New method discovers context effects in choice data.
problem Identifying context effects from choice data is challenging.
method Automatic discovery of context effects from observed choices.
result Automatic discovery of context effects from observed choices.
This study examines how sequential correlations affect in-context learning in sequence models.
problem Understanding how in-context learning works with sequentially correlated data.
method Extended linear regression model to sequentially correlated data, tested on transformer architectures.
result Sequential correlations alter the effective context length and attention architecture effectiveness.
Contextualized ML learns context-dependent effects using deep learning.
problem Learning heterogeneous and context-dependent effects in data.
method Applying deep learning to the meta-relationship between contextual information and context-specific parametric models.
result Unified framework for cluster analysis and cohort modeling.
Decodes neural activity to detect context effects in natural settings.
problem Detecting context-dependent changes in neural encoding.
method Decoding-based approach controlling for confounding factors.
result Demonstrates context-dependent changes in neural encoding.
Scales attention for long contexts in LLMs.
problem Development of attention mechanisms for long context inference.
method Scale-invariant total attention and sparsity conditions, with a position-dependent transformation of logits.
result Scale-invariant attention scheme improves validation loss and long-context retrieval.
This paper formulates the problem of building a context-aware predictive model based on user diverse behavioral activities with smartphones. In the area of machine learning and data science, a tree-like model as that of decision tree is considered as one of the most popular classification techniques, which can be used …
Many applications in preference learning assume that decisions come from the maximization of a stable utility function. Yet a large experimental literature shows that individual choices and judgements can be affected by "irrelevant" aspects of the context in which they are made. An important class of such contexts is t…
CCM improves context for Meta-RL by contrastive learning.
problem Improving context for Meta-RL to enable task generalization.
method CCM framework using contrastive learning for context encoding and information-gain-based trajectory collection.
result CCM outperforms state-of-the-art algorithms in benchmarks and sparse-reward environments.
Personalized models explain TB treatment outcomes considering patient context.
problem Heterogeneity in TB treatment outcomes due to co-morbidities.
method Multi-task learning approach encoding patient context into personalized models.
result Identifies anemia, age of onset, and HIV as influential for treatment efficacy.
Due to the popularity of context-awareness in the Internet of Things (IoT) and the recent advanced features in the most popular IoT device, i.e., smartphone, modeling and predicting personalized usage behavior based on relevant contexts can be highly useful in assisting them to carry out daily routines and activities. …
New analysis shows transformer models can't learn effectively.
problem Transformer models learning in context can't achieve general predictive accuracy.
method Empirical evidence and mathematical analysis of transformer architecture limitations.
result Transformers cannot achieve general predictive accuracy due to architectural limitations.
Benchmark assesses forecasting models' ability to use textual context.
problem Forecasting models struggle with integrating textual context.
method Introduces a benchmark with numerical and textual data, evaluates various models.
result LLM prompting method outperforms other models.
Graph Neural Networks (GNNs) have been widely studied for graph data representation and learning. However, existing GNNs generally conduct context-aware learning on node feature representation only which usually ignores the learning of edge (weight) representation. In this paper, we propose a novel unified GNN model, n…
Social bias in machine learning has drawn significant attention, with work ranging from demonstrations of bias in a multitude of applications, curating definitions of fairness for different contexts, to developing algorithms to mitigate bias. In natural language processing, gender bias has been shown to exist in contex…
Optimally explores dynamical systems with varying properties using context inference.
problem Learning dynamics models for systems with varying properties.
method Formulates dynamics models as stochastic processes conditioned on a latent context variable inferred from system transitions. Uses probabilistic formulation to compute optimal action sequences for exploration.
result Demonstrates effectiveness of the method on non-linear toy-problems and reinforcement learning environments.
CausalRegNet generates accurate data for gene perturbation experiments, improving CSL methods.
problem Assessing and selecting causal structure learning methods in gene perturbation experiments.
method CausalRegNet, a multiplicative effect structural causal model, generates accurate observational and interventional data.
result CausalRegNet generates more accurate distributions and scales better than current simulation frameworks.
ABC learns context-aware representations for clustering.
problem Learning latent representations that adapt to context in machine learning.
method Attention-based neural architecture that learns a similarity kernel.
result Competitive results for clustering Omniglot characters.
The paper develops a new framework for detecting distributional drifts conditioned on context.
problem Detecting distributional drifts in machine learning systems when context changes.
method Develops a framework using two-sample tests for conditional distributional treatment effects.
result Demonstrates effectiveness for detecting drift in subpopulations of data.
Interactions such as double negation in sentences and scene interactions in images are common forms of complex dependencies captured by state-of-the-art machine learning models. We propose Mahé, a novel approach to provide Model-agnostic hierarchical éxplanations of how powerful machine learning models, such as deep ne…
Study shows short exposure and systematic risk exposure affect disposition effect asymmetries.
problem Understanding disposition effect in short vs long exposure positions and systematic risk.
method Generalized Odean measures, introduced Value metric, implemented dispositionEffect R package.
result Short positions exhibit weaker disposition effect than long positions under narrow framing, reversing in integrated framing.
Enhances image captioning with novel context combination methods.
problem Improving machine learning for image captioning with structured learning and meaningful interpretation.
method Combines Feature Distribution Composition (FDC), Multiple Role Representation Crossover (MRRC) attention layers, and language decoder.
result Significantly improved image captioning performance (35.3%) and established new standards.
With online calendar services gaining popularity worldwide, calendar data has become one of the richest context sources for understanding human behavior. However, event scheduling is still time-consuming even with the development of online calendars. Although machine learning based event scheduling models have automate…
Transformers learn to perform logistic regression in-context.
problem Understanding how transformers learn to perform specific tasks in-context.
method Constructed multi-layer transformers that perform in-context logistic regression through normalized gradient descent.
result Transformers can be trained to perform in-context logistic regression effectively.
Proposes a new model for context-dependent decision-making.
problem Constant preference parameters in decision models are too rigid.
method Introduces Context-aware Bayesian mixed multinomial logit model using neural networks.
result Models context-dependent intra-respondent heterogeneity effectively.
Transformers can be hijacked by context, but deeper models are more robust.
problem Robustness of Transformers against context hijacking for linear classification.
method Developed a theoretical analysis on the robustness of linear transformers, considering model depth, training context lengths, and number of hijacking context tokens.
result Deeper transformers are more robust to context hijacking.
Paper proposes linear transformers for efficient in-context learning without context length limitations.
problem Quadratic complexity of softmax transformers limits data processing speed.
method Investigates linear transformers under domain generalization, showing they learn mappings from context distributions to response functions.
result Linear transformers achieve in-context learning with a linear complexity in context length, offering a dimension-independent convergence rate.
Enhances neural processes to learn from multiple related datasets.
problem Improving predictions from datasets with shared similarities.
method Developed the in-context in-context learning pseudo-token TNP (ICICL-TNP) to condition on both sets of datapoints and sets of datasets.
result Demonstrated the importance and effectiveness of in-context in-context learning.
New model predicts drug effects across various cell types using causal imputation.
problem Predict drug effects across different cell types given limited data.
method Introduces a novel SCM-based model class with latent factor structure and uses Synthetic Interventions estimator.
result Method outperforms other matrix completion approaches in drug repurposing dataset.
Transformers can handle endogeneity in linear regression using IV methods.
problem Endogeneity in in-context linear regression models.
method Transformer architecture with gradient-based bi-level optimization and in-context pretraining.
result Transformers provide more robust predictions and estimates than 2SLS in endogenous scenarios.
Out-of-vocabulary word translation is a major problem for the translation of low-resource languages that suffer from a lack of parallel training data. This paper evaluates the contributions of target-language context models towards the translation of OOV words, specifically in those cases where OOV translations are der…
Visual relationship detection can bridge the gap between computer vision and natural language for scene understanding of images. Different from pure object recognition tasks, the relation triplets of subject-predicate-object lie on an extreme diversity space, such as \textit{person-behind-person} and \textit{car-behind…
This work investigates how context should be taken into account when performing continuous authentication of a smartphone user based on touchscreen and accelerometer readings extracted from swipe gestures. The study is conducted on the publicly available HMOG dataset consisting of 100 study subjects performing pre-defi…
Importance of visual context in scene understanding tasks is well recognized in the computer vision community. However, to what extent the computer vision models for image classification and semantic segmentation are dependent on the context to make their predictions is unclear. A model overly relying on context will f…
We propose a novel self-attention mechanism that can learn its optimal attention span. This allows us to extend significantly the maximum context size used in Transformer, while maintaining control over their memory footprint and computational time. We show the effectiveness of our approach on the task of character lev…
Bayesian methods detect significant IIA violations in similarity choice data.
problem Detecting IIA violations in similarity choice data complicates classical models.
method Proposed two statistical methods: classical goodness-of-fit test and Bayesian PPC.
result Significant IIA violations confirmed in both datasets, driven by context effects.
Nowadays, mobile telephony interruptions in our daily life activities are common because of the inappropriate ringing notifications of incoming phone calls in different contexts. Such interruptions may impact on the work attention not only for the mobile phone owners but also the surrounding people. Decision tree is th…
Bayesian optimization tackles uncertainty in context variables.
problem Sequential decision-making under context distributional uncertainty.
method Wasserstein Distributionally Robust Bayesian Optimization.
result Sublinear regret bounds matching state-of-the-art results.
Bayesian framework uses context trees for efficient time series modeling.
problem Building flexible and interpretable mixture models for real-valued time series.
method Hierarchical Bayesian modelling with context trees and autoregressive models.
result The methods outperform state-of-the-art techniques on simulated and real-world experiments.
We propose an efficient Context-Aware clustering of Bandits (CAB) algorithm, which can capture collaborative effects. CAB can be easily deployed in a real-world recommendation system, where multi-armed bandits have been shown to perform well in particular with respect to the cold-start problem. CAB utilizes a context-a…
In many cases, feature selection is often more complicated than identifying a single subset of input variables that would together explain the output. There may be interactions that depend on contextual information, i.e., variables that reveal to be relevant only in some specific circumstances. In this setting, the con…
Paper studies how few pretraining tasks are needed for a linear model to solve new tasks.
problem How many pretraining tasks are needed for a linear model to solve new tasks?
method Pretrained a linear attention model for linear regression with a Gaussian prior.
result Effective pretraining requires a small number of independent tasks, and the model closely matches Bayes optimal.
Object ranking is an important problem in the realm of preference learning. On the basis of training data in the form of a set of rankings of objects, which are typically represented as feature vectors, the goal is to learn a ranking function that predicts a linear order of any new set of objects. Current approaches co…
Tiled Squeeze-and-Excite improves channel attention with local spatial context.
problem Improving channel attention mechanisms in neural networks.
method Proposes tiled squeeze-and-excite (TSE) framework for channel attention.
result Local context of 7 rows or columns is sufficient for matching global context performance.
Paper proposes dp-VAE for preserving spatial context in gene expression data.
problem Inaccessibility of spatial context in single-cell gene expression data.
method Generic representation learning and transfer learning framework with a distance-preserving regularizer.
result dp-VAE effectively reconstructs and imputes spatial context from gene expression data.
Attention-only transformers learn from context via two stages of inference.
problem Learning from corrupted token sequences in minimal transformers.
method Two-stage empirical Bayes interpretation: kernel-weighted posterior mean and particle dynamics.
result Effective denoising without explicit noise schedules, showing posterior-mean recovery under asymptotic conditions.
This paper analyzes the relationship between public disclosure, private information and stock liquidity in Tunisian context using a sample of 41 listed firms in the Tunis Stock Exchange in 2007. First, we find no evidence that there is a relation between public and private information. Second, Tunisian investors do not…
Generative Adapter adapts LMs with a single forward pass, reducing inference overhead.
problem Efficient adaptation of large language models for new contexts.
method Generative Adapter directly maps new contexts to low-rank LM adapters via self-supervised learning.
result Significant reduction in inference overhead with no need for fine-tuning.
Paper tackles transfer RL under unobserved context, developing methods to reduce bias.
problem Transfer RL with unobserved contextual information leading to biased models.
method Develops causal bounds on transition and reward functions using demonstrator's data.
result Proposes Q learning and UCB-Q learning algorithms that converge to true value function without bias.