Novel framework for contextual anomaly detection models uncertainty.
problem Identifying anomalies in target variables influenced by contextual variables.
method Normalcy score (NS) framework using heteroscedastic Gaussian process regression.
result NS outperforms state-of-the-art methods in detection accuracy and interpretability.
A method for unsupervised contextual anomaly detection is proposed using a cross-linked pair of Variational Auto-Encoders for assigning a normality score to an observation. The method enables a distinct separation of contextual from behavioral attributes and is robust to the presence of anomalous or novel contextual at…
EHBOS enhances HBOS by capturing feature interactions, improving anomaly detection.
problem Limited ability of HBOS to detect anomalies in datasets with feature interactions.
method Incorporates two-dimensional histograms to capture feature pair dependencies.
result EHBOS outperforms HBOS on datasets with critical feature interactions, achieving notable improvements in ROC AUC.
Adaptive anomaly detection for IoT data reduces delay without sacrificing accuracy.
problem Real-time anomaly detection for IoT data in distributed edge computing systems.
method Adaptive anomaly detection approach using contextual bandit and reinforcement learning.
result Significantly reduces detection delay (e.g., 71.4% for univariate data) without sacrificing accuracy.
Adaptive anomaly detection for IoT data reduces delay by 84%.
problem Real-time anomaly detection for IoT devices with limited resources.
method Hierarchical edge computing with adaptive anomaly detection models.
result Reduces detection delay by 84% while maintaining accuracy.
Survey on LSTM-based anomaly detection for technical systems.
problem Detect anomalies in technical systems due to complex dynamics.
method Use LSTM networks and other AI techniques to detect anomalies considering temporal and contextual characteristics.
result Demonstrates the potential of LSTM networks and graph-based approaches for anomaly detection.
Enhanced neural networks detect thin boundaries between different types of anomalies.
problem Detecting thin boundaries between different types of anomalies in outlier detection.
method Defined new types of anomalies, enhanced Multi-Layer Perceptron Neural Network with Genetic Algorithm.
result Reduced error in anomaly detection compared to baseline methods.
Detecting and explaining anomalies is a challenging effort. This holds especially true when data exhibits strong dependencies and single measurements need to be assessed and analyzed in their respective context. In this work, we consider scenarios where measurements are non-i.i.d, i.e. where samples are dependent on co…
C-PP-COAD detects anomalies with limited real data, reducing dependency on real calibration data.
problem Limited real calibration data for online anomaly detection.
method Context-aware prediction-powered conformal online anomaly detection (C-PP-COAD).
result Significantly reduces dependency on real calibration data without compromising FDR control.
TAMA uses LMMs to detect and interpret anomalies in time series data with few labels.
problem Challenges in manual feature engineering and extensive labeled training data for TSAD.
method Leverages LMMs to convert time series into visual formats for few-shot in-context learning.
result Consistently outperforms state-of-the-art methods in TSAD tasks.
CrossAD detects anomalies in time series data by considering cross-scale associations and cross-window modeling.
problem Anomaly detection in time series data is challenging due to varying patterns at different scales and fixed window sizes.
method CrossAD incorporates cross-scale reconstruction and a query library to capture dynamic cross-scale associations and comprehensive context.
result CrossAD achieves state-of-the-art performance in anomaly detection across multiple real-world datasets.
The paper proposes a method to identify root causes of anomalies in time series data.
problem Challenges in identifying the root cause of anomalies in complex software systems.
method Analyzes time series fluctuations to track the propagation of effects through hidden states.
result Identifies causal patterns among observed fluctuations to isolate root causes.
This work presents a novel modeling and analysis framework for graph sequences which addresses the challenge of detecting and contextualizing anomalies in labelled, streaming graph data. We introduce a generalization of the BTER model of Seshadhri et al. by adding flexibility to community structure, and use this model …
In general, anomaly detection is the problem of distinguishing between normal data samples with well defined patterns or signatures and those that do not conform to the expected profiles. Financial transactions, customer reviews, social media posts are all characterized by relational information. In these networks, fra…
Proposes ACLAE-DT for unsupervised anomaly detection in multivariate time series.
problem Challenges in building anomaly detection frameworks for multivariate time series data.
method Attention-based ConvLSTM Autoencoder with Dynamic Thresholding.
result Demonstrates superior performance over state-of-the-art methods.
DiFF-RF detects point-wise and collective anomalies using random partitioning trees.
problem Detecting anomalies in data, especially collective anomalies.
method Random partitioning binary trees with distance-based leaves and semi-supervised learning.
result DiFF-RF significantly outperforms isolation forest and one-class SVM.
Framework detects anomalies in industrial processes using deep learning.
problem Detect anomalies in complex industrial processes.
method Causal-based framework with unsupervised deep learning.
result Successfully validated abstract contexts of blast furnace assets.
RDLI integrates domain logic and context grounding to detect crypto anomalies under scarce labels.
problem Extreme label scarcity and evasion strategies in crypto networks.
method Relational Domain Logic Integration (RDLI) with Retrieval Grounded Context (RGC).
result RDLI outperforms GNN baselines by 28.9% in F1 score under 0.01% label scarcity.
Method detects insider trading using trading data and dimensionality reduction.
problem Identifying insider trading in large datasets.
method Unsupervised machine learning, principal component analysis, autoencoders.
result Identifies suspicious trading behavior based on reconstruction errors.
Improves anomaly detection with contaminated unlabeled data.
problem Weakness in existing semi-supervised anomaly detection methods when unlabeled data contain anomalies.
method Integrates positive-unlabeled learning with deep anomaly detection models.
result Achieves better detection performance on various datasets.
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.
IDS improves reinforcement learning with contextual information.
problem Optimizing IDS for contextual reinforcement learning.
method Investigated contextual bandit problems and proposed a computationally-efficient IDS.
result Contextual IDS outperforms conditional IDS by considering future contexts.
Deep RL detects anomalies from few labeled examples and large unlabeled data.
problem Anomaly detection with limited labeled data and large unlabeled data.
method Deep reinforcement learning to optimize detection of labeled and unlabeled anomalies.
result Significantly outperforms state-of-the-art methods on 48 real-world datasets.
We propose a supervised anomaly detection method for data with inexact anomaly labels, where each label, which is assigned to a set of instances, indicates that at least one instance in the set is anomalous. Although many anomaly detection methods have been proposed, they cannot handle inexact anomaly labels. To measur…
Recent semi-supervised anomaly detection methods that are trained using small labeled anomaly examples and large unlabeled data (mostly normal data) have shown largely improved performance over unsupervised methods. However, these methods often focus on fitting abnormalities illustrated by the given anomaly examples on…
A new method assigns anomaly scores to features for better interpretation.
problem Interpreting anomaly scores from feature attributions.
method Proposes a characteristic function to attribute anomaly scores using Shapley value.
result Demonstrates the potential utility of the proposed attribution methods.
Although deep learning has been applied to successfully address many data mining problems, relatively limited work has been done on deep learning for anomaly detection. Existing deep anomaly detection methods, which focus on learning new feature representations to enable downstream anomaly detection methods, perform in…
A new k-NN algorithm using surprisal for robust and interpretable nonparametric learning.
problem Complex patterns and relationships in data without strong distribution assumptions.
method Surprisal-driven k-NN framework for classification, regression, density estimation, and anomaly detection. result State-of-the-art results in classification and anomaly detection, competitive regression results.
Ensemble learning improves anomaly detection for milder symptoms.
problem Difficulty in detecting incipient anomalies due to similarity to normal conditions.
method Utilize uncertainty information from ensemble learning to identify misclassified incipient anomalies.
result Ensemble learning methods show improved performance on incipient anomaly detection.
New anomaly estimator reduces bias in MLE for normally distributed data.
problem Bias in Maximum Likelihood Estimation of structured anomalies.
method Derive a new anomaly estimator using a mixture model.
result New estimator is asymptotically unbiased regardless of anomaly family size.
TPA-AD detects axle-box bearing anomalies using pseudo anomalies near normal boundaries.
problem Detecting axle-box bearing anomalies with only normal training data.
method Two-stage approach: pseudo anomalies, contrastive learning, KNN.
result Improves anomaly detection separability and sensitivity to degradation.
SADCBO optimizes contextual variables by balancing relevance and cost.
problem Optimizing contextual variables with varying costs and unknown relevance.
method Adaptive selection of relevant contextual variables using sensitivity analysis and early stopping.
result Consistent improvement in optimization across various examples.
Paper proposes RAN for better anomaly detection in time series data.
problem Anomaly detection algorithms often fail to accurately detect anomalies due to incomplete reconstruction of anomaly data.
method RAN uses adversarial learning and latent vector-constrained Autoencoder to ensure consistent reconstruction of anomaly data.
result RAN outperforms other algorithms in detecting meaningful anomalies with higher AUC-ROC scores.
A new method combines generative and feature-based approaches for unsupervised anomaly detection.
problem Identifying subtle anomalies in test samples compared to a normative distribution.
method A generative cold-diffusion pipeline trained to restore synthetically-corrupted images, combined with a novel synthetic anomaly generation procedure and ensembling restorations.
result Surpasses prior state-of-the-art for unsupervised anomaly detection in three Brain MRI datasets.
Paper tackles anomaly detection and RCA in dynamical systems using ICODE Networks.
problem Anomalies in dynamical systems impact performance and reliability.
method Proposes ICODE Networks for anomaly detection, RCA, and type classification.
result Demonstrates the ability to accurately detect anomalies, classify types, and pinpoint origins.
Study identifies high-density anomalies in normal data regions.
problem Detecting anomalies in normal data regions.
method Introduces non-parametric algorithmic frameworks for unsupervised detection.
result IPP framework yields the best detection results.
The bundle approach and n-contextuality reveal quantum model contextuality.
problem Understanding contextuality in quantum models using topology.
method Using the bundle approach, we describe contextuality as the non-existence of global sections in the measure bundle. We introduce n-contextuality to explore model dependence on scenario topology.
result Quantum theory and GHZ models exhibit all levels of n-contextuality, showing contextuality is related to holonomy group non-triviality.
Improves relevancy of black-box anomaly detectors with user feedback.
problem Users often ignore many detected anomalies, requiring a method to identify and prioritize relevant ones.
method Uses user feedback to adjust anomaly selection process based on identified anomaly types.
result Significant improvements in precision and recall over various anomaly detectors.
Paper introduces an unsupervised tensor-based anomaly detection method for spatiotemporal data.
problem Challenges in detecting anomalies in spatiotemporal data, especially in urban traffic monitoring and medical imaging.
method Formulates anomaly detection as a regularized robust low-rank + sparse tensor decomposition, incorporating spatiotemporal smoothness and local dependencies.
result Demonstrates improved anomaly detection performance on both synthetic and real data.
Anomaly Awareness detects anomalies in particle physics and computer vision.
problem Detect anomalies in complex data sets.
method Modifies cost function to learn normal events and anomalies.
result Effective at identifying new anomalies not previously seen.
FAMDAD detects anomalies in mixed data using kurtosis-weighted Factor Analysis.
problem Detecting anomalies in high-dimensional mixed data.
method kurtosis-weighted Factor Analysis of Mixed Data (FAMDAD).
result Anomalies are highly separable in the first and last few dimensions of the FAMDAD embedding.
IDK improves anomaly detection for points and groups without explicit learning.
problem Anomaly detection for points and groups using kernel methods.
method Isolation Distributional Kernel (IDK) addresses data independence and intractable dimensionality issues.
result IDK outperforms existing methods for both point and group anomaly detection.
PAC-Wrap provides provable guarantees for semi-supervised anomaly detection.
problem Ensuring reliable anomaly detection in safety-critical applications.
method PAC-Wrap wraps around existing anomaly detection methods to provide PAC guarantees.
result PAC-Wrap effectively provides rigorous guarantees for various anomaly detectors.
AEGR method improves anomaly detection in autoencoders without needing anomaly-free training data.
problem Challenges in anomaly detection, especially high dimensionality and noise in training sets.
method Gradient-reversal method for autoencoders, using reconstruction error and Local Outlier Factor.
result The proposed AEGR model outperforms other methods in detecting network anomalies.
Proposes a neural network for contextual regression.
problem Improving model efficiency and interpretability in regression with contextual features.
method Simple contextual neural network (SCtxtNN) that separates context identification from context-specific regression.
result SCtxtNN achieves lower excess mean squared error and more stable performance than feed-forward neural networks.
Paper tackles domain adaptation for contextual bandits with sub-linear regret.
problem Adapting contextual bandit algorithms across domains with distribution shift.
method Learn a bandit model for the target domain using feedback from the source domain.
result Sub-linear regret bound maintained across domains.
New anomaly formulas from E8 bundles.
problem Anomaly cancellation in characteristic forms.
method Constructing modular forms using E8 bundles.
result New anomaly cancellation formulas.
A new model detects and localizes anomalies in multivariate time series data.
problem Anomaly diagnosis in multivariate time series data, especially localization.
method Attention Low-Rank Transformer (ALoRa-T) with low-rank regularization and Attention Low-Rank score.
result The proposed method significantly outperforms state-of-the-art methods in anomaly detection and localization.