End-to-end transformer model improves lexical stress detection accuracy.
problem Inaccurate phoneme boundaries and limited features for stress classification.
method End-to-end sequence to sequence model using transformer trained on feature sequences and phoneme sequences with stress marks.
result End-to-end model achieves better performance and lower phoneme error rate (6.36%) compared to syllable segmentation methods.
Paper introduces lexical ratio to measure portfolio diversification.
problem Traditional diversification metrics overlook non-numerical relationships.
method Uses textual data to capture diversification dimensions through entropy-based insights.
result Lexical ratio (LR) outperforms traditional metrics in optimizing portfolio returns.
Various psychological factors affect how individuals express emotions. Yet, when we collect data intended for use in building emotion recognition systems, we often try to do so by creating paradigms that are designed just with a focus on eliciting emotional behavior. Algorithms trained with these types of data are unli…
Bayesian active learning improves stress and affect detection on wearable devices.
problem Handling unlabeled data in real-time for stress and affect detection.
method Bayesian Neural Networks with Monte-Carlo Dropout and suitable acquisition functions.
result Framework achieves significant efficiency boost and low number of acquired pool points.
Adaptive Stress Testing detects financial fraud by simulating potential failures.
problem Detecting and mitigating vulnerabilities in financial systems.
method Developed a simplified model using historical data and reinforcement learning.
result Identified the most likely path to system failure and improved fraud detection.
The paper develops a method to predict the latent deterioration phase in limit order books before stress is observed.
problem Limit order books can transition rapidly from stable to stressed conditions, making it difficult to detect the latent deterioration phase.
method The paper formalizes a three-regime causal data-generating process and proposes a trigger-based detector combining MAX aggregation of complementary signal channels, a rising-edge condition, and adaptive thresholding.
result The proposed method achieves mean lead-time of +18.6 timesteps with perfect precision and moderate coverage, outperforming classical change-point and microstructure baselines.
Study evaluates financial anomaly detection methods on Canadian stock market.
problem Detecting financial anomalies in the Canadian stock market.
method Topological data analysis (TDA), principal component analysis (PCA), and neural network-based approaches.
result Neural network-based methods achieve the strongest performance in detecting financial anomalies.
Detects physiological patterns to hemodynamic stress using unsupervised deep learning.
problem Identify and characterize physiological responses to hemorrhage in raw vital sign data.
method Transform vital sign time series into latent space using unsupervised deep learning, identify clusters, and evaluate latent embeddings.
result Clusters in latent embeddings correspond to physiological response patterns matching physicians' intuition.
Studies across many disciplines have shown that lexical choice can affect audience perception. For example, how users describe themselves in a social media profile can affect their perceived socio-economic status. However, we lack general methods for estimating the causal effect of lexical choice on the perception of a…
Study identifies mental stress in firefighters using heart rate variability data.
problem Unsupervised identification of mental stress in firefighters from heart rate variability data.
method Exploration and comparison of three unsupervised methods: K-Means, convolutional autoencoders, and LSTM autoencoders.
result Convolutional and LSTM autoencoders successfully stratify stressed versus normal samples using HRV markers.
Research has proven that stress reduces quality of life and causes many diseases. For this reason, several researchers devised stress detection systems based on physiological parameters. However, these systems require that obtrusive sensors are continuously carried by the user. In our paper, we propose an alternative a…
Decoding strategies often exclude human-like tokens, creating a detectable gap in generated text.
problem Decoding strategies exclude contextually appropriate but statistically rare tokens, creating a detectable gap in generated text.
method Analysis of 1.8 million texts across 8 language models, 5 decoding strategies, and 53 hyperparameter configurations.
result 8-18% of human-selected tokens fall outside typical truncation boundaries, indicating a detectable gap.
News is a pertinent source of information on financial risks and stress factors, which nevertheless is challenging to harness due to the sparse and unstructured nature of natural text. We propose an approach based on distributional semantics and deep learning with neural networks to model and link text to a scarce set …
The New Yorker publishes a weekly captionless cartoon. More than 5,000 readers submit captions for it. The editors select three of them and ask the readers to pick the funniest one. We describe an experiment that compares a dozen automatic methods for selecting the funniest caption. We show that negative sentiment, hum…
Recent studies have introduced end-to-end TTS, which integrates the production of context and acoustic features in statistical parametric speech synthesis. As a result, a single neural network replaced laborious feature engineering with automated feature learning. However, little is known about what types of context in…
Quantum method detects financial stress regimes from market data.
problem Detecting financial stress regimes from market data.
method Adapted Pauli Correlation Encoding to quantum topological data analysis.
result Quantum method can recover Betti numbers exactly at every scale.
LLM trading agents show risk feedback can improve alignment without fine-tuning.
problem Aligning LLM trading agents with financial risk.
method TradeArena testbed, risk reports, execution simulation, memory replay.
result Risk feedback can improve alignment without fine-tuning, but not universally.
In an effort to better understand meaning from natural language texts, we explore methods aimed at organizing lexical objects into contexts. A number of these methods for organization fall into a family defined by word ordering. Unlike demographic or spatial partitions of data, these collocation models are of special i…
Study adapts OHLC volatility estimators for monitoring market stress in diverse settings.
problem Limited use of range-based volatility estimators in local commodity markets.
method Adapted OHLC volatility estimators to monitor market distress across various contexts.
result OHLC-based volatility indicators detect market disruptions missed by standard momentum indicators.
Measuring the distance between concepts is an important field of study of Natural Language Processing, as it can be used to improve tasks related to the interpretation of those same concepts. WordNet, which includes a wide variety of concepts associated with words (i.e., synsets), is often used as a source for computin…
Proposes a framework for compositional generalization in language models.
problem Lack of compositional generalization in neural networks compared to humans.
method Introduces Generalized Grammar Rules (GGRs) for transduction tasks, formalizing symmetry-based constraints.
result Framework enables models to generalize compositionally, similar to human learning.
Describes explaining neurons in deep representations using compositional logical concepts.
problem Interpreting neuron behavior in deep neural networks.
method Identifying compositional logical concepts that closely approximate neuron behavior.
result Compositional explanations provide insights into model performance and allow for adversarial example creation.
Proposes a reverse stress testing framework for dynamic models.
problem Finding plausible models under adverse stresses.
method Compound Poisson process, Kullback-Leibler divergence, optimization problem.
result Intensity and severity of process depend on time and state.
Study reviews machine learning techniques for stress monitoring.
problem Improving accuracy of stress monitoring devices.
method Reviewed machine learning techniques for various stress indicators.
result Choosing the right classifier depends on multiple factors.
Stablecoin system improves resilience to extreme market events.
problem Vulnerability of stablecoins to extreme volatility and adversarial attacks.
method MVF-Composer uses multi-agent simulations to stress-test and down-weight manipulative signals.
result Reduces peak peg deviation by 57% and mean recovery time by 3.1x under adversarial conditions.
Method generates plausible financial stress scenarios using large deviations.
problem Misleading risk management by overlooking or overemphasizing implausible scenarios.
method Exploits large-deviations principle to concentrate risk factors near most likely stress configurations.
result Can generate informative stress scenarios even with limited historical data.
New metrics fail adversarial tests, with some more robust than others.
problem Evaluation metrics for time-series anomaly detection were improved but not fully robust.
method Adversarial stress-testing of 12 adopted metrics on real benchmarks.
result Some metrics are more robust than others, with ROC-based metrics being gamed more often.
This note improves correlation stress tests using geodesic distance.
problem Improving financial risk management through better covariance stress tests.
method Proposes a new geometrically invariant definition of correlation stress tests.
result Demonstrates a submanifold approach to stress testing covariance matrices.
Improved algorithm for multidimensional scaling reduces stress.
problem Stress in multidimensional scaling.
method Proposed modifications of the smacof algorithm.
result Convergent majorization algorithm for Kruskal's stress formula two.
The MSPI predicts market stress with machine learning.
problem Estimating the probability of high market stress.
method L1-regularized logistic regression on stock fragility signals.
result MSPI tracks major stress episodes and improves accuracy.
Develops a method for reverse stress testing in multivariate scenarios.
problem Reconstructing a multivariate stress scenario from a single exogenous shock.
method Maximizing conditional density under three distributional assumptions.
result Simulated scenarios are economically coherent and reproduce risk-reward asymmetry.
A hybrid model combines diffusion and neural operator methods for stress prediction in hyperelastic materials.
problem Challenges in predicting stress fields in hyperelastic materials with complex microstructures.
method A hybrid surrogate framework combining a conditional denoising diffusion probabilistic model (cDDPM) and a modified DeepONet.
result The hybrid model consistently outperforms traditional methods by one to two orders of magnitude.
Regurgitative training with synthetic data harms LLM performance.
problem The impact of training LLMs with synthetic data generated by other LLMs.
method Fine-tuning GPT-3.5 with synthetic and real data in a machine translation task.
result Regurgitative training significantly reduces LLM performance.
Extended PELCoV for bivariate Student-t copulas to monitor foreign exchange risk.
problem Monitoring financial risk under asymmetric co-movements and tail dependence.
method Extending PELCoV to Student-t copulas, tracking dynamic risk spillovers.
result Potential to detect early signs of risk underestimation during financial stress.
Deep learning predicts stress levels from mouse hippocampus activity.
problem Stress level in mice under different environments.
method Deep learning combined with neuron decoding.
result Deep learning model accurately predicts stress levels.
Stress research is a rapidly emerging area in thefield of electroencephalography (EEG) based signal processing.The use of EEG as an objective measure for cost effective andpersonalized stress management becomes important in particularsituations such as the non-availability of mental health facilities.In this study, lon…
Environmental stresses such as drought and heat can cause substantial yield loss in agriculture. As such, hybrid crops that are tolerant to drought and heat stress would produce more consistent yields compared to the hybrids that are not tolerant to these stresses. In the 2019 Syngenta Crop Challenge, Syngenta released…
Develops a method for stress testing correlations of financial portfolios.
problem Stress testing correlations in financial asset portfolios.
method Parametric representation of correlations, Bayesian variable selection, joint distribution of stress scenarios.
result Inference of worst-case correlation scenarios using stress tests.
Credit risk stress tests can misrepresent default probabilities due to inconsistent parameterization.
problem Misleading default probability projections in credit risk stress tests.
method Analysis of credit risk stress testing models and their parameterization.
result Current portfolios tend to align with through-the-cycle portfolios, leading to spurious default rate projections.
Unified optimization framework for matrix seriation.
problem Discovering latent structure in relational data.
method Mathematical optimization models for seriation.
result Optimization models enhance solution quality and interpretability.
We derive the stress-energy tensor for polyharmonic maps between Riemannian manifolds. Moreover, we employ the stress-energy tensor to characterize polyharmonic maps where we pay special attention to triharmonic maps.
Machine learning improves financial stress testing in Indian markets.
problem Conventional stress testing limitations in Indian financial markets.
method Dimensionality reduction, latent factor modeling, Variational Autoencoders, Monte Carlo simulation.
result Improved flexibility, robustness, and realism in financial stress testing.
Paper proposes MAST to identify stress conditions in forecasting models.
problem Improving reliability and transparency of univariate forecasting models under stress.
method Meta-learning and data augmentation approach to predict stress conditions.
result MAST identifies conditions leading to large errors in forecasting models.
Paper defines p-biharmonic submanifolds and stress tensors in space forms.
problem Characterizing p-biharmonic submanifolds in space forms.
method Provided necessary and sufficient conditions for p-biharmonic submanifolds and properties of stress p-bienergy tensors.
result New properties of stress p-bienergy tensors for p-biharmonic submanifolds.
Using Hilbert's criterion, we consider the stress-energy tensor associated to the bienergy functional. We show that it derives from a variational problem on metrics and exhibit the peculiarity of dimension four. First, we use this tensor to construct new examples of biharmonic maps, then classify maps with vanishing or…
We conduct a large-scale, systematic study to evaluate the existing evaluation methods for natural language generation in the context of generating online product reviews. We compare human-based evaluators with a variety of automated evaluation procedures, including discriminative evaluators that measure how well machi…
Reverse sensitivity analysis for risk models under various stresses.
problem Understanding model changes under output stress.
method Deriving the closest stressed distribution and model parameters.
result Numerically efficient method for calculating stressed model.
Two new methods score stress test scenarios for risk managers.
problem Comparing and evaluating stress test scenarios for risk managers.
method Inspired by Archer-Mouy-Selmi, two methodologies for scoring stress test scenarios.
result New methods can compare and evaluate stress test scenarios.