Proposes new terms for neural image compression to improve quality and efficiency.
problem Improving the quality and efficiency of neural image compression.
method Introduces a compression objective and a cycle loss term, applied to autoencoder encoder outputs, combined with reconstruction losses.
result Different autoencoders trained with varying losses produce images with distinct perceptual qualities and image-domain distortions.
Paper proposes Cycle-of-Learning framework for better reinforcement learning performance.
problem Efficiently updating policies trained with demonstrations using reinforcement learning.
method Cycle-of-Learning framework combining behavior cloning and 1-step Q-learning losses.
result Cycle-of-Learning framework improves reinforcement learning performance in dense and sparse reward scenarios.
This study optimizes cycle representatives in persistent homology using linear programming.
problem Non-uniqueness of cycle representatives in persistent homology creates ambiguity.
method Optimization of cycle representatives using linear programming methods.
result Optimization reduces the size of cycle representatives and is effective in most data sets.
We propose a parallel-data-free voice-conversion (VC) method that can learn a mapping from source to target speech without relying on parallel data. The proposed method is general purpose, high quality, and parallel-data free and works without any extra data, modules, or alignment procedure. It also avoids over-smoothi…
Selfie and cartoon are two popular artistic forms that are widely presented in our daily life. Despite the great progress in image translation/stylization, few techniques focus specifically on selfie cartoonization, since cartoon images usually contain artistic abstraction (e.g., large smoothing areas) and exaggeration…
We present a framework for translating unlabeled images from one domain into analog images in another domain. We employ a progressively growing skip-connected encoder-generator structure and train it with a GAN loss for realistic output, a cycle consistency loss for maintaining same-domain translation identity, and a s…
Proposes a new method to improve target annotation in ATR.
problem Challenges in annotating automatic target recognition due to lack of labeled data.
method Hybrid contrastive learning and cycle-consistency-based transductive transfer learning (C3TTL) framework.
result Significantly lower Fréchet Inception Distance (FID) score and improved performance in annotating civilian and military vehicles, as well as ship targets.
RCGAN improves anomaly detection by better recognizing anomalous samples.
problem Previous methods fail to correctly detect anomalous data.
method RCGAN uses adversarial training with a new loss function and penalty distribution.
result RCGAN outperforms state-of-the-art methods on various datasets.
Tilting loss functions improves machine learning performance.
problem Improving machine learning models, especially in under- and over-parameterized networks.
method Using evolving loss functions that emphasize different classes cyclically.
result Dynamical loss functions lead to better generalization and stability in training.
SRCA reduces high-dimensional data to lower dimensions while preserving geometric structures.
problem High-dimensional datasets with underlying geometric structures.
method Spherical Rotation Component Analysis (SRCA) incorporating geometric loss functions.
result SRCA provides a low-rank spherical representation of data with general theoretic guarantees.
Unsupervised method removes satellite noise without paired data.
problem Image artifacts from satellite sensor noises affect quality and applications.
method Wavelet subband cycleGAN using adversarial and cycle-consistency losses.
result Effectively removes satellite noise while preserving high frequency features.
Geometric phases describe how in a continuous-time dynamical system the displacement of a variable (called phase variable) can be related to other variables (shape variables) undergoing a cyclic motion, according to an area rule. The aim of this paper is to show that geometric phases can exist also for discrete-time sy…
Develops a semi-supervised learning method to generate missing neuroimaging modalities.
problem Lack of paired neuroimaging data for training and inference.
method Semi-Supervised Adversarial CycleGAN (SSA-CGAN) using adversarial and cycle losses.
result Improves reconstruction error and robustness to noise.
Odd crossing numbers and even rotation numbers for cycles in plane immersions.
problem Analyzing crossing and rotation numbers of cycles in plane immersions of graphs.
method Generic immersions and Legendrian embeddings of graphs, focusing on cycles of specific lengths.
result Sum of rotation numbers of all 5-cycles is even, and sum of crossing numbers is odd.
Topology-enhanced loss improves 3D object reconstruction from 2D images.
problem Challenges in reconstructing 3D objects from 2D images, especially capturing shape information.
method Integrates multi-scale topological features into the reconstruction loss using cubical complexes and optimal transport distance.
result Topology-aware loss substantially improves 3D reconstruction quality.
Proves inequality for 1-dimensional cycles.
problem Proving the Parametric Coarea Inequality for 1-cycles.
method Analytical proof based on conjecture by Guth and Liokumovich.
result Proved the Parametric Coarea Inequality for 1-cycles.
This work introduces novel methods to identify and compare cycles across topological objects.
problem Identifying and comparing topological features, particularly cycles, across different topological objects.
method Two complementary approaches: dendrogram-based merge-tree algorithms and Stratified Gradient Sampling.
result Transformed cycle matching into hierarchical clustering and topological optimization framework.
This article introduces proximal planar vortex 1-cycles, resembling the structure of vortex atoms introduced by William Thomson (Lord Kelvin) in 1867 and recent work on the proximity of sets that overlap either spatially or descriptively. Vortex cycles resemble Thomson's model of a vortex atom, inspired by P.G. Tait's …
This paper identifies the unique efficient cycle for most hyperbolic manifolds but not for the figure-8 knot complement.
problem Identifying the unique efficient cycle for hyperbolic manifolds.
method Analyzing the limit of fundamental cycles and their ℓ1-norm convergence. result The uniqueness of the efficient cycle is proven for most hyperbolic manifolds but not for the figure-8 knot complement.
Study Agol cycles for pseudo-Anosov 3-braids.
problem Conditions for equivalent Agol cycles of pseudo-Anosov 3-braids.
method Investigate necessary and sufficient conditions.
result Necessary and sufficient conditions for equivalent Agol cycles of pseudo-Anosov 3-braids.
Investors suffer welfare loss despite having better information.
problem Welfare loss among investors with absolute information advantages.
method Examined financial markets with heterogenous investors and objective measures of welfare.
result Investors incur welfare loss even with better information, revealing a double loss phenomenon.
Study shows credit expansion in mortgage markets influenced U.S. business cycle.
problem Lack of causal evidence in cross-country business cycle studies.
method Unique research design combining cross-metropolitan U.S. data.
result Credit expansion caused stronger booms and busts in house-related industries.
Researchers compute Connes-Chamseddine cycle on 6D manifolds using noncommutative integral.
problem Computing the Connes-Chamseddine cycle for 6D manifolds.
method Using noncommutative integral on 6D manifolds, they compute the cycle.
result The Connes-Chamseddine cycle on 6D manifolds is computed.
Gauss diagrams' properties can change with Hamiltonian cycle choice.
problem The impact of Hamiltonian cycle choice on Gauss diagrams.
method Examined realizable and unrealizable Gauss diagrams, and proved preservation of realizability under certain Hamiltonian cycle changes.
result Properties of Gauss diagrams can vary with Hamiltonian cycle choice.
Proximal algorithms applied to current deformation into cycles.
problem Deformation of de Rham currents into cycles.
method Proximal algorithms, total variation denoising for differential forms.
result Calibrated cycles constructed in calibrated manifolds.
New algorithm for learning causal structures with disjoint cycles in linear non-Gaussian models.
problem Learning causal structures with cycles in linear non-Gaussian models.
method Characterizing when graphs determine the same model, using quadratic and cubic polynomial relations, and a strategy of decorrelating cycles and multivariate regression.
result Consistent and computationally efficient algorithm for learning causal structures with disjoint cycles.
Credit expansion led to stronger household leverage cycles during the U.S. business cycle.
problem Understanding the role of credit supply in the U.S. business cycle.
method Causal evidence from 1999-2010 U.S. business cycle data.
result Credit expansion, particularly in private-label mortgages, caused stronger household leverage cycles.
In the current article we study complex cycles of higher multiplicity in a specific polynomial family of holomorphic foliations in the complex plane. The family in question is a perturbation of an exact polynomial one-form giving rise to a foliation by Riemann surfaces. In this setting, a complex cycle is defined as a …
In this paper, we introduce a novel task for machine learning in healthcare, namely personalized modeling of the female hormonal cycle. The motivation for this work is to model the hormonal cycle and predict its phases in time, both for healthy individuals and for those with disorders of the reproductive system. Becaus…
AdaBoost cycles in probability simplex dynamics.
problem Understanding cycling behavior in AdaBoost.
method Computational methods and dynamical systems analysis.
result Correspondence between AdaBoost cycling and continued fractions dynamics.
Smooth approximation of integral cycles mod 2 in Riemannian manifolds.
problem Approximating mod 2 integral cycles by smooth submanifolds.
method Approximation of mod 2 integral cycles by smooth submanifolds with controlled singularities.
result Every mod 2 integral cycle can be approximated by a smooth submanifold with a controlled singular set.
Constructs an explicit cycle in arithmetic group cohomology.
problem Cohomology of SLn(Z) at virtual cohomological dimension. method Geometric rigidity of Voronoi tessellations and abstract framework for polyhedral tessellations.
result Explicit canonical cycle in top-dimensional homology of Voronoi complex.
Adaptive rerouting reshapes impacts of maritime chokepoint disruptions
problem How disruptions to shipping traffic at chokepoints affect global economy
method Empirically calibrated full-scale agent-based model of global commercial shipping fleet
result Rerouting changes arrival losses under chokepoint closures
Using Kontsevich's identification of the homology of the Lie algebra l_infty with the cohomology of Out(F_r), Morita defined a sequence of 4k-dimensional classes mu_k in the unstable rational homology of Out(F_{2k+2}). He showed by a computer calculation that the first of these is non-trivial, so coincides with the uni…
We introduce a notion of vanishing Maslov index for lagrangian varifolds and lagrangian integral cycles in a Calabi-Yau manifold. We construct mass-decreasing flows of lagrangian varifolds and lagrangian cycles which satisfy this condition. The flow of cycles converges, at infinite time, to a sum of special lagrangian …
Approximates cycles in planar and bounded-genus graphs.
problem Finding many disjoint cycles in planar and bounded-genus graphs.
method Constant-factor approximation algorithms for vertex-disjoint and edge-disjoint cycles.
result First algorithms for vertex-disjoint paths in fully planar and bounded-genus instances.
Study examines cash conversion cycle in manufacturing firms, finding negative relationships with profitability and size.
problem Understanding cash conversion cycle in manufacturing firms and its impact on profitability and size.
method Empirical study of 30 manufacturing firms in Dhaka Stock Exchanges, categorizing them into six industries, analyzing industry averages and relationships with size and profitability.
result Negative relationship between cash conversion cycle and profitability, especially ROE; negative relationship with firm size in terms of net sales.
By generalizing the measurements on the game experiments of mixed strategy Nash equilibrium, we study the dynamical pattern in a representative dynamic stochastic general equilibrium (DSGE). The DSGE model describes the entanglements of the three variables (output gap [y], inflation [π] and nominal interest rate [$…
Spectral images captured by satellites and radio-telescopes are analyzed to obtain information about geological compositions distributions, distant asters as well as undersea terrain. Spectral images usually contain tens to hundreds of continuous narrow spectral bands and are widely used in various fields. But the vast…
We present a necessary and sufficient condition for existence of a contractible, non-separating and noncontractible separating Hamiltonian cycle in the edge graph of polyhedral maps on surfaces. In particular, we show the existence of contractible Hamiltonian cycle in equivelar triangulated maps. We also present an alg…
Endogenous business cycles explain higher comovement across countries.
problem Standard models struggle to explain high comovement in business cycles across countries.
method Developed a demand-driven reduced-form model with strategic complementarities and international trade linkages.
result Combining endogenous business cycles with exogenous shocks matches empirical comovement levels.
Study Agol cycles in pseudo-Anosov 3-braids.
problem Understanding conjugacy invariants of pseudo-Anosov maps.
method Investigate train tracks associated with Farey intervals and describe Agol cycles.
result Complete description of Agol cycles in pseudo-Anosov 3-braids.
Study of height jumps in Ceresa cycle using asymptotic Hodge theory.
problem Understanding height jumps in the Ceresa cycle.
method Analysis of asymptotic behavior of Hain-Reed beta-invariant in degenerating families of curves.
result Height jump of Ceresa cycle is equal to the slope of the dual graph of the curve.
Smooth approximation of integral cycles in manifolds.
problem Approximating integral cycles in Riemannian manifolds.
method Approximation of integral cycles by smooth submanifolds with controlled area and singularities.
result Integral cycles can be approximated by smooth submanifolds with controlled area and singularities.
Dual decomposition provides a tractable framework for designing algorithms for finding the most probable (MAP) configuration in graphical models. However, for many real-world inference problems, the typical decomposition has a large integrality gap, due to frustrated cycles. One way to tighten the relaxation is to intr…
Proves the Weyl law for 1-cycles in manifolds.
problem Proving the Weyl law for the volume spectrum of 1-cycles in n-dimensional manifolds.
method Using parametric versions of the coarea inequality and isoperimetric inequality, along with a localized approximation method.
result Proves the Weyl law for 1-cycles in manifolds.
New unsupervised image translation method detects changes without labeled data.
problem Detecting changes in images without labeled data.
method Affinity-based change priors and weighted loss functions trained on convolutional neural networks.
result Proposed method outperforms state-of-the-art algorithms in detecting changes.
The current article studies certain problems related to complex cycles of holomorphic foliations with singularities in the complex plane. We focus on the case when polynomial differential one-form gives rise to a foliation by Riemann surfaces. In this setting, a complex cycle is defined as a nontrivial element of the f…