Modeling and estimating dynamic graphs from binary pattern sequences.
problem Extracting dominant correlation structures from time-dependent binary patterns.
method State-space model of an Ising-type network composed of multiple undirected graphs, sequential Bayes algorithm.
result The method outperforms traditional methods in uncovering overlapping graphs and estimating dynamics of weights.
Archetypal analysis helps understand binary data sets.
problem Explaining binary questionnaire data.
method Using archetypal analysis for binary observations.
result The approach contributes to understanding binary data sets.
Paper studies binary random projections with controllable sparsity patterns for computational and accuracy advantages.
problem Improving computational efficiency and accuracy in random projections.
method Proposes two sparse binary projection models with controllable sparsity patterns.
result Significant computational advantages and improved accuracies in empirical evaluations.
This paper presents an efficient binarized algorithm for both learning and classification of human epileptic seizures from intracranial electroencephalography (iEEG). The algorithm combines local binary patterns with brain-inspired hyperdimensional computing to enable end-to-end learning and inference with binary opera…
Binary feedback outperforms ordinal comparisons in ranking recovery.
problem Challenges the conventional wisdom that ordinal comparisons offer richer information.
method Proposes a parametric framework for modeling ordinal paired comparisons, binarizing ordinal data, and proving faster convergence rates for binary comparisons.
result Binarizing ordinal data significantly improves ranking recovery accuracy and exhibits a substantial performance gap.
CEDA analyzes large categorical datasets using tree geometry and binary codes.
problem Analyzing large categorical datasets with extreme-K samples. method CEDA uses tree geometry and binary codes to analyze categorical data.
result CEDA discovers patterns and evaluates their reliability in large categorical datasets.
QNNs can't distinguish binary signals from their negations, revealing a new symmetry.
problem Understanding the behavior of QNNs in binary pattern classification.
method Presented and analyzed a new form of invariance (negational symmetry) in QNNs.
result QNNs cannot differentiate a quantum binary signal and its negational counterpart in binary classification tasks.
There has been much recent interest in application of the pool-adjacent-violators (PAV) algorithm for the purpose of calibrating the probabilistic outputs of automatic pattern recognition and machine learning algorithms. Special cost functions, known as proper scoring rules form natural objective functions to judge the…
Develops a fast BMF approach for binary matrices.
problem Finding patterns in binary matrices for various applications.
method MEBF (Median Expansion for Boolean Factorization) using geometric segmentation and heuristic submatrix identification.
result Superior performance in reconstruction error and computational efficiency compared to existing methods.
BIND removes background noise from binary matrices, improving detection accuracy and fairness.
problem Real data often violates the i.i.d assumption for binary matrix entries, leading to inaccurate detection.
method BIND optimizes detection by estimating row- and column-wise mixture distributions and eliminating background noise.
result BIND effectively removes background noise and increases detection accuracy and fairness.
Improved PQM for pattern classification on quantum computers.
problem Pattern classification in quantum computing.
method Parametric Probabilistic Quantum Memory (PQM) with quantum circuit.
result Classical evaluation and quantum experiments validate PQM viability.
Model detects patterns in noisy binary data, explaining neuron activity in terms of cell assemblies.
problem Detecting structure in noisy or approximate repeats of patterns in sparse binary data.
method Probabilistic binary latent variable model based on Noisy-OR model, inferring sparse activity in latent variables.
result Model successfully extracts and explains latent structure in spiking neural data.
Paper explores learning patterns in binary sequences, finding no method consistently outperforms others.
problem Learning patterns in infinite binary sequences.
method Various learning methods are compared, finding no method consistently outperforms others.
result No learning method consistently outperforms others in predicting binary sequences.
Proposes CMP method for reducing tensor object dimensions in binary classification.
problem Reduction of tensor object dimensions while maintaining class separability.
method Proposes Common Mode Patterns (CMP) method considering class labels.
result CMP method increases inter-class separability compared to MPCA.
New method trains Boltzmann machines without supervision.
problem Training unsupervised learning models.
method Mixed binary quadratic feasibility problem formulation.
result Theory validated on XOR patterns.
Extends quadratic loss for SVM and deep learning to improve pattern correlation.
problem Improving generalization in supervised binary classification and regression tasks.
method Extends quadratic loss, restarts from problem (8) in [3], proposes new algorithms, uses multiple kernel learning.
result Comparable results with standard losses and parameterized quadratic loss.
Boolean matrix factorisation aims to decompose a binary data matrix into an approximate Boolean product of two low rank, binary matrices: one containing meaningful patterns, the other quantifying how the observations can be expressed as a combination of these patterns. We introduce the OrMachine, a probabilistic genera…
Deep neural networks' loss surfaces contain every low-dimensional pattern.
problem Finding arbitrary low-dimensional patterns in neural network loss surfaces.
method Empirical and theoretical analysis of loss landscapes of deep neural networks.
result Deep universal approximators exhibit a property where arbitrary smooth patterns exist in their loss surfaces.
Machine learning struggles to predict binary options movements due to randomness.
problem Predicting binary options movements using machine learning.
method Tested multiple machine learning models (RF, LR, GB, kNN) and neural networks (MLP, LSTM) on EUR/USD currency pairs.
result None of the models surpassed the ZeroR baseline accuracy, indicating randomness in binary options.
We present a novel method for hierarchical topic detection where topics are obtained by clustering documents in multiple ways. Specifically, we model document collections using a class of graphical models called hierarchical latent tree models (HLTMs). The variables at the bottom level of an HLTM are observed binary va…
Multimodal clustering is an unsupervised technique for mining interesting patterns in n-adic binary relations or n-mode networks. Among different types of such generalized patterns one can find biclusters and formal concepts (maximal bicliques) for 2-mode case, triclusters and triconcepts for 3-mode case, closed $n…
Proposes a new SVM model for binary classification with theoretical and practical advantages.
problem Binary classification in supervised learning.
method Quadratic surface support vector machine with L1 norm regularization.
result The model can detect true sparsity patterns and is efficient for both synthetic and real data.
A Bayesian Boolean Matrix Factorization for cancer genomics
problem Identifying coordinated feature changes in cancer
method Bayesian Boolean Matrix Factorization
result Captures widespread, near-simultaneous chromosome-number changes
The study revisits Hopfield's associative memory model and calculates its capacity for two specific pattern basins.
problem Determining the capacity of a Hebbian-Hopfield network for storing binary patterns.
method Using fully lifted random duality theory and numerical analysis, the study calculates the capacity for two specific pattern basins.
result Explicit characterizations of the capacity for the AGS and NLT pattern basins, with remarkable fast lifting convergence.
The paper examines topological features of ReLU networks and their relation to decision boundaries and training loss.
problem Understanding the topological structure of ReLU neural network activation patterns.
method Polytope decomposition of feature space, Fiedler partition of dual graph, homology computation of cellular decomposition.
result The Fiedler partition of the dual graph correlates with decision boundaries in binary classification tasks, and similar patterns in training loss and polyhedral cell-count emerge in regression tasks.
Understanding optimal prompts for binary sequence predictors is challenging.
problem Finding good prompts for binary sequence predictors is difficult.
method Viewing prompting as finding the best conditioning sequence on a near-optimal sequence predictor, using empirical and statistical analysis.
result Optimal prompts can be better understood given the pretraining distribution, which is not usually available.
Paper shows similarity learning can lead to strong binary classification performance.
problem How similarity learning can lead to good classification performance.
method Product-type formulation of similarity learning is connected to binary classification through an excess risk bound.
result Similarity learning can directly elicit a decision boundary for binary classification.
RBMs model binary interactions with hidden node activation effects.
problem Understanding how RBM hidden node activation affects binary variable distributions.
method Investigated RBM marginal distributions with different hidden node activation functions.
result Found exact expressions for RBM marginals as interacting binary variables.
New method extracts hidden phases in binary mixtures using tubular tilings.
problem Hidden phases in binary mixtures are difficult to observe.
method Introduce tubular tilings for discretizing binary mixtures on smooth manifolds.
result Recover topological information about hidden phases from observable phases and interfaces.
Neural networks can detect weak patterns hidden in noise.
problem Detecting weak patterns in noisy data.
method Developed a three-layer Sejnowski machine with redundant representation, showing patterns can be stored and retrieved efficiently.
result Neural networks can retrieve information with intensity O(1) even in the presence of noise O(\sqrt{N}) in the large N limit.
BCIQT model improves ML prediction effectiveness using quantum theory.
problem Improving prediction effectiveness in machine learning models.
method Proposes Binary Classifier Inspired by Quantum Theory (BCIQT) model.
result BCIQT model outperforms state-of-the-art models in recall.
New binary AA methods improve on existing techniques.
problem Binary data limitations in AA methods.
method Proposed two optimization frameworks for binary AA.
result Superior performance on synthetic and real binary data.
Background: A universal unanswered question in neuroscience and machine learning is whether computers can decode the patterns of the human brain. Multi-Voxels Pattern Analysis (MVPA) is a critical tool for addressing this question. However, there are two challenges in the previous MVPA methods, which include decreasing…
A universal unanswered question in neuroscience and machine learning is whether computers can decode the patterns of the human brain. Multi-Voxels Pattern Analysis (MVPA) is a critical tool for addressing this question. However, there are two challenges in the previous MVPA methods, which include decreasing sparsity an…
A new method for multi-task learning by allocating parameters.
problem Sharing parameters between unrelated tasks can hurt performance.
method Learned binary variables to allocate components to tasks, encouraging sharing between related tasks.
result Achieves a 17% relative reduction of the error rate on Omniglot benchmark.
Memory capacity of DAM scales exponentially with feature separation, unaffected by correlations.
problem Understanding how feature correlations impact DAM's capacity.
method Developed an empirical framework to analyze DAM's capacity under varying feature correlations and pattern separations.
result Memory capacity scales exponentially with feature separation, unaffected by correlations.
GRU-D detects age-specific missing patterns in vital signs.
problem Temporal missingness in clinical time series data.
method Gated recurrent unit with decay mechanisms (GRU-D) trained on MIMIC-IV vital signs.
result GRU-D achieves AUROC 0.780 and AUPRC 0.810 on bootstrapped data.
Archetypal analysis represents a set of observations as convex combinations of pure patterns, or archetypes. The original geometric formulation of finding archetypes by approximating the convex hull of the observations assumes them to be real valued. This, unfortunately, is not compatible with many practical situations…
The international trade network (ITN) has received renewed multidisciplinary interest due to recent advances in network theory. However, it is still unclear whether a network approach conveys additional, nontrivial information with respect to traditional international-economics analyses that describe world trade only i…
Quantum-enhanced barcode decoding and pattern recognition outperforms classical methods.
problem Improving barcode decoding and pattern recognition using quantum entanglement.
method Quantum hypothesis testing applied to barcode decoding and pattern recognition using entangled quantum sources and measurements.
result Quantum-enhanced methods outperform classical coherent-state strategies for barcode data decoding and classification.
The paper introduces false discovery rate control for BMF to avoid noisy patterns.
problem No guarantees exist for BMF patterns being real, not just noise.
method Proposes false discovery rate (FDR) to control BMF patterns, proving bounds on FDR.
result Improved BMF algorithms using theoretical FDR bounds for rank selection.
We consider the problem of inferring the interactions between a set of N binary variables from the knowledge of their frequencies and pairwise correlations. The inference framework is based on the Hopfield model, a special case of the Ising model where the interaction matrix is defined through a set of patterns in the …
A post-hoc framework improves model performance by calibrating different feature spaces.
problem Improving AUC performance on binary classification tasks for overconfident models.
method Identifies heterogeneous partitions of the feature space and applies post-hoc calibration techniques to each partition.
result Theoretical optimality of the framework for any model, demonstrated on deep neural networks.
We introduce a comprehensive and statistical framework in a model free setting for a complete treatment of localized data corruptions due to severe noise sources, e.g., an occluder in the case of a visual recording. Within this framework, we propose i) a novel algorithm to efficiently separate, i.e., detect and localiz…
Researchers improve tree model recovery from noisy data.
problem Learning tree structured models from corrupted data.
method Linear latent tree models and continuous corruption model.
result Chow-Liu algorithm consistently learns tree from noisy data.
Deep neural networks (DNN) are powerful models for many pattern recognition tasks, yet their high computational complexity and memory requirement limit them to applications on high-performance computing platforms. In this paper, we propose a new method to evaluate DNNs trained with 32bit floating point (float32) accura…
Paper introduces r-DEP classifier for binary classification tasks.
problem No natural ordering for feature patterns in practical situations.
method Introduces reduced dilation-erosion (r-DEP) classifier using multi-valued mathematical morphology.
result r-DEP classifiers outperform traditional SVCs in balanced accuracy.
New method separates model and non-model risks for more practical asset pricing.
problem Asset pricing under model-uncertainty.
method Binary model-risks and constraints over preferences; unique model-risk pricing formula.
result Unique model-risk pricing formula with dynamically conserved constant.