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48 results for accounting performance

Study compares Islamic banks' accounting and market performance.

problem Assessing the relationship between Islamic banks' accounting and market performance.
method Selected six Islamic banks, collected data from 2009-2013, used random-effect models.
result Superior accounting performance does not correlate with superior market performance.

Detects malicious accounts in permissionless blockchains using graph properties and ML.

problem Identifying and classifying malicious accounts in permissionless blockchains.
method Temporal graph properties, ML algorithms (ExtraTreesClassifier, K-Means), cosine similarity, behavior change analysis.
result ExtraTreesClassifier performs best in detecting malicious accounts on Ethereum blockchain.

Paper examines LLM capability benchmarks through construct validity, favoring nomological account.

problem Linking theoretical capabilities to empirical measurements in LLMs.
method Contrasts three frameworks: nomological, inferential, and causal.
result Nomological account provides best foundation for LLM research.

Unified model improves multi-task learning by accounting for temporal misalignment.

problem Poor predictive performance and uncertainty quantification due to temporal misalignment in multi-task learning.
method Uses Gaussian processes to model correlations and includes a monotonic warp of the input data to account for temporal misalignment.
result Improves predictive performance and uncertainty quantification in multi-task learning.

GEM detects malicious accounts using adaptive embeddings from heterogeneous graphs.

problem Detecting malicious accounts on a leading mobile payment platform.
method Adaptive learning of discriminative embeddings from heterogeneous account-device graphs with attention mechanism for node importance.
result GEM consistently outperforms competitive methods in detecting malicious accounts.

The performance of optimizers, particularly in deep learning, depends considerably on their chosen hyperparameter configuration. The efficacy of optimizers is often studied under near-optimal problem-specific hyperparameters, and finding these settings may be prohibitively costly for practitioners. In this work, we arg…

2019-10-25abs ↗pdf ↗

Tests assess if predictions are prudent by comparing observations and predictions.

problem Assessing the prudence of predictions in samples of observations and predictions.
method Bootstrap and normal approximation algorithms for testing unweighted and weighted means, accounting for randomness.
result Tests reveal whether predictions are prudent by showing significantly negative mean differences.

The paper improves privacy accounting for discrete-valued mechanisms and the subsampled Gaussian mechanism.

problem Improving the accuracy and efficiency of differential privacy accounting for discrete outputs.
method Uses fast Fourier transform (FFT) for rigorous error analysis and accounting of privacy loss.
result Provides strict lower and upper bounds for (ε,δ)(\varepsilon,δ)-values, demonstrating up to 75% reduction in noise variance.

A new method for tighter privacy loss accounting in adaptive analyses.

problem Ensuring individual privacy in adaptive analyses while staying within a privacy budget.
method A personalized privacy loss estimate and a Rényi differential privacy filter.
result Personalized privacy loss accounting can be practical and tighter than existing methods.

Decision trees perform well in complex interactions, even when interactions are not fully accounted for.

problem Interpreting complex interactions in machine learning models.
method Experiments on datasets and two methods for robust GLMs.
result Tree depth compensates for model misspecification, enhancing performance in complex scenarios.

This paper tackles post-trade allocation inefficiencies and presents a uniform return allocation method.

problem Return divergence among accounts after trade allocation.
method Systematic treatment of trade allocation risk, presenting a uniform return allocation method.
result Uniform allocation of returns irrespective of the number of accounts and trade sizes.

Paper presents adaptive minimax risk classifiers for multidimensional concept drift.

problem Multidimensional concept drift in supervised classification.
method Adaptive minimax risk classifiers (AMRCs) tracking multivariate and high-order distribution changes.
result AMRCs provide computable tight performance guarantees and improve classification.

Dimensionality reduction is a topic of recent interest. In this paper, we present the classification constrained dimensionality reduction (CCDR) algorithm to account for label information. The algorithm can account for multiple classes as well as the semi-supervised setting. We present an out-of-sample expressions for …

2008-02-20abs ↗pdf ↗

This paper introduces compositional data analysis for financial ratios, improving industry-level analysis.

problem Statistical issues with standard financial ratios at industry level.
method Compositional data analysis techniques for financial ratios.
result Improved analysis of financial ratios using compositional data methods.

Bayesian decision theory outlines a rigorous framework for making optimal decisions based on maximizing expected utility over a model posterior. However, practitioners often do not have access to the full posterior and resort to approximate inference strategies. In such cases, taking the eventual decision-making task i…

2019-02-02abs ↗pdf ↗

Bayesian method for semi-structured models accounts for both types of uncertainty.

problem Lack of work on epistemic uncertainty in semi-structured regression models.
method Bayesian approximation with subspace inference for joint posterior sampling.
result Validated approach recovers structured effect posteriors and approaches full-space posterior.

Computation of moments of transformed random variables is a problem appearing in many engineering applications. The current methods for moment transformation are mostly based on the classical quadrature rules which cannot account for the approximation errors. Our aim is to design a method for moment transformation for …

2017-01-05abs ↗pdf ↗

In this paper we consider an information theoretic approach for the accounting classification process. We propose a matrix formalism and an algorithm for calculations of information theoretic measures associated to accounting classification. The formalism may be useful for further generalizations and computer-based imp…

2014-01-13abs ↗pdf ↗

We introduce a new pension product that offers retirees the opportunity for a lifelong income and a bequest for their estate. Based on a tontine mechanism, the product divides pension savings between a tontine account and a bequest account. The tontine account is given up to a tontine pool upon death while the bequest …

2019-03-14abs ↗pdf ↗

D-CBRS manages memory for continual learning by accounting for intra-class diversity.

problem Forgetting in continual learning, especially with class-imbalanced data.
method D-CBRS introduces a novel approach to store instances in memory, considering intra-class diversity.
result D-CBRS outperforms existing methods on data sets with intra-class diversity.

Fake engagement is one of the significant problems in Online Social Networks (OSNs) which is used to increase the popularity of an account in an inorganic manner. The detection of fake engagement is crucial because it leads to loss of money for businesses, wrong audience targeting in advertising, wrong product predicti…

2019-09-13abs ↗pdf ↗

Accounting fraud is a global concern representing a significant threat to the financial system stability due to the resulting diminishing of the market confidence and trust of regulatory authorities. Several tricks can be used to commit accounting fraud, hence the need for non-static regulatory interventions that take …

2018-05-08abs ↗pdf ↗

Paper introduces Functional Effects Models to account for individual heterogeneity in panel data.

problem Accounting for preference heterogeneity in panel data with machine learning.
method Functional Effects Models using gradient boosting decision trees and deep neural networks to learn individual-specific preference parameters.
result Functional Effects Models outperform traditional models in learning inter-individual heterogeneity and predictive performance.

The paper explores how equivariant models' biases affect latent representations for better performance.

problem The impact of inductive biases on latent representations in equivariant models.
method Demonstrates the importance of accounting for inductive biases in latent representations of equivariant models.
result Effective invariant projections can be used to retain information in latent representations, improving downstream tasks.

We present a continuous-time maximum likelihood estimation methodology for credit rating transition probabilities, taking into account the presence of censored data. We perform rolling estimates of the transition matrices with exponential time weighting with varying horizons and discuss the underlying dynamics of trans…

2009-12-23abs ↗pdf ↗

Electricity accounts for 25% of global greenhouse gas emissions. Reducing emissions related to electricity consumption requires accurate measurements readily available to consumers, regulators and investors. In this case study, we propose a new real-time consumption-based accounting approach based on flow tracing. This…

2018-12-17abs ↗pdf ↗

Bayesian calibration speeds up ABM for pandemic modeling.

problem Calibrating stochastic ABMs for accurate pandemic predictions is computationally intensive.
method Random forest surrogate modeling for accelerated ABM evaluation.
result Improved predictive performance with random forest calibration compared to previous methods.

Chunking is a significant CL problem, accounting for half of performance drop, and current methods don't address it.

problem Chunking of data in continual learning.
method Analyzing and addressing the chunking sub-problem in continual learning.
result Current CL algorithms perform poorly on chunking, only as well as plain SGD training when there is no distribution shift.

The paper proposes a test to assess rater accuracy while accounting for rater covariates.

problem Assessing the accuracy of raters in medical imaging and forensic studies.
method Covariate-adjusted homogeneity test to determine differences in accuracy among multiple rater groups.
result The proposed test identifies statistically significant differences among five participant groups in a face recognition study.

A new classification rule for FDA improves classification performance by accounting for unequal covariance matrices.

problem Unequal covariance matrices in practical situations affect the performance of FDA and its variants.
method Proposes a novel classification rule for FDA that accounts for unequal covariance matrices, applicable to many FDA variants.
result The new classification rule improves classification performance compared to original FDA and variants.

A new privacy accountant for Gaussian differential privacy measures individual privacy losses.

problem Bounding differential privacy loss for each participant in data analysis.
method Developed a privacy accountant for adaptive compositions of randomised mechanisms using Gaussian differential privacy.
result Provided optimal bounds for the Gaussian mechanism and constructed an approximative individual privacy accountant.

SLEID detects illicit accounts in DeFi transactions using semi-supervised learning.

problem Detecting illicit accounts in DeFi transactions with scarce labeled data.
method SLEID uses Isolation Forest for initial detection and self-training for pseudo-labels.
result SLEID outperforms baselines with significant improvements in precision and accuracy.