We investigate using reinforcement learning agents as generative models of images (extending arXiv:1804.01118). A generative agent controls a simulated painting environment, and is trained with rewards provided by a discriminator network simultaneously trained to assess the realism of the agent's samples, either uncond…
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A commonly used evaluation metric for text-to-image synthesis is the Inception score (IS) \cite{inceptionscore}, which has been shown to be a quality metric that correlates well with human judgment. However, IS does not reveal properties of the generated images indicating the ability of a text-to-image synthesis method…
SFAG generates realistic financial data that passes trading tests.
problem Financial generative models often produce unrealistic and unstable trading outcomes.
method Introduces SFAG, a GAN variant that aligns stylized facts and optimizes with adversarial loss.
result SFAG generates synthetic data that preserves stylized facts and supports robust trading strategies.
The preceding three decades have seen the emergence, rise, and proliferation of machine learning (ML). From half-recognised beginnings in perceptrons, neural nets, and decision trees, algorithms that extract correlations (that is, patterns) from a set of data points have broken free from their origin in computational c…
The paper discusses quantifying realism in generated images.
problem Designing functions to reliably distinguish realistic data from unrealistic data.
method Drawing on insights from algorithmic information theory, the paper introduces the notion of a universal critic.
result A good generative model alone is insufficient to solve the problem of realism quantification.
New insights into image compression trade-offs with private randomness.
problem Trade-off between compression rate and perceptual quality in image compression.
method Characterization of rate-distortion trade-off with private randomness under different realism constraints.
result Encoder private randomness is not useful if compression rate is below source entropy, even with limited common and decoder private randomness.
Develops a new model for controllable and realistic traffic simulation.
problem Lack of models that offer both controllability and realism in traffic simulation.
method Guided Conditional Diffusion (CTG) model using diffusion modeling and differentiable logic.
result Improves controllability-realism tradeoff over strong baselines.
Generative model generates images with multiple object classes.
problem Generating images with multiple object classes.
method Conditional Deep Convolutional GAN architecture, stabilized against collapse.
result System generates diverse samples with inter-object relationships.
With success on controlled tasks, generative models are being increasingly applied to humanitarian applications [1,2]. In this paper, we focus on the evaluation of a conditional generative model that illustrates the consequences of climate change-induced flooding to encourage public interest and awareness on the issue.…
FRAME (Filters, Random fields, And Maximum Entropy) is an energy-based descriptive model that synthesizes visual realism by capturing mutual patterns from structural input signals. The maximum likelihood estimation (MLE) is applied by default, yet conventionally causes the unstable training energy that wrecks the gener…
Generative Adversarial Networks (GANs) and their extensions have carved open many exciting ways to tackle well known and challenging medical image analysis problems such as medical image de-noising, reconstruction, segmentation, data simulation, detection or classification. Furthermore, their ability to synthesize imag…
The paper evaluates and improves uncertainty estimates in neural networks for safety-critical applications.
problem Quantifying uncertainty in neural networks for safety-critical systems.
method Proposes a statistical test for evaluating uncertainty realism in neural networks and transfers a classification architecture to image-to-image tasks.
result The variational U-Net architecture significantly improves uncertainty realism in image-to-image tasks compared to a plain model.
We investigate artificial neural networks as a parametrization tool for stochastic inputs in numerical simulations. We address parametrization from the point of view of emulating the data generating process, instead of explicitly constructing a parametric form to preserve predefined statistics of the data. This is done…
Beyond Agent Architecture: Execution Assumptions and Reproducibility in LLM-Based Trading Systemscs.AI
LLM-based trading systems vary in execution realism and reproducibility.
problem LLM-based trading systems vary in execution realism and reproducibility.
method Reproducibility audit of 30 trade-relevant primary studies.
result LLM-based trading systems vary in execution realism and reproducibility.
New coding theorem shows achievable rate matches theoretical limit.
problem Unknown existence of encoders and decoders for RDPF.
method Used stochastic, variable-length codes to prove RDPF achievable.
result Achievable rate matches theoretical rate-distortion-perception function.
We use multiple measures of graph complexity to evaluate the realism of synthetically-generated networks of human activity, in comparison with several stylized network models as well as a collection of empirical networks from the literature. The synthetic networks are generated by integrating data about human populatio…
CounteRGAN generates realistic, actionable counterfactuals for machine learning models.
problem Creating realistic and actionable counterfactuals for machine learning models.
method Applying Residual GANs to improve counterfactual realism and actionability.
result CounteRGAN produces counterfactuals with improved realism and actionability, achieving real-time applicability.
Examines optimal risk sharing with realistic risk attitudes, finding risk seeking in certain subdomains.
problem Optimal risk sharing with empirically realistic risk attitudes.
method Allows for risk-seeking agents, generalizes expected utility, and uses counter-monotonic improvement theorem.
result First empirical results on optimal risk sharing with realistic risk attitudes.
New method identifies physical constants from video data alone.
problem Identifying physical constants from video data.
method Proves level-set slope-coverage condition ensures local affine mapping to true physical state, enabling exact parameter recovery.
result Underdamped systems identifiable from a single video clip, other regimes require three diverse trajectories.
State of the art deep generative networks are capable of producing images with such incredible realism that they can be suspected of memorizing training images. It is why it is not uncommon to include visualizations of training set nearest neighbors, to suggest generated images are not simply memorized. We demonstrate …
Extends driving model to control agent behavior in simulations.
problem Simulate realistic driving behavior for autonomous systems.
method Introduces Control-ITRA method to influence agent behavior through waypoint assignment and target speed modulation.
result Demonstrates controllable, infraction-free trajectories while preserving realism.
Conditional Generators for Limit Order Book Environments: Explainability, Challenges, and Robustnessq-fin.TR
This paper uses CGANs to simulate and improve trading agent performance in limit order books.
problem Improving trading agent performance in limit order book environments.
method Investigates conditional generative models (CGANs) for order book simulation and adversarial attacks to enhance realism and robustness.
result CGANs can be improved to better simulate real market conditions and are more robust to adversarial attacks.
Study assesses market simulation metrics to highlight discrepancies between real and simulated markets.
problem Lack of fidelity in market simulation methods leads to discrepancies between real and simulated market data.
method Surveyed and applied a set of reference metrics to real and simulated market data.
result Significant discrepancies remain between real and simulated markets.
MarS simulates financial markets using generative models.
problem Simulating realistic financial market effects.
method Order-level generative foundation model (LMM) for realistic, interactive, and controllable order generation.
result Strong scalability and robust realism in MarS.
Quantum theory challenges traditional cause-effect relations, showing causal influences even without Bell inequality violations.
problem Challenging traditional concepts of cause-effect relations in quantum mechanics.
method Introducing a general framework to estimate causal influences without interventions or classical/quantum assumptions.
result Every pure bipartite entangled state violates classical bounds on causal influence, negating the idea that Bell inequalities are the only signature of incompatibility.
Data assimilation for subsurface flow using latent diffusion models shows that ensemble Kalman methods may overestimate posterior uncertainty, while Monte Carlo sampling is more reliable.
problem Data assimilation for subsurface flow
method Ensemble Kalman smoother and Markov chain Monte Carlo sampling
result Monte Carlo sampling is more reliable than ensemble Kalman methods
DiffVolume generates realistic volume snapshots for LOBs.
problem Generating high-dimensional volume snapshots in LOBs is challenging.
method Conditional Diffusion model for volume generation.
result DiffVolume outperforms in realism, counterfactual generation, and downstream prediction.
Diffusion-GAN uses diffusion to improve GAN training stability and realism.
problem Stability and realism issues in training GANs.
method Diffusion-GAN employs a forward diffusion chain to generate Gaussian-mixture distributed instance noise, with adaptive diffusion process and timestep-dependent discriminator.
result Diffusion-GAN produces more realistic images with higher stability and data efficiency.
SocialInteractionGAN generates realistic human interactions from low-dimensional data.
problem Generating realistic human interactions from limited data.
method Adversarial architecture with a recurrent encoder-decoder generator and dual-stream discriminator.
result SocialInteractionGAN produces high-quality action sequences of interacting people.
Generative Adversarial Networks simulate realistic market interactions.
problem Lack of agent-level historical data limits market simulation realism.
method Conditional Generative Adversarial Networks (CGANs) trained on real data.
result CGAN-based synthetic market generator outperforms previous methods in market responsiveness and realism.
On the sensitivity of machine-learned probabilistic weather forecast models to scale-aware scoring rulesphysics.ao-ph
Study compares different scoring rules for machine-learned weather forecasts, finding scale-awareness improves forecast realism.
problem Improving the accuracy of machine-learned probabilistic weather forecasts.
method Comparison of scoring rules (CRPS, fair global energy score, graph energy score) and analysis of their impact on forecast field spectra.
result Scale-awareness improves forecast realism, particularly in the tropics.
Single-image super-resolution (SISR) is a canonical problem with diverse applications. Leading methods like SRGAN produce images that contain various artifacts, such as high-frequency noise, hallucinated colours and shape distortions, which adversely affect the realism of the result. In this paper, we propose an altern…
The history of research in finance and economics has been widely impacted by the field of Agent-based Computational Economics (ACE). While at the same time being popular among natural science researchers for its proximity to the successful methods of physics and chemistry for example, the field of ACE has also received…
GUIDE-VAE generates user-guided data with improved realism and performance.
problem Generating data points for multi-user datasets while considering user information.
method Conditional generative model that integrates user embeddings and a pattern dictionary-based covariance composition.
result GUIDE-VAE outperforms conventional VAEs in multi-user settings, especially under data imbalance.
Optimizes credit index option hedging with reinforcement learning.
problem Finding the best strategy for hedging credit index options.
method Applied reinforcement learning with TRVO algorithm in a realistic setting.
result The derived hedging strategy outperforms traditional methods.
Generative Adversarial Networks create realistic brain MRI images.
problem Lack of sufficient training data for medical research.
method Experimented three GAN architectures with different loss functions and hyperparameter tuning.
result Achieved high-quality, realistic synthetic MRIs with gradient penalty and mini-batch similarity layer.
SMAPGAN: Generative Adversarial Network Based Semi-Supervised Styled Map Tiles Generating Methodeess.IV
SMAPGAN generates styled map tiles from remote sensing images.
problem Generating timely updated map tiles from remote sensing images is challenging.
method Semi-supervised GAN model with gradient loss and ESSI metric.
result SMAPGAN outperforms state-of-the-art methods in quality metrics and human perception.
regvis.net offers a visual survey of regulatory visualization.
problem Lack of a comprehensive resource for regulatory visualization.
method Collection and manual tagging of 80+ publications, creation of a searchable webpage.
result First publication set tailored for regulatory visualization.
We study how to leverage off-the-shelf visual and linguistic data to cope with out-of-vocabulary answers in visual question answering task. Existing large-scale visual datasets with annotations such as image class labels, bounding boxes and region descriptions are good sources for learning rich and diverse visual conce…
Proposes a spectral method to assess and combine multiple data visualizations.
problem Evaluating and combining the strengths of different data visualization algorithms.
method Spectral method for assessing and combining multiple visualizations.
result Proposes a visualization eigenscore to quantify relative performance and a consensus visualization.
Exposing flaws of generative model evaluation metrics and their unfair treatment of diffusion modelscs.LG
Study flaws in generative model evaluation metrics, especially for diffusion models.
problem Flaws in existing metrics for evaluating generative models, particularly for diffusion models.
method Systematic study of generative models, human perception experiments, and analysis of feature extractors.
result State-of-the-art perceptual realism of diffusion models is not reflected in commonly reported metrics.
To convey neural network architectures in publications, appropriate visualizations are of great importance. While most current deep learning papers contain such visualizations, these are usually handcrafted just before publication, which results in a lack of a common visual grammar, significant time investment, errors,…
AV-CPL uses continuous pseudo-labels for AVSR combining labeled and unlabeled data.
problem Improving AVSR performance with labeled and unlabeled data.
method Semi-supervised method using continuous pseudo-labels generated by the same AVSR model.
result Significant improvements in VSR performance on LRS3 dataset.
Visualizes futures markets using particle physics tools.
problem Understanding high-velocity data in futures markets.
method Uses ROOT, an open-source data-analysis tool, to reconstruct and visualize message-based data.
result Allows stakeholders to gain a better understanding of markets and monitor effectively.
New report on machine learning visualization techniques and trends.
problem Improving trust in machine learning models through visualization.
method Analysis of peer-reviewed articles on machine learning visualization techniques.
result Rapid growth in machine learning visualization techniques over the past three years.
The abstract discusses how humans use visualizations in machine learning.
problem The reliance on human involvement in AI systems and analytics.
method Review of seven steps in the ML process and different visualization techniques.
result Different visualizations are used at various stages of the ML process.
IANN visualizes all input variables effects simultaneously.
problem Inability to visualize all input variables effects simultaneously in black-box functions.
method Interpretable Architecture Neural Network (IANN) approach.
result Visualization of all input variables effects directly and simultaneously.
Consensus dimension reduction combines multiple visualizations to identify shared patterns.
problem Conflicting visualizations from different dimension reduction methods.
method Multi-view learning to identify stable patterns across multiple views.
result Consensus visualization effectively identifies shared low-dimensional data structure.