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48 results for collective manipulation

This work learns visual representations for deformable objects using contrastive estimation.

problem Challenges in learning plannable visual representations for deformable objects.
method Jointly optimizes visual representation and dynamics models using contrastive estimation.
result Substantial improvements in performance over standard model-based learning techniques.

Collectives can manipulate learning platforms by coordinated data submission, requiring strategic assessments and algorithms.

problem Collectives can influence learning platforms by altering data, posing risks and requiring strategic planning.
method Developed a theoretical and algorithmic framework to understand and mitigate collective manipulation of learning platforms.
result Demonstrated the need for strategic assessments and implementable coordination algorithms to prevent collective manipulation.

This paper improves self-play learning in games by manipulating experience distributions.

problem Improving self-play learning in games through better experience sampling.
method Three approaches: weighted sampling, Prioritized Experience Replay, and diversifying trajectories.
result Major improvements in early training performance in some games, minor improvements overall.

In this paper, we introduce an unsupervised learning approach to automatically discover, summarize, and manipulate artistic styles from large collections of paintings. Our method is based on archetypal analysis, which is an unsupervised learning technique akin to sparse coding with a geometric interpretation. When appl…

2018-05-28abs ↗pdf ↗

We address the collective matrix completion problem of jointly recovering a collection of matrices with shared structure from partial (and potentially noisy) observations. To ensure well--posedness of the problem, we impose a joint low rank structure, wherein each component matrix is low rank and the latent space of th…

2014-12-05abs ↗pdf ↗

A Markov-chain model is developed for the purpose estimation of the cure rate of non-performing loans. The technique is performed collectively, on portfolios and it can be applicable in the process of calculation of credit impairment. It is efficient in terms of data manipulation costs which makes it accessible even to…

2018-05-30abs ↗pdf ↗

Study shows small groups can influence machine learning algorithms.

problem How small groups can influence machine learning algorithms deployed on digital platforms.
method Proposed a theoretical model and conducted experiments on a large-scale language model.
result Small groups can exert significant control over machine learning algorithms.

Motion planning and control are key problems in a collection of robotic applications including the design of autonomous agile vehicles and of minimalist manipulators. These problems can be accurately formalized within the language of affine connections and of geometric control theory. In this paper we overview recent r…

2002-09-17abs ↗pdf ↗

We propose a novel approach to achieving invariance for deep neural networks in the form of inducing amnesia to unwanted factors of data through a new adversarial forgetting mechanism. We show that the forgetting mechanism serves as an information-bottleneck, which is manipulated by the adversarial training to learn in…

2019-11-11abs ↗pdf ↗

For a rational homology 3-sphere YY with a $\spinc$ structure $\s$, we show that simple algebraic manipulations of our construction of equivariant Seiberg-Witten Floer homology lead to a collection of variants which are topological invariants. We establish exact sequences relating them, we show that they satisfy a dua…

2002-11-15abs ↗pdf ↗

AI learns market manipulation through simulation, suggesting regulation.

problem Regulating AI to prevent market manipulation.
method Used a genetic algorithm in an artificial market simulation.
result AI discovered market manipulation as an optimal strategy.

The paper analyzes how leverage affects manipulation in event-linked markets, offering new insights into regulation.

problem Manipulation and insider information in leveraged event-linked markets.
method Develops a two-axis manipulation taxonomy and analyzes leverage's effects on market-price and outcome manipulation.
result Leverage scales market-price manipulation linearly but shifts the cost-benefit threshold for outcome manipulation.

New model improves neural network robustness against input manipulations.

problem Improving neural network robustness against input manipulations.
method Causal view and deep causal manipulation augmented model (deep CAMA) with data augmentation and test-time fine-tuning.
result Deep CAMA shows superior robustness against unseen manipulations compared to traditional models.

This paper studies poisoning attacks in episodic RL and discovers their effectiveness depends on reward bounds.

problem Understanding security threats to RL algorithms through poisoning attacks.
method Examined two types of poisoning attacks: reward and action manipulation, in bounded and unbounded reward settings.
result The effectiveness of poisoning attacks depends on reward bounds, with different attack costs and success rates.

In this work we propose a model that can manipulate individual visual attributes of objects in a real scene using examples of how respective attribute manipulations affect the output of a simulation. As an example, we train our model to manipulate the expression of a human face using nonphotorealistic 3D renders of a f…

2019-01-28abs ↗pdf ↗

Prediction markets can be manipulated by traders who can move contract settlements, harming price discovery.

problem Manipulation of settlement times in prediction markets leads to unfair wealth transfer and harms price discovery.
method Developed a model showing how settlement manipulation transfers wealth and harms price discovery, and observed real-world effects on Polymarket's Bitcoin contract.
result Manipulators capture significant profits from retail traders, especially when settlement times are short.

In Reinforcement Learning (RL), an agent explores the environment and collects trajectories into the memory buffer for later learning. However, the collected trajectories can easily be imbalanced with respect to the achieved goal states. The problem of learning from imbalanced data is a well-known problem in supervised…

2019-02-20abs ↗pdf ↗

Manipulating data, such as weighting data examples or augmenting with new instances, has been increasingly used to improve model training. Previous work has studied various rule- or learning-based approaches designed for specific types of data manipulation. In this work, we propose a new method that supports learning d…

2019-10-28abs ↗pdf ↗

We present an adversarial active exploration for inverse dynamics model learning, a simple yet effective learning scheme that incentivizes exploration in an environment without any human intervention. Our framework consists of a deep reinforcement learning (DRL) agent and an inverse dynamics model contesting with each …

2018-06-26abs ↗pdf ↗

New method uses statistical physics to detect financial market manipulation.

problem Detecting financial market manipulation activities like spoofing and layering.
method Modeling order book dynamics as particle motion and using momentum measure.
result Method outperforms conventional Z-score-based anomaly detection.

Vision and learning have made significant progress that could improve robotics policies for complex tasks and environments. Learning deep neural networks for image understanding, however, requires large amounts of domain-specific visual data. While collecting such data from real robots is possible, such an approach lim…

2019-03-18abs ↗pdf ↗

Framework detects covert financial market manipulation using LOB representations.

problem Detecting covert financial market manipulation (spoofing) from complex anomaly patterns in multilevel prices.
method Cascaded contrastive representation learning of LOB data.
result Transformer-based architectures achieve state-of-the-art results in detection performance.

Study reveals widespread manipulation of meme coins, leading to significant economic losses.

problem Widespread manipulation of meme coins leading to economic losses.
method Cross-chain analysis of 34,988 tokens across Ethereum, BNB Smart Chain, Solana, and Base.
result 82.8% of high-return tokens show evidence of artificial growth strategies.

A new method for robot manipulation tasks using imagined object goals.

problem Learning robot manipulation in sparse reward environments.
method Train objects to reach target positions, then use predictions to create a curriculum of tasks.
result Higher success rates in challenging learning scenarios compared to alternatives.

Manipulation is an important issue for both developed and emerging stock markets. For the study of manipulation, it is critical to analyze investor behavior in the stock market. In this paper, an analysis of the full transaction records of over a hundred stocks in a one-year period is conducted. For each stock, a tradi…

2011-10-11abs ↗pdf ↗

Study on costs of manipulating AMM-based price oracles.

problem Cost of manipulation in AMM-based on-chain price oracles.
method Analyzes the robustness of AMM-based oracles to strategic manipulation, considering different aggregation methods and market conditions.
result Manipulation costs depend on the total quote depth and can be minimized by optimal liquidity weights.

Proposes a simple method to represent and manipulate concepts using polynomials and moment statistics.

problem Lack of a mathematical framework to define and operate on concepts.
method Characterizes concepts as zero sets of polynomials and uses moment statistics for representation; proposes a dictionary-based method to learn hierarchical structures.
result Signature of concepts can be used to discover common structures and recursively produce higher-level concepts.

Many problems in image processing and computer vision (e.g. colorization, style transfer) can be posed as 'manipulating' an input image into a corresponding output image given a user-specified guiding signal. A holy-grail solution towards generic image manipulation should be able to efficiently alter an input image wit…

2017-03-21abs ↗pdf ↗

Investigates optimal execution under time-varying liquidity, preventing price manipulation.

problem Optimal execution with time-varying liquidity impacts and price manipulation prevention.
method Almgren-Chriss framework, deterministic time variation, well-posedness, second-order conditions, price manipulation prevention.
result Sufficient conditions for a unique solution and prevention of price manipulation.

Recognizing an object's material can inform a robot on the object's fragility or appropriate use. To estimate an object's material during manipulation, many prior works have explored the use of haptic sensing. In this paper, we explore a technique for robots to estimate the materials of objects using spectroscopy. We d…

2018-05-10abs ↗pdf ↗