Transformer models show robustness across domains with domain adversarial training.
problem Domain adaptation from multiple sources with no labeled data.
method Domain adversarial training and mixture of experts.
result Domain adversarial training improves representation but not performance.
Dual-structured method improves cross-domain imitation learning.
problem Learning policies in a target domain from source domain expert demonstrations.
method Extracts domain and policy expertness features, synthesizes new features.
result Superior performance compared to other algorithms in MuJoCo tasks.
DMLreg uses expert knowledge to improve model performance in high-dimensional settings.
problem Improving model performance in high-dimensional prediction problems.
method Learning a Mahalanobis distance metric from expert comparisons and integrating it into a regularized linear model.
result DMLreg leads to improvements in model performance when expert knowledge is relevant.
GWIL uses Gromov-Wasserstein distance to align expert and imitation agent states.
problem Cross-domain imitation learning challenges due to different system dimensions and stationary distributions.
method Gromov-Wasserstein Imitation Learning (GWIL) using Gromov-Wasserstein distance.
result GWIL effectively aligns expert and imitation agent states in various continuous control domains.
Improves accuracy and fairness in prediction systems with multiple domain experts.
problem Designing unbiased and accurate deferral systems with multiple experts.
method Proposes a framework for learning a classifier and deferral system that chooses to defer to multiple human experts.
result Significantly improves accuracy and fairness of final predictions compared to baselines.
We present a novel approach for supervised domain adaptation that is based upon the probabilistic framework of Gaussian processes (GPs). Specifically, we introduce domain-specific GPs as local experts for facial expression classification from face images. The adaptation of the classifier is facilitated in probabilistic…
Active learning method for ABC statistics selection reduces expert work and improves posterior estimates.
problem Handling intractable likelihood functions in models with domain knowledge.
method Active learning method for selecting summary statistics in ABC.
result Better posterior estimates than existing methods, especially with limited simulation budget.
Synthesizes robust estimators for domain adaptation.
problem Improving prediction accuracy in target domain with limited data.
method Synthesizes a family of robust least squares estimators using convex optimization.
result Robust strategies can outperform non-robust interpolations.
System simplifies feedback from domain experts for iterative rule mining.
problem Difficulty in incorporating domain experts' feedback and evaluating multi-objective models.
method Developed a multi-objective anytime rule mining algorithm based on GRASP-PR.
result Successfully applied the system in an industrial context.
EQD model improves domain-specific QA by 0.6% to 10.5%.
problem Challenges in domain-specific quantitative reasoning for LLMs.
method Two-step fine-tuning framework guided by a reward function.
result EQD outperforms state-of-the-art models and prompting strategies.
L2D-CD learns to defer expert recommendations in causal discovery.
problem Combining expert knowledge with data-driven results in causal discovery when expert recommendations may contradict data.
method Adapting learning-to-defer algorithms for pairwise causal discovery, L2D-CD learns a deferral function to select between expert recommendations and data-driven methods.
result L2D-CD outperforms both causal discovery methods and the expert used in isolation, identifying domains where the expert's performance is strong or weak.
Competency questions help experts select best clustering for energy data.
problem Ad hoc and subjective selection of clustering structures by domain experts.
method Formalize expert knowledge and requirements with competency questions.
result Competency questions improve reproducibility and evaluation of clustering applications.
A new method routes EEG covariance matrices across domains using adaptive subspace selection.
problem Challenges in cross-domain EEG decoding due to distinct SPD manifold regions.
method Dynamic Stiefel routing with expert filters and cross-attention for adaptive subspace projection.
result Consistent gains across three datasets: balanced accuracy improves from 0.773 to 0.823, 0.757 to 0.809, and 0.801 to 0.839.
The paper shows how expert knowledge can improve treatment effect estimation.
problem Lack of leveraging expert knowledge in treatment effect estimation.
method Formally defining two types of expertise (predictive and prognostic) and demonstrating their influence on treatment effect estimation methods.
result Expertise type significantly influences treatment effect estimation methods, and can be predicted from a dataset.
Neural network learns expert knowledge to improve reinforcement learning performance.
problem Lack of domain knowledge in reinforcement learning.
method Integrates expert knowledge into neural network architecture and uses policy gradient updates.
result Novel approach outperforms existing methods in various tasks.
Scarcity of labeled data is one of the most frequent problems faced in machine learning. This is particularly true in relation extraction in text mining, where large corpora of texts exists in many application domains, while labeling of text data requires an expert to invest much time to read the documents. Overall, st…
A user-friendly interface constructs effective background knowledge from ER diagrams.
problem Inefficient construction of background knowledge by domain experts in ILP systems.
method Design of a graphical user interface to interact with Entity Relationship diagrams to construct modes for a probabilistic logic learning system.
result Domain experts can construct effective background knowledge on par with experts using the graphical interface.
EBBS integrates expert assessments into MIO best-subsets problem.
problem Identifying relevant features in statistical models.
method Expert-implied Bayesian approach using MIO.
result Reduces to classical best-subsets when experts are silent.
Expert augmentation improves hybrid model generalization.
problem Limited generalization of hybrid models outside training distribution.
method Introducing expert augmentation to improve hybrid model performance.
result Expert augmentation improves generalization of hybrid models.
Optimized deferral improves accuracy in imbalanced settings.
problem Imbalance in expert predictions leads to suboptimal performance in two-stage learning to defer.
method Developed novel cost-sensitive learning algorithms and margin-based loss functions tailored for expert imbalance.
result MILD algorithm shows clear improvements over baselines in image classification and LLM routing tasks.
Algorithm learns from human demonstrations to schedule tasks efficiently.
problem Efficient resource scheduling in dynamic environments.
method Personalized apprenticeship learning framework infers decision-making criteria from heterogeneous human demonstrations.
result Achieves high accuracy in synthetic and real-world domains, outperforming baselines.
TFPS improves time series forecasting by learning pattern-specific experts.
problem Challenges in forecasting time series data with varying patterns across segments.
method Dual-domain encoder, subspace clustering, pattern-specific experts.
result Significantly improved forecasting accuracy, especially in long-term forecasting.
CliMB-DC combines human guidance and data-centric tools to improve ML for non-technical experts.
problem Lack of data-centric handling in LLM co-pilots for non-technical users.
method Human-guided, data-centric framework combining advanced tools and LLM reasoning.
result Significantly outperforms existing co-pilot baselines for data-centric challenges.
Improved HMoE models using Laplace gating function enhance expert specialization and performance.
problem Improving performance of hierarchical mixture of experts models.
method Used Laplace gating function instead of Softmax in hierarchical mixture of experts models.
result Laplace gating function accelerates expert convergence and enhances specialization.
Study shows training duration impacts model merging quality, suggesting joint selection of duration and method.
problem Impact of expert training duration on model merging quality for large language models (LLMs).
method Systematically fine-tuned experts on five domains across three model sizes, evaluating five merging methods at each duration.
result Training duration affects merging quality, with simple averaging degrading sharply and sparsification-based methods performing well past the validation optimum.
LHM integrates expert ODEs with neural ODEs for disease progression prediction.
problem Predicting disease progression under medications using limited data.
method Integrating expert-designed ODEs with machine-learned Neural ODEs.
result LHM consistently outperforms previous methods, especially in small sample regimes.
KINN integrates expert knowledge into neural networks to improve performance.
problem Lack of expert knowledge in neural networks, especially in time-series domains.
method Integrates expert knowledge through a residual knowledge incorporation scheme.
result Significantly improved performance on real-world traffic flow prediction.
Study shows training duration affects model merging quality, suggesting joint selection of duration and method.
problem Impact of expert training duration on model merging quality for large language models (LLMs).
method Systematically fine-tuned experts on five domains across three model sizes, evaluated five merging methods at each duration.
result Training duration and merging method should be chosen jointly, not independently.
ExpCLR uses expert features to improve time-series representation learning.
problem Current representation learning approaches fail to ensure useful properties for time-series data.
method ExpCLR employs expert features to replace data transformations in contrastive learning, ensuring two useful properties for time-series representations.
result ExpCLR outperforms state-of-the-art methods on three real-world time-series datasets.
Providing accurate predictions is challenging for machine learning algorithms when the number of features is larger than the number of samples in the data. Prior knowledge can improve machine learning models by indicating relevant variables and parameter values. Yet, this prior knowledge is often tacit and only availab…
Hybrid RL learns from expert state sequences without full action data.
problem Learning from expert state sequences without full action data.
method Tensor-based model to infer unobserved actions; hybrid RL objective.
result Hybrid RL outperforms pure RL and tensor-based action inference.
Combines expert knowledge and data for efficient probability distribution inference.
problem Inferring discrete probability distributions using limited data and expert knowledge.
method A novel estimator that weights expert knowledge and empirical data.
result The proposed estimator is always more efficient than either expert or data alone.
InstaNAS searches for a distribution of architectures to improve performance and reduce latency.
problem Finding a single architecture that represents the whole dataset with high diversity and variety.
method InstaNAS uses a controller trained to search for a 'distribution of architectures' that assigns each input sample a domain expert architecture.
result InstaNAS achieves up to 48.8% latency reduction without compromising accuracy.
A new framework estimates expert policy support to create a reward function for imitation learning.
problem Imitation learning from expert trajectories without reinforcement signals.
method Estimating the support of the expert policy to compute a fixed reward function.
result Comparable or better performance than state-of-the-art methods on discrete and continuous domains.
Budgeted deferral framework reduces expert query costs in machine learning.
problem High cost of querying all experts in deferral algorithms.
method Introduces budgeted deferral framework for selective expert querying.
result Empirical results show substantial reduction in training costs without sacrificing accuracy.
The mixture of experts (MoE) model is a popular neural network architecture for nonlinear regression and classification. The class of MoE mean functions is known to be uniformly convergent to any unknown target function, assuming that the target function is from Sobolev space that is sufficiently differentiable and tha…
Prediction Factory automates predictive model development and evaluation.
problem Rapidly developing and sharing predictive models with domain experts.
method Data science automation system with three interfaces: baseline, full, and optional automation.
result Full automation interface generated reports funded 57.5% of the time, compared to 42.5% for baseline.
A new framework pretrains a single GNN model for diverse graphs, overcoming domain-specific challenges.
problem Difficulty in generalizing across graphs from different domains using existing GNNs.
method Cross-domain pretraining framework with gating functions to choose experts for new graphs.
result Superior performance on link prediction and node classification tasks across various domains.
TIM framework uses LLMs and domain experts to infer DeFi user transaction intents.
problem Challenges in understanding user intent in DeFi transactions due to complex interactions and opaque logs.
method TIM framework leverages a DeFi intent taxonomy, multi-agent LLM system, and a Meta-Level Planner.
result TIM significantly outperforms existing methods in inferring user transaction intents.
Personalized model improves ADAS-Cog13 cognitive score forecasting.
problem Improving accuracy in predicting cognitive changes in Alzheimer's Disease.
method Meta-Weighted Gaussian Process Experts (pGPE) model for personalized forecasting.
result Meta-weighting of expert models leads to significant improvements in forecasting accuracy.
DAC-SSM learns domain-agnostic states for better imitation learning.
problem Domain shifts hinder imitation learning in partially observable tasks.
method DAC-SSM uses adversarial training to remove domain-dependent information from states.
result DAC-SSM achieves comparable performance to experts in sparse reward tasks.
We develop a personalized real time risk scoring algorithm that provides timely and granular assessments for the clinical acuity of ward patients based on their (temporal) lab tests and vital signs. Heterogeneity of the patients population is captured via a hierarchical latent class model. The proposed algorithm aims t…
Non-experts have long made important contributions to machine learning (ML) by contributing training data, and recent work has shown that non-experts can also help with feature engineering by suggesting novel predictive features. However, non-experts have only contributed features to prediction tasks already posed by e…
PWIL learns agent behavior from expert using Wasserstein distance.
problem Learning agent behavior from expert demonstrations efficiently.
method Primal Wasserstein Imitation Learning (PWIL) with offline reward function.
result PWIL achieves expert behavior on MuJoCo tasks with minimal interactions.
Meta-learning model divides tasks into sub-problems for efficient adaptation.
problem Training models to quickly adapt to new tasks.
method Hierarchical Expert Networks with information-theoretic partitioning and specialized experts.
result Specialized experts lead to efficient adaptation to new tasks.
Extends SHAP to explain autoencoder anomalies, aiding experts.
problem Manual validation of autoencoder anomalies is challenging.
method Extends SHAP to explain autoencoder anomalies.
result Visualizes features contributing to and offsetting anomalies.
VAEs struggle with surjective multimodal data, especially class labels describing images.
problem VAEs struggle to capture variability in surjective multimodal data.
method Theoretical and empirical demonstration of VAEs with a mixture of experts posterior.
result VAEs with a mixture of experts posterior can disregard variation in surjective multimodal data.
Gryffin optimizes categorical variables in materials design, leveraging expert knowledge.
problem Optimizing categorical variables in complex design choices like molecule selection.
method Bayesian optimization with smooth approximations to categorical distributions, incorporating expert knowledge.
result Gryffin accelerates discovery of promising molecules and materials, highlighting relevant correlations.