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48 results for exploratory power

Neural model with parameterized algorithms improves graph CO problem solving.

problem Solving NP-hard graph combinatorial optimization problems efficiently and accurately.
method Combining neural models and parameterized algorithms to identify and handle hard and easy parts of CO instances.
result Framework produces superior solution quality and out-of-distribution generalization.

Study speculative trading using RL with exploratory framework.

problem Sequential optimal stopping problem over entry and exit times with general utility function and price process.
method Formulated as a sequential optimal stopping problem, solved using Cox processes driven by bounded, non-randomized intensity controls. Characterized randomized control via probability measure over jump intensities and regularized objective function by Shannon's entropy. Established error estimates and convergence of RL objective to value function.
result Closed-form solutions for optimal policy and value function are derived.

Study finds key investing characteristics for success in equity markets.

problem Understanding what traits lead to financial success in equity markets.
method Exploratory factor analysis and multiple linear regression on 403 respondents' data.
result Investing characteristics significantly impact individual investors' excess return.

The increasing availability of large but noisy data sets with a large number of heterogeneous variables leads to the increasing interest in the automation of common tasks for data analysis. The most time-consuming part of this process is the Exploratory Data Analysis, crucial for better domain understanding, data clean…

2019-03-27abs ↗pdf ↗

In this paper, we propose a new algorithm for exploratory projection pursuit. The basis of the algorithm is the insight that previous approaches used fairly narrow definitions of interestingness / non interestingness. We argue that allowing these definitions to depend on the problem / data at hand is a more natural app…

2011-12-19abs ↗pdf ↗

A framework for robust exploration in reinforcement learning under ambiguity.

problem Optimal stopping under ambiguity in reinforcement learning.
method Continuous-time robust reinforcement learning framework using gg-expectation and backward stochastic differential equations.
result Constructs a robust exploratory stopping time approximating the optimal stopping time under ambiguity.

Action chunking and data exploration improve behavior cloning in robotics.

problem Exponential errors in learning from demonstrations for continuous control tasks.
method Action chunking and exploratory data collection.
result Control-theoretic stability is key to improving imitation learning.

We study the problem of nonparametric dependence detection. Many existing methods may suffer severe power loss due to non-uniform consistency, which we illustrate with a paradox. To avoid such power loss, we approach the nonparametric test of independence through the new framework of binary expansion statistics (BEStat…

2016-10-17abs ↗pdf ↗

Study on utility maximization with Tsallis entropy in reinforcement learning.

problem Exploring utility maximization with Tsallis entropy in reinforcement learning.
method Introducing Tsallis entropy regularizer to induce exploration, investigating specific examples, characterizing well-posedness, designing reinforcement learning algorithm.
result Characterized well-posedness and provided semi-closed-form solutions for specific examples, found distinct optimal strategies.

This work explores efficient reinforcement learning with density features in low-rank MDPs.

problem Efficient reinforcement learning with density features in low-rank MDPs.
method Proposes algorithms for off-policy estimation and online construction of exploratory data distributions.
result Demonstrates sample-efficient learning with density features in low-rank MDPs, overcoming technical challenges.

New method for portfolio management learns from past wealth evolution.

problem Optimizing portfolio selection based on past performance.
method Simulated annealing clustering for asset selection, considering past wealth evolution.
result Strategy effectively learns from past performance and performs well in practice.

New method explains high-dimensional sphere data with latent factors.

problem Understanding intricate dependence structure in high-dimensional sphere data.
method Exploratory factor analysis of the projected normal distribution with a fast alternating expectation profile conditional maximization algorithm.
result Uniformly excellent results on various data types, including tweets, brain imaging, and cancer gene expression.

Making sense of a dataset in an automatic and unsupervised fashion is a challenging problem in statistics and AI. Classical approaches for {exploratory data analysis} are usually not flexible enough to deal with the uncertainty inherent to real-world data: they are often restricted to fixed latent interaction models an…

2018-07-24abs ↗pdf ↗

Study uses RL to optimize investment with financial constraints, showing exploration benefits.

problem Optimal investment with financial constraints in continuous time.
method Reinforcement learning framework, focusing on Gaussian and truncated Gaussian distributions.
result Exploration leads to more dispersed wealth distribution with heavier tails, especially with smaller exploration parameters.

The abstract warns against flawed empirical research in machine learning.

problem Flawed empirical research in machine learning leading to unreliable results.
method Call for more awareness of experimental knowledge plurality and epistemic limitations.
result Current empirical machine learning research should be exploratory, not confirmatory.

In exploratory data analysis, we are often interested in identifying promising pairwise associations for further analysis while filtering out weaker, less interesting ones. This can be accomplished by computing a measure of dependence on all variable pairs and examining the highest-scoring pairs, provided the measure o…

2015-05-09abs ↗pdf ↗

The paper tackles confidence calibration for exploratory machine learning problems.

problem Difficulty in curating datasets and confusion about category validity.
method Introduces four new algorithms for category-specific confidence estimation, including kernel density ratios.
result Kernel density ratios provide a novel approach to confidence calibration, especially for exploratory problems.

Social media analytics allows us to extract, analyze, and establish semantic from user-generated contents in social media platforms. This study utilized a mixed method including a three-step process of data collection, topic modeling, and data annotation for recognizing exercise related patterns. Based on the findings,…

2018-12-08abs ↗pdf ↗

The paper tackles optimal stopping problems using reinforcement learning and singular control.

problem Continuous-time and state-space optimal stopping problems.
method Formulated as a singular control problem with randomized stopping times and penalized cumulative residual entropy.
result Identified unique optimal exploratory strategy through dynamic programming.

The paper extends mean field results to three-layer neural networks using SGD.

problem Understanding the dynamics of training three-layer neural networks with SGD.
method Extending mean field results from two-layer networks to three-layer networks with two hidden layers, using non-linear partial differential equations.
result The distributions of weights in the two hidden layers are independent.

Since time immemorial, people have been looking for ways to organize scientific knowledge into some systems to facilitate search and discovery of new ideas. The problem was partially solved in the pre-Internet era using library classifications, but nowadays it is nearly impossible to classify all scientific and popular…

2018-11-15abs ↗pdf ↗

We present a new application and covering number bound for the framework of "Machine Learning with Operational Costs (MLOC)," which is an exploratory form of decision theory. The MLOC framework incorporates knowledge about how a predictive model will be used for a subsequent task, thus combining machine learning with t…

2011-04-27abs ↗pdf ↗

A-DOGE embeds attributed graphs efficiently using density of states.

problem Efficiently represent node-attributed graphs with few numerical features.
method A-DOGE uses density of states to blend topology and attributes, leveraging efficient approximation algorithms.
result A-DOGE achieves competitive performance with modern supervised GNNs while being significantly faster.

We introduce an exploratory study on Mutation Validation (MV), a model validation method using mutated training labels for supervised learning. MV mutates training data labels, retrains the model against the mutated data, then uses the metamorphic relation that captures the consequent training performance changes to as…

2019-05-24abs ↗pdf ↗

We propose a reinforcement learning agent to solve hard exploration games by learning a range of directed exploratory policies. We construct an episodic memory-based intrinsic reward using k-nearest neighbors over the agent's recent experience to train the directed exploratory policies, thereby encouraging the agent to…

2020-02-14abs ↗pdf ↗

This describes a statistical technique called "tonsuring" for exploratory data analysis in finance. Instead of rejecting "outlier" data that conflicts with the model, this strips out "inlier" data to get a clearer picture of how the market changes for larger moves.

2011-10-20abs ↗pdf ↗

In conventional supervised learning, a training dataset is given with ground-truth labels from a known label set, and the learned model will classify unseen instances to known labels. This paper studies a new problem setting in which there are unknown classes in the training data misperceived as other labels, and thus …

2020-02-05abs ↗pdf ↗

We explore a new method for discrete-time control problems using randomization and entropy.

problem Discrete-time linear-exponential quadratic Gaussian (LEQG) control problem.
method Introduce exploration through randomization and apply duality between free energy and relative entropy.
result Reduced LEQG problem to equivalent risk-neutral LQG control problem with entropy regularization.

This work shows how to use simulators to learn efficient exploration in real-world RL.

problem Sample complexity of real-world reinforcement learning.
method Coupling exploratory policies learned in simulators with practical approaches.
result Polynomial sample complexity in real world, exponential improvement over direct sim2real transfer.

Interpretable model for Granger causality using neural networks.

problem Inferring Granger causality in complex dynamical systems.
method Extension of self-explaining neural networks for multivariate Granger causality.
result Framework performs on par with baseline methods and better at inferring interaction signs.

PEARL uses reinforcement learning to improve matrix preconditioners.

problem Learning effective preconditioners for iterative solvers is challenging.
method PEARL employs an actor-critic reinforcement learning framework to learn preconditioners dynamically.
result PEARL outperforms traditional and neural preconditioners in flexibility and solving speed.

This study analyzes data science vocabulary changes over 13 years.

problem Understanding evolution of data science terms over time.
method Exploratory Data Analysis, Latent Semantic Analysis, Latent Dirichlet Analysis, N-grams Analysis.
result Identified new vocabulary and its incorporation into scientific literature.

Sampling strategies significantly affect feature approximations in ELA, impacting classifier accuracy.

problem The impact of sampling strategies on feature approximations in ELA.
method Analysis of feature approximations from different sampling strategies and sample sizes.
result Feature approximations from different sampling strategies do not converge, affecting classifier accuracy.

NeuralRBMLE tackles explore-exploit trade-offs in contextual bandits with neural networks.

problem Stochastic contextual bandit problem with general bounded reward functions.
method Reward-biased maximum likelihood estimation with neural networks to enforce exploration.
result Both NeuralRBMLE variants achieve O~(T)\widetilde{\mathcal{O}}(\sqrt{T}) regret.

Paper uses RL to optimize multi-asset portfolios in fluctuating markets.

problem Optimizing multi-asset portfolios in time-varying financial markets.
method Soft Actor-Critic (SAC) algorithm for policy learning, policy iteration process.
result SAC algorithm outperforms in various criteria in simulated and real financial markets.

Shaping in humans and animals has been shown to be a powerful tool for learning complex tasks as compared to learning in a randomized fashion. This makes the problem less complex and enables one to solve the easier sub task at hand first. Generating a curriculum for such guided learning involves subjecting the agent to…

2019-05-17abs ↗pdf ↗