ultrasound (US) imaging is based on the time-reversal principle, in which individual channel RF measurements are back-propagated and accumulated to form an image after applying specific delays. While this time reversal is usually implemented as a delay-and-sum (DAS) beamformer, the image quality quickly degrades as the…

2019-01-07abs ↗pdf ↗