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An evolutionary algorithm separates mixed DNA profiles in forensic genetics.

problem Deconvolving mixed DNA profiles from crime samples.
method Multiple population evolutionary algorithm (MEA) with guided mutation.
result The MEA successfully deconvoluted DNA profiles from crime samples.

Recently the GAN generated face images are more and more realistic with high-quality, even hard for human eyes to detect. On the other hand, the forensics community keeps on developing methods to detect these generated fake images and try to guarantee the credibility of visual contents. Although researchers have develo…

2019-02-27abs ↗pdf ↗

Bayesian neural networks improve reliability in multimedia forensics.

problem Challenges with out-of-distribution data in multimedia authentication.
method Proposes Bayesian neural networks (BNN) for forensic tasks.
result BNNs provide distributions for better reliability and out-of-distribution detection.

Recently, image forensics community has paied attention to the research on the design of effective algorithms based on deep learning technology and facts proved that combining the domain knowledge of image forensics and deep learning would achieve more robust and better performance than the traditional schemes. Instead…

2018-03-29abs ↗pdf ↗

We introduce a Bayesian solution for the problem in forensic speaker recognition, where there may be very little background material for estimating score calibration parameters. We work within the Bayesian paradigm of evidence reporting and develop a principled probabilistic treatment of the problem, which results in a…

2014-03-24abs ↗pdf ↗

New model helps identify suspect footwear from crime scene prints.

problem Identifying a suspect's footwear from crime scene prints among thousands of similar shoes.
method Developed a hierarchical Bayesian model with spatially varying coefficients.
result Improved accuracy and reliability in forensic shoe print analysis.

An important problem in forensic analyses is identifying the provenance of materials at a crime scene, such as biological material on a piece of clothing. This procedure, known as geolocation, is conventionally guided by expert knowledge of the biological evidence and therefore tends to be application-specific, labor-i…

2019-05-28abs ↗pdf ↗

ENN method uses expectile regression for genetic data analysis of complex diseases.

problem Discover additional genetic variants contributing to complex diseases.
method Developed an expectile neural network (ENN) method integrating expectile regression and neural networks.
result ENN method outperforms existing expectile regression in discovering genetic variants predisposing to sub-populations.

Efficiently infers graph edges from genetic similarity data in landscape genetics.

problem Inferring unknown graph edges from genetic similarity data in a heterogeneous landscape.
method Developed an efficient first-order optimization method to solve the inverse landscape genetics problem.
result Our method provides fast and reliable convergence, significantly outperforming existing heuristics.

We introduce GeNet, a method for shotgun metagenomic classification from raw DNA sequences that exploits the known hierarchical structure between labels for training. We provide a comparison with state-of-the-art methods Kraken and Centrifuge on datasets obtained from several sequencing technologies, in which dataset s…

2019-01-30abs ↗pdf ↗

Genetic algorithms have been widely used in many practical optimization problems. Inspired by natural selection, operators, including mutation, crossover and selection, provide effective heuristics for search and black-box optimization. However, they have not been shown useful for deep reinforcement learning, possibly …

2017-11-03abs ↗pdf ↗

New method uses DNN for genetic variant identification, controlling randomness and improving interpretability.

problem Challenges in interpreting deep neural networks for genetic variant identification.
method Interpretable neural network model with controlled variable selection using ensembling, knockoffs, and de-randomization.
result The proposed method leads to more discoveries compared to conventional methods.

Genetic sequence data are well described by hidden Markov models (HMMs) in which latent states correspond to clusters of similar mutation patterns. Theory from statistical genetics suggests that these HMMs are nonhomogeneous (their transition probabilities vary along the chromosome) and have large support for self tran…

2016-11-02abs ↗pdf ↗

Optimizing a neural network's performance is a tedious and time taking process, this iterative process does not have any defined solution which can work for all the problems. Optimization can be roughly categorized into - Architecture and Hyperparameter optimization. Many algorithms have been devised to address this pr…

2018-11-05abs ↗pdf ↗

Paper uses AI to predict stock market volatility with neural networks and genetic algorithms.

problem Traditional methods for predicting stock market volatility have high errors.
method Back-propagation neural network and genetic algorithm integrated model.
result The model predicts future volatility with low errors and high accuracy.

Matrix-variate distributions can intuitively model the dependence structure of matrix-valued observations that arise in applications with multivariate time series, spatio-temporal or repeated measures. This paper develops an Expectation-Maximization algorithm for discriminant analysis and classification with matrix-var…

2019-07-22abs ↗pdf ↗

Ensemble GP improves genetic programming by achieving better results with smaller models.

problem Improving genetic programming for binary classification problems.
method Ensemble GP uses an evolved population structure, fitness evaluation, and genetic operators inspired by ensemble learning methods.
result Ensemble GP outperformed standard GP on eight binary classification problems, achieving better results with smaller models.

Authorship verification (AV) is a research subject in the field of digital text forensics that concerns itself with the question, whether two documents have been written by the same person. During the past two decades, an increasing number of proposed AV approaches can be observed. However, a closer look at the respect…

2019-06-24abs ↗pdf ↗

This paper improves dynamic hedging accuracy using genetic programming to forecast implied volatilities.

problem Improving the accuracy of dynamic hedging using implied volatilities.
method The paper uses genetic programming to forecast implied volatilities and tests the performance of these forecasts in dynamic hedging strategies.
result Genetic programming-generated implied volatilities improve hedging accuracy compared to static training methods.

For every group genetic code with finite number of generating and at most with one defining relation we introduce the braid group of this genetic code. This construction includes the braid group of Euclidean plane, the braid groups of closed orientable surfaces, B type groups of Artin-Brieskorn, and allow us to study a…

2006-03-16abs ↗pdf ↗

Gradient GA uses gradient information to improve molecular design.

problem Random walk exploration limits genetic algorithms' quality and speed in molecular design.
method Gradient GA incorporates gradient information from the objective function into genetic algorithms, using a differentiable neural network and Discrete Langevin Proposal.
result Significantly improves convergence speed and solution quality over traditional genetic algorithms.

Proposes Genetic Thompson Sampling for multi-armed bandits, improving performance in nonstationary settings.

problem Improving sequential decision making tasks of online learning agents using multi-armed bandits.
method Integrates genetic principles into Thompson Sampling for multi-armed bandits.
result Significantly outperforms baselines in nonstationary settings.

EvoNUDGE uses graph neural networks to improve genetic programming performance.

problem Efficiency in evolutionary computation for problem solving.
method Graph neural network to elicit additional knowledge from symbolic regression problems.
result EvoNUDGE significantly outperforms conventional and neural genetic programming methods.

This research adapts superpixels for Shapley value computation in DNA profile classification.

problem Efficiently computing Shapley values for large, multidimensional time-series data.
method Adapting the concept of superpixels to streamline Shapley value computation for time-series-like data.
result Realistic, accurate, and fast computation of Shapley values for DNA profile classification.

Genetic algorithms optimize neural networks for cosmological data analysis.

problem Inaccurate results from neural networks due to poor hyperparameter selection.
method Used genetic algorithms to optimize hyperparameters of neural networks.
result Genetic algorithms improve neural network performance in cosmological data analysis.

Gradient boosting enhances existing Mendelian models for genetic disease risk prediction.

problem Improving existing Mendelian models for genetic disease risk prediction.
method Combining gradient boosting with existing Mendelian models.
result Improved model outperforms both original and gradient boosting-only models.

Study investigates how preprocessing, feature selection, and model selection affect performance on imbalanced genetic data.

problem Challenges in using machine learning on imbalanced genetic datasets.
method Comparative analysis of data preprocessing, feature selection techniques, and machine learning models on imbalanced genetic data.
result Class-imbalanced target variables and skewed predictors have little to no impact on classification performance.

Enhances genetic programming for stock alpha discovery with warm start and structural constraints.

problem Overwhelming search space and computational burden in traditional genetic programming for alpha factor discovery.
method Proposes a new GP framework with warm start and structural constraints to enhance search performance and interpretability.
result Superior out-of-sample prediction results and higher portfolio returns compared to benchmarks.

Zoetrope Genetic Programming improves symbolic regression performance.

problem Evolutionary symbolic regression for complex mathematical expressions.
method Zoetropic representation, repeated fusion operations, linear combination, crossover, mutation, selection.
result Zoetrope Genetic Programming achieves state-of-the-art performance and low computational time.