Improves model fairness under changing bias between labels and sensitive groups.
problem Fairness of models deteriorates when bias between labels and sensitive groups changes.
method Introduces correlation shifts to explicitly capture bias changes and proposes a pre-processing step to adjust data ratios.
result Our approach effectively improves model accuracy and fairness, both synthetic and real datasets.
New debiasing methods for fine-tuned neural networks.
problem Bias in neural networks used for high-stakes decisions.
method Intra-processing methods designed for fine-tuned models.
result Demonstrated effectiveness of intra-processing methods across various datasets.
New model detects gradual changes in processes more accurately.
problem Traditional change-point models fail to identify gradual changes effectively.
method Introduces a Bayesian change-dynamic model using hierarchical models for gradual change detection.
result The model identifies gradual changes faster and more accurately than traditional models.
Process mining is a research field focused on the analysis of event data with the aim of extracting insights in processes. Applying process mining techniques on data from smart home environments has the potential to provide valuable insights in (un)healthy habits and to contribute to ambient assisted living solutions. …
The rich set of sensors in smartphones and wearable devices provides the possibility to passively collect streams of data in the wild. The raw data streams, however, can rarely be directly used in the modeling pipeline. We provide a generic framework that can process raw data streams and extract useful features related…
CONDA-PM framework helps analyze concept drift in business processes.
problem Analyzing changes in business processes over time.
method Systematic Literature Review and framework development.
result Highlights areas needing research to complement existing efforts.
Predicting business process behaviour is an important aspect of business process management. Motivated by research in natural language processing, this paper describes an application of deep learning with recurrent neural networks to the problem of predicting the next event in a business process. This is both a novel m…
ReWTS ensemble improves time-series forecasting by adapting to changing dynamics.
problem Complex, multi-faceted, evolving data in process industries.
method Chunk-based, recency-weighted temporal segmentation of data for multi-step forecasting.
result Significantly outperforms conventional models in mean squared forecasting error.
New algorithm reduces bias in trained models, near-optimal performance proven.
problem Reduction of bias in trained machine learning models.
method Scalable post-processing algorithm for debiasing trained models, including deep neural networks (DNNs).
result Proven to be near-optimal by bounding its excess Bayes risk.
In this paper, we show the implementation of deep neural networks applied in process control. In our approach, we based the training of the neural network on model predictive control. Model predictive control is popular for its ability to be tuned by the weighting matrices and by the fact that it respects the constrain…
Develops methods for fair classification under linear disparity constraints.
problem Disparate impacts of machine learning algorithms on protected groups.
method Bayes-optimal fair classification methods via pre-, in-, and post-processing.
result Explicit forms of Bayes-optimal fair classifiers under linear disparity measures.
Support Vector Data Description (SVDD) is a machine learning technique used for single class classification and outlier detection. SVDD based K-chart was first introduced by Sun and Tsung for monitoring multivariate processes when underlying distribution of process parameters or quality characteristics depart from Norm…
Constructing gene regulatory networks is a critical step in revealing disease mechanisms from transcriptomic data. In this work, we present NO-BEARS, a novel algorithm for estimating gene regulatory networks. The NO-BEARS algorithm is built on the basis of the NOTEARS algorithm with two improvements. First, we propose …
In many contexts, it can be useful for domain experts to understand to what extent predictions made by a machine learning model can be trusted. In particular, estimates of trustworthiness can be useful for fraud analysts who process machine learning-generated alerts of fraudulent transactions. In this work, we present …
Paper benchmarks machine learning for detecting process curve drifts.
problem Detecting drifts in multivariate manufacturing process data.
method Synthetic data generation and evaluation score introduction.
result Existing algorithms often fail with complex drift scenarios.
Graph neural networks suffer from oversmoothing, but adding residual connections helps.
problem Oversmoothing in deep graph neural networks where features become indistinguishable.
method Analyzed asymptotic oversmoothing rates with and without residual connections using the multiplicative ergodic theorem.
result Adding residual connections effectively mitigates or prevents oversmoothing.
Computer simulations have become a popular tool of assessing complex skills such as problem-solving skills. Log files of computer-based items record the entire human-computer interactive processes for each respondent. The response processes are very diverse, noisy, and of nonstandard formats. Few generic methods have b…
We introduce a methodology for efficient monitoring of processes running on hosts in a corporate network. The methodology is based on collecting streams of system calls produced by all or selected processes on the hosts, and sending them over the network to a monitoring server, where machine learning algorithms are use…
Proposes FairRR to improve fairness in machine learning models through randomized response.
problem Achieving group fairness in machine learning models.
method Formulates group fairness as optimizing a design matrix in Randomized Response, proposing FairRR.
result Demonstrates FairRR yields excellent model utility and fairness.
According to a recent investigation, an estimated 33-50% of the world's coral reefs have undergone degradation, believed to be as a result of climate change. A strong driver of climate change and the subsequent environmental impact are greenhouse gases such as methane. However, the exact relation climate change has to …
Machine learning simplifies finance, but faces challenges.
problem Adopting machine learning in finance.
method Analyzing challenges in financial services adoption.
result Challenges in finance adoption of ML.
FairICP addresses equalized odds fairness for multiple sensitive attributes.
problem Equalized odds fairness for multiple sensitive attributes.
method Adversarial learning with inverse conditional permutation.
result Promotes equalized odds under complex, multi-dimensional sensitive attributes.
Climate projections continue to be marred by large uncertainties, which originate in processes that need to be parameterized, such as clouds, convection, and ecosystems. But rapid progress is now within reach. New computational tools and methods from data assimilation and machine learning make it possible to integrate …
Skeinformer accelerates self-attention for long sequences with linear complexity.
problem Efficiency of Transformer models in processing long sequences.
method Matrix sketching and column sampling to reduce quadratic complexity to linear.
result Skeinformer outperforms alternatives with smaller time/space footprint.
New method improves prediction accuracy in business process mining by handling concept drift.
problem Improving prediction quality in business process mining affected by concept drift.
method Systematically analyzed and compared different data selection strategies for retraining machine learning models.
result Improved accuracy from 0.5400 to 0.7010 with concept drift handling.
Paper tackles robustness in adversarial noise with a meta-optimizer.
problem Sensitivity to adversarial noise hinders machine learning deployment.
method Meta-optimizer learns to robustly optimize models using adversarial examples.
result Meta-optimizer transfers adversarial knowledge to new models without generating new examples.
Extends GCNs to directed graphs for better performance.
problem Limited application of GCNs to undirected graphs.
method Uses first- and second-order proximity to extend GCNs to directed graphs.
result DGCN outperforms state-of-the-art methods on citation and co-purchase datasets.
This paper tackles bias in federated learning without compromising data privacy.
problem Bias in federated learning models.
method Three pre-processing and in-processing methods to mitigate bias.
result Proposed methods are effective even with skewed data distributions or a small number of participating parties.
Incorporating human domain knowledge for breast tumor diagnosis is challenging, since shape, boundary, curvature, intensity, or other common medical priors vary significantly across patients and cannot be employed. This work proposes a new approach for integrating visual saliency into a deep learning model for breast t…
FastForest boosts Random Forest speed by 24%.
problem Efficiency in processing speed for Random Forest.
method Subsample Aggregating, Logarithmic Split-Point Sampling, Dynamic Restricted Subspacing.
result Average 24% increase in processing speed with accuracy maintained.
This work introduces a fair learning method for diverse sensitive attributes.
problem Fairness in supervised learning with complex sensitive attributes.
method Neural network with a simple random sampler for fairness penalties.
result The method improves fairness and utility on benchmark data.
Unified framework for fair pricing in long-term insurance products.
problem Unclear generalization of fair pricing methods to long-term products.
method Reformulate multi-state transition models as Poisson regression problems.
result Direct application of existing fair pricing methods to long-term insurance products.
Study integrates deep learning with financial data for improved trading strategies.
problem Enhancing predictive performance in algorithmic trading and portfolio optimization.
method Developed embedding techniques to treat limit order book snapshots as image-based input channels.
result Achieved state-of-the-art performance in high-frequency trading algorithms.
Recurrent neural networks (RNNs) provide state-of-the-art performance in processing sequential data but are memory intensive to train, limiting the flexibility of RNN models which can be trained. Reversible RNNs---RNNs for which the hidden-to-hidden transition can be reversed---offer a path to reduce the memory require…
The paper proposes methods for volumetric parameterization of 3D solid manifolds.
problem Complex structure of solid manifolds makes conventional approaches ineffective.
method Incorporates models to preserve geometric structure, achieve density equalization, and balance distortions.
result Various 3D manifold parameterizations with different properties can be achieved.
DILP improves fraud detection explainability without significant performance boost.
problem Improving fraud detection explainability in machine learning.
method Differentiable Inductive Logic Programming (DILP) for fraud detection with data curation.
result DILP provides comparable results to traditional methods but lacks significant advantage.
New framework extracts useful information from tensor data with structural properties.
problem Extract useful information from tensor data with structural properties.
method Proposed an additive tensor decomposition (ATD) framework and an ADMM algorithm to solve the high dimensional optimization problem.
result Versatile and effective framework demonstrated in simulations and real medical image analysis.
This paper reviews recent advances in the field of optimization under uncertainty via a modern data lens, highlights key research challenges and promise of data-driven optimization that organically integrates machine learning and mathematical programming for decision-making under uncertainty, and identifies potential r…
This work develops secure distributed algorithms for machine learning to protect against data poisoning and network attacks.
problem Vulnerability of distributed machine learning algorithms to cyber threats.
method Game-theoretic framework to capture conflicting goals of a learner and an attacker, iterative distributed algorithm.
result Distributed SVM is prone to fail in different types of attacks, with impact depending on network structure and attack capabilities.
Communication networks have evolved from specialized, research and tactical transmission systems to large-scale and highly complex interconnections of intelligent devices, increasingly becoming more commercial, consumer-oriented, and heterogeneous. Propelled by emergent social networking services and high-definition st…
Study uses LLMs to simplify financial regulation interpretation.
problem Complex financial regulations are hard to interpret and implement.
method Developed prompts to guide LLMs in extracting key information from regulations.
result GPT-4 outperforms other LLMs in processing and executing regulatory requirements.
Paper optimizes industrial refrigeration using adaptive exploration.
problem Challenges in optimizing real-time industrial processes with unknown characteristics and safety constraints.
method Adaptive and explorative real-time optimization framework with Gaussian process uncertainty quantification.
result Approach increases energy efficiency of refrigeration process, approximating complete information solutions.
SOR-Mamba improves Mamba for robust time series forecasting by minimizing channel order bias.
problem Robust time series forecasting with Mamba's sequential order bias.
method SOR-Mamba incorporates regularization to minimize channel order discrepancy and introduces CCM for channel correlation preservation.
result SOR-Mamba enhances robustness to channel order and improves forecasting accuracy.
This survey outlines methods to ensure fairness in machine learning.
problem Mitigating bias and promoting fairness in machine learning applications.
method Organizes approaches into pre-processing, in-processing, and post-processing methods.
result Summarizes open challenges and dilemmas for fairness research.
Paper proposes GEG to enhance fairness in binary and multi-class classification.
problem Fairness in multi-class classification tasks is under-explored.
method Formulates multi-objective problem between effectiveness and fairness constraints, proposes GEG algorithm.
result GEG improves fairness up to 92% and decreases accuracy up to 14%.
Systematic review of ML explainability in process mining.
problem Understanding the black-box nature of ML models in process mining.
method Systematic literature review using PRISMA framework.
result Identification of key trends and challenges in interpretability.
The paper tackles fair classification with multiple sensitive features.
problem Existing fair classification methods often consider a single sensitive feature, but in practice, individuals are defined by multiple sensitive features.
method Characterizes Bayes-optimal fair classifiers for multiple sensitive features under various fairness measures, proposing in-processing and post-processing algorithms.
result Bayes-optimal fair classifiers for multiple sensitive features are instance-dependent thresholding rules that rely on a weighted sum of group membership probabilities.
This paper presents a novel adaptively connected neural network (ACNet) to improve the traditional convolutional neural networks (CNNs) {in} two aspects. First, ACNet employs a flexible way to switch global and local inference in processing the internal feature representations by adaptively determining the connection s…