Paper explores balancing market dynamics and interpretable forecasting models for energy prices.
problem Tackles the challenge of accurately predicting mFRR price and understanding market dynamics.
method Compares XGBoost and EBM for forecasting mFRR activation price in the balancing market.
result EBM provides comparable forecasting accuracy to XGBoost but with higher interpretability.
This paper introduces blind adversarial pruning to balance accuracy, efficiency, and robustness in neural networks.
problem Balancing accuracy, efficiency, and robustness in neural networks with limited resources.
method Adversarial pruning with a cutoff-scale strategy to dynamically adjust the strength of adversarial examples.
result Blind adversarial pruning improves the overall AER of pruned models compared to adversarial pruning.
This paper proposes BAT to balance accuracy and robustness in adversarial training.
problem Balancing accuracy and robustness in adversarial training models.
method Blind adversarial training (BAT) uses a cutoff-scale strategy to adaptively estimate a nonuniform budget for AEs.
result BAT improves the overall robustness of adversarial training models.
FairACE improves fairness in GNNs by balancing node performance across degree groups.
problem Degree biases in GNNs lead to unequal prediction performance among nodes with varying degrees.
method Integrates asymmetric contrastive learning with adversarial training to balance performance between high-degree and low-degree nodes.
result Significantly improves degree fairness metrics while maintaining competitive accuracy.
The Synthetic Minority Oversampling TEchnique (SMOTE) is widely-used for the analysis of imbalanced datasets. It is known that SMOTE frequently over-generalizes the minority class, leading to misclassifications for the majority class, and effecting the overall balance of the model. In this article, we present an approa…
New algorithm improves causal effect estimation for continuous treatments.
problem Observational causal inference with continuous treatments.
method End-to-end entropy balancing for maximizing causal inference accuracy.
result Our algorithm estimates causal effect more accurately than baseline.
BI-MAML learns multiple tasks without forgetting old ones.
problem Catastrophic forgetting in meta learning.
method Incremental model adaptation with balanced learning strategy.
result BI-MAML outperforms state-of-the-art models in accuracy and efficiency.
TKIL improves class-balanced performance in incremental learning.
problem Catastrophic forgetting in sequential learning tasks.
method Introduces Tangent Kernel for Incremental Learning (TKIL) based on Neural Tangent Kernel (NTK).
result TKIL achieves better overall accuracy and variance across classes.
Accuracies of survival models for life expectancy prediction as well as critical-care applications are significantly compromised due to the sparsity of samples and extreme imbalance between the survival (usually, the majority) and mortality class sizes. While a recent random survival forest (RSF) model overcomes the li…
LDA-XGB1 balances fairness and accuracy in lending models.
problem Fair lending practices and model interpretability in binary classification.
method Biobjective optimization using binning and information value, leveraging XGBoost.
result Achieves effective balance between accuracy, fairness, and interpretability.
Optimizes glmnet configuration for better accuracy and efficiency.
problem Inappropriate glmnet configuration leads to inaccurate solutions and increased computation time.
method Data-driven framework using neural networks to predict accuracy and computation time from dataset characteristics and configuration.
result Automatic selection of optimal configuration maximizing accuracy under a time constraint.
Recent advances in both machine learning and Internet-of-Things have attracted attention to automatic Activity Recognition, where users wear a device with sensors and their outputs are mapped to a predefined set of activities. However, few studies have considered the balance between wearable power consumption and activ…
Deep ROC analysis improves model selection and interpretation in medical and AI applications.
problem Inadequate performance measures for binary classifiers.
method Deep ROC analysis, translating AUC and partial AUC into balanced average accuracy and post-test measures.
result Deep ROC analysis provides balanced average accuracy, average sensitivity, and average specificity.
New model reveals balance crucial for robust neural coding.
problem Efficient neural coding in noisy, chaotic networks.
method Analytical model of balanced predictive coding with dissociated balance and weight disorder.
result Superclassical scaling in coding accuracy, independent of balance and weight disorder.
Fair active learning selects data points to balance model accuracy and fairness.
problem Ensuring fairness in machine learning models used in high-stakes applications.
method Designing algorithms for fair active learning that select data points to balance model accuracy and fairness, focusing on demographic parity.
result Demonstrated the effectiveness of the proposed fair active learning approach over benchmark datasets.
New algorithm balances spatial data approximation and prediction accuracy.
problem Lack of methods considering spatial correlation and downstream modeling in dimension reduction.
method Formalizes approximation and modeling utility as metrics, proposes a balanced algorithm.
result Optimal trade-off between approximation accuracy and downstream modeling utility.
TAET tackles long-tailed distributions in adversarial robustness.
problem Long-tailed distributions complicate adversarial robustness in real-world applications.
method TAET integrates an initial stabilization phase followed by a stratified equalization adversarial training phase.
result TAET achieves significant improvements in robustness and efficiency.
Inserting label noise can improve model accuracy and fairness.
problem Improving model accuracy and fairness with noisy labels.
method Increasing label noise rates to balance and detect noisy instances.
result Inserting label noise can lead to more accurate and fair models.
Compared to in-clinic balance training, in-home training is not as effective. This is, in part, due to the lack of feedback from physical therapists (PTs). Here, we analyze the feasibility of using trunk sway data and machine learning (ML) techniques to automatically evaluate balance, providing accurate assessments out…
BOSS learns from one labeled sample per class to match fully supervised performance.
problem Achieving fully supervised performance with minimal labeled data.
method Combines class prototype refining, class balancing, and self-training.
result BOSS achieves comparable test accuracies to fully supervised learning.
The PARAFAC tensor decomposition has enjoyed an increasing success in exploratory multi-aspect data mining scenarios. A major challenge remains the estimation of the number of latent factors (i.e., the rank) of the decomposition, which yields high-quality, interpretable results. Previously, we have proposed an automate…
A new method detects and removes false trailing balances in credit data.
problem False trailing balances in credit data corrupt risk event timing.
method TruEnd-procedure defines and removes false trailing balances.
result Improved accuracy in predicting risk events and reducing credit losses.
Balancing graph summarization and change detection in streaming data.
problem Balancing compression rate in graph summarization and accuracy in change detection.
method Introducing a probabilistic hierarchical latent variable model and optimizing parameters based on the minimum description length principle to balance the trade-off.
result Guaranteed suppression of Type I error probability (false alarms) in change detection.
NodeSig efficiently computes binary node embeddings for scalable graph analysis.
problem Scalability issues in graph representation learning models.
method NodeSig uses random walk diffusion probabilities and stable random projections to compute binary node embeddings efficiently.
result NodeSig achieves a good balance between accuracy and efficiency on node classification and link prediction tasks.
PET-TURTLE improves clustering accuracy for imbalanced data.
problem Imbalanced data causes clustering errors.
method Generalizes cost function and introduces sparse logits.
result PET-TURTLE enhances overall clustering accuracy for imbalanced data.
Adaptive weights improve physics-informed neural networks and deep operator networks.
problem Training physics-informed neural networks and deep operator networks can be challenging, leading to unsatisfactory accuracy and efficiency.
method Proposes a pointwise adaptive weighting method that balances the residual decay rate across different training points.
result Our proposed approach of balanced residual decay rates offers advantages including bounded weights, high prediction accuracy, fast convergence rate, low training uncertainty, low computational cost, and ease of hyperparameter tuning.
We consider the problem of learning a realization for a linear time-invariant (LTI) dynamical system from input/output data. Given a single input/output trajectory, we provide finite time analysis for learning the system's Markov parameters, from which a balanced realization is obtained using the classical Ho-Kalman al…
Proposes a balanced multi-component and multi-layer neural network for efficient function approximation.
problem Accurately and efficiently approximating complex functions with high degrees of freedom and computational cost.
method Inspired by a multi-component approach, MMNN combines single-layer networks with a multi-layer decomposition strategy.
result Significant reduction in training parameters, more efficient training process, and improved accuracy compared to FCNNs or MLPs.
Less frequent retraining improves forecast accuracy in retail demand forecasting.
problem Balancing forecast accuracy and computational efficiency in global models.
method Analysis of ten machine learning and deep learning models across two large retail datasets with various retraining scenarios.
result Less frequent retraining strategies maintain forecast accuracy while reducing computational costs.
This paper uses PCA and FA for feature selection in credit rating.
problem Selecting important features for credit rating prediction.
method Principal Component Analysis and Factor Analysis.
result Factor Analysis reduces feature set significantly without losing much accuracy.
This paper explores how balancing and filtering techniques affect predictive multiplicity in machine learning models.
problem Predictive multiplicity due to Rashomon effect in high-stakes environments.
method Investigates the impact of balancing and filtering techniques on predictive multiplicity using 21 real-world datasets.
result Data-centric AI strategies can mitigate predictive multiplicity, but preprocessing methods may introduce it.
We study channel number reduction in combination with weight binarization (1-bit weight precision) to trim a convolutional neural network for a keyword spotting (classification) task. We adopt a group-wise splitting method based on the group Lasso penalty to achieve over 50% channel sparsity while maintaining the netwo…
Classifies Bitcoin addresses based on their balance functions.
problem Understanding and identifying Bitcoin addresses used for illicit activities.
method Functional data analysis to extract features from balance functions.
result Functional principal components improve prediction accuracy.
Proposes a framework for balancing fairness and accuracy in data-restricted binary classification.
problem Balancing fairness and accuracy in applications with data restrictions.
method Directly analyzes the optimal Bayesian classifier's behavior under different data-restricting scenarios, formulating convex optimization problems.
result Demonstrates how accuracy of a Bayesian classifier is affected by fairness constraints in various data-restricting scenarios.
We propose a novel algorithm for learning fair representations that can simultaneously mitigate two notions of disparity among different demographic subgroups in the classification setting. Two key components underpinning the design of our algorithm are balanced error rate and conditional alignment of representations. …
New deep learning method improves financial stress testing accuracy.
problem Traditional stress testing methods are criticized for unrealistic assumptions and estimation errors.
method Proposes a novel Deep Learning approach for Dynamic Balance Sheet Stress Testing.
result Empirical results show significant improvement in accuracy over traditional methods.
DeepFair improves fairness in recommender systems without sacrificing accuracy.
problem Lack of bias management in recommender systems leads to unfair recommendations for minority groups.
method Deep Learning based Collaborative Filtering algorithm that balances fairness and accuracy.
result It is possible to make fair recommendations without losing significant accuracy.
Image classification datasets are often imbalanced, characteristic that negatively affects the accuracy of deep-learning classifiers. In this work we propose balancing GAN (BAGAN) as an augmentation tool to restore balance in imbalanced datasets. This is challenging because the few minority-class images may not be enou…
New scalable method balances hospital profit status and heart attack outcomes.
problem Balancing covariate distributions and minimizing weight dispersion in large datasets.
method Combines kernel basis expansion and convex optimization for efficient and flexible weighting.
result For-profit hospitals use interventional cardiology similarly to other hospitals but have higher mortality and readmission rates.
Federated learning (FL) is a distributed deep learning method which enables multiple participants, such as mobile phones and IoT devices, to contribute a neural network model while their private training data remains in local devices. This distributed approach is promising in the edge computing system where have a larg…
We consider multi-label classification where the goal is to annotate each data point with the most relevant subset of labels from an extremely large label set. Efficient annotation can be achieved with balanced tree predictors, i.e. trees with logarithmic-depth in the label complexity, whose leaves correspon…
New ODE solvers improve training efficiency and accuracy.
problem Training Neural ODEs requires efficient and accurate gradient calculation.
method Presented algebraically reversible ODE solvers that are time and memory efficient, calculate exact gradients, and are numerically stable.
result Reversible solvers strictly improve upon previous architectures in efficiency and accuracy.
This work improves surrogate models for balancing accuracy and cost in multi-fidelity methods.
problem Balancing accuracy and computational cost in multi-fidelity methods.
method Develops context-aware surrogate models for multi-fidelity importance sampling and Bayesian inverse problems.
result Context-aware surrogate models can lead to runtime speedups of up to one order of magnitude.
Paper proposes PMformer for better cryptocurrency price forecasting.
problem Huge volatility and trade-off between univariate and multivariate models.
method Partial-multivariate approach using PMformer.
result PMformer achieves significant statistical accuracy in forecasting.
A modified GAN improves thermal comfort classification models by balancing imbalanced datasets.
problem Imbalanced thermal comfort datasets make it hard to train accurate models.
method Proposed a modified conditional GAN (comfortGAN) to balance the dataset.
result A balanced dataset trained with comfortGAN yields higher classification accuracy.
Proposes a new adversarial model to avoid accuracy vs. adversarial accuracy tradeoff.
problem Inherent tradeoff between accuracy and adversarial accuracy in existing adversarial robustness definitions.
method Introduces Voronoi-epsilon adversary that balances perturbation constraints.
result Voronoi-epsilon adversary avoids accuracy vs. adversarial accuracy tradeoff even with large ε. Paper improves privacy-accuracy balance in federated learning.
problem Privacy-accuracy tradeoffs in federated learning.
method Personalized federated learning with joint differential privacy.
result Coordination of local and centralized learning improves accuracy while maintaining privacy.
Flashback Learning balances model stability and plasticity in continual learning.
problem Balancing model stability and plasticity in continual learning.
method Flashback Learning (FL) uses a bidirectional regularization approach to balance stability and plasticity.
result FL improves model accuracy by up to 4.91% in Class-Incremental and 3.51% in Task-Incremental settings.