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48 results for feature drop-out

Paper proposes an ensemble approach to improve fairness in classifier decisions.

problem Improving fairness in classifier decisions to prevent bias.
method Inspired by dropout techniques, feature drop-out is used to reduce classifier dependence on sensitive features while maintaining accuracy.
result An ensemble of classifiers with reduced sensitivity to sensitive features and improved accuracy.

CODA uses a new dropout technique inspired by constructivism learning to improve deep learning performance.

problem Existing dropout methods fail to differentiate among instances, leading to overfitting.
method CODA incorporates structural information and uses a Bayesian nonparametric method to create a better dropout technique.
result CODA outperformed other state-of-the-art dropout techniques on 5 real-world datasets.

Dropout is a very effective way of regularizing neural networks. Stochastically "dropping out" units with a certain probability discourages over-specific co-adaptations of feature detectors, preventing overfitting and improving network generalization. Besides, Dropout can be interpreted as an approximate model aggregat…

2017-03-18abs ↗pdf ↗

New geometric regularizers improve deep learning generalization.

problem Improving deep learning models' ability to generalize to unseen data.
method Using Bregman divergence loss and bounded spectral products, we propose a novel geometric regularizer to enhance model generalization.
result Good generalization can be achieved by designing deep models with specific structural regularizers.

Investigates fairness in pipeline models where individuals may drop out.

problem Fairness in pipeline models where individuals may drop out and subsequent stages depend on remaining individuals.
method Rigorous framework for evaluating fairness guarantees, showing that naïve auditing is insufficient and dependence must exist between stages.
result Fairness in pipelines can be arbitrary, even with just two stages, and requires dependence between stages.

The Resilient Propagation (Rprop) algorithm has been very popular for backpropagation training of multilayer feed-forward neural networks in various applications. The standard Rprop however encounters difficulties in the context of deep neural networks as typically happens with gradient-based learning algorithms. In th…

2015-09-15abs ↗pdf ↗

Deep learning methods have shown great promise in many practical applications, ranging from speech recognition, visual object recognition, to text processing. However, most of the current deep learning methods suffer from scalability problems for large-scale applications, forcing researchers or users to focus on small-…

2015-08-28abs ↗pdf ↗

We propose to incorporate adversarial dropout in generative multi-adversarial networks, by omitting or dropping out, the feedback of each discriminator in the framework with some probability at the end of each batch. Our approach forces the single generator not to constrain its output to satisfy a single discriminator,…

2018-07-30abs ↗pdf ↗

This paper studies directed exploration for reinforcement learning agents by tracking uncertainty about the value of each available action. We identify two sources of uncertainty that are relevant for exploration. The first originates from limited data (parametric uncertainty), while the second originates from the dist…

2017-11-29abs ↗pdf ↗

Algorithm corrects bias in classification data.

problem Underrepresentation and intersectional bias in classification data.
method Estimate group-wise drop-out rates with small unbiased data, construct reweighting scheme, and present algorithm.
result Efficiently approximate loss of any hypothesis on true distribution.

End-to-end solution for recognizing handwritten numerals, avoiding traditional preprocessing steps.

problem Handwritten numeral string recognition with traditional preprocessing steps.
method YoLo-based model for automatic detection and recognition, avoiding heuristic-based preprocessing and segmentation.
result Proposed method reduces complexity and is a feasible end-to-end solution for numeral string recognition.

Stochastic Sparse Subspace Clustering improves subspace clustering by reducing over-segmentation through dropout.

problem Over-segmentation in subspace clustering.
method Introducing dropout regularization to enforce denser connections between points from the same subspace.
result Stochastic Sparse Subspace Clustering effectively handles large datasets and reduces over-segmentation.

New method improves hyperparameter tuning efficiency across similar tasks.

problem Mismatch between evaluations in current and previous tasks.
method Nested drop-out and auto-relevance determination for learning basis functions of increasing complexity.
result Improves sample efficiency in hyperparameter tuning across different data regimes.

The study explores using unlabeled data to improve survival time predictions.

problem Challenges in clinical follow-up studies due to drop-out and data collection issues.
method Investigates three approaches to incorporate unlabeled data in survival analysis.
result All approaches improve predictive performance over independent test data.

Dropout is a simple yet effective algorithm for regularizing neural networks by randomly dropping out units through Bernoulli multiplicative noise, and for some restricted problem classes, such as linear or logistic regression, several theoretical studies have demonstrated the equivalence between dropout and a fully de…

2017-10-10abs ↗pdf ↗

Paper analyzes SHB method for neural networks, proving stability, connectivity, and global convergence.

problem Theoretical understanding of SHB method for neural networks.
method Mean-field analysis of SHB dynamics related to a partial differential equation.
result SHB method converges to global optimum and exhibits stability and connectivity.

VINNAS uses variational inference to avoid mode collapse in neural architecture search.

problem Mode collapse in gradient-based NAS methods, leading to suboptimal architectures.
method Differentiable variational inference with variational dropout and automatic relevance determination.
result State-of-the-art accuracy with up to twice fewer non-zero parameters.

Study predicts online procrastination using machine learning.

problem Predicting procrastination in eLearning to prevent drop-outs.
method Comparison of multiple machine learning models with subjective and objective predictors.
result Models with objective predictors outperform those with subjective predictors.

A remarkable characteristic of overparameterized deep neural networks (DNNs) is that their accuracy does not degrade when the network's width is increased. Recent evidence suggests that developing compressible representations is key for adjusting the complexity of large networks to the learning task at hand. However, t…

2019-12-10abs ↗pdf ↗

MINN-SA enhances cancer detection using TCR sequences with better interpretability.

problem Challenges in detecting cancers using TCR sequences due to one-to-many correspondence.
method Multiple Instance Neural Networks based on Sparse Attention (MINN-SA).
result MINN-SA achieves highest AUC scores on 10 cancer types compared to existing MIL approaches.

Modeling a sequence of interactions between users and items (e.g., products, posts, or courses) is crucial in domains such as e-commerce, social networking, and education to predict future interactions. Representation learning presents an attractive solution to model the dynamic evolution of user and item properties, w…

2018-12-06abs ↗pdf ↗

AdaptiveLRF adapts low-rank factorization for neural networks to improve generalization without sacrificing accuracy.

problem Overfitting in neural networks, especially in shallow and deep models.
method Adaptive Low-Rank Factorization (LRF) applied to neural network layers based on their complexity.
result AdaptiveLRF improves generalization without significantly decreasing training speed or accuracy.

Feature networks link ML features via graph structure for enhanced learning.

problem Enhancing feature expressiveness and learning efficiency in machine learning.
method Graph representation of feature vectors, leveraging Fourier and functional analysis.
result Feature networks enable novel, complex feature dependencies.

New stability measures for similar features improve feature selection accuracy.

problem Existing stability measures fail to distinguish similar features in highly correlated datasets.
method Introduce new adjusted stability measures that consider feature similarities.
result One new stability measure considers highly similar features as interchangeable.

This paper shows feature importance remains valid even in low-performing models.

problem Feature importance validity in low-performing machine learning models for biomedical data.
method Experiments with synthetic and real biomedical datasets to compare feature rank stability under different data reductions.
result Feature importance can be maintained even at low performance levels if data size is adequate.

New algorithms select and rank features from MTS without feature extraction.

problem Feature extraction step for MTS classification.
method Directly computes similarity between time series and assesses cluster structure matching labels.
result Techniques match labels well without feature extraction.

Pipeline learns topological features for protein stability prediction.

problem Predicting protein stability using topological features.
method Data-driven method to learn topological features, comparing with expert features.
result Topological features achieve 92%-99% of SME-based models' performance.

In text classification, dictionaries can be used to define human-comprehensible features. We propose an improvement to dictionary features called smoothed dictionary features. These features recognize document contexts instead of n-grams. We describe a principled methodology to solicit dictionary features from a teache…

2016-06-24abs ↗pdf ↗

FeAT improves OOD generalization by learning richer features.

problem Improving feature learning for out-of-distribution (OOD) generalization.
method Feature Augmented Training (FeAT) iteratively augments and retains features from different subsets of training data.
result FeAT effectively learns richer features, boosting OOD performance.

The paper defines and analyzes feature complexity in DNNs, proposing metrics for feature disentanglement and evaluation.

problem Understanding and quantifying the complexity of features learned by deep neural networks.
method Proposes a definition and disentanglement of feature complexity orders, introduces metrics for reliability and over-fitting evaluation.
result Establishes a relationship between feature complexity and DNN performance, and proposes a generic mathematical tool for network compression and knowledge distillation.