Survey compares methods for generating artificial outliers.
problem Difficulty in detecting genuine outliers.
method Generates artificial outliers to approximate genuine ones.
result Variability in quality of generation approaches.
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Mixtures of multivariate contaminated shifted asymmetric Laplace distributions are developed for handling asymmetric clusters in the presence of outliers (also referred to as bad points herein). In addition to the parameters of the related non-contaminated mixture, for each (asymmetric) cluster, our model has one param…
The paper introduces a new method for detecting financial data outliers.
problem Detecting outliers in multivariate financial data.
method The approach uses the Cumulant Generating Function (CGF) to maximize projections on directions.
result The CGF maximization approach can be interpreted as an extension of principal component analysis.
Enhanced neural networks detect thin boundaries between different types of anomalies.
problem Detecting thin boundaries between different types of anomalies in outlier detection.
method Defined new types of anomalies, enhanced Multi-Layer Perceptron Neural Network with Genetic Algorithm.
result Reduced error in anomaly detection compared to baseline methods.
Two new outlyingness scores improve outlier detection in high-dimensional data.
problem Detecting outliers in high-dimensional data with varying cluster shapes and intensities.
method Outlyingness scores (OOS and IOS) based on Cluster Catch Digraphs (CCDs).
result Both OOS and IOS outperform CCD-based methods in identifying global and local outliers, especially IOS.
Chronnet models spatiotemporal data using chronological networks.
problem Handling large spatiotemporal datasets efficiently.
method Chronnet: Grid-based network model representing events chronologically.
result Chronnet captures frequent patterns, spatial changes, outliers, and clusters.
Improved LDA with capped l_{2,1}-norm reduces outlier sensitivity.
problem Outliers and noise sensitivity in classical LDA.
method Introducing capped l_{2,1}-norm and proposing CLDA.
result CLDA effectively removes outliers and suppresses noise.
Bayesian optimization has recently attracted the attention of the automatic machine learning community for its excellent results in hyperparameter tuning. BO is characterized by the sample efficiency with which it can optimize expensive black-box functions. The efficiency is achieved in a similar fashion to the learnin…
A new robust scaling approach improves downstream metabolomics analysis.
problem Challenges in choosing scaling techniques for metabolomics data.
method Introduces a weighted scaling approach robust to outliers.
result The proposed method outperforms traditional scaling techniques in both outlier-free and outlier-present datasets.
Robust clustering methods for multivariate time series data.
problem Clustering multivariate time series data robustly to outliers.
method Quantile-based fuzzy C-means with metric, noise, and trimmed approaches.
result Robust methods outperform alternatives in handling outlying series.
Model predicts viscosity of multicomponent systems efficiently.
problem Expensive experimental viscosity measurements in various industries.
method Artificial neural networks trained on a database of chemical systems and temperatures.
result Model Viskositas provides more accurate predictions with lower errors, variability, and outliers.
In this paper, we focus on the development of a method that detects abnormal trajectories of road users at traffic intersections. The main difficulty with this is the fact that there are very few abnormal data and the normal ones are insufficient for the training of any kinds of machine learning model. To tackle these …
Deep neural networks have achieved great success in classification tasks during the last years. However, one major problem to the path towards artificial intelligence is the inability of neural networks to accurately detect samples from novel class distributions and therefore, most of the existent classification algori…
Finding hidden-feature depending laws inside a data set and classifying it using Neural Networkcs.LG
The logcosh loss function helps neural networks learn set-valued functions better.
problem Learning set-valued functions with neural networks.
method Using artificial neural networks with logcosh loss.
result Neural networks with logcosh loss can classify samples based on set-valued functions.
Study uses AI techniques to predict bank customer solvency.
problem Predicting the solvency of bank customers.
method Data preprocessing, CART decision tree method, SPSS tool.
result Model accuracy and precision of 71%, error rate of 29%.
We propose an inlier-based outlier detection method capable of both identifying the outliers and explaining why they are outliers, by identifying the outlier-specific features. Specifically, we employ an inlier-based outlier detection criterion, which uses the ratio of inlier and test probability densities as a measure…
A novel approach ODAR detects outliers for clustering.
problem Outliers interfere with clustering algorithms, leading to unreliable results.
method Feature transformation to separate outliers and normal objects into distinct clusters.
result ODAR improves clustering accuracy on 7 out of 10 datasets.
Clustering, or unsupervised classification, is a task often plagued by outliers. Yet there is a paucity of work on handling outliers in clustering. Outlier identification algorithms tend to fall into three broad categories: outlier inclusion, outlier trimming, and post hoc outlier identification methods, with the forme…
New framework detects outliers in non-IID categorical data.
problem Existing outlier detection methods fail in non-IID data.
method Value-value graph-based representation and outlierness propagation.
result Significant improvement in AUC on complex data sets.
Outlier detection aims to identify unusual data instances that deviate from expected patterns. The outlier detection is particularly challenging when outliers are context dependent and when they are defined by unusual combinations of multiple outcome variable values. In this paper, we develop and study a new conditiona…
Paper proposes methods to make OT robust to outliers.
problem Optimal transport is sensitive to outliers.
method Detect outliers using adversarial training, adjust transport cost based on classifier predictions.
result Outliers are detected and do not affect transport in experiments.
Outlier detection plays an essential role in many data-driven applications to identify isolated instances that are different from the majority. While many statistical learning and data mining techniques have been used for developing more effective outlier detection algorithms, the interpretation of detected outliers do…
Advances in sensor technology have enabled the collection of large-scale datasets. Such datasets can be extremely noisy and often contain a significant amount of outliers that result from sensor malfunction or human operation faults. In order to utilize such data for real-world applications, it is critical to detect ou…
Paper tackles outlier detection in signals modeled by generative models with theoretical guarantees.
problem Recovering signals from linear measurements with sparse outliers.
method Proposes an iterative ADMM algorithm and gradient descent algorithm for outlier detection using and squared norm minimization.
result Establishes theoretical recovery guarantees for signal reconstruction under sparse outliers.
Transforms distance-based outlier scores into interpretable probabilistic estimates.
problem Difficult interpretation of distance-based outlier scores.
method Generic transformation of scores into probabilistic estimates using distance probability distributions.
result Probabilistic transformation improves interpretability without impacting detection performance.
Generates synthetic data for benchmarking unsupervised outlier detection.
problem Difficulty in benchmarking unsupervised outlier detection due to rare and varied outliers in real data.
method Proposes a generic process to generate synthetic data with insightful characteristics.
result Demonstrates practicality of the generic process through a benchmark with state-of-the-art detection methods.
A novel unsupervised outlier detection method using Randomized PCA Forest.
problem Unsupervised outlier detection in datasets.
method Randomized Principal Component Analysis (RPCA) Forest for deriving an outlier score.
result Superior performance compared to classical and state-of-the-art methods.
HLoOP detects outliers in hyperbolic 2-space.
problem Detecting local outliers in hyperbolic 2-space.
method Combines nearest neighbor finding and probabilistic scoring in hyperbolic space.
result Promising results on WordNet dataset.
Robust PCA, the problem of PCA in the presence of outliers has been extensively investigated in the last few years. Here we focus on Robust PCA in the outlier model where each column of the data matrix is either an inlier or an outlier. Most of the existing methods for this model assumes either the knowledge of the dim…
New outlier detection method using graph Laplacian spectrum boosts performance.
problem Detecting outliers in large datasets efficiently.
method Boosted outlier detection based on graph Laplacian spectrum.
result Outperforms existing methods on synthetic datasets.
We evaluate how modern outlier detection methods perform in identifying outliers in e-commerce conversion rate data. Based on the limitations identified, we then present a novel method to detect outliers in e-commerce conversion rate. This unsupervised method is made more business relevant by letting it automatically a…
Enhances clustering for functional data, robust to outliers.
problem Challenges of clustering infinite-dimensional functional data and outlier sensitivity.
method Extends OCLUST algorithm to handle functional data, trimming outliers.
result Strong performance in clustering and outlier identification on simulated and real-world datasets.
A new method detects outliers using ensembles of Dirichlet process mixtures.
problem Challenges in unsupervised outlier detection using Dirichlet process mixtures.
method Ensembles of Dirichlet process Gaussian mixtures with random subspace and subsampling.
result Empirically outperforms existing approaches in unsupervised outlier detection.
Rare data in a large-scale database are called outliers that reveal significant information in the real world. The subspace-based outlier detection is regarded as a feasible approach in very high dimensional space. However, the outliers found in subspaces are only part of the true outliers in high dimensional space, in…
Robust PCA, the problem of PCA in the presence of outliers has been extensively investigated in the last few years. Here we focus on Robust PCA in the column sparse outlier model. The existing methods for column sparse outlier model assumes either the knowledge of the dimension of the lower dimensional subspace or the …
ODIM detects outliers by under-fitting generative models, outperforming other methods.
problem Identifying outliers in unlabeled data without supervision.
method Develops ODIM, a method that uses under-fitted deep generative models to detect outliers.
result ODIM outperforms other methods in detecting outliers efficiently and accurately.
A novel density-based approach QC detects outliers in data with high precision.
problem Detecting outliers in data with high precision and sensitivity.
method Quantum Clustering (QC) approach based on the density of data points.
result QC effectively finds hidden outliers and subtle outliers with parameter adjustment.
Inference in the presence of outliers is an important field of research as outliers are ubiquitous and may arise across a variety of problems and domains. Bayesian optimization is method that heavily relies on probabilistic inference. This allows outstanding sample efficiency because the probabilistic machinery provide…
Paper tackles outlier detection in multi-armed bandits, achieving high accuracy with reduced exploration costs.
problem Detecting outlier arms in multi-armed bandit settings.
method Proposes GOLD algorithm based on upper confidence bounds to identify generic outlier arms.
result Achieves 98% accuracy with 83% reduction in exploration cost compared to state-of-the-art techniques.
Rectified linear units, or ReLUs, have become the preferred activation function for artificial neural networks. In this paper we consider two basic learning problems assuming that the underlying data follow a generative model based on a ReLU-network -- a neural network with ReLU activations. As a primarily theoretical …
We focus on the problem of unsupervised cell outlier detection and repair in mixed-type tabular data. Traditional methods are concerned only with detecting which rows in the dataset are outliers. However, identifying which cells are corrupted in a specific row is an important problem in practice, and the very first ste…
PyODDS automates outlier detection for new data sources.
problem Manual outlier detection is inefficient and domain-specific.
method Automated end-to-end system with Apache Spark and database support.
result PyODDS optimizes outlier detection pipelines automatically.
This paper bridges outlier-robust estimation in robotics and computer vision with robust statistics.
problem Outlier-robust estimation for geometric perception in robotics and computer vision.
method Adapting and extending robust linear regression and list-decodable regression to non-convex domains and vector-valued measurements.
result Performance guarantees for modern estimation algorithms in the presence of outliers.
A new method detects and corrects outliers using optimal transport.
problem Outliers in data can skew estimation results, leading to inaccurate conclusions.
method Optimal transport with a concave cost function for outlier detection and correction.
result The method effectively identifies and corrects outliers, improving estimation accuracy.
Notwithstanding the popularity of conventional clustering algorithms such as K-means and probabilistic clustering, their clustering results are sensitive to the presence of outliers in the data. Even a few outliers can compromise the ability of these algorithms to identify meaningful hidden structures rendering their o…
This paper investigates differentially private analysis of distance-based outliers. The problem of outlier detection is to find a small number of instances that are apparently distant from the remaining instances. On the other hand, the objective of differential privacy is to conceal presence (or absence) of any partic…
Integrates outlier detection into neural networks for improved performance.
problem Lack of competency awareness in machine learning systems, especially in detecting outliers.
method Null Space Analysis (NuSA) of neural networks, computing and controlling null space projection.
result NuSA-trained networks maintain classification performance and detect outliers effectively.
One-Class Boundary Peeling detects outliers efficiently and robustly.
problem Unsupervised outlier detection in diverse data distributions.
method One-Class Boundary Peeling uses flexible boundaries generated by one-class SVMs and iteratively peels them.
result One-Class Boundary Peeling outperforms state-of-the-art methods in synthetic data simulations.