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48 results for conditional sequence models

New tools evaluate and optimize conditional sequence models in bioinformatics.

problem Evaluating and optimizing conditional sequence models in bioinformatics.
method Kernel-based discrepancy measure (ACMMD) to estimate model fit and tune hyperparameters.
result Rejects the hypothesis that ProteinMPNN fits its data for various protein families and optimizes model temperature.

We present a class of models that, via a simple construction, enables exact, incremental, non-parametric, polynomial-time, Bayesian inference of conditional measures. The approach relies upon creating a sequence of covers on the conditioning variable and maintaining a different model for each set within a cover. Infere…

2010-05-13abs ↗pdf ↗

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.

Improved incremental sequence classification with temporal consistency.

problem Updating predictions as new sequence elements are revealed.
method Temporal-difference learning and a temporal-consistency condition for successive predictions.
result Optimizing a novel loss function improves data efficiency and predictive accuracy.

This paper proposes an EM approach to reduce inference latency in NAR sequence generation.

problem High inference latency in NAR models due to multi-modality in sequence generation.
method A unified EM framework that jointly optimizes AR and NAR models, with iterative refinement.
result The proposed approach achieves competitive performance with existing NAR models and significantly reduces inference latency.

We study virtual isotopy sequences with classical initial and final diagrams, asking when such a sequence can be changed into a classical isotopy sequence by replacing virtual crossings with classical crossings. An example of a sequence for which no such virtual crossing realization exists is given. A conjecture on con…

2003-03-06abs ↗pdf ↗

Transformers can simulate MLE for Bayesian network sequences.

problem Understanding transformers' capabilities in Bayesian network sequence generation.
method In-context maximum likelihood estimation (MLE) for autoregressive sequence generation.
result A simple transformer model can estimate Bayesian network probabilities and generate new samples.

In this paper, we compare different types of Recurrent Neural Network (RNN) Encoder-Decoders in anomaly detection viewpoint. We focused on finding the model that can learn the same data more effectively. We compared multiple models under the same conditions, such as the number of parameters, optimizer, and learning rat…

2018-07-17abs ↗pdf ↗

We present a novel model architecture which leverages deep learning tools to perform exact Bayesian inference on sets of high dimensional, complex observations. Our model is provably exchangeable, meaning that the joint distribution over observations is invariant under permutation: this property lies at the heart of Ba…

2018-02-21abs ↗pdf ↗

In order to alleviate data sparsity and overfitting problems in maximum likelihood estimation (MLE) for sequence prediction tasks, we propose the Generative Bridging Network (GBN), in which a novel bridge module is introduced to assist the training of the sequence prediction model (the generator network). Unlike MLE di…

2017-06-28abs ↗pdf ↗

Deep conditional generative models are developed to simultaneously learn the temporal dependencies of multiple sequences. The model is designed by introducing a three-way weight tensor to capture the multiplicative interactions between side information and sequences. The proposed model builds on the Temporal Sigmoid Be…

2016-05-22abs ↗pdf ↗

The paper extends sequences while preserving statistical properties using a mixture model.

problem Extending sequences while retaining their statistical properties.
method Auto-regressive Sequence Extension Mixture Model (SEMM) using deep learning.
result The mixture model outperforms traditional neural networks in sequence extension with statistical property retention.

Researchers develop flexible kernels for biological sequences with guaranteed reliability.

problem Challenges in applying machine learning to biological sequences, including unreliable methods.
method Theoretical analysis and development of modified kernels to ensure reliability and accuracy.
result Developed kernels that are universal, characteristic, and metrize the space of distributions for biological sequences.

We introduce a quantitative condition on orbits of dynamical systems which measures their aperiodicity. We show the existence of sequences in the Bernoulli-shift and geodesics on closed hyperbolic manifolds which are as aperiodic as possible with respect to this condition.

2012-06-04abs ↗pdf ↗

AutoGraph uses transformers to efficiently generate graphs as sequences.

problem Efficiently generating large, sparse graphs without expensive node features.
method Flattening graphs into sequences and using decoder-only transformers.
result AutoGraph achieves state-of-the-art performance on synthetic and molecular benchmarks.

We present Optimal Completion Distillation (OCD), a training procedure for optimizing sequence to sequence models based on edit distance. OCD is efficient, has no hyper-parameters of its own, and does not require pretraining or joint optimization with conditional log-likelihood. Given a partial sequence generated by th…

2018-10-02abs ↗pdf ↗

Set-Sequence model learns cross-sectional dynamics directly from time series data.

problem Predicting large cross-sections of time series data with latent cross-sectional dynamics.
method A model that learns cross-sectional structure directly, enhancing expressivity and eliminating manual feature engineering.
result Significantly outperforms strong baselines in equity portfolio optimization and loan risk prediction.

Alternative sampling method for autoregressive models using Langevin dynamics.

problem Efficiently sampling from autoregressive models.
method Initialize sequences with white noise and follow Langevin dynamics on global log-likelihood.
result Parallelizes and generalizes sampling process for autoregressive models.

One of the basic problems in studying topological structures of deformation spaces for Kleinian groups is to find a criterion to distinguish convergent sequences from divergent sequences. In this paper, we shall give a sufficient condition for sequences of Kleinian groups isomorphic to surface groups to diverge in the …

1998-10-29abs ↗pdf ↗

Sparse Transformers can approximate dense Transformers with only O(n) connections.

problem Can sparse Transformers approximate arbitrary sequence-to-sequence functions?
method Proposed sufficient conditions for universal approximation and proved that sparse Transformers with O(n) connections can approximate dense models.
result Sparse Transformers with O(n) connections can approximate the same function class as dense models with n^2 connections.

The paper establishes conditions for optimal sampling configurations on complex manifolds.

problem Finding optimal sampling configurations on complex manifolds.
method Analyzes point configurations on compact complex manifolds using tensor powers of Hermitian ample line bundles.
result Necessary and sufficient conditions for the existence of asymptotically Fekete sequences.

Prediction suffix trees (PST) provide an effective tool for sequence modelling and prediction. Current prediction techniques for PSTs rely on exact matching between the suffix of the current sequence and the previously observed sequence. We present a provably correct algorithm for learning a PST with approximate suffix…

2018-02-09abs ↗pdf ↗

Given a sequential learning algorithm and a target model, sequential machine teaching aims to find the shortest training sequence to drive the learning algorithm to the target model. We present the first principled way to find such shortest training sequences. Our key insight is to formulate sequential machine teaching…

2018-10-15abs ↗pdf ↗

Tensor networks are a powerful modeling framework developed for computational many-body physics, which have only recently been applied within machine learning. In this work we utilize a uniform matrix product state (u-MPS) model for probabilistic modeling of sequence data. We first show that u-MPS enable sequence-level…

2020-03-02abs ↗pdf ↗

Strong stability of ergodic iterations proven without ergodic driving sequence.

problem Ensuring strong stability of ergodic iterations under non-ergodic driving sequences.
method Revisiting processes driven by stationary ergodic sequences, proving strong stability under mild conditions on recursive maps.
result Strong stability of iterations proven without ergodic driving sequence.

Generative Distribution Embeddings learn multiscale representations of distributions.

problem Learning representations of entire distributions for multiscale reasoning.
method Introducing GDE framework that lifts autoencoders to the space of distributions, using conditional generative models and distributional invariance.
result GDEs learn predictive sufficient statistics embedded in Wasserstein space, recovering distances and trajectories for Gaussian and Gaussian mixture distributions.

Recurrent Neural Networks (RNNs) with attention mechanisms have obtained state-of-the-art results for many sequence processing tasks. Most of these models use a simple form of encoder with attention that looks over the entire sequence and assigns a weight to each token independently. We present a mechanism for focusing…

2018-06-12abs ↗pdf ↗

Investigates neural TTS systems for Japanese and English.

problem Improving neural TTS systems for high-quality speech synthesis.
method Comparative study of neural sequence-to-sequence TTS vs. DNN pipeline TTS, varying model architecture, parameter size, and language.
result A neural sequence-to-sequence TTS system requires sufficient model parameters and a powerful encoder for high-quality speech synthesis.

Events in the world may be caused by other, unobserved events. We consider sequences of events in continuous time. Given a probability model of complete sequences, we propose particle smoothing---a form of sequential importance sampling---to impute the missing events in an incomplete sequence. We develop a trainable fa…

2019-05-14abs ↗pdf ↗

Develops effective adversarial attacks on probabilistic forecasting models.

problem Adversarial attacks on neural models outputting probability distributions.
method Effective generation of adversarial attacks through Monte-Carlo estimation and Bayesian conditioning.
result Demonstrates successful generation of attacks with small input perturbations.

The paper studies symplectic forms on projective limits of Banach bundles and their Darboux Theorem.

problem Conditions for weak symplectic forms on projective limits of Banach bundles.
method Analyzing projective sequences of Banach bundles and applying Darboux Theorem.
result Necessary and sufficient conditions for the Darboux Theorem on projective limits of Banach manifolds.

Algorithm optimizes biological sequences using bootstrapped training with a score-conditioned generator.

problem Optimizing biological sequences for a black-box score function.
method Bootstrapped training of score-conditioned generator (BootGen) algorithm.
result Our method outperforms competitive baselines on biological sequential design tasks.