New model learns human actions from video data without labels.
problem Learning human actions from unlabeled video data.
method Clustering-aware structure-constrained low-rank representation (CS-LRR) model integrating spectral clustering and hierarchical subspace clustering.
result Efficiently learns human action attributes from video data without requiring labeled data.
LLM extracts actionable insights from customer reviews.
problem Extracting actionable insights from customer reviews.
method Large language model approach distinguishing perceptual attributes from actionable features.
result High consistency and predictive validity of LLM insights compared to human coders.
Unified approach for conversational recommendation by integrating attributes and items.
problem Cold-start users' real-time personalization in online recommendation.
method Seamlessly unifies attributes and items in Thompson Sampling framework for interactive decision-making.
result Conversational Thompson Sampling (ConTS) outperforms existing methods in success rate and conversation turns.
Introduces privilege scores to measure and interpret protected attribute-related privilege in machine learning models.
problem Lack of explicit formulation of non-neutrality in fairness-aware machine learning methods.
method Privilege scores (PS) and privilege score contributions (PSCs) to measure and interpret protected attribute-related privilege.
result Demonstrates the broad applicability of PS and PSCs in gender and racial privilege in mortgage and college admissions applications.
Proposes a method to quantify and explain deep learning model uncertainties.
problem Deep learning model predictions are sensitive to perturbations and adversarial attacks.
method Gradient-based uncertainty attribution method to identify problematic regions and propose mitigation strategies.
result Proposed UA-Backprop method achieves competitive accuracy and efficiency compared to existing methods.
The paper tackles fair sequential decision making with biased linear bandit feedback.
problem Fair sequential decision making with biased linear bandit feedback.
method Phased elimination algorithm to correct unfair evaluations, establishing upper bounds on regret.
result The worst-case regret is smaller than O(κ∗1/3log(T)1/3T2/3). DVA framework attributes value of predictive models to features, configurations, and interactions.
problem Lack of explanation for how predictive models influence operational decisions.
method Shapley-based cooperative game theory applied to predict-then-optimize systems.
result DVA can guide targeted interventions to align model beliefs with operational performance.
New findings show local attributions can't be both robust and provide recourse.
problem Ensuring machine learning systems are accountable and provide actionable recourse options.
method Formal definition of recourse sensitivity and counterexamples for popular attribution methods.
result It is impossible for any single attribution method to be both robust and provide recourse.
This work introduces a method to attribute model performance drops to distribution shifts.
problem Attributing performance drops of machine learning models to distribution shifts.
method Formulated as a cooperative game, value of a set of distributions is defined as the change in model performance when only that set of distributions changes. Importance weighting method for computing the value of an arbitrary set of distributions is derived. Quantifying the contribution of each distribution as its Shapley value.
result Demonstrated the effectiveness of the method on various case studies.
The paper shows how to use proxy attributes for fairness in machine learning models with missing sensitive group data.
problem Measuring and enforcing fairness in machine learning models with incomplete sensitive group data.
method Using proxy-sensitive attributes to derive upper bounds on multiaccuracy and multicalibration violations and adjust models to satisfy these fairness notions.
result Provable upper bounds on multiaccuracy and multicalibration violations can be derived using proxy-sensitive attributes in the absence of sensitive group data.
This paper applies machine learning techniques to student modeling. It presents a method for discovering high-level student behaviors from a very large set of low-level traces corresponding to problem-solving actions in a learning environment. Basic actions are encoded into sets of domain-dependent attribute-value patt…
The paper uses machine learning to find causal rules from business process logs.
problem Discovering causal relationships in business process logs.
method Action rule mining followed by causal machine learning (uplift trees).
result Identifies treatments with high causal effect on outcomes.
Method uses ANN to estimate incentive salience from large behavioral data.
problem Estimating incentive salience in naturalistic settings.
method Artificial Neural Networks (ANNs) for latent state approximation.
result ANNs produce better representations for predicting future behaviour.
PatternLocal improves XAI for non-linear models by suppressing suppressor variables.
problem Suppressor variables cause false-positive feature attributions in non-linear models.
method PatternLocal uses locally linear surrogate models and transforms weights into a generative representation.
result PatternLocal reduces false-positive attributions and provides more reliable explanations.
This paper introduces persistent equivariant cohomology and applies it to circle actions.
problem Understanding the cohomology of filtered spaces with group actions.
method Persistent Borel equivariant cohomology, Serre spectral sequence, Gysin homomorphism.
result Explicit description and cohomology computation for circle actions.
Method finds interestingly dense subgroup connections in graphs.
problem Understanding patterns in graph connectivity based on node attributes.
method Information-theoretic definition of interestingness for subgroup connections.
result Identifies pairs of node subgroups with high or low edge density.
Model predicts one-year NDVI for Four Corners region.
problem Long-term forecasting of vegetation conditions using climate attributes.
method Two-phase machine learning model using historical climate data.
result Open-source tools outperform alternative methods for NDVI forecasts.
Firms delay write-downs for adverse macroeconomic and industry outcomes but not for firm-specific issues.
problem Timeliness of write-downs for adverse macroeconomic and industry outcomes versus firm-specific issues.
method Comparative analysis of write-downs driven by macroeconomic and industry outcomes versus firm-specific outcomes.
result Firms delay write-downs for adverse macroeconomic and industry outcomes but not for firm-specific issues.
Paper proposes fair ML predictors to avoid discrimination.
problem Discrimination in ML predictors from historical data.
method Proposes two algorithms to adjust ML predictors for fairness.
result Proves fair EO and AA predictors are optimal in performance.
Machine learning uses invariant theory to restrict function classes.
problem Creating function classes that respect physical law constraints.
method Using equivariant machine learning and Malgrance's method to parameterize functions.
result Explicitly parameterizes equivariant functions between linear spaces.
SAM adds semantic attributes to language models for better interpretation and style variation.
problem Improving text interpretation and style variation in language models.
method SAM includes document attributes, scores them, and embeds them into the model's input space.
result SAM generates interpretable texts and shows superior performance on various datasets.
ECSEL learns signomial equations for explainable classification.
problem Creating interpretable models for classification.
method ECSEL constructs signomial equations directly for classification and explanation.
result ECSEL outperforms state-of-the-art methods in interpretability and efficiency.
Robots learn object dynamics from visuals using GNNs and relational biases.
problem Challenging for robots to reason like humans about physical interactions.
method Graph Neural Networks (GNNs) with relational inductive bias.
result Auto-Predictor outperforms GN-based models and auto-encoder baseline.
AttGAN edits facial attributes by changing only what you want, preserving details.
problem Facial attribute editing with preservation of details.
method Encoder-decoder architecture with attribute classification and reconstruction learning.
result Outperforms state-of-the-arts on realistic attribute editing with preserved details.
With the rapid development of social media sharing, people often need to manage the growing volume of multimedia data such as large scale video classification and annotation, especially to organize those videos containing human activities. Recently, manifold regularized semi-supervised learning (SSL), which explores th…
Proposes a Taylor framework to unify and analyze attribution methods.
problem Lack of a unified guideline for feature contribution assignment in machine learning models.
method Introduces a Taylor attribution framework to model the attribution problem and reformulates fourteen mainstream methods.
result Empirically validates the Taylor reformulations and reveals a positive correlation between performance and principles followed.
Unified framework for analyzing machine learning model attributions.
problem Lack of a general and theoretical framework for understanding attribution methods.
method Proposes a Taylor attribution framework to unify and analyze seven mainstream attribution methods.
result Established three principles for good attribution and empirically validated the Taylor reformulations.
Improved deep learning models using new attribution priors and expected gradients.
problem Improving interpretability and performance of deep learning models.
method Introducing new attribution priors and expected gradients method that satisfies interpretability axioms.
result Improves model performance across various real-world tasks.
Wavelet Attribution Method (WAM) improves feature attribution for deep models.
problem Inability of pixel-based heatmaps to capture data structure and variability in feature attribution.
method Wavelet domain for feature attribution, leveraging spatial and scale-localized properties of wavelet coefficients.
result WAM provides quantitatively superior explanations across audio, image, and volume modalities.
Paper tackles attribute pattern learning in high-dimensional SLAMs.
problem Learning significant attribute patterns from high-dimensional SLAMs.
method Proposes a penalized likelihood method for selecting attribute patterns.
result Establishes selection consistency in overfitted SLAMs.
Proposes VCLANC for attributed network clustering using node and attribute embeddings.
problem Lack of mutual affinity exploitation between nodes and attributes in graph convolution.
method Dual variational auto-encoders for node and attribute embeddings, Gaussian mixture model priors, mutual distance and clustering assignment hardening losses.
result Demonstrates effectiveness on real-world attributed network datasets.
Generates missing node attributes for better graph-based tasks.
problem Missing or incomplete node attributes degrade graph-based algorithms' performance.
method Deep adversarial learning-based method (NANG) to generate node attributes.
result Generated node attributes improve node classification and link prediction.
A new approach combines attributes and sequences for better item recommendations.
problem Difficulty in leveraging attribute information due to heterogeneity and sparseness.
method Heterogeneous Attribute Recurrent Neural Networks (HA-RNN) that incorporates heterogeneous attributes and captures sequential dependencies.
result Significant improvements over state-of-the-art models in item recommendation.
Proposes a method to predict node attributes using network topology.
problem Predicting node attributes in graphs for various applications.
method Creates a feature map using all attributes of neighbors to predict attributes values for a node.
result Significantly improves prediction accuracy compared to baseline approaches.
Investors seek to attribute performance to various features using Shapley value method.
problem Attributing performance to different features in an investment process.
method Use Shapley value method for attribution, either exactly or approximately.
result Shapley value method provides a preferred attribution approach.
Generates high-resolution faces based on attributes.
problem Creating realistic face images with user-specified attributes.
method Conditional CycleGAN, handling unpaired data and attribute control.
result Produces realistic face images with user-controlled attributes.
Unified analysis of removal-based feature attributions robustness.
problem Robustness of removal-based feature attributions is not well understood.
method Theoretical analysis and upper bounds derivation for removal-based feature attributions under input and model perturbations.
result Upper bounds for the difference between intact and perturbed attributions derived under various perturbation settings.
Paper presents a modular RL framework for Forex trading, addressing limitations of prior studies.
problem Challenges in applying RL to Forex trading, including unrealistic environments, simplified rewards, and restricted action spaces.
method Integrates three components: a friction-aware execution engine, a decomposable reward architecture, and a discrete action interface.
result Empirical evaluation shows strong non-monotonic reward interactions and optimal Sharpe ratio with the full reward configuration.
A new method for disentangled latent spaces in VAEs that can manipulate attributes.
problem Disentangled representation of attributes in latent spaces of VAEs.
method Attribute-based regularization loss to enforce monotonic relationships between attributes and latent codes.
result Manipulation of attributes in latent spaces post-training.
VarNet learns and manipulates high-level attributes from inputs.
problem Manipulating high-level attributes of inputs.
method Generative model that learns attributes from data and can handle predefined attributes.
result VarNet can learn and manipulate relevant attributes from datasets.
AVA combines feature attribution methods for better model explanations.
problem Improving feature attribution methods for machine learning models.
method AVA: Aggregate Valuation of Antecedents, fusing antecedent event influence and value attribution.
result AVA provides better local and global model explanations.
Develops framework to evaluate feature attribution methods.
problem Lack of ground truth for evaluating feature attribution methods.
method Proposes a framework including a dataset and metrics.
result Certain methods produce false positive explanations.
Deep models learn biases from datasets, hindering understanding of binding mechanisms.
problem Dataset biases prevent deep models from revealing fragment logic of protein-ligand binding.
method Attribution method to identify and exploit dataset biases in neural networks.
result Deep models can be fooled into learning spurious correlations from biased datasets.
Paper tackles embedding attributed sequences in unsupervised learning.
problem Mining tasks over attributed sequences with dependencies between sequences and attributes.
method Proposes a deep multimodal learning framework, NAS, for unsupervised learning of attributed sequences.
result NAS produces task-independent embeddings for various mining tasks on real-world datasets.
AnomalyDAE detects anomalies in networks by learning cross-modality interactions.
problem Detecting anomalies in attributed networks where structure and attributes interact.
method Dual autoencoder framework with attention mechanism for joint learning of structure and attribute embeddings.
result AnomalyDAE effectively detects anomalies by reconstructing node attributes and structures.
New framework for attributing online marketing touchpoints.
problem Fine-grained attribution of individual touchpoints' effects.
method Graphical point process framework for studying conversion effects.
result Proposed methods allocate proper credit to touchpoints for each customer's path.
Adapts IG for better feature attributions and robustness.
problem Reliability concerns in feature attributions for deep learning models.
method Adaptation of path-based feature attribution to Riemannian geometry of data manifolds.
result IG along geodesics generates more intuitive and robust explanations.
Study reduces dataset size by 3 attributes to 73% classification accuracy.
problem Reducing dataset size for gender classification in TSI Life Satisfaction Survey.
method Attribute selection using Chi2 algorithm, followed by classification tests with Naive Bayes and Random Forest.
result Best classification rate achieved with 3 attributes selected by Chi2 algorithm.