Recommender system improves recall of omitted foods in online dietary surveys.
problem Improving accuracy of online dietary assessment surveys through recall assistance.
method Developed a recommender algorithm to remind respondents of omitted foods based on past survey data.
result The recommender system captures more omitted foods than hand-coded prompts, but with lower precision.
Tiny Eats GRU detects eating episodes on a microcontroller.
problem Automatic dietary monitoring on low-power devices.
method Shallow gated recurrent unit (GRU) architecture on Arm Cortex M0+.
result Tiny Eats GRU achieves 95.15% accuracy with 4% memory usage and 6 ms latency.
A recipe recommendation system suggests missing ingredients using collaborative filtering.
problem Encouraging healthy diets through personalized ingredient suggestions.
method Item-based collaborative filtering applied to a sparse dataset of recipes.
result Best method achieves a recall@10 of circa 40%.
Smart phone apps that enable users to easily track their diets have become widespread in the last decade. This has created an opportunity to discover new insights into obesity and weight loss by analyzing the eating habits of the users of such apps. In this paper, we present diet2vec: an approach to modeling latent str…
Discriminatory trade liberalization policies are becoming more popular among world economies. Countries are motivated to enter for regional trade agreements to capture faster economic growth for alleviating poverty. In developing economies like most of the member countries of the Association of South East Asian Nations…
In a recent work (Chattopadhyay, A. K. et al, Europhys. Lett. {\bf 91}, 58003, 2010) based on food consumption statistics, we showed how a stochastic agent based model could represent the time variation of the income distribution statistics in a developing economy, thereby defining an alternative \enquote{poverty index…
New benchmark predicts cardiometabolic risk from accelerometer data, with varying accuracy.
problem Lack of accurate tabular benchmarks for cardiometabolic risk from accelerometer data.
method Tabular learning methods (ridge regression, XGBoost, TabPFN v2) applied to NHANES data.
result TabPFN v2 achieves best performance, but triglycerides remain largely unpredictable.
Expands statistical background for knee osteoarthritis treatment models.
problem Developing optimal exercise and weight loss treatments for knee osteoarthritis.
method Precision medicine models and jackknife cross-validation method.
result Jackknife estimator provides consistent value function estimation.
Protein structure prediction has been a grand challenge problem in the structure biology over the last few decades. Protein quality assessment plays a very important role in protein structure prediction. In the paper, we propose a new protein quality assessment method which can predict both local and global quality of …
Paper introduces active Bayesian method for assessing black-box classifiers efficiently.
problem Need to assess performance of black-box classifiers reliably with limited labels.
method Develops inference strategies and proposes active Bayesian framework for efficient instance selection.
result Significant gains in performance assessment with fewer labels compared to traditional methods.
Paper explores physics-informed deep learning for system reliability assessment.
problem Limited study on deep learning for system reliability assessment.
method Physics-informed deep learning approach for system reliability assessment.
result Physics-informed deep learning can alleviate computational challenges and combine measurement data and mathematical models.
Although compelling assessments have been examined in recent years, more studies are required to yield a better understanding of the several methods where assessment techniques significantly affect student learning process. Most of the educational research in this area does not consider demographics data, differing met…
Bayesian networks improve product risk assessment by handling uncertainty and causality.
problem Limited handling of uncertainty and inability to incorporate causal explanations in existing methods.
method Bayesian Networks (BNs) for improved systematic product risk assessment.
result BN approach provides more powerful and flexible risk assessments.
Enhances early risk assessments for pediatric outcomes using contrastive learning.
problem Improving risk assessments in early stages of pediatric development.
method Contrastive multi-modal framework that treats each time window as a distinct modality, training on all available data.
result Consistent improvements in early-stage risk assessments validated on real-world tasks.
Improved assessment of knee osteoarthritis using geodesic B-score.
problem Need for automatic, reader-independent measures of osteoarthritis clinical outcomes.
method Derive a geodesic B-score for Riemannian shape spaces, develop efficient algorithm for large shape populations.
result Geodesic B-score exhibits improved discrimination ability over Euclidean B-score.
The paper discusses safety assessment for AI systems, focusing on machine learning models.
problem Safety assessment of AI systems, especially machine learning models, in safety-related applications.
method Analyzed AI models as statistical models and proposed a new budget allocation for AI safety.
result Safety assessment of AI systems requires a new approach focusing on the model used, not just the system.
Unified framework for CVA sensitivities, hedging, and risk assessment.
problem Computing and managing Credit Value Adjustment (CVA) sensitivities and risks.
method Probabilistic machine learning and refined regression on simulated data, validated by Monte Carlo methods.
result Identification of optimal sensitivities for practical tasks like hedging and risk assessment.
Large corporate credit models may be adapted for small business risk assessment.
problem Limited data and lack of credit analysts for small businesses.
method Adapting large corporate credit risk models for small businesses.
result Adapted models can predict small business credit risk effectively.
Bias and heterogeneity in peer assessment can lead to the issue of unfair scoring in the educational field. To deal with this problem, we propose a reference ranking method for an online peer assessment system using HodgeRank. Such a scheme provides instructors with an objective scoring reference based on mathematics.
DecoupleNets use neural networks to assess and select dependence models.
problem Assessing and selecting dependence models for multivariate data.
method Neural networks (DecoupleNets) transform data to uniformity, then assess and select models.
result DecoupleNets provide a novel, efficient method for dependence model assessment and selection.
C-FAR automates clustering assessment for neural tracking.
problem Manual assessment of clusters by humans is slow and impractical for large datasets.
method C-FAR uses automated feedback queries to select optimal clustering from multiple algorithms.
result C-FAR produces near-perfect clustering on simulated neural data.
R2DE assesses new exam questions quickly and accurately.
problem Assessing newly generated exam questions efficiently and accurately.
method R2DE uses NLP to estimate difficulty and discrimination of questions based on their text.
result R2DE can estimate question difficulty and discrimination quickly and accurately.
Automated fatigue assessment using ECG and actigraphy sensors.
problem Fatigue assessment based on self-reporting suffers from recall bias.
method Wearable sensing, machine learning, feature selection, self-attention model, consistency self-attention mechanism.
result Very promising results achieved in fatigue assessment.
Develops methods for AI self-assessment to improve trustworthiness.
problem Uncertainty in AI predictions and lack of trust in AI systems.
method Uncertainty estimation techniques considering practical impacts and costs.
result Guidelines for selecting and designing effective AI self-assessment methods.
The goal of chemmodlab is to streamline the fitting and assessment pipeline for many machine learning models in R, making it easy for researchers to compare the utility of new models. While focused on implementing methods for model fitting and assessment that have been accepted by experts in the cheminformatics field, …
Model uses smartphone data to assess MS trajectories.
problem Personalized longitudinal MS assessment.
method Imputation, generalized estimation equation, ensemble learning, fine-tuning.
result Promising model for predicting MS over time.
New method assesses financial and cyber risks under uncertainty.
problem Uncertainty in risk assessment for financial and cyber systems.
method Combines stochastic approximation and distorted mix method to compute worst case average value at risk.
result Efficient algorithm for tail uncertainty in multivariate distributions.
New method approximates CV for model assessment and selection.
problem Efficient model assessment and selection with large number of folds.
method Approximates expensive refitting with a single Newton step warm-started from full training set optimizer.
result Uniform non-asymptotic, deterministic model assessment guarantees for approximate CV.
The paper assesses quality measures for machine learning models using cross-validation.
problem Evaluating the accuracy and robustness of quality measures for machine learning models.
method Cross-validation approach to estimate prediction error and quantify explained variation. Confidence bounds and local quality measures derived from residuals.
result The reliability and robustness of quality measures are assessed through numerical examples and confidence bounds.
Fast risk assessment for autonomous vehicles using learned agent futures.
problem Risk assessment for autonomous vehicles given probabilistic predictions of other agents' futures.
method Non-sampling based methods using deep neural networks for probabilistic predictions, with Gaussian and non-Gaussian mixture models for agent positions and controls.
result Effective risk assessment for low probability events using learned models of agent futures.
PerSense assesses personality traits from text for commonsense reasoning.
problem Estimating human personality traits from text for mental health analysis.
method Aggregated Probability Density Functions (PDF) and Machine Learning (ML) models.
result PerSense algorithms achieve comparable results to ground truth data, with high accuracy for personality assessment and commonsense prediction.
Dual quality assessment method tackles adversarial robustness issues across various metrics.
problem Varying robustness levels and bias in adversarial attacks and defenses.
method Model agnostic dual quality assessment method, including robustness levels.
result Current networks and defenses are vulnerable at all robustness levels, highlighting the need for a dual approach.
Paper proposes a new model to assess risks in energy storage systems considering both exogenous and endogenous uncertainties.
problem Current risk assessment ignores the stochastic nature of energy storage availability.
method Data-driven unified model with exogenous and endogenous uncertainty description for four types of generic energy storage.
result Comparative results show more severe risks for endogenous uncertainty, suggesting new strategies for system operators.
Assessing generative models is not an easy task. Generative models should synthesize graphs which are not replicates of real networks but show topological features similar to real graphs. We introduce an approach for assessing graph generative models using graph classifiers. The inability of an established graph classi…
Optimizes risk assessment tools using mixed-integer programming.
problem Challenges in healthcare risk assessment due to label scarcity and asymmetric misclassification costs.
method Jointly optimizes scoring weights and category thresholds via mixed-integer programming (MIP).
result Prevents label-scarce category collapse and achieves more accurate risk categorization.
TransCORALNet uses transformer and CORAL for supply chain credit assessment with cold start.
problem Supply chain credit assessment for new borrowers with limited data.
method Two-stream transformer CORAL networks with domain adaptation and LIME.
result TransCORALNet outperforms state-of-the-art models in accuracy.
Automatically assesses the quality of online health articles.
problem Lack of automated tools to evaluate the quality of online health information.
method Data mining approach using 10 quality criteria and feature selection.
result Classifier achieved 84%-90% accuracy on 10 criteria.
Study improves data quality assessment for structural monitoring data.
problem Ensuring reliability of structural health monitoring data.
method Probabilistic data quality assessment using a conditional diffusion model.
result Significantly improves accuracy of data quality assessment.
A new method assesses regression models' global optimality.
problem Challenges in evaluating regression models without access to true data.
method Information Teacher framework based on Shannon mutual information.
result Demonstrates capability to detect global optimality.
Generative models assess quality on time-series data using ITS and FITD.
problem Lack of consensus for quality assessment of class-conditional generative models on time-series data.
method Introduced InceptionTime Score (ITS) and Frechet InceptionTime Distance (FITD) to evaluate generative models.
result ITS and FITD combined with TSTR can accurately assess generative model performance on time-series data.
The paper assesses machine learning robustness with covariate perturbations.
problem Ensuring robustness of machine learning models against adversarial attacks and data changes.
method Proposes a framework using covariate perturbation techniques to assess model robustness.
result Demonstrates the effectiveness of the approach in comparing robustness across models and identifying instabilities.
Applying deep learning methods to mammography assessment has remained a challenging topic. Dense noise with sparse expressions, mega-pixel raw data resolution, lack of diverse examples have all been factors affecting performance. The lack of pixel-level ground truths have especially limited segmentation methods in push…
Network theory assesses systemic risk in the insurance sector.
problem Detecting critical insurance companies in systemic risk.
method Complex network approach with weighted effective resistance centrality.
result Identifies companies with significant influence on network robustness.
ABROCA assesses algorithmic bias, revealing skewed distributions that inflate results.
problem Detecting nuanced performance differences in classifier fairness.
method Study of ABROCA metric's statistical properties under various conditions.
result ABROCA distributions are skewed, inflating results by chance in imbalanced classes.
Machine learning assesses balance outside clinics, improving therapy efficiency.
problem Lack of feedback from PTs in home balance training.
method Trunk sway data analysis with multi-class SVM.
result ML model achieved 82% accuracy in assessing balance.
Study combines quantum and classical deep learning for better credit risk assessment.
problem Enhancing accuracy and efficiency in credit risk evaluation.
method Hybrid Quantum-Classical Deep Neural Network for Row-Type Dependent Predictive Analysis.
result Proposed framework enhances predictive models for different loan categories.
Shai is a 10B model for asset management tasks, outperforming baselines.
problem Improving performance in asset management tasks.
method Continuous pre-training and fine-tuning on asset management-specific data.
result Shai outperforms baseline models in asset management tasks.
This paper presents an assessment of global economic energy potentials for all major natural energy resources. This work is based on both an extensive literature review and calculations using natural resource assessment data. Economic potentials are presented in the form of cost-supply curves, in terms of energy flows …