Optimizes task allocation for financial analysts to balance work efficiency and well-being.
problem Balancing business goals with financial analysts' well-being in error resolution tasks.
method Used a Genetic Algorithm (GA) to optimize task allocation considering both business goals and analyst well-being.
result GA model outperforms existing methods and is applicable to various real-world scenarios.
Study examines financial services, economic growth, and well-being using four prongs.
problem Understanding the components of well-being and their relation to economic growth.
method Four-pronged approach: Uncertainty Principle, Fiscal Responsibilities, Smaller Organizations, Redirecting Growth.
result Holistic understanding of well-being beyond economic growth indicators.
What predicts the evolution over time of subjective well-being? We correlate the trends of subjective well-being with the trends of social capital and/or GDP. We find that in the long and medium run social capital largely predicts the trends of subjective wellbeing in our sample of countries. In the short-term this rel…
A proposal is made for what could well be the most natural symmetrical Riemannian spaces which are homogeneous but not isotropic, i.e. of what could well be the most natural class of symmetrical spaces beyond the spaces of constant Riemannian curvature, that is, beyond the spaces which are homogeneous and isotropic, or…
Fairness criteria may harm over time, contrary to conventional wisdom.
problem The impact of fairness criteria on long-term population well-being.
method Study of fairness criteria in a one-step feedback model, analyzing long-term outcomes.
result Static fairness criteria do not necessarily promote improvement over time and may cause harm.
Study online and offline social interactions using game theory.
problem Effects of online social networking on offline interactions and collective well-being.
method Evolutionary game theory approach to model socialization strategies.
result Self-protective behaviors can lead to non-socially optimal outcomes.
Model shows how capital accumulation can lead to poverty traps and well-being states.
problem Capital accumulation and its effects on poverty and well-being.
method Stochastic Solow growth model with sigmoidal saving fraction and bimodal steady state distribution.
result Existence of poverty trap with fluctuation-driven transitions between poverty and well-being states.
This paper discusses sentiment analysis on social media text.
problem Detecting sentiments in short text messages for applications like mental health monitoring.
method Combines concepts from Natural Language Processing and Machine Learning.
result Explains techniques used in sentiment analysis of textual data.
Paper compares three regularization-based methods for HAR, highlighting their strengths and limitations.
problem Challenges in evolving ML models for dynamic health and well-being applications.
method Evaluation of three regularization-based continual learning approaches for Human Activity Recognition (HAR).
result No single technique outperformed all others in all scenarios considered.
Neural approach enhances AI trustworthiness, generalization, and robustness.
problem Challenges in explaining, generalizing, and adapting AI models to uncertain environments.
method Customized trustworthy networks, flexible learning regularizers, open-world recognition losses.
result Significant performance improvements across various open-world multimedia recognition scenarios.
Economics examines social networks through externality effects.
problem Understanding how individual actions impact others in social networks.
method Analyzes network formation and interactions within networks from an economic perspective.
result Externalities are crucial in explaining network dynamics and behaviors.
This paper investigates arbitrage chains involving four currencies and four foreign exchange trader-arbitrageurs. In contrast with the three-currency case, we find that arbitrage operations when four currencies are present may appear periodic in nature, and not involve smooth convergence to a "balanced" ensemble of exc…
New quasi space forms solve Thurston's geometrical space form problem.
problem Solving Thurston's geometrical space form problem.
method Introducing quasi space forms as non-real space forms with specific geometric properties.
result Quasi space forms offer a metrical, local geometrical solution to Thurston's problem.
A stock market is called diverse if no stock can dominate the market in terms of relative capitalization. On one hand, this natural property leads to arbitrage in diffusion models under mild assumptions. On the other hand, it is also easy to construct diffusion models which are both diverse and free of arbitrage. Can o…
Develops an online nonparametric classifier for massive data.
problem Challenges of batch kernel-based nonparametric classifiers in massive data.
method Online principle components analysis to reduce dimensionality, followed by stochastic approximation algorithm for real-time calculation.
result Online classifier provides the best trade-off between accuracy and computation cost.
Actuaries tackle loss of earning capacity in Denmark, balancing public benefits and private insurance.
problem Balancing public benefits and private insurance for loss of earning capacity in Denmark.
method Innovative approaches from researchers and practitioners, leveraging actuarial expertise.
result Development of equitable, data-driven solutions to mitigate risk and enhance societal well-being.
Bitcoins have emerged as a possible competitor to usual currencies, but other crypto-currencies have likewise appeared as competitors to the Bitcoin currency. The expanding market of crypto-currencies now involves capital equivalent to 1010 US Dollars, providing academia with an unusual opportunity to study the em…
Model predicts COVID-19 growth in Senegal, highlighting health care capacity importance.
problem Impact of health care capacity on COVID-19 growth in Senegal.
method Compartmental model with logistic growth health care capacity, machine learning projection.
result Condition to avoid overwhelming health care system provided.
Smartwatch HRV measurements improved with machine learning.
problem Systematic error in HRV measurements from consumer smartwatches.
method Explanatory and predictive modeling using accelerometer data.
result Error in HRV measurements can be minimized by machine learning.
Develops a statistical learning framework for personalized asset allocation.
problem Continuous-action decision-making with a large number of characteristics.
method Discretization approach with generalized penalties for penalized regression.
result Improves financial well-being with individualized optimal asset allocation.
Machine learning can predict cancer with 100% accuracy on a dataset.
problem Accuracy of cancer predictions using machine learning.
method Extensive experiments on the Wisconsin Diagnostic Breast Cancer dataset.
result Machine learning algorithms can be easily misled to achieve 100% accuracy.
Unified framework connects physical laws and machine learning.
problem Combining physical laws and machine learning for scientific applications.
method Universal Differential Equations (UDEs) as a unifying framework.
result Wide variety of applications can be efficiently handled through UDE formalism.
Local gluing connects flow lines in finite time intervals.
problem Connecting flow lines in finite time intervals.
method Functional analytic approach to define local gluing map.
result Explicit construction of local gluing map in Euclidean case; intricate construction in non-Euclidean case.
Study uses supercomputers to improve financial predictions.
problem Improving financial predictions through better exploration of data.
method Refactored and ran algorithm on Fugaku supercomputer, exploring more rules.
result Increasing the number of explored rules improves predictive performance.
Deep neural net improves sleep stage classification from raw EEG.
problem Improving accuracy of sleep stage classification from raw EEG data.
method 34-layer deep residual ConvNet architecture trained on raw single channel EEG data.
result Proposed network outperforms state-of-the-art methods in sleep staging accuracy.
fairmodels tool detects and mitigates bias in machine learning models.
problem Bias in machine learning models leading to discrimination.
method Model-agnostic approach to bias detection, visualization, and mitigation.
result Validates fairness and eliminates bias in classification models.
Bayesian system helps identify and thwart terrorist plans.
problem Identifying and thwarting terrorist plans before they occur.
method Develops a Bayesian decision support system to integrate member and group activities.
result Estimates the combined threat posed by a terrorist group.
Develops algorithms to balance personalization and statistical power in mobile health studies.
problem Balancing personalization and statistical power in mobile health studies.
method Develops general meta-algorithms to modify existing bandit algorithms.
result Guarantees sufficient power while improving user well-being.
Study predicts high school dropout risk in Louisiana using imbalanced learning techniques.
problem Predicting high school dropout risk in Louisiana.
method Applied imbalanced learning techniques including resampling, case weighting, and cost-sensitive learning.
result Imbalanced learning techniques improve recall but decrease precision.
Subspace match fails to accurately assess neural network representations.
problem Understanding the learned representations of neural networks.
method Subspace match method to assess representation similarity.
result Representations with low subspace match can still be isomorphic.
EGR refines and assesses protein complex structures.
problem Improving the accuracy of protein complex 3D structures for drug discovery.
method E(3)-equivariant graph neural network (GNN) for multi-task refinement and assessment.
result EGR achieves state-of-the-art performance in refining and assessing protein complexes.
This paper uses LSTM and GRU models to forecast EBIT/EV for better stock selection.
problem Selecting stocks based on EBIT/EV for long-term investors.
method Sequence prediction models (LSTM and GRU) to forecast EBIT/EV.
result GRU model outperforms LSTM model in forecasting EBIT/EV.
Deep learning predicts crop prices with improved accuracy.
problem Accurate prediction of agricultural crop prices for better decision-making.
method Innovative deep learning approach using GNNs and CNN models.
result At least 20% better performance than previous literature.
The paper explores how machine learning personalization aligns with humanistic views of the person.
problem Aligning machine learning personalization with humanistic views of the person.
method Explicating the concept of personalization and contrasting it with humanistic views of the person.
result Proposes dimensions for evaluating the degree of personalization of ML personalized scores.
Unified causal models are formed from fragmented data sets.
problem Combining fragmented data sets to form a unified causal explanation is challenging.
method Using conditional independence properties of marginal datasets to reduce the number of possible models.
result Reduces the number of possible models to a unique one in some cases.
The paper proposes a machine learning method to detect drivers' affective states using physiological signals.
problem Detecting and assessing drivers' affective states to improve driving safety and well-being.
method Multiview multi-task machine learning approach using physiological signals.
result Accounting for drive-specific differences significantly improves model performance.
HHAR-net uses neural networks to recognize human activities at different levels of abstraction.
problem Recognizing different layers of human activities concealed in behavior.
method Hierarchical classification with Neural Networks.
result 95.8% accuracy for low-level activities and 92.8% overall accuracy.
Study limits of circadian synchronization under different light signals.
problem Disruption of circadian rhythms due to misalignment with external light signals.
method Matrix-free approach for locating periodic steady states, numerical continuation, bifurcation diagrams, unsupervised learning.
result Limits of circadian synchronization to external light signals of different frequency and duty cycle.
Temporal Difference Learning explains emotions and behavior.
problem Understanding how emotions evolve and impact behavior.
method Temporal Difference Reinforcement Learning (TDRL) theory.
result Emotions are TD error assessments aiding survival.
Paper proposes a framework to protect user anonymity in emotion recognition.
problem Preserving user anonymity in face-based emotion recognition systems.
method Adversarial learning framework using CNN architecture.
result The proposed approach minimizes identity-specific information and maximizes emotion-dependent information.
In this work we address the problem of approximating high-dimensional data with a low-dimensional representation. We make the following contributions. We propose an inverse regression method which exchanges the roles of input and response, such that the low-dimensional variable becomes the regressor, and which is tract…
Georgia's pension reform affects individual welfare.
problem Optimizing pension systems to ensure old age welfare and reduce budgetary pressure.
method Historical analysis, comparative international experience, and assessment of investment potential.
result Challenges and potential improvements of the mandatory funded pension system.
XGBoost outperforms other models in predicting housing prices.
problem Accurate housing price prediction for socio-economic development.
method Employed XGBoost and other machine learning algorithms on housing price datasets.
result XGBoost outperformed other models in predicting housing prices.
Technology and collaboration enable dramatic increases in the size of psychological and psychiatric data collections, but finding structure in these large data sets with many collected variables is challenging. Decision tree ensembles like random forests (Strobl, Malley, and Tutz, 2009) are a useful tool for finding st…
Study evaluates fairness metrics in biased datasets.
problem Detecting bias in machine learning models trained on biased data.
method Causal inference with observational data, investigating six fairness metrics.
result Best practice guidelines for selecting fairness metrics.
The paper tracks multiple speakers using audio and visual data.
problem Tracking multiple speakers with audio and visual data.
method Generative model with variational inference for latent variables.
result The proposed method outperforms baseline methods in real-world scenarios.
Small social systems can better align objectives and reduce complexity.
problem Complexity and misalignment in large social systems.
method Four-pronged approach: Uncertainty Principle, Objectives, Smaller Organizations, Redirecting Outcomes.
result Smaller organizations can mitigate disruptive effects of corruption and foster development.
Rarely switch policies to optimize treatment effects, reducing harmful changes.
problem Difficult to change policies frequently in real-world scenarios.
method Developed a conservative policy updating procedure for rarely-switching linear bandits.
result The procedure optimizes policies with fewer changes and fewer detrimental changes.