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48 results for human expertise

FinHEAR combines LLMs with human expertise for better financial decision-making.

problem Challenges in financial decision-making for language models.
method Multi-agent framework with specialized LLMs for historical analysis, event interpretation, and expert retrieval.
result FinHEAR outperforms baselines in financial tasks with higher accuracy and risk-adjusted returns.

Study shows human advisors use context to improve student outcomes in algorithm-assisted advising.

problem How human advisors use context to guide interventions in algorithm-assisted advising.
method Mixed-methods approach combining quantitative and qualitative data from a randomized controlled trial.
result 2 out of 3 interventions by advisors were plausibly 'expertly targeted' to students using non-algorithmic context.

UCFE benchmarks LLMs in financial tasks with human feedback.

problem Evaluating LLMs' financial task performance and user satisfaction.
method Hybrid approach combining human expert evaluations and dynamic interactions.
result Significant alignment between benchmark scores and human preferences (Pearson correlation coefficient of 0.78).

Bayesian nonparametric models, such as Gaussian processes, provide a compelling framework for automatic statistical modelling: these models have a high degree of flexibility, and automatically calibrated complexity. However, automating human expertise remains elusive; for example, Gaussian processes with standard kerne…

2015-10-26abs ↗pdf ↗

CliMB-DC combines human guidance and data-centric tools to improve ML for non-technical experts.

problem Lack of data-centric handling in LLM co-pilots for non-technical users.
method Human-guided, data-centric framework combining advanced tools and LLM reasoning.
result Significantly outperforms existing co-pilot baselines for data-centric challenges.

Dual active learning improves RLHF by selecting optimal conversations and teachers.

problem Efficiently aligning LLMs with human preferences using RLHF from feedback.
method Offline RL for conversation and teacher selection, dual active reward learning, pessimistic RL.
result The proposed algorithm achieves minimal generalized variance and outperforms state-of-the-arts.

CREDIT learns to master pair trading with risk-aware RL, outperforming existing methods.

problem Challenges in applying RL to pair trading due to temporal correlations and risk considerations.
method Risk-aware recurrent reinforcement learning (RL) with bidirectional GRU and temporal attention.
result CREDIT achieves significant profit in pair trading over five years of U.S. stock data.

Learning from human feedback is a viable alternative to control design that does not require modelling or control expertise. Particularly, learning from corrective advice garners advantages over evaluative feedback as it is a more intuitive and scalable format. The current state-of-the-art in this field, COACH, has pro…

2019-03-12abs ↗pdf ↗

Study shows LLM-advisors match human performance in eliciting preferences but struggle with conflicting needs and trust.

problem How do LLM-advisors perform in complex financial domains where domain expertise is crucial?
method Lab-based user study with 64 participants, focusing on three challenges: preference elicitation, personalized guidance, and relationship building.
result LLM-advisors can match human performance in preference elicitation but struggle with conflicting needs and trust issues.

Recent progress in Generative Adversarial Networks (GANs) has shown promising signs of improving GAN training via architectural change. Despite some early success, at present the design of GAN architectures requires human expertise, laborious trial-and-error testings, and often draws inspiration from its image classifi…

2019-06-25abs ↗pdf ↗

The paper shows how expert knowledge can improve treatment effect estimation.

problem Lack of leveraging expert knowledge in treatment effect estimation.
method Formally defining two types of expertise (predictive and prognostic) and demonstrating their influence on treatment effect estimation methods.
result Expertise type significantly influences treatment effect estimation methods, and can be predicted from a dataset.

Enhances BO with expert preferences about abstract properties.

problem Lack of expert knowledge in BO for black-box experimental design.
method Human-AI collaboration to incorporate expert preferences into surrogate modeling.
result Superior performance compared to baselines in synthetic and real-world datasets.

The design of neural network architectures for a new data set is a laborious task which requires human deep learning expertise. In order to make deep learning available for a broader audience, automated methods for finding a neural network architecture are vital. Recently proposed methods can already achieve human expe…

2017-12-20abs ↗pdf ↗

New approach to off-policy evaluation connects causal graph to policy effects.

problem Evaluating policies using observational data from different policies.
method Formalizes off-policy evaluation within a causal graph framework.
result Identifies specific causal estimands and highlights necessary experimental data.

Deep learning (DL) techniques have penetrated all aspects of our lives and brought us great convenience. However, building a high-quality DL system for a specific task highly relies on human expertise, hindering the applications of DL to more areas. Automated machine learning (AutoML) becomes a promising solution to bu…

2019-08-02abs ↗pdf ↗

Left atrium shape has been shown to be an independent predictor of recurrence after atrial fibrillation (AF) ablation. Shape-based representation is imperative to such an estimation process, where correspondence-based representation offers the most flexibility and ease-of-computation for population-level shape statisti…

2018-09-30abs ↗pdf ↗

Cross-referencing, which links passages of text to other related passages, can be a valuable study aid for facilitating comprehension of a text. However, cross-referencing requires first, a comprehensive thematic knowledge of the entire corpus, and second, a focused search through the corpus specifically to find such u…

2019-05-18abs ↗pdf ↗

Semi-supervised clustering seeks to augment traditional clustering methods by incorporating side information provided via human expertise in order to increase the semantic meaningfulness of the resulting clusters. However, most current methods are \emph{passive} in the sense that the side information is provided before…

2014-02-07abs ↗pdf ↗

Active learning (AL) is a learning paradigm where an active learner has to train a model (e.g., a classifier) which is in principal trained in a supervised way, but in AL it has to be done by means of a data set with initially unlabeled samples. To get labels for these samples, the active learner has to ask an oracle (…

2015-04-01abs ↗pdf ↗

The paper evaluates the importance of monotonicity in AI fairness across various fields.

problem Ensuring fairness in AI applications across criminology, education, health care, and finance.
method Theoretical reasoning, simulation, and extensive empirical analysis of monotonic neural additive models (MNAMs).
result Monotonicity is essential for fairness in AI ethics and society, especially in criminology, education, health care, and finance.

Improves accuracy and fairness in prediction systems with multiple domain experts.

problem Designing unbiased and accurate deferral systems with multiple experts.
method Proposes a framework for learning a classifier and deferral system that chooses to defer to multiple human experts.
result Significantly improves accuracy and fairness of final predictions compared to baselines.

Learning from small data sets is critical in many practical applications where data collection is time consuming or expensive, e.g., robotics, animal experiments or drug design. Meta learning is one way to increase the data efficiency of learning algorithms by generalizing learned concepts from a set of training tasks …

2018-03-20abs ↗pdf ↗

Survey on AL strategies for cost-effective annotation in classification.

problem Real-world AL challenges due to human annotators' limitations.
method Categorizes 60 real-world AL strategies considering multiple annotators, query types, and cost schemes.
result General real-world AL strategy introduced for categorization of 60 strategies.

Novel CNN-based gaze scanpath comparison distinguishes experts from novices in dental radiograph interpretation.

problem Distinguishing expertise in dental radiograph interpretation based on gaze behavior.
method Convolutional neural networks (CNN) process scene information at the fixation level, using image patches as input to compare gaze scanpaths.
result 93% accuracy in distinguishing experts from novices using image patch features.

PTBCC improves accuracy in multi-class annotation aggregation by learning from prototype confusion matrices.

problem Inaccurate and insufficient confusion matrices for annotators in multi-class classification tasks.
method PTBCC (ProtoType learning-driven Bayesian Classifier Combination) uses prototype confusion matrices to capture annotator expertise.
result PTBCC achieves up to 15% accuracy improvement and 3% higher average accuracy compared to existing methods.

A framework for faster, better infographic design by non-experts and experts alike.

problem Designing infographics is time-consuming and tedious for non-experts and even professionals.
method Semi-automated infographic framework for structured and flow-based designs, including automatic design ranking and customization options.
result Designers from all expertise levels can generate generic infographic designs faster than existing methods while maintaining quality.