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The rapid development of computing power and efficient Markov Chain Monte Carlo (MCMC) simulation algorithms have revolutionized Bayesian statistics, making it a highly practical inference method in applied work. However, MCMC algorithms tend to be computationally demanding, and are particularly slow for large datasets…

2018-07-23abs ↗pdf ↗

Survey of deep RL in intelligent transportation systems.

problem Optimizing traffic signals and autonomous driving using deep RL.
method Comprehensive review of deep RL applications in traffic control and autonomous driving.
result Summarizes existing works in deep RL-based transportation applications.

PPI uses survey sampling methods for inference, bridging ML and statistics.

problem Combining machine learning predictions with small labeled data for valid inference.
method Equivalence of PPI estimators to survey sampling methods.
result PPI estimators are algebraically equivalent to survey sampling methods.

Survey of trainable activation functions in neural networks.

problem Improving neural network performance through trainable activation functions.
method Taxonomy and comparison of recent and past models of trainable activation functions.
result Many trainable activation functions are equivalent to adding neuron layers with fixed activation functions and simple constraints.

This paper reviews deep time-series forecasting focusing on autocorrelation modeling.

problem Modeling autocorrelation in history and label sequences for time-series forecasting.
method Proposes a novel taxonomy for model architectures and learning objectives.
result Provides a comprehensive review and analysis of deep time-series forecasting.

Survey of performative prediction, a machine learning setup causing distribution shifts.

problem Machine learning models causing shifts in the environment they predict.
method Classification of performative prediction settings based on distribution map information.
result Introduction of new solution concepts and theoretical analyses.

The goal of this survey article is to explain and elucidate the affine structure of recent models appearing in the rough volatility literature, and show how it leads to exponential-affine transform formulas.

2018-12-20abs ↗pdf ↗

This paper surveys fairness notions in ML and recommends the most suitable one for real-world scenarios.

problem Ensuring ML systems do not discriminate against specific individuals or sub-populations.
method Identifying fairness-related characteristics of real-world scenarios and analyzing the behavior of fairness notions.
result A decision diagram to recommend the most suitable fairness notion for specific setups.

This is a short survey on finite-volume hyperbolic four-manifolds. We describe some general theorems and focus on the concrete examples that we found in the literature. The paper contains no new result.

2015-12-11abs ↗pdf ↗

This paper surveys work on generalized Johnson homomorphisms and tools for studying them. The goal is to unite several related threads in the literature and to clarify existing results and relationships among them using Hodge theory. We survey the work of Alekseev, Kawazumi, Kuno and Naef on the Goldman--Turaev Lie bia…

2019-09-09abs ↗pdf ↗

Traffic signal control is an important and challenging real-world problem, which aims to minimize the travel time of vehicles by coordinating their movements at the road intersections. Current traffic signal control systems in use still rely heavily on oversimplified information and rule-based methods, although we now …

2019-04-17abs ↗pdf ↗

Due to the increasing use of machine learning in practice it becomes more and more important to be able to explain the prediction and behavior of machine learning models. An instance of explanations are counterfactual explanations which provide an intuitive and useful explanations of machine learning models. In this su…

2019-11-15abs ↗pdf ↗

Survey of reinforcement learning for sustainable energy challenges.

problem Sequential decision-making challenges in sustainable energy.
method Reinforcement learning applied to energy production, storage, transmission, and consumption.
result Survey identifies various reinforcement learning themes and potential future directions.

Normalizing Flows are generative models which produce tractable distributions where both sampling and density evaluation can be efficient and exact. The goal of this survey article is to give a coherent and comprehensive review of the literature around the construction and use of Normalizing Flows for distribution lear…

2019-08-25abs ↗pdf ↗

Survey on multiplayer bandits, highlighting theoretical gaps and future directions.

problem Theoretical advancements in multiplayer bandits lack practical implementation in real-world scenarios.
method Organizes and contextualizes existing literature on multiplayer bandits.
result Clear directions for future research in adapting theoretical algorithms to real-world situations.

A reinforcement learning agent tries to maximize its cumulative payoff by interacting in an unknown environment. It is important for the agent to explore suboptimal actions as well as to pick actions with highest known rewards. Yet, in sensitive domains, collecting more data with exploration is not always possible, but…

2019-01-21abs ↗pdf ↗

As one of the most important types of (weaker) supervised information in machine learning and pattern recognition, pairwise constraint, which specifies whether a pair of data points occur together, has recently received significant attention, especially the problem of pairwise constraint propagation. At least two reaso…

2015-02-19abs ↗pdf ↗

Free actions of finite groups on spheres give rise to topological spherical space forms. The existence and classification problems for space forms have a long history in the geometry and topology of manifolds. In this article, we present a survey of some of the main results and a guide to the literature.

2014-12-28abs ↗pdf ↗

Survey on modeling event sequences through temporal processes.

problem Modeling phenomena with sequences of events over continuous time.
method Probabilistic models based on point processes, categorized into simple, marked, and spatio-temporal.
result Analysis of existing approaches and their applicability to prediction and modeling.

This work surveys algorithmic recourse, aiming to clarify definitions and solutions.

problem Providing explanations and recommendations to individuals affected by automated decisions.
method Literature review and unified definitions, formulations, and solutions.
result Unified definitions and solutions for algorithmic recourse.

Bayesian nonparametric space partition (BNSP) models provide a variety of strategies for partitioning a DD-dimensional space into a set of blocks. In this way, the data points lie in the same block would share certain kinds of homogeneity. BNSP models can be applied to various areas, such as regression/classification …

2020-02-26abs ↗pdf ↗

This paper surveys recent theoretical advances in convex optimization approaches for community detection. We introduce some important theoretical techniques and results for establishing the consistency of convex community detection under various statistical models. In particular, we discuss the basic techniques based o…

2018-09-30abs ↗pdf ↗

This paper surveys enterprise financial risk analysis from Big Data and LLMs perspectives.

problem Predicting future financial risk of enterprises.
method Systematic literature review of enterprise financial risk analysis approaches from Big Data and LLMs perspectives.
result Offers a holistic synthesis of research methods and key insights.

Learning from positive and unlabeled data or PU learning is the setting where a learner only has access to positive examples and unlabeled data. The assumption is that the unlabeled data can contain both positive and negative examples. This setting has attracted increasing interest within the machine learning literatur…

2018-11-12abs ↗pdf ↗

It is well known that certain combinations of configuration space integrals defined by Bott and Taubes produce cohomology classes of spaces of knots. The literature surrounding this important fact, however, is somewhat incomplete and lacking in detail. The aim of this paper is to fill in the gaps as well as summarize t…

2005-02-14abs ↗pdf ↗

The paper surveys mathematical results on filtration enlargement with financial examples.

problem Mathematical finance applications of filtration enlargement theory.
method Exhaustive survey and interpretation of key results from literature.
result Provides a compendium of known mathematical results for mathematical finance researchers.

Proposes a machine learning predictor for survey data.

problem Limited integration of machine learning in traditional surveys.
method Predictor supported by machine learning algorithms, analyzing departures from model assumptions.
result Machine learning predictors are a good alternative, even under small departures from model assumptions.

Survey of three geometric frameworks for action-dependent field theories.

problem Understanding action-dependent field theories through geometric structures.
method Introduction and analysis of three geometric frameworks: k-contact, k-cocontact, and multicontact.
result Analysis of relationships among these geometric structures and comparison with other definitions.