The method optimizes facility deployment schedules to meet fuel cycle demands efficiently.
problem Determining optimal deployment schedules for facilities to meet fuel cycle demands.
method Uses Gaussian process regression and dynamic time warping to predict and optimize deployment schedules.
result The method converges to a deployment schedule within 5-10 iterations with a distance less than 1% of total production.
Deployable probabilistic programming for Go and other languages.
problem Adding probabilistic programming to mainstream languages.
method Design guidelines and Infergo implementation for Go.
result Infergo demonstrates performance and applicability in various use cases.
The paper addresses fairness in facility location by considering local population densities.
problem Ensuring fair distribution of facilities based on local population sizes.
method Formulated a fairness concept involving neighborhood radius and applied an approximation algorithm.
result The algorithm guarantees a factor of at most 2 in all metric spaces and outperforms standard clustering algorithms.
This paper develops a framework for predicting patient workload across multiple VA facilities.
problem Handling demand uncertainty and predicting workload in healthcare facilities, especially chronic disease treatment.
method Developed a heuristic clustering algorithm for single task learning and a multi-task learning approach.
result Demonstrated improved accuracy in workload prediction for patients with similar conditions across multiple facilities.
Paper tackles online facility location with user requests and provides a quasi-linear time algorithm.
problem Online facility location problem with user requests and site selection costs.
method Design of a novel quasi-linear time algorithm based on the Hedge algorithm.
result Good theoretical guarantees on the performance of the novel algorithm.
Boosting models improve pediatric ICU transfer prediction.
problem Predicting transfer of pediatric patients to ICU.
method Adaptive and gradient boosting classifiers combined into an ensemble model.
result Improved accuracy, sensitivity, specificity, and AUROC over baseline.
Data-driven assistants predict congestion to optimize shared facilities efficiency.
problem Optimizing shared facilities efficiency through user coordination.
method Developed algorithms that learn from user reactions to predict congestion and achieve optimal outcomes.
result Self-fulfilling predictions can solve coordination problems in large-scale shared facilities.
Proposes a new method to find overconfident predictions in classifiers.
problem Challenges in assessing classifier accuracy without labeled test data.
method Facility locations utility model and greedy query algorithm.
result Greedy query algorithm finds overconfident unknown unknowns more effectively.
MPNN improves on UniFL approximation with provable guarantees.
problem Uniform Facility Location (UniFL) optimization problem.
method Graph Neural Network (MPNN) incorporating approximation-algorithmic principles.
result Empirically outperforms standard approximation algorithms.
Hybrid AI methods optimize renewable energy and facilities management.
problem Optimizing renewable energy resources and facilities management in oceanic engineering and airports.
method Hybrid neuro-evolutionary algorithms and machine learning.
result Proposed methodologies for predicting key parameters in renewable energy and facilities management.
Decentralized algorithm reduces regret and converges to Nash equilibrium in online congestion games.
problem Online congestion games with exponential action sets and strict Nash equilibria.
method CongestEXP algorithm using exponential weights method.
result CongestEXP achieves O ( k F T ) O(kF\sqrt{T}) O ( k F T ) regret bound and almost exponential convergence to strict Nash equilibrium. Study examines how industrial emissions evolve over time in response to various factors.
problem Understanding how firm-level emissions change over time in response to environmental regulation, economic conditions, and organizational constraints.
method Used a time-varying mean-group estimator to link emissions data with firm characteristics and macroeconomic indicators over 1992-2023.
result Firm-level characteristics and aggregate conditions have different impacts on emissions growth at different times.
Based on the concept of self-decomposable random variables we discuss the application of a model for a pair of dependent Poisson processes to energy facilities. Due to the resulting structure of the jump events we can see the self-decomposability as a form of cointegration among jumps. In the context of energy faciliti…
Unified pipeline predicts equipment anomalies with high precision and reduced false positives.
problem Predicting equipment anomalies before failures using small models.
method Triplet Feature Fusion combining statistical, time-series, and text embeddings.
result Achieves high precision and reduced false positives.
SimTensor generates synthetic tensor data for research.
problem Reproducible research on tensor factorization algorithms.
method Multi-platform software for generating artificial tensor data with various configurations.
result Generates temporal tensors with periodic waves, seasonal effects, and streaming structure.
Trading floors need to be twice as deep as electronic markets to compete.
problem Informed traders prefer fast electronic markets over slow trading floors.
method Examined the performance of trading floors and electronic markets in a hybrid system.
result Trading floors need to be twice as deep as electronic markets to compete.
New tools analyze data selection methods, reducing information losses.
problem Analyzing and reducing information losses in data selection.
method Information theoretic losses framework applied to Facility Location Selection and Transductive Experimental Design.
result Proves Facility Location Selection and Transductive Experimental Design reduce information losses.
Develops a Bayesian model to predict business revenue and demand.
problem Estimating revenue and demand at business facilities.
method Variational Bayesian spatial interaction model (BSIM) with scalable inference.
result BSIM outperforms competing approaches in predicting pub revenue and demand.
Bayesian inference calibrates Hall thruster model uncertainty at varying pressures.
problem Quantifying uncertainty in a multi-component Hall thruster model at different facility pressures.
method Bayesian inference applied to calibrate and quantify prediction uncertainty in a coupled multi-component Hall thruster model.
result Model reduces predictive errors in thrust and discharge current by more than 50% compared to a previous model.
Trans-GLMC tackles source heterogeneity in transfer learning for structured clusters.
problem Source heterogeneity makes it hard to use multiple related auxiliary sources effectively.
method Trans-GLMC constructs clusters of sources, then combines global fusion, within-cluster refinement, and target debiasing.
result Improves facility-specific prediction and identifies interpretable communities of hospitals with mutual transferability.
Deployment-complete benchmarking assesses if evidence leads to consistent deployment actions.
problem Lack of clear evidence leading to consistent deployment actions.
method Introduces deployment-complete benchmarking to test if benchmark evidence determines deployment actions.
result Benchmark evidence must be complete for a claim to lead to a consistent deployment action.
Paper shows how to efficiently summarize large datasets using sparsity.
problem Efficiently summarize large datasets using submodular optimization.
method Develops a sparsified submodular optimization method and analyzes a new sparsification technique.
result Proves that sparsified submodular optimization is almost optimal under standard assumptions.
The paper optimizes daily storage trading of electricity using dynamic spread densities.
problem Optimizing daily storage trading of electricity based on price spreads.
method Formulated dynamic density functions based on skewed-t representations to model hourly electricity price spreads. Selected the best specification for each spread using the Pinball Loss function and calculated risk associated with spread arbitrages.
result Optimal daily operation of a battery storage facility determined from spread densities.
New ML approach for edge devices tackles deployment challenges.
problem Challenges in deploying ML models on edge devices.
method Specialized ML development and deployment approach for edge devices.
result Prototype demonstrates efficient and high-quality solutions.
Paper establishes lower bounds and optimal algorithms for deployment-efficient RL.
problem Deployment efficiency in reinforcement learning.
method Optimization with constraints, lower bounds, algorithms.
result Established optimal algorithms for deployment-efficient RL.
DUPLE tackles cross-deployment recognition in fiber-optic perimeter security with meta-learning.
problem Cross-deployment recognition challenges in fiber-optic perimeter security due to label scarcity and distribution shifts.
method DUPLE employs statistically guided meta-learning to enhance recognition robustness across unseen deployments.
result DUPLE consistently outperforms traditional and meta-learning baselines in cross-deployment DFOS benchmarks.
Apricot selects subsets from large data sets efficiently using submodular optimization.
problem Efficiently selecting representative subsets from large data sets.
method Submodular optimization with efficient greedy algorithm.
result Strong theoretical guarantees on the quality of selected subsets.
The paper tackles Nash-regret minimization in congestion games with bandit feedback.
problem Minimizing Nash-regret in congestion games with bandit feedback.
method Proposes centralized and decentralized algorithms for congestion games with bandit feedback, and a centralized algorithm for Markov congestion games.
result Sample complexity depends polynomially on the number of players and facilities, not the size of the action set.
AI pipeline simplifies AI deployment on embedded devices.
problem Training and deployment of custom AI solutions on embedded devices requires expertise and integration barriers.
method Modular AI pipeline integrating data, algorithms, and deployment tools.
result LPDNN consistently outperforms other deployment frameworks on embedded platforms.
Framework for responsible LLM deployment with human involvement and decentralized technologies.
problem Challenges in deploying LLMs for high-stakes decisions, including data security and accountability.
method Interactive human involvement through multiple iterations, decentralized technologies, and automated auditing.
result Enhanced security and accountability in LLM deployment for financial decisions.
The popularity of Bayesian optimization methods for efficient exploration of parameter spaces has lead to a series of papers applying Gaussian processes as surrogates in the optimization of functions. However, most proposed approaches only allow the exploration of the parameter space to occur sequentially. Often, it is…
Study on energy storage's impact on electricity prices and profitability.
problem Analyzing the profitability of energy storage in electricity markets.
method Characterized optimal operating strategy for storage systems, determined equilibrium price in a market with storage, renewables, and conventional producers, and characterized price process using stochastic differential equations.
result Increased average revenues and interquantile ranges for storage assets in energy transition scenarios.
The paper develops methods to reduce deployment risk under dynamic covariate shifts.
problem Reduction of deployment risk under dynamic covariate shifts.
method Time-domain Poincare inequality and Jacobian-velocity theorem to identify and control directional tangent energy.
result Drift-aligned tangent regularization (DTR) reduces risk volatility and directional gain in low-rank drift regimes.
New multi-spiral approach improves packaging of thick membranes.
problem Deploying thick membranes on curved surfaces efficiently.
method Multi-spiral folding approach with prismatic folding lines.
result Improved deployment performance of thick membranes on curved surfaces.
MLDemon monitors ML systems post-deployment, improving reliability with real-time performance estimates and expert labels.
problem Ensuring reliability of machine learning systems post-deployment, especially when user inputs differ from training data.
method Integrates unlabeled and on-demand labeled data to monitor ML model performance in real-time, deciding when to acquire expert labels.
result Outperforms existing approaches in temporal datasets with diverse distribution drifts, providing theoretical optimality for distribution drifts.
MPP predicts model performance in real-time ML deployments.
problem Lack of labels in production prevents tracking model performance.
method Ensemble of metrics to create a score for prediction quality.
result Automates monitoring and enables scale ML deployments.
RL research overhypes potential but lacks deployable solutions.
problem Current RL research overhypes potential and lacks deployable solutions.
method Identifies and critiques current RL research practices.
result Current RL research direction is unlikely to lead to practical, economically viable solutions.
Survey of challenges and future directions in applying RL to real-world settings.
problem Challenges in deploying RL in practical settings due to limited interaction and changing environments.
method Analysis of RL system design, implementation, and continual improvement.
result Need for theory and methodology to bridge research and application gap.
CSA fills a gap in RLVR-trained LLM deployment by providing anytime-valid selective risk control.
problem Deployment of RLVR-trained LLMs in regulated organizations requires a safety certificate for every round without waiting for long-run averages.
method CSA uses a (test statistic, validity guarantee, deployment rule) framework to fill the gap, maintaining a Ville-type e-process per threshold on a Bonferroni grid.
result CSA provides the first anytime-valid selective risk control for RLVR-trained LLMs, matching the long-run average certification rate and satisfying pathwise validity and non-refusing deployment on every cell.
BREMEN optimizes policies offline with fewer data, achieving efficient deployment.
problem High cost of updating policies in real-world applications.
method Behavior-Regularized Model-ENsemble (BREMEN) algorithm for offline optimization.
result BREMEN achieves impressive deployment efficiency with 5-10 deployments, outperforming standard RL methods.
Algometrics analyzes how predictive models affect their own forecasts in algorithmic markets.
problem How predictive models affect their own forecasts in algorithmic markets.
method Introduces algometrics, a framework for time series with feedback, proving three results on deployment risk.
result Deployment risk cannot be identified from passive historical data alone, and historical rankings can invert under crowding.
New RL algorithm reduces deployment cost for linear function approximations.
problem Efficiently deploying new policies in RL with unknown rewards.
method Proposes an algorithm that minimizes trajectories needed for identifying optimal policies.
result Achieves optimal deployment complexity and sample complexity.
Automated framework optimizes DNN deployment on Arm CPUs.
problem Lack of globally optimised DNN deployment across software levels.
method Reinforcement Learning search for automated design space exploration.
result Up to 4x improvement in performance and 2x reduction in memory.
Self-supervised policy adapts after deployment without rewards.
problem Generalizing reinforcement learning policies across different environments.
method Uses self-supervision to train policies in new environments without reward signals.
result Significant improvements in generalization across diverse environments.
NEMO framework quantizes DNNs for efficient deployment.
problem Efficient deployment of quantized DNNs.
method Formal framework for quantizing DNN layers, focusing on IntegerDeployable representation.
result Quantized DNNs can be deployed using only integers.
Two diversity models improve subset selection for image classification tasks.
problem Data scarcity and high costs in human labeling for supervised learning.
method Facility-Location and Disparity-Min models for training data subset selection and active learning.
result Subset selection improves accuracy by 2-3% with less training data.
This paper focuses on the valuation and hedging of gas storage facilities, using a spot-based valuation framework coupled with a financial hedging strategy implemented with futures contracts. The first novelty consist in proposing a model that unifies the dynamics of the futures curve and the spot price, which accounts…
Stochastic programs simplify complex models with noise and nondeterminism.
problem Handling models with nuisance parameters, noise, and nondeterminism.
method Developed a reference implementation for stochastic probabilistic programs and inference.
result Efficient inference in models with noise and nondeterminism is possible.