Proposes an ensemble framework for outlier detection with embedded feature selection.
problem Improving performance of outlier detection in noisy data.
method Unified feature selection and outlier detection, thresholded self-paced learning, alternate algorithm.
result The proposed framework ODEFS outperforms existing methods on real-world datasets.
Study proposes using auxiliary classification to improve unsupervised anomaly detection.
problem Challenging anomaly detection in high-dimensional data.
method Use of an auxiliary classification task to extract features from unlabelled data by supervised learning.
result Our feature learning approach yields best anomaly detection performance.
EHBOS enhances HBOS by capturing feature interactions, improving anomaly detection.
problem Limited ability of HBOS to detect anomalies in datasets with feature interactions.
method Incorporates two-dimensional histograms to capture feature pair dependencies.
result EHBOS outperforms HBOS on datasets with critical feature interactions, achieving notable improvements in ROC AUC.
Monitoring gas turbine combustors health, in particular, early detecting abnormal behaviors and incipient faults, is critical in ensuring gas turbines operating efficiently and in preventing costly unplanned maintenance. One popular means of detecting combustor abnormalities is through continuously monitoring exhaust g…
Detects domain shifts in datasets using interpretable feature subspaces.
problem Detecting subtle differences in dataset probability distributions.
method Localised density anomaly detection in high-dimensional feature spaces.
result Extracts interpretable feature subspaces for domain shifts.
PFPN improves salient object detection by progressively polishing multi-level features.
problem Improving salient object detection by refining multi-level features.
method Progressive Feature Polishing Network (PFPN) with Feature Polishing Modules (FPMs).
result PFPN achieves superior performance on five benchmark datasets without post-processing.
Phishing as one of the most well-known cybercrime activities is a deception of online users to steal their personal or confidential information by impersonating a legitimate website. Several machine learning-based strategies have been proposed to detect phishing websites. These techniques are dependent on the features …
This study proposes an exercise fatigue detection model based on real-time clinical data which includes time domain analysis, frequency domain analysis, detrended fluctuation analysis, approximate entropy, and sample entropy. Furthermore, this study proposed a feature extraction method which is combined with an analyti…
A new probabilistic model detects communities in networks using both structure and node features.
problem Detecting communities in networks with node features for more accurate results.
method Generative probabilistic model considering network structure and node features.
result The model accurately detects communities and determines feature strength.
A new algorithm detects out-of-distribution samples by concentrating them in feature space.
problem Building safe AI systems requires effective out-of-distribution detection.
method The paper proposes a novel algorithm based on the observation that OoD samples concentrate in feature space.
result The algorithm achieves state-of-the-art performance on various OoD detection benchmarks.
New algorithm improves fraud detection by analyzing financial account relationships.
problem High false positive rates and missed detections in conventional fraud detection systems.
method Personalized PageRank (PPR) algorithm to capture social dynamics of fraud.
result Integrating PPR enhances fraud detection model's predictive power.
Many methods have been proposed for community detection in networks, but most of them do not take into account additional information on the nodes that is often available in practice. In this paper, we propose a new joint community detection criterion that uses both the network edge information and the node features to…
Conventional seismic techniques for detecting the subsurface geologic features are challenged by limited data coverage, computational inefficiency, and subjective human factors. We developed a novel data-driven geological feature detection approach based on pre-stack seismic measurements. Our detection method employs a…
A new method detects interactions in machine learning models.
problem Interpreting non-linear and interaction effects in machine learning models.
method Regional effect plots with implicit interaction detection.
result The method quantifies and interprets feature effects reliably, less confounded by interactions.
Microwave-based breast cancer detection has been proposed as a complementary approach to compensate for some drawbacks of existing breast cancer detection techniques. Among the existing microwave breast cancer detection methods, machine learning-type algorithms have recently become more popular. These focus on detectin…
OOD detection methods often misidentify OOD points, leading to ineffective safety improvements.
problem Improving model safety through OOD detection methods often leads to incorrect identification of out-of-distribution points.
method Re-examine popular OOD detection procedures based on predictive uncertainty or features of supervised models trained on in-distribution data.
result Popular OOD detection methods incorrectly conflate high uncertainty and far feature-space distance with being out-of-distribution.
The cost of wind energy can be reduced by using SCADA data to detect faults in wind turbine components. Normal behavior models are one of the main fault detection approaches, but there is a lack of consensus in how different input features affect the results. In this work, a new taxonomy based on the causal relations b…
Network anomaly detection is still a vibrant research area. As the fast growth of network bandwidth and the tremendous traffic on the network, there arises an extremely challengeable question: How to efficiently and accurately detect the anomaly on multiple traffic? In multi-task learning, the traffic consisting of flo…
We present algorithms for the detection of a class of heart arrhythmias with the goal of eventual adoption by practicing cardiologists. In clinical practice, detection is based on a small number of meaningful features extracted from the heartbeat cycle. However, techniques proposed in the literature use high dimensiona…
A genetic algorithm with community detection improves feature selection accuracy.
problem Feature selection in high-dimensional datasets.
method Community detection in genetic algorithm for feature selection.
result The new approach yields improved classification accuracy.
A graph neural network detects beneficial feature interactions for recommender systems.
problem Feature interactions are crucial but not all are beneficial for recommendation accuracy.
method Graph neural network with L0 activation regularization for edge prediction.
result The model outperforms baselines and automatically identifies beneficial feature interactions.
Improved image reconstruction and anomaly detection using hierarchical VAEs.
problem VAEs struggle with sharp images and high-level features.
method Added a new branch to hierarchical VAEs to separate high-level and low-level features.
result Results in sharper images and better anomaly detection.
Paper introduces AIF for anomaly detection with variable feature sensitivity.
problem Lack of variable sensitivity in anomaly detection methods.
method Extended Isolation Forest with feature sensitivities (Anisotropic Isolation Forest).
result AIF enables anomaly detection with controllable sensitivity to different features.
Interleaved RNNs detect fraud without costly features.
problem Real-time fraud detection in payment cards.
method Use interleaved sequence RNNs for fraud detection.
result Interleaved RNNs outperform state-of-the-art models in fraud detection.
A new method assigns anomaly scores to features for better interpretation.
problem Interpreting anomaly scores from feature attributions.
method Proposes a characteristic function to attribute anomaly scores using Shapley value.
result Demonstrates the potential utility of the proposed attribution methods.
Deep nearest neighbors outperform self-supervised methods in anomaly detection.
problem Anomaly detection using self-supervised deep methods.
method Simple nearest-neighbor approach on Imagenet pretrained features.
result Nearest-neighbor method outperforms self-supervised methods in accuracy, few shot generalization, training time, and noise robustness.
Study uses machine learning to detect depression in Twitter users.
problem Detecting depression in Twitter users using social media data.
method Machine learning techniques applied to Twitter activity and tweet features.
result More features improve accuracy in detecting depressed users.
We present a principled approach for detecting out-of-distribution (OOD) and adversarial samples in deep neural networks. Our approach consists in modeling the outputs of the various layers (deep features) with parametric probability distributions once training is completed. At inference, the likelihoods of the deep fe…
Paper detects anomalies in wheat and rapeseed crops using satellite data.
problem Detecting anomalies in crop development at parcel-level.
method Unsupervised outlier detection using SAR and multispectral features.
result Best performance with a 10% outlier ratio, achieving 94.1% true positives for rapeseed and 95.5% for wheat.
Proposes methods to improve interpretability of Isolation Forest for anomaly detection.
problem Lack of interpretability in Isolation Forest.
method Defines feature importance scores and unsupervised feature selection methods.
result Improves interpretability of Isolation Forest for anomaly detection.
We propose an algorithm for detecting patterns exhibited by anomalous clusters in high dimensional discrete data. Unlike most anomaly detection (AD) methods, which detect individual anomalies, our proposed method detects groups (clusters) of anomalies; i.e. sets of points which collectively exhibit abnormal patterns. I…
Paper improves transaction-based Ponzi detection on Ethereum.
problem Low accuracy of current transaction-based Ponzi detection models.
method Employ time-series features to improve accuracy.
result Up to 30% higher F1-scores achieved with new features.
Freezing of gait (FoG) is a common gait disability in Parkinson's disease, that usually appears in its advanced stage. Freeze episodes are associated with falls, injuries, and psychological consequences, negatively affecting the patients' quality of life. For detecting FoG episodes automatically, a highly accurate dete…
New model improves classifier security against evasion attacks by selecting features.
problem Security of machine learning classifiers against evasion attacks.
method Adversary-aware feature selection model incorporating specific adversary assumptions.
result Classifier security worsens with feature selection, but new model improves it.
ADSAGE detects anomalies in graph edge sequences for insider threat detection.
problem Detecting insider threats in fine-grained audit logs using graph and text features.
method Anomaly detection at edge level, supporting numeric, categorical, and text attributes.
result ADSAGE detects anomalies in authentications and email communications effectively.
New methods improve anomaly detection in deep networks by leveraging hierarchical likelihoods and multi-scale features.
problem Challenges in detecting anomalies in high-level features due to model bias and domain prior.
method Two methods: 1) Log likelihood ratios between in-distribution and general distribution models, 2) Multi-scale likelihood contribution.
result Strong anomaly detection performance in unsupervised setting, slightly underperforming supervised methods.
Enhances model OOD detection by diversifying feature representation.
problem Limited diversity in model ensembles for OOD detection.
method Integrates diverse training tasks into model ensembles to generate distinct feature representations.
result Superior performance of Multi-Comprehension Ensemble in OOD detection.
Enhances GNNs with text features for better fake news detection.
problem Detecting disinformation on social media using GNNs.
method Integrates Transformer-based textual features into GNNs.
result Contextual text representations improve GNN performance by 33.8% in Macro F1.
This work uses adversarial learning to detect and correct feature shifts in various datasets.
problem Detecting and correcting feature shifts in real-world datasets.
method Adversarial learning applied to multiple discriminators to detect and correct feature shifts.
result Mainstream classifiers can effectively localize and correct feature shifts, outperforming existing techniques.
STOOD-X detects out-of-distribution samples without distributional assumptions and provides explainable visualizations.
problem Challenges in OOD detection, including restrictive assumptions, scalability issues, and lack of interpretability.
method Two-stage methodology combining statistical nonparametric test and explainability enhancements.
result Achieves competitive performance in high-dimensional and complex settings, with explainability framework enabling human oversight.
Paper introduces detect-then-impute conformal prediction for cellwise outliers.
problem Uncertainty in prediction intervals for models with cellwise outliers.
method Detects outliers, imputes them, and constructs exchangeable features for conformal prediction.
result JDI-CP achieves a finite sample 1−2α coverage guarantee. Many efforts have been made to use various forms of domain knowledge in malware detection. Currently there exist two common approaches to malware detection without domain knowledge, namely byte n-grams and strings. In this work we explore the feasibility of applying neural networks to malware detection and feature lear…
Glare is a phenomenon that occurs when the scene has a reflection of a light source or has one in it. This luminescence can hide useful information from the image, making text recognition virtually impossible. In this paper, we propose an approach to detect glare in images taken by users via mobile devices. Our method …
StrGNN detects anomalies in dynamic graphs by analyzing subgraphs and temporal features.
problem Detecting anomalies in dynamic graphs with structural changes.
method StrGNN is an end-to-end model that uses structural subgraphs and temporal features for anomaly detection.
result StrGNN effectively detects anomalies in dynamic graphs, as shown by extensive experiments.
The paper uses machine learning to detect malicious executable files.
problem Detecting malicious executable files using static analysis.
method Pre-processing, cleaning, encoding, feature selection, and ensemble training of classifiers.
result An ensemble of classifiers effectively detects malicious executable files.
Feature Squeezing is a recently proposed defense method which reduces the search space available to an adversary by coalescing samples that correspond to many different feature vectors in the original space into a single sample. It has been shown that feature squeezing defenses can be combined in a joint detection fram…
Model detects insurance fraud using social network analysis.
problem Fraudulent insurance claims by exaggeration or intentional damage.
method Network construction linking claims and parties, BiRank algorithm for fraud score computation, feature extraction from network and claims, supervised model building.
result Network features improve fraud detection performance.
New framework detects outliers in non-IID categorical data.
problem Existing outlier detection methods fail in non-IID data.
method Value-value graph-based representation and outlierness propagation.
result Significant improvement in AUC on complex data sets.