A novel RNN model with shuffled hidden states.
problem Improving recurrent neural network performance.
method Permuting hidden states and applying learned functions.
result Competitive results compared to literature baselines.
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This paper tackles hidden state inference for HMMs using particle filtering.
problem Inference for hidden states under HMMs is challenging due to unavailable true labels.
method Adaptive conformal inference framework using particle filtering.
result The framework produces prediction sets with specific aggregated coverage levels.
Paper shows how to infer hidden states in neural networks analytically.
problem Intractability of Bayesian inference for neural networks.
method Leverage tractable approximate Gaussian inference (TAGI) for hidden states inference.
result Demonstrates inference of hidden states through constraints for various applications.
Language models based on deep neural networks and traditional stochastic modelling have become both highly functional and effective in recent times. In this work, a general survey into the two types of language modelling is conducted. We investigate the effectiveness of the Hidden Markov Model (HMM), and the Long Short…
The paper introduces FMCI and hybrid decoding for hidden Markov models.
problem Computing distributions and decoding hidden state sequences in HMMs.
method Finite Markov chain imbedding (FMCI) and hybrid decoding.
result Hybrid decoding improves performance over traditional methods.
As a new neural machine translation approach, Non-Autoregressive machine Translation (NAT) has attracted attention recently due to its high efficiency in inference. However, the high efficiency has come at the cost of not capturing the sequential dependency on the target side of translation, which causes NAT to suffer …
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Expands Hidden Markov Model to include Markov chain observations.
problem Handling Markov chain observations in Hidden Markov Models.
method Developed Expectation-Maximization algorithm and Viterbi algorithm analogs.
result Estimates transition probabilities for hidden states and observations.
Linear Dynamical System (LDS) is an elegant mathematical framework for modeling and learning multivariate time series. However, in general, it is difficult to set the dimension of its hidden state space. A small number of hidden states may not be able to model the complexities of a time series, while a large number of …
Automatic methods for generating state-of-the-art neural network architectures without human experts have generated significant attention recently. This is because of the potential to remove human experts from the design loop which can reduce costs and decrease time to model deployment. Neural architecture search (NAS)…
Paper presents a fast method for estimating hidden states in Bayesian models.
problem Estimating hidden states in Bayesian state space models efficiently.
method Amortized simulation-based inference with pretraining.
result The method achieves sufficient accuracy and fast inference times.
SWIFT learns intrinsic rewards from LLM hidden states for efficient best-of-N sampling.
problem Efficiency and scalability of reward models for LLMs.
method SWIFT (Simple Weighted Intrinsic Feedback Technique) learns a reward function directly from LLM hidden states.
result SWIFT outperforms existing baselines by 12.7% on MATH dataset while using less than 0.005% of their parameters.
Proposes integrating global and local entropy for more reliable LLMs.
problem Uncertainty in large language models (LLMs) leads to unreliable predictions.
method Measures global uncertainty from hidden-state matrices and local uncertainty from tokens, combining them via a multiplicative gate.
result Global-Local Uncertainty (GLU) outperforms unsupervised baselines across multiple models and benchmarks.
Recurrent neural networks' hidden state can be reconstructed from its past, providing a theoretical framework for stability and tracking.
problem Hidden-state stability in RNNs
method Backward coherence analysis
result Almost-sure convergence, rates under mixing, interpretable limiting representation, finite pathwise stopping times, and theoretical framework for time-uniform confidence sequences.
New method shows hidden state can significantly improve differential privacy in SGD.
problem Differential privacy in SGD with hidden state.
method Proves converging privacy bounds for hidden state SGD, using privacy amplification techniques.
result Privacy bound converges exponentially fast and is smaller than composition bounds.
Recurrent networks learn beliefs from history in partially observable environments.
problem Learning optimal policies in partially observable environments.
method Trained recurrent neural networks to approximate value functions, measuring mutual information between hidden states and beliefs.
result Recurrent networks' hidden states correlate with beliefs of relevant state variables, improving expected return.
Cubic spline smoothing improves interpolation between irregularly sampled data.
problem Interpolation discontinuity in recurrent neural networks for irregularly sampled sequences.
method Cubic spline smoothing compensation module trained end-to-end with ODE-RNN.
result Improves interpolation between irregularly sampled data points.
New method estimates HMM hidden states efficiently.
problem Inaccurate posterior predictive distribution in HMMs.
method Autoregressive-flow for estimating hidden states.
result Estimates comparable to SMC algorithm.
New modifiers improve noisy RNN replay in hippocampal networks.
problem Improving noisy RNN replay in hippocampal networks.
method Three approaches: hidden state leakage, adaptation, and momentum.
result Hidden state leakage, adaptation, and momentum improve noisy RNN replay.
The paper tackles estimation of hidden state LTI systems of unknown order.
problem Estimation of Markov parameters and minimal realization of unknown order LTI systems.
method Hankel penalized least square estimator, Ho-Kalman algorithm, and a combined algorithm.
result Statistical guarantees for estimation error, rank recovery, and sample complexity.
Recurrent neural networks (RNNs) have been drawing much attention with great success in many applications like speech recognition and neural machine translation. Long short-term memory (LSTM) is one of the most popular RNN units in deep learning applications. LSTM transforms the input and the previous hidden states to …
Pair Hidden Markov Models (PHMMs) are probabilistic models used for pairwise sequence alignment, a quintessential problem in bioinformatics. PHMMs include three types of hidden states: match, insertion and deletion. Most previous studies have used one or two hidden states for each PHMM state type. However, few studies …
Study Transformer layers under cross-entropy training using mean field control.
problem Understanding the behavior of Transformer layers in cross-entropy training.
method Continuous-depth mean field control analysis, treating depth as time and layer parameters as controls.
result Derivation of a Pontryagin condition for the limiting population problem, involving the softmax residual.
Deep networks have achieved impressive results across a variety of important tasks. However a known weakness is a failure to perform well when evaluated on data which differ from the training distribution, even if these differences are very small, as is the case with adversarial examples. We propose Fortified Networks,…
The partially observable hidden Markov model is an extension of the hidden Markov Model in which the hidden state is conditioned on an independent Markov chain. This structure is motivated by the presence of discrete metadata, such as an event type, that may partially reveal the hidden state but itself emanates from a …
This study proposes hidden state curiosity to enhance RL models' resilience against noise.
problem Curiosity traps in RL models distract agents from discovering novel experiences.
method Proposed hidden state curiosity based on the Free Energy Principle to reward agents for KL divergence between predictive priors and posteriors.
result Agents with hidden state curiosity are more resilient against curiosity traps compared to those with prediction error curiosity.
PredPCA extracts key components for better time series prediction.
problem Improving time series prediction with reduced generalization error.
method Unsupervised learning scheme using convex optimization.
result PredPCA minimizes test prediction error and identifies hidden states.
In this work we systematically analyze general properties of differential equations used as machine learning models. We demonstrate that the gradient of the loss function with respect to to the hidden state can be considered as a generalized momentum conjugate to the hidden state, allowing application of the tools of c…
We study the computational tractability of PAC reinforcement learning with rich observations. We present new provably sample-efficient algorithms for environments with deterministic hidden state dynamics and stochastic rich observations. These methods operate in an oracle model of computation -- accessing policy and va…
CRUs model irregular time series with continuous hidden states.
problem Handling irregular time intervals in sequential data.
method Continuous Recurrent Units (CRUs) that integrate hidden states via a linear stochastic differential equation.
result CRUs outperform methods based on neural ordinary differential equations in irregular time series interpolation.
Improved stock volume prediction using Kalman Filters with various hidden states.
problem Improving accuracy of intraday trading volume prediction.
method Extended Kalman Filter with various hidden states for different stocks, using cross-validation to determine optimal state number.
result Demonstrated improved accuracy through comparison experiments and numerical analysis.
Recently, there has been interest in multiplicative recurrent neural networks for language modeling. Indeed, simple Recurrent Neural Networks (RNNs) encounter difficulties recovering from past mistakes when generating sequences due to high correlation between hidden states. These challenges can be mitigated by integrat…
A general Boltzmann machine with continuous visible and discrete integer valued hidden states is introduced. Under mild assumptions about the connection matrices, the probability density function of the visible units can be solved for analytically, yielding a novel parametric density function involving a ratio of Riema…
Uniform scaling limits in AdamW-trained transformers converge to ODEs.
problem Understanding the dynamics of large-depth transformers trained with AdamW.
method Modeling transformer dynamics as an interacting particle system coupled through attention, proving convergence to ODEs.
result The joint dynamics of hidden states and backpropagated variables converge uniformly to an ODE system.
Direct approach for handling contextual bandits with latent state dynamics.
problem Handling contextual bandits with latent state dynamics, especially when rewards depend on posterior probabilities of hidden states.
method Direct reduction to standard linear contextual bandits, extended analysis of HMM parameters, periodic update of reward-model parameters.
result Periodic update of reward-model parameters allows handling complex dependencies in hidden states.
Estimates dependent parameters using Markovian dependence with shrinkage.
problem Estimating dependent parameters from a hidden Markov model.
method Developed a novel non-parametric shrinkage algorithm combining Tweedie-based ideas and efficient state estimation.
result Superior performance compared to non-shrinkage methods in hidden Markov models.
This paper proposes a new estimation algorithm for the parameters of an HMM as to best account for the observed data. In this model, in addition to the observation sequence, we have \emph{partial} and \emph{noisy} access to the hidden state sequence as side information. This access can be seen as "partial labeling" of …
Transferability of learned features between tasks can massively reduce the cost of training a neural network on a novel task. We investigate the effect of network width on learned features using activation atlases --- a visualization technique that captures features the entire hidden state responds to, as opposed to in…
To be effective in sequential data processing, Recurrent Neural Networks (RNNs) are required to keep track of past events by creating memories. While the relation between memories and the network's hidden state dynamics was established over the last decade, previous works in this direction were of a predominantly descr…
In this paper, we propose multi-variable LSTM capable of accurate forecasting and variable importance interpretation for time series with exogenous variables. Current attention mechanism in recurrent neural networks mostly focuses on the temporal aspect of data and falls short of characterizing variable importance. To …
A new RNN model tackles long-time dependencies with fast, invertible, and memory-efficient hidden states.
problem Challenges in processing sequential inputs with long-time dependencies in RNNs.
method A novel RNN architecture based on a Hamiltonian system of oscillators.
result The proposed RNN mitigates exploding and vanishing gradient problems, providing state-of-the-art performance.
Unified statistical framework for LSTM model selection.
problem Model selection and hyperparameter tuning in LSTM networks is heuristic and computationally expensive.
method Proposes a statistical framework extending classical model selection ideas to LSTM networks.
result Improved performance of the proposed framework demonstrated on biomedical data.
Machine learning promises methods that generalize well from finite labeled data. However, the brittleness of existing neural net approaches is revealed by notable failures, such as the existence of adversarial examples that are misclassified despite being nearly identical to a training example, or the inability of recu…
Detects anomalies in multiple processes using hidden Markov models.
problem Detecting an anomalous process among many with hidden states.
method Sequential search strategy using ADHM algorithm.
result ADHM algorithm effectively leverages temporal correlations.
Optimization geometrodynamics simplifies adaptive optimizer dynamics.
problem Hidden states in adaptive optimizers complicate gradient-based learning.
method Develops a variational theory to eliminate hidden states and compose across hierarchies.
result Yields interaction curvature that integrates to finite contrasts.
For recurrent neural networks trained on time series with target and exogenous variables, in addition to accurate prediction, it is also desired to provide interpretable insights into the data. In this paper, we explore the structure of LSTM recurrent neural networks to learn variable-wise hidden states, with the aim t…
We search for digital biomarkers from Parkinson's Disease by observing approximate repetitive patterns matching hypothesized step and stride periodic cycles. These observations were modeled as a cycle of hidden states with randomness allowing deviation from a canonical pattern of transitions and emissions, under the hy…
We define a Hidden Markov Model (HMM) in which each hidden state has time-dependent that drive transitions and emissions, and show how to estimate its parameters. Our construction is motivated by the problem of inferring human mobility on sub-daily time scales from, for example, mobile phone …
Hidden Markov models (HMMs) are one of the most widely used statistical methods for analyzing sequence data. However, the reporting of output from HMMs has largely been restricted to the presentation of the most-probable (MAP) hidden state sequence, found via the Viterbi algorithm, or the sequence of most probable marg…