Scheduling the transmission of time-sensitive data to multiple users over error-prone communication channels is studied with the goal of minimizing the long-term average age of information (AoI) at the users under a constraint on the average number of transmissions at the source node. After each transmission, the sourc…
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Private Languagesecon.TH
Private anchors affect how information is communicated and can improve or distort transmission.
problem How private anchors influence strategic communication and information transmission.
method Analyzed a sender-receiver game with costly reports and privately observed anchors.
result Small positive reporting costs can lead to full revelation, even with zero costs.
Study forecasts cholera outbreaks in Malawi using dynamic models.
problem Cholera transmission forecasting in developing countries.
method Qualitative dynamics, Monte Carlo Markov Chain, sensitivity analysis, machine learning.
result Enhanced cholera forecasting models improve future trends prediction.
Transmission imaging, as an important imaging technique widely used in astronomy, medical diagnosis, and biology science, has been shown in [49] quite different from reflection imaging used in our everyday life. Understanding the structures of images (the prior information) is important for designing, testing, and choo…
Novel method detects faults in helicopter transmissions using healthy data only.
problem Detecting faults in rare events in helicopter transmissions.
method Probabilistic anomaly detection using Bayesian measures.
result Method achieves competitive detection performance in real-world and benchmark applications.
Spreading processes are often modelled as a stochastic dynamics occurring on top of a given network with edge weights corresponding to the transmission probabilities. Knowledge of veracious transmission probabilities is essential for prediction, optimization, and control of diffusion dynamics. Unfortunately, in most ca…
Oil markets profoundly influence world economies through determination of prices of energy and transports. Using novel methodology devised in frequency domain, we study the information transmission mechanisms in oil-based commodity markets. Taking crude oil as a supply-side benchmark and heating oil and gasoline as dem…
Efficient reconstruction of transmission probabilities in a spreading process from partial observationsphysics.soc-ph
An important problem of reconstruction of diffusion network and transmission probabilities from the data has attracted a considerable attention in the past several years. A number of recent papers introduced efficient algorithms for the estimation of spreading parameters, based on the maximization of the likelihood of …
Study reveals how investor flows impact stock prices, especially during herding episodes.
problem Understanding how information transmits through prices and why it breaks down.
method Combining regularized deconvolution with Hawkes process analysis.
result Institutional price impact deteriorates sharply during herding episodes in small-cap stocks, while large-cap stocks maintain resilience.
Optimizes variational autoencoder for detecting missing data in Mars rover transmissions.
problem Detecting missing data in Mars rover transmissions to prevent volume loss and corruption.
method Applies derivative-free optimization to tune variational autoencoder.
result Improves variational autoencoder's ability to detect missing data, aiding GDSA team.
Nonlinear dependencies on Brazilian equity network from mutual information minimum spanning treesphysics.soc-ph
Mutual information minimum spanning trees are used to explore nonlinear dependencies on Brazilian equity network in the periods from June/01/2015 to January/26/2016, in which Brazil was under the government of President Dilma Rousseff, and from January/27/2016 to September/08/2016 which includes the government transiti…
A new method for energy-efficient file delivery in small cell networks.
problem Efficient resource management in femto-caching with time-variant statistical properties.
method Formulates a resource allocation problem as a stochastic knapsack problem and a multi-armed bandit problem, developing solutions for each.
result The proposed method maximizes the accumulated utility over the horizon, especially suitable for networks with time-variant statistical properties.
DPGIIL clusters structural anomalies using transmissibility functions with deep learning and Dirichlet process.
problem Clustering structural anomalies in high-dimensional streaming data with optimal cluster number determination.
method Combines Dirichlet process and deep generative models for incremental learning and anomaly detection.
result DPGIIL outperforms traditional methods in anomaly detection and clustering.
We consider the problem of reconstructing the dynamic state matrix of transmission power grids from time-stamped PMU measurements in the regime of ambient fluctuations. Using a maximum likelihood based approach, we construct a family of convex estimators that adapt to the structure of the problem depending on the avail…
Neural Network Cognitive Engine for Autonomous and Distributed Underlay Dynamic Spectrum Accesscs.NI
Two key challenges in underlay dynamic spectrum access (DSA) are how to establish an interference limit from the primary network (PN) and how cognitive radios (CRs) in the secondary network (SN) become aware of the interference they create on the PN, especially when there is no exchange of information between the two n…
Paper uses referenced thermodynamic integration for Bayesian model selection in a complex COVID-19 transmission model.
problem Bayesian model selection with uncertainty and misleading metrics.
method Referenced thermodynamic integration for intractable high-dimensional distributions.
result Favourable convergence performance in model selection for COVID-19 transmission.
We apply numerical methods in combination with finite-difference-time-domain (FDTD) simulations to optimize transmission properties of plasmonic mirror color filters using a multi-objective figure of merit over a five-dimensional parameter space by utilizing novel multi-fidelity Gaussian processes approach. We compare …
In distributed optimization and machine learning, multiple nodes coordinate to solve large problems. To do this, the nodes need to compress important algorithm information to bits so that it can be communicated over a digital channel. The communication time of these algorithms follows a complex interplay between a) the…
Study compares sentiment spillover networks from news and social media in tech companies.
problem Understanding how sentiment information flows between companies through news and social media.
method Network-based transfer entropy method to measure and compare sentiment spillover.
result News shows stronger information flow among tech companies after COVID-19.
Theory proposes neural networks can be initialized for optimal information transmission.
problem Optimizing neural networks for optimal information transmission and representation.
method Developed a corrected mean-field framework to study neural networks as information channels, proving mutual information maximization at dynamic isometry.
result Mutual information maximization is realized between inputs and propagated signals when neural networks are initialized at dynamic isometry.
The problem of distributed learning and channel access is considered in a cognitive network with multiple secondary users. The availability statistics of the channels are initially unknown to the secondary users and are estimated using sensing decisions. There is no explicit information exchange or prior agreement amon…
This paper uses deep reinforcement learning to automate electric transmission voltage control.
problem Automating voltage control in electric transmission systems.
method Deep reinforcement learning (DRL) applied to voltage control, with a novel DQN modification.
result DRL can automate voltage control at scale, but more research is needed.
New framework analyzes belief evolution in social networks.
problem Analyzing belief evolution in social networks.
method Proposes a new theoretical framework using Markov chain theory for horizontal and vertical transmission.
result Homophily-based networks do not converge to a single set of beliefs.
Asymmetries in volatility spillovers are highly relevant to risk valuation and portfolio diversification strategies in financial markets. Yet, the large literature studying information transmission mechanisms ignores the fact that bad and good volatility may spill over at different magnitudes. This paper fills this gap…
This paper considers a transmission control problem in network-coded two-way relay channels (NC-TWRC), where the relay buffers random symbol arrivals from two users, and the channels are assumed to be fading. The problem is modeled by a discounted infinite horizon Markov decision process (MDP). The objective is to find…
MOAI: A methodology for evaluating the impact of indoor airflow in the transmission of COVID-19cs.CR
MOAI evaluates indoor airflow's impact on COVID-19 transmission.
problem Understanding indoor airflow's role in COVID-19 transmission.
method Developed a privacy-preserving app and model to evaluate risk exposure.
result Quantified factors contributing to higher or lower contamination in settings.
This work interprets GELU and related activations via a first-order loss function.
problem Understanding and optimizing activation functions in neural networks.
method Complementary interpretation using the Gaussian first-order loss function.
result Calibrated or learned uniform-threshold gates are competitive and often outperform GELU, ReLU, and SiLU/Swish.
In this paper, we investigate cost-aware joint learning and optimization for multi-channel opportunistic spectrum access in a cognitive radio system. We investigate a discrete time model where the time axis is partitioned into frames. Each frame consists of a sensing phase, followed by a transmission phase. During the …
Anomaly detection identifies unusual malaria transmission patterns in Ghana.
problem Identifying atypical malaria transmission patterns in Ghana's spatiotemporal surveillance data.
method Consensus-based anomaly detection framework applied to monthly malaria surveillance data.
result High-burden areas are not necessarily those with the most frequent anomalous transmission.
In this note, we present some interesting observations on the Schiffer's conjecture, interior transmission eigenvalue problem and their connections to singular and nonsingular invisibility cloaking problems of acoustic waves.
Linear problems appear in a variety of disciplines and their application for the transmission matrix recovery is one of the most stimulating challenges in biomedical imaging. Its knowledge turns any random media into an optical tool that can focus or transmit an image through disorder. Here, converting an input-output …
We consider an ad hoc network where multiple users access the same set of channels. The channel characteristics are unknown and could be different for each user (heterogeneous). No controller is available to coordinate channel selections by the users, and if multiple users select the same channel, they collide and none…
Traders and investors involved in an option contract having the underlying stock in range bound are likely to lose their initial investment. Timing in buying an option contract is of capital importance. In a recent article [1] the hypothesis of range bound market is used in conjunction to Black-Scholes equation to find…
DeepJSCC-f uses feedback to improve image transmission quality.
problem Improve image transmission quality in feedback channels.
method Autoencoder-based joint source-channel coding (DeepJSCC-f) exploiting feedback.
result Improves reconstruction quality for fixed-length or variable-length transmission.
In this paper, wireless video transmission to multiple users under total transmission power and minimum required video quality constraints is studied. In order to provide the desired performance levels to the end-users in real-time video transmissions while using the energy resources efficiently, we assume that power c…
In agreement with the recent research findings in the econophysics, we propose that the nonlinear dynamic chaos can be generated by the turbulent capital flows in both the quantitative easing transmission channels and the transaction networks channels, when there are the laminar turbulent capital flows transitions in t…
Traditional load analysis is facing challenges with the new electricity usage patterns due to demand response as well as increasing deployment of distributed generations, including photovoltaics (PV), electric vehicles (EV), and energy storage systems (ESS). At the transmission system, despite of irregular load behavio…
Model for cross-border markets with limited transmission capacities.
problem Limited transmission capacities between two countries' markets.
method Developed a regime-switching process model with high-frequency approximation.
result Analytic tractability allows computation of key market quantities.
Prototype for adaptive electron microscopy scans reduces dose and time.
problem Reduce electron microscopy scan time and dose with minimal loss.
method Adaptive partial scanning with reinforcement learning.
result Reinforcement learning trained neural network optimizes scan paths.
Recent work has studied the emergence of language among deep reinforcement learning agents that must collaborate to solve a task. Of particular interest are the factors that cause language to be compositional -- i.e., express meaning by combining words which themselves have meaning. Evolutionary linguists have found th…
While enormous progress has been made to Variational Autoencoder (VAE) in recent years, similar to other deep networks, VAE with deep networks suffers from the problem of degeneration, which seriously weakens the correlation between the input and the corresponding latent codes, deviating from the goal of the representa…
Before the massive spread of computer technology, information was far from complex. The development of technology shifted the paradigm: from individuals who faced scarce and costly information to individuals who face massive amounts of information accessible at low costs. Nowadays we are living in the era of big data a…
Study investigates FL performance over a noisy downlink, showing analog approach outperforms digital.
problem Impact of bandwidth-limited downlink on federated learning performance.
method Modelled downlink and uplink channels; proposed digital and analog downlink approaches; analyzed convergence behavior.
result Analog downlink approach provides significant improvement over digital approach, especially with biased data distribution.
One of the biggest challenges in the field of biomedical imaging is the comprehension and the exploitation of the photon scattering through disordered media. Many studies have pursued the solution to this puzzle, achieving light-focusing control or reconstructing images in complex media. In the present work, we investi…
Stochastic models analyze traffic network performance.
problem Evaluate traffic system performance.
method Stochastic cell transmission models, preference functionals, Gaussian process regression.
result Illustrated in two case studies.
The mutual information is a core statistical quantity that has applications in all areas of machine learning, whether this is in training of density models over multiple data modalities, in maximising the efficiency of noisy transmission channels, or when learning behaviour policies for exploration by artificial agents…
Lost in Diversificationq-fin.GN
As financial instruments grow in complexity more and more information is neglected by risk optimization practices. This brings down a curtain of opacity on the origination of risk, that has been one of the main culprits in the 2007-2008 global financial crisis. We discuss how the loss of transparency may be quantified …
High frequency trading has led to widespread efforts to reduce information propagation delays between physically distant exchanges. Using relativistically correct millisecond-resolution tick data, we document a 3-millisecond decrease in one-way communication time between the Chicago and New York areas that has occurred…