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48 results for data descriptor

ALP outperforms other data descriptors in one-class classification.

problem Challenges in one-class classification using data descriptors.
method Determined optimal default hyperparameters for data descriptors, proposed ALP, evaluated using leave-one-dataset-out procedure.
result ALP outperforms other data descriptors, including IF and SVM.

Wittgenstein's Rule Following evolves datasets by extrapolating structural descriptors.

problem Generating meaningful continuations of evolving datasets.
method Wittgenstein's Rule Following (WRF) uses structural descriptors to extrapolate trajectories and average historical descriptors.
result WRF can generate meaningful continuations of evolving datasets.

This work characterizes topological descriptors of graph products and their expressive power.

problem Capturing multiscale structural information in graph products using topological descriptors.
method Analysis of various filtrations on graph products, including Euler characteristic and persistent homology.
result Persistent homology of graph products contains more information than individual graphs.

Paper introduces stable vectorization for multiparameter PH using signed barcodes.

problem Lack of stable vectorization methods for multiparameter persistent homology.
method Signed barcodes as measures for stable vectorization of MPH.
result Stable feature vectors from signed barcodes improve performance in data science.

Method separates target signal properties from noisy mixtures.

problem Signal recovery from noisy mixtures with specific statistical properties.
method Statistical component separation method using noise samples and matching statistics.
result Method outperforms standard denoising methods in recovering target signal properties.

PolyGraph Discrepancy improves graph generative model evaluation.

problem Inability of existing metrics to provide an absolute performance measure and comparability across different graph descriptors.
method Approximates Jensen-Shannon distance using binary classifiers trained to distinguish between real and generated graphs.
result PGD provides a more robust and insightful evaluation compared to MMD metrics.

DRAGON improves learning for rare classes in unbalanced datasets using class descriptions.

problem Learning rare classes in unbalanced datasets with deep models.
method DRAGON is a late-fusion architecture that corrects bias towards frequent classes and fuses class-descriptions to improve tail-class accuracy.
result DRAGON outperforms state-of-the-art models on new benchmarks for long-tail learning with class descriptors.

Covariance and histogram image descriptors provide an effective way to capture information about images. Both excel when used in combination with special purpose distance metrics. For covariance descriptors these metrics measure the distance along the non-Euclidean Riemannian manifold of symmetric positive definite mat…

2014-12-04abs ↗pdf ↗

Optimizes atomic descriptors to reduce redundancy and improve machine learning models.

problem Redundant descriptors in atomistic machine learning models increase computational burden and limit model expressivity.
method Employing techniques from pattern recognition, we refine and augment existing atomistic representations to produce optimal sets of descriptors.
result New architectures recognize up to 5-body patterns with low computational cost and high accuracy.

Time series forecasting models fail to consistently select the best model across different datasets.

problem Inconsistency in model selection for time series forecasting across varying data regimes.
method Characterized time series using descriptors like trend strength, seasonality, noise level, and temporal dependence. Developed a rule-based selection mechanism to map data regimes to candidate models.
result Rule-based model selection achieves low accuracy, with correct model identification occurring in only a small fraction of cases.

Method embeds numeric tabular datasets into a shared vector space for similarity and retrieval.

problem Lack of meaningful representation for numeric tabular datasets in large language models.
method Structured exploratory data analysis descriptors, sentence transformer embedding, CCA for cross-dataset alignment.
result Total P@1 score of 0.9 across 15 datasets, robust nearest-neighbor retrieval and cluster structure.

The ability to visually re-identify objects is a fundamental capability in vision systems. Oftentimes, it relies on collections of visual signatures based on descriptors, such as SIFT or SURF. However, these traditional descriptors were designed for a certain domain of surface appearances and geometries (limited relief…

2019-12-06abs ↗pdf ↗

Informative and discriminative feature descriptors play a fundamental role in deformable shape analysis. For example, they have been successfully employed in correspondence, registration, and retrieval tasks. In the recent years, significant attention has been devoted to descriptors obtained from the spectral decomposi…

2011-10-23abs ↗pdf ↗

Although the recent progress in the deep neural network has led to the development of learnable local feature descriptors, there is no explicit answer for estimation of the necessary size of a neural network. Specifically, the local feature is represented in a low dimensional space, so the neural network should have mo…

2017-06-16abs ↗pdf ↗

Proposes a new model to predict polymer properties by integrating various data types.

problem Inaccurate polymer property prediction due to separate modeling of different data types.
method Multi-modal cascade feature transfer using GCN for chemical structure and molecular descriptors.
result Empirically evaluated model shows higher predictive performance than single-feature approaches.

Framework for interpreting ML models to reveal properties of real-world phenomena.

problem Lack of direct interpretability in modern ML models hinders scientific understanding.
method Developed 'property descriptors' grounded in statistical learning theory.
result Property descriptors can reveal relevant properties of joint probability distributions.

Support Vector Machines (SVMs) are powerful learners that have led to state-of-the-art results in various computer vision problems. SVMs suffer from various drawbacks in terms of selecting the right kernel, which depends on the image descriptors, as well as computational and memory efficiency. This paper introduces a n…

2013-07-19abs ↗pdf ↗

In this paper, we provide a new neural-network based perspective on multi-task learning (MTL) and multi-domain learning (MDL). By introducing the concept of a semantic descriptor, this framework unifies MDL and MTL as well as encompassing various classic and recent MTL/MDL algorithms by interpreting them as different w…

2014-12-23abs ↗pdf ↗

Unsupervised feature learning has shown impressive results for a wide range of input modalities, in particular for object classification tasks in computer vision. Using a large amount of unlabeled data, unsupervised feature learning methods are utilized to construct high-level representations that are discriminative en…

2013-01-14abs ↗pdf ↗

We use persistent homology along with the eigenfunctions of the Laplacian to study similarity amongst triangulated 2-manifolds. Our method relies on studying the lower-star filtration induced by the eigenfunctions of the Laplacian. This gives us a shape descriptor that inherits the rich information encoded in the eigen…

2019-04-21abs ↗pdf ↗

New method uses geometric moments for accurate machine learning potentials.

problem Creating high-dimensional potential energy surfaces efficiently.
method Feed-forward neural networks with invariant local molecular descriptors based on geometric moments.
result Accuracy comparable to established models, high efficiency.

We propose a method to infer domain-specific models such as classifiers for unseen domains, from which no data are given in the training phase, without domain semantic descriptors. When training and test distributions are different, standard supervised learning methods perform poorly. Zero-shot domain adaptation attemp…

2018-07-09abs ↗pdf ↗

Persistent homology provides a new, efficient molecular descriptor for protein dynamics.

problem Designing effective molecular descriptors for high-dimensional MD trajectories.
method Introduced masked Flood complex, a protein-tailored modification of simplicial complexes, for persistent homology.
result Persistent homology-based descriptors are competitive across protein dynamics tasks, including frame-level observable regression and MSM estimation.

The paper tackles binary classification with measure data using topological descriptors.

problem Binary classification with measure data.
method Develops classifiers for measure data using topological descriptors (persistence diagrams).
result Upper and lower bounds on the Rademacher complexity of classifiers on measures.

A framework separates chemical and structural contributions to aqueous solubility.

problem Merging chemical and structural information in solubility models obscures their relative contributions.
method Additive MLP-GNN framework with separate chemical and structural branches.
result Framework reveals distinct roles of chemical and structural information in solubility.

PTOPOFL uses topological descriptors to protect privacy in federated learning.

problem Privacy and data reconstruction attacks in federated learning.
method PTOPOFL replaces gradient communication with persistent homology feature vectors for privacy and topology-guided aggregation.
result PTOPOFL achieves higher AUC and reduces reconstruction risk compared to gradient sharing.

A new method learns from multi-modal sequences with external memory.

problem Learning new modes in a dynamic environment without prior knowledge.
method Maintains a neural episodic memory with a Dirichlet Process prior to store mode descriptors and transfers knowledge through retrieval.
result Performs continual learning favorably compared to mainstream approaches.

Persistent homology (PH) is a rigorous mathematical theory that provides a robust descriptor of data in the form of persistence diagrams (PDs) which are 2D multisets of points. Their variable size makes them, however, difficult to combine with typical machine learning workflows. In this paper we introduce persistence c…

2018-02-13abs ↗pdf ↗

This paper studies the cooperative training of two generative models for image modeling and synthesis. Both models are parametrized by convolutional neural networks (ConvNets). The first model is a deep energy-based model, whose energy function is defined by a bottom-up ConvNet, which maps the observed image to the ene…

2016-09-29abs ↗pdf ↗

New method learns shape correspondences robustly from raw geometry.

problem Inaccurate and poor generalization of shape correspondences.
method Learning-based approach with feature-extraction network and functional map representation.
result Robust and accurate shape correspondence learning with less training data.