Boosted embeddings improve time series forecasting models.
problem Improving time series forecasting accuracy.
method Gradient boosting with DNN weak learners and incremental weight updates.
result DeepGB model outperforms state-of-the-art models.
Paper enhances haptic signals distinguishability with boosted technique.
problem Lack of large datasets in haptics domain limits feature extraction.
method General framework for haptic signal analysis, using spectral features and boosted embedding.
result Framework needs less training data and outperforms state-of-the-art.
Wide Boosting improves GB's performance on multivariate output tasks.
problem Lack of flexibility in fitting probabilistic multi-dimensional outputs.
method Inserts matrix multiplication between GB output and loss function.
result Wide Boosting outperforms Gradient Boosting on multivariate output tasks.
Gradient boosted decision trees are a popular machine learning technique, in part because of their ability to give good accuracy with small models. We describe two extensions to the standard tree boosting algorithm designed to increase this advantage. The first improvement extends the boosting formalism from scalar-val…
As opposed to manual feature engineering which is tedious and difficult to scale, network representation learning has attracted a surge of research interests as it automates the process of feature learning on graphs. The learned low-dimensional node vector representation is generalizable and eases the knowledge discove…
This paper proposes a boosting-based solution addressing metric learning problems for high-dimensional data. Distance measures have been used as natural measures of (dis)similarity and served as the foundation of various learning methods. The efficiency of distance-based learning methods heavily depends on the chosen d…
Enhanced word embeddings boost multiclass text classification accuracy.
problem Improving multiclass text classification accuracy using pre-trained embeddings.
method Proposed word-class embeddings (WCEs) to enhance pre-trained word embeddings.
result WCEs significantly improve multiclass text classification accuracy.
In this paper we describe our attempt at producing a state-of-the-art Twitter sentiment classifier using Convolutional Neural Networks (CNNs) and Long Short Term Memory (LSTMs) networks. Our system leverages a large amount of unlabeled data to pre-train word embeddings. We then use a subset of the unlabeled data to fin…
AI-enhanced product embeddings boost demand analysis accuracy.
problem Traditional demand analysis struggles with nuanced product attributes.
method Combining text, images, and tabular data with transformer embeddings for causal inference.
result AI-enhanced embeddings improve sales rank and price predictions.
Enhances image classification by integrating semantic hierarchy into CNN models.
problem Limited use of external guidance in image classification.
method Integrates label-hierarchy knowledge into CNN-based classifiers and uses order-preserving embeddings.
result Boosts image classification performance through semantic hierarchy integration.
Paper proposes a new financial fraud detection system using improved RF and GBM.
problem Detecting financial fraud with high accuracy and efficiency.
method Introduces GBM-SSRF, a novel model combining GBM and SSRF.
result GBM-SSRF model outperforms traditional methods in fraud detection.
GAMI-Tree uses model-based trees to fit low-order fANOVA models.
problem Fitting interpretable fANOVA models with low-order interactions.
method GAMI-Tree uses model-based trees and a new interaction filtering method.
result GAMI-Tree outperforms EBM and GAMI-Net in predictive performance and interpretability.
Word embeddings learnt from large corpora have been adopted in various applications in natural language processing and served as the general input representations to learning systems. Recently, a series of post-processing methods have been proposed to boost the performance of word embeddings on similarity comparison an…
E-Stitchup augments pre-trained embeddings for better model performance and confidence calibration.
problem Improving classification accuracy and confidence calibration of models using pre-trained embeddings.
method Data augmentation methods inspired by Mixup combined with label softening.
result Significantly increased classification accuracy and reduced training time.
Paper proposes G-CRD to improve GNNs by preserving global graph topology.
problem Improving lightweight GNNs for robust performance on large-scale real-world graphs.
method Introduces Graph Contrastive Representation Distillation (G-CRD) using contrastive learning.
result G-CRD consistently boosts GNN performance and robustness, outperforming existing methods.
A framework converts spatial data into embeddings for insurance risk modelling.
problem Improving underwriting precision and risk management in insurance with spatial data.
method Multi-view contrastive learning framework for generating spatial embeddings.
result Spatial embeddings consistently improve predictive accuracy across various models.
Combines PCA and message passing for better graph node embeddings.
problem Challenges of learning long-range dependencies in graph data.
method PCAPass: PCA + message passing for unsupervised node embeddings.
result Empirically shows competitive performance on node classification benchmarks.
A new method uses vector embeddings to improve analytics model performance.
problem Challenges in selecting high-quality datasets for enhanced analytics performance.
method Transform datasets into vector embeddings using NumTabData2Vec, then use similarity search for model inference.
result The proposed method accurately predicts analytics outcomes and increases speedup.
One of the main challenges of deep learning methods is the choice of an appropriate training strategy. In particular, additional steps, such as unsupervised pre-training, have been shown to greatly improve the performances of deep structures. In this article, we propose an extra training step, called post-training, whi…
Advances AT with HE to improve model robustness.
problem Improving robustness of adversarially trained models.
method Regularizes features onto compact manifolds using hypersphere embedding.
result Integrating HE consistently enhances model robustness across various AT frameworks.
Improved autoencoder boosts sequence learning with less memory.
problem Training recurrent networks with high memory costs.
method Sparse Predictive Autoencoder (bRSM) with recurrent connections and boosting rule.
result Near optimal performance on stochastic sequence learning task.
A new method boosts graph neural networks by preventing over-smoothing and over-squashing.
problem Graph Neural Networks struggle with long-range signals and over-smoothing/over-squashing.
method Proposes PowerEmbed, a layer-wise normalization technique inspired by spectral graph embedding.
result PowerEmbed prevents over-smoothing and avoids over-squashing, improving performance on heterophilous graphs.
The study develops a machine learning system for credit scoring and default prediction.
problem Developing a robust credit rating and default prediction system.
method Combines NLP, AE, GBM, DE, and SHAP/LIME for model interpretability.
result Obtained excellent out-of-sample performance in credit rating and default prediction.
SAINT improves neural networks for tabular data with row attention and contrastive pre-training.
problem Tabular data challenges in machine learning applications.
method SAINT combines row and column attention with contrastive self-supervised pre-training.
result SAINT outperforms previous deep learning methods and even gradient boosting methods on benchmark tasks.
We propose a neural network architecture for learning vector representations of hotels. Unlike previous works, which typically only use user click information for learning item embeddings, we propose a framework that combines several sources of data, including user clicks, hotel attributes (e.g., property type, star ra…
Fair MP-Boost improves fairness and interpretability in boosting methods.
problem Improving fairness and interpretability in boosting methods.
method Fair MP-Boost uses adaptive sampling of minipatches to balance accuracy and fairness.
result Fair MP-Boost enhances fairness and accuracy while providing interpretable feature importance.
The change in Holographic entanglement entropy (HEE) for small fluctuations about pure anti De Sitter (AdS) is obtained by a perturbative expansion of the area functional in terms of the change in the bulk metric and the embedded extremal surface. However, it is known that change in the embedding appears in second orde…
A new gradient tree boosting framework reduces variance and accelerates performance.
problem High variance in stochastic gradient boosting.
method Combining gradient tree boosting with importance sampling and a regularizer.
result Achieves a linear convergence rate on logistic loss and 2.5x--18x acceleration on LogitBoost and LambdaMART.
MP-Boost boosts accuracy faster and more interpretable than AdaBoost.
problem Developing a faster, more interpretable boosting method.
method Adaptive selection of minipatches (small subsets of instances and features) at each iteration.
result Achieves comparable accuracy to AdaBoost and gradient boosting but faster and more interpretable.
StealthRank subtly boosts LLM rankings without detectable anomalies.
problem Adversarial manipulation of LLM-driven ranking systems.
method Energy-based optimization with Langevin dynamics for stealthy prompt generation.
result StealthRank outperforms existing methods in covertly boosting rankings.
Boost-R uses gradient boosted trees for analyzing recurrence data.
problem Analyzing recurrence data with static and dynamic features.
method Gradient boosted additive trees with time-dependent functions.
result Estimates the cumulative intensity function of recurrent event processes.
Boost GNNs for node classification by incorporating label dependencies.
problem Current GNNs lack expressiveness and fail to capture label dependencies.
method Proposes a collective learning framework combining collective classification and self-supervised learning.
result Consistent, significant improvement in node classification accuracy across various GNNs.
Boosted decision trees typically yield good accuracy, precision, and ROC area. However, because the outputs from boosting are not well calibrated posterior probabilities, boosting yields poor squared error and cross-entropy. We empirically demonstrate why AdaBoost predicts distorted probabilities and examine three cali…
Extends boosting to multiclass online agnostic classification.
problem Online multiclass classification with weak learners.
method Reduces multiclass online agnostic boosting to online convex optimization.
result First boosting algorithm for online agnostic multiclass classification.
Paper studies SERA's effectiveness in optimizing imbalanced regression models.
problem Imbalanced regression tasks where extreme values are crucial.
method Gradient boosting algorithms tested with 36 datasets.
result Models using SERA as objective function perform better at extreme value predictions.
Boosting is one of the most significant developments in machine learning. This paper studies the rate of convergence of L2Boosting, which is tailored for regression, in a high-dimensional setting. Moreover, we introduce so-called \textquotedblleft post-Boosting\textquotedblright. This is a post-selection estimator w…
Robust boosting improves regression accuracy in noisy data.
problem Handling outliers in non-parametric regression.
method Two-stage approach: robust residual scale minimization followed by bounded loss optimization.
result Robust boosting outperforms standard methods in outlier-prone data.
We present a new boosting algorithm, motivated by the large margins theory for boosting. We give experimental evidence that the new algorithm is significantly more robust against label noise than existing boosting algorithm.
Improved agnostic boosting with better sample efficiency.
problem Agnostic boosting's poor sample efficiency compared to Empirical Risk Minimization.
method Leverages sample reuse across rounds, guarantees better generalization.
result Substantially more sample-efficient agnostic boosting algorithm.
Excellent ranking power along with well calibrated probability estimates are needed in many classification tasks. In this paper, we introduce a technique, Calibrated Boosting-Forest that captures both. This novel technique is an ensemble of gradient boosting machines that can support both continuous and binary labels. …
Adversarial training improves graph autoencoder generalization.
problem Improving graph autoencoder generalization.
method Formulated L2 and L1 adversarial training for graph autoencoders and variational graph autoencoders.
result Adversarial training boosts graph autoencoder and variational graph autoencoder generalization.
Boosting algorithms are frequently used in applied data science and in research. To date, the distinction between boosting with either gradient descent or second-order Newton updates is often not made in both applied and methodological research, and it is thus implicitly assumed that the difference is irrelevant. The g…
Paper proposes adaptive margin loss to improve few-shot learning.
problem Few-shot learning's difficulty in generalizing from a few examples.
method Develops class-relevant and task-relevant additive margin losses.
result Boosts performance of metric-based meta-learning approaches.
The study provides statistical guarantees for Bayesian variational boosting.
problem Statistical and convergence issues in variational boosting.
method Proposed a novel variational family and a functional Frank-Wolfe optimization algorithm.
result Demonstrated stochastic boundedness and provided convergence rate for boosting iterates.
In this paper we propose using the principle of boosting to reduce the bias of a random forest prediction in the regression setting. From the original random forest fit we extract the residuals and then fit another random forest to these residuals. We call the sum of these two random forests a \textit{one-step boosted …
TF Boosted Trees (TFBT) is a new open-sourced frame-work for the distributed training of gradient boosted trees. It is based on TensorFlow, and its distinguishing features include a novel architecture, automatic loss differentiation, layer-by-layer boosting that results in smaller ensembles and faster prediction, princ…
Learnable token perturbations boost extrapolation in LLMs.
problem Limited flexibility of current discrete perturbations in large language models.
method Learnable continuous latent vector transformations in embedding space, unbiased estimating equations, stochastic gradient descent optimization.
result Significant gains in out-of-domain settings over state-of-the-art methods.
ALPINE predicts links in networks by querying the most informative pairs.
problem Predicting links in partially observed networks efficiently.
method Active learning using network embedding.
result ALPINE achieves significant link prediction accuracy with fewer queries.