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48 results for informational characteristics

A multi-task network avoids indirect discrimination in insurance pricing.

problem Indirect discrimination in insurance pricing models based on protected characteristics.
method Multi-task neural network architecture trained with partial protected characteristic information.
result Multi-task network produces discrimination-free insurance prices with comparable accuracy to conventional models.

Paper improves speaker verification with federated learning and differential privacy.

problem Improving speaker verification accuracy using private data.
method Combining federated learning and differential privacy to train an auxiliary model that predicts vocal characteristics.
result 6% relative improvement in equal error rate over a baseline system.

Optimal portfolios are formed by combining momentum, size, and volatility characteristics, enhancing utility for all investors.

problem Estimation error in forming optimal portfolios from characteristics.
method Maximizing an in-sample loss function that is more concave than the utility function, linking weights to characteristics.
result Optimal portfolios with significantly higher certainty equivalents than benchmarks for all investors.

We discuss the finding that cross-sectional characteristic based models have yielded portfolios with higher excess monthly returns but lower risk than their arbitrage pricing theory counterparts in an analysis of equity returns of stocks listed on the JSE. Under the assumption of general no-arbitrage conditions, we arg…

2013-10-15abs ↗pdf ↗

The study explains stock return distributions using reaction functions.

problem Stock return distributions often deviate from normal distributions.
method Assumes normal event/information effects, financial over/underreaction, proposes reaction function model.
result Financial markets often underreact to minor events, overreact to significant ones, and react stronger to positive events.

A theoretical framework for deep learning is proposed to explain its effectiveness.

problem Lack of a comprehensive theory explaining deep learning's effectiveness.
method Integrates three characteristics into a graphical model called neurashed.
result Explains common empirical patterns in deep learning and provides insights into regularization and elasticity.

CCVAE captures label characteristics in VAEs for better representation learning.

problem Capturing rich label characteristics in VAEs without conflating them with label values.
method Developed CCVAE, a novel VAE model that explicitly captures label characteristics in latent space.
result CCVAE allows for effective and general interventions like smooth traversals and diverse conditional generation.

This study links blockchain design to cryptos' distributional characteristics.

problem Understanding the relationship between blockchain design and cryptos' distributional characteristics.
method Used spectral clustering to cluster cryptos based on their blockchain mechanisms and operational features.
result Clusters of cryptos share similar blockchain mechanisms, supporting the hypothesis.

Statistical characteristics of deep network representations, such as sparsity and correlation, are known to be relevant to the performance and interpretability of deep learning. When a statistical characteristic is desired, often an adequate regularizer can be designed and applied during the training phase. Typically, …

2018-09-25abs ↗pdf ↗

This review discusses challenges and solutions for AI in chemical engineering.

problem Challenges in applying classical machine learning to chemical engineering data.
method Identifying four data characteristics and discussing their applications and solutions.
result Current research extends data science and machine learning to handle chemical engineering data challenges.

Neural network learning is usually time-consuming since backpropagation needs to compute full gradients and backpropagate them across multiple layers. Despite its success of existing works in accelerating propagation through sparseness, the relevant theoretical characteristics remain under-researched and empirical stud…

2019-05-24abs ↗pdf ↗

This study investigates that a characteristic time scale on an exchange rate market (USD/JPY) is examined for the period of 1998 to 2000. Calculating power spectrum densities for the number of tick quotes per minute and averaging them over the year yield that the mean power spectrum density has a peak at high frequenci…

2005-09-16abs ↗pdf ↗

Driven by climatic processes, wind power generation is inherently variable. Long-term simulated wind power time series are therefore an essential component for understanding the temporal availability of wind power and its integration into future renewable energy systems. In the recent past, mainly power curve based mod…

2019-12-09abs ↗pdf ↗

Clusters asset classes to identify lead-lag relationships in market regimes.

problem Understanding lead-lag relationships between different asset classes.
method Defining macroeconomic regimes by clustering indices and investigating lead-lag relationships.
result Unravels market features and highlights informative market trends or risks.

Given a fibered link, consider the characteristic polynomial of the monodromy restricted to first homology. This generalizes the notion of the Alexander polynomial of a knot. We define a construction, called iterated plumbing, to create a sequence of fibered links from a given one. The resulting sequence of characteris…

2005-06-29abs ↗pdf ↗

A new method for fair classification using characteristic function distance.

problem Fairness in high-stakes decision-making with sensitive groups.
method Proposes a novel approach based on characteristic function distance to ensure minimal sensitive information in learned representations.
result Consistently matches or achieves better fairness and predictive accuracy than existing methods.

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.

This work proposes a novel autoencoder for fusing visible and infrared images.

problem Challenging task to combine spatial and spectral information from visible and infrared images.
method Spatially constrained adversarial autoencoder with residual architecture and adversarial regularizer.
result Generates a more realistic fused image with enhanced spatial and spectral information.

Quantitatively assessing relationships between latent variables and observed variables is important for understanding and developing generative models and representation learning. In this paper, we propose latent-observed dissimilarity (LOD) to evaluate the dissimilarity between the probabilistic characteristics of lat…

2016-03-30abs ↗pdf ↗

We analyze the adversarial examples problem in terms of a model's fault tolerance with respect to its input. Whereas previous work focuses on arbitrarily strict threat models, i.e., εε-perturbations, we consider arbitrary valid inputs and propose an information-based characteristic for evaluating tolerance to diverse …

2018-11-30abs ↗pdf ↗

A major impact of globalization has been the information flow across the financial markets rendering them vulnerable to financial contagion. Research has focused on network analysis techniques to understand the extent and nature of such information flow. It is now an established fact that a stock market crash in one co…

2019-11-14abs ↗pdf ↗

INGB improves oversampling for noisy imbalanced datasets.

problem Imbalanced, noisy, and complex datasets in classification problems.
method INGB uses granular balls to simulate spatial distribution and informed entropy for optimization, followed by nonlinear oversampling.
result INGB outperforms traditional linear sampling frameworks and algorithms on complex datasets.

Proposes Infomax and Domain-Independent Representations for robust causal inference.

problem Handling treatment selection bias and domain imbalance in causal inference with real-world data.
method Utilizes mutual information to learn domain-invariant representations that maximize predictive common information.
result Achieves state-of-the-art performance on causal effect inference across various data distributions.

Study applies market microstructure to Cuban informal currency market, finding market makers improve liquidity.

problem Understanding dynamics of informal currency markets.
method Modeling bid/ask intentions using Limit Order Book, applying Avellaneda-Stoikov model with Market Maker.
result Market Maker improves market quality and bid/ask dynamics.

This work characterizes topological descriptors of graph products and their expressive power.

problem Capturing multiscale structural information in graph products using topological descriptors.
method Analysis of various filtrations on graph products, including Euler characteristic and persistent homology.
result Persistent homology of graph products contains more information than individual graphs.

LPINNs solve complex PDEs by reformulating PINNs on Lagrangian frame, reducing training complexity.

problem Complexity in training PINNs, especially for convection-diffusion equations.
method Propose LPINNs, a Lagrangian reformulation of PINNs, with two branches solving state variables and characteristics curves.
result Loss landscapes of LPINNs are less sensitive to problem complexity compared to traditional PINNs.

ECS evaluates synthetic CXR images' distributional fidelity.

problem Evaluating synthetic CXR images' distributional fidelity under privacy constraints.
method Characteristic function transforms of feature embeddings.
result ECS uncovers clinically relevant distributional discrepancies.

Improved DeepONet variants using Transformer cross-conditioning enhance PDE solution efficiency.

problem Solving partial differential equations efficiently and accurately.
method Transformer-inspired DeepONet variants with bidirectional cross-conditioning.
result Improved efficiency and accuracy compared to modified DeepONet, with variant effectiveness tied to PDE characteristics.

Improved eigenvalue distribution method for financial data.

problem Noise and complexity in financial markets.
method Matrix H theory, hierarchical structure, informational cascade.
result Captures a larger fraction of data variance in financial markets.