MAC combines models without locking them, improving ensemble performance.
problem Improving ensemble learning performance with flexibility.
method Model agnostic combination technique that dynamically combines models.
result MAC outperforms classical methods and competitive to boosting.
Combines human and model predictions for improved accuracy.
problem Improving classification accuracy when both human and model predictions are imperfect.
method Uses confusion matrices and calibration to combine probabilistic model outputs with human class-level predictions.
result Human-model combinations consistently outperform either alone, with accuracy gains even with limited human input.
Probabilistic programs with dynamic computation graphs can define measures over sample spaces with unbounded dimensionality, which constitute programmatic analogues to Bayesian nonparametrics. Owing to the generality of this model class, inference relies on `black-box' Monte Carlo methods that are often not able to tak…
Generative model designs drug combinations for improved efficacy and reduced side effects.
problem Designing effective drug combinations to overcome resistance and reduce side effects.
method Developed a deep generative model using HVGAE and a novel reward system.
result Network-principled drug combinations show reduced toxicity and potential for new strategies.
Drug resistance is still a major challenge in cancer therapy. Drug combination is expected to overcome drug resistance. However, the number of possible drug combinations is enormous, and thus it is infeasible to experimentally screen all effective drug combinations considering the limited resources. Therefore, computat…
Study improves drug synergy prediction using ensemble learning.
problem Predicting drug synergy in complex diseases.
method Investigated different compound representations and proposed an ensemble model.
result Ensemble model outperforms baseline models.
A new method forecasts financial tail risks by combining and weighting quantiles.
problem Reducing uncertainty in financial tail risk forecasting.
method Two-step procedure: quantile combination followed by ES computation.
result The proposed framework outperforms individual models and simple approaches.
New methods combine model predictions to avoid linear mixtures' limitations.
problem Combining predictions from different models to avoid linear mixtures' limitations.
method Log-linear pooling (locking) and quantum superposition (quacking) to optimise model weights.
result Demonstrated locking method with illustrative example and practical application.
Combines expert models using Kullback-Leibler divergence to create a combined model.
problem Combining expert views on stochastic processes.
method Minimizes weighted Kullback-Leibler divergence to create a barycentre model.
result Existence and uniqueness of the barycentre model with explicit representation.
In this work, we addressed the issue of combining linear classifiers using their score functions. The value of the scoring function depends on the distance from the decision boundary. Two score functions have been tested and four different combination strategies were investigated. During the experimental study, the pro…
LOL method simplifies forming linear combinations of latent variables.
problem Lack of general-purpose methods for manipulating latent variables.
method Latent Optimal Linear combinations (LOL) method.
result LOL simplifies creation of expressive low-dimensional representations.
Combines datasets to improve model fitting with small sample sizes.
problem Improving model performance with limited samples from at least one dataset.
method Proposes a novel framework called Combine datasets based on Imputation (ComImp) and PCA-ComImp for combining datasets with missing data.
result Significant improvement in model accuracy, especially with small datasets and when combined with transfer learning.
Combining forecasts of 16 ED causes improves accuracy and stability.
problem Forecasting accuracy and stability for ED admissions is poor due to model uncertainty and limited data.
method High-dimensional forecast combinations of 16 cause-specific ED forecasts using extensive covariates.
result Forecast combinations yield forecast accuracies of 3.81%-23.54% across causes, outperforming individual models in 50% of scenarios.
Google's multilingual speech recognition system combines low-level acoustic signals with language-specific recognizer signals to better predict the language of an utterance. This paper presents our experience with different signal combination methods to improve overall language identification accuracy. We compare the p…
Study combines VaR and ES forecasts using MCS to improve risk predictions.
problem Combining VaR and ES forecasts to improve risk predictions under uncertainty.
method Employed Model Confidence Set (MCS) methodology to identify best-performing models and combine their forecasts.
result Proposed combined predictors are robust and pass standard backtests.
In this work, we propose a generalized product of experts (gPoE) framework for combining the predictions of multiple probabilistic models. We identify four desirable properties that are important for scalability, expressiveness and robustness, when learning and inferring with a combination of multiple models. Through a…
Develops a scalable model for drug combination prediction in cancer.
problem Accurate prediction of drug combinations for cancer treatment.
method Permutation invariant multi-output Gaussian Processes with variational approximation and deep generative model.
result Model efficiently borrows information across drug combinations and provides uncertainty quantification.
This paper improves combine harvester performance using ANN-PSO hybrid model.
problem Improving performance of combine harvesters to minimize waste and reduce maintenance.
method Proposes a hybrid machine learning model combining artificial neural networks and particle swarm optimization.
result Demonstrates higher accuracy and stability in predicting optimal performance of combine harvesters.
Energy-based models can generate complex images by combining simpler concepts.
problem Generating natural images that satisfy complex logical combinations of concepts.
method Energy-based models combine probability distributions of simpler concepts to generate compositions.
result Energy-based models can generate images that satisfy conjunctions, disjunctions, and negations of concepts.
New model generates unseen attribute combinations from limited data.
problem Lack of generalization in deep generative models for unseen attribute combinations.
method Introduces multilinear latent conditioning to capture multiplicative interactions.
result Demonstrates effectiveness on MNIST, Fashion-MNIST, and CelebA datasets.
Recommendation systems and computing advertisements have gradually entered the field of academic research from the field of commercial applications. Click-through rate prediction is one of the core research issues because the prediction accuracy affects the user experience and the revenue of merchants and platforms. Fe…
Model combines long-term and short-term memory using conceptors.
problem Transfer between long-term and short-term memory.
method Recurrent neural network with gated reservoir for short-term memory and conceptors for long-term memory.
result Standard operations on conceptors allow combining long-term memories and describing their effect on short-term memory.
Combines linear and spectral estimators for signal recovery in generalized linear models.
problem Signal recovery from generalized linear models with Gaussian sensing matrix.
method Optimal combination of a linear estimator and a spectral estimator using an AMP algorithm.
result Bayes-optimal combination of estimators improves signal recovery.
A new algorithm improves federated learning by combining knowledge distillation and weighted combination loss.
problem Non-IID client data in federated learning leads to model drift and poor generalization.
method pFedKD-WCL integrates knowledge distillation with bi-level optimization to address non-IID challenges.
result pFedKD-WCL outperforms state-of-the-art algorithms in accuracy and convergence speed.
In unsupervised outlier ensembles, the absence of ground truth makes the combination of base outlier detectors a challenging task. Specifically, existing parallel outlier ensembles lack a reliable way of selecting competent base detectors, affecting accuracy and stability, during model combination. In this paper, we pr…
A new stock selection strategy uses combined machine learning with dynamic weighting methods.
problem Improving stock selection accuracy and performance.
method Combined machine learning algorithms with static and dynamic weighting methods.
result IC-based dynamic weighting outperforms static evaluation metrics in backtested returns and predictive performance.
Combining Bayesian deep learning and split conformal prediction affects out-of-distribution coverage.
problem Improving out-of-distribution coverage in multiclass image classification.
method Combining Bayesian deep learning with split conformal prediction methods.
result Combining methods can reduce out-of-distribution coverage in some cases.
This paper introduces a deep learning ensemble forecasting model using Dirichlet process.
problem Forecasting with deep learning ensemble models.
method Infinite mixture model based on Dirichlet process, with decaying learning rate strategy.
result The ensemble model outperforms single benchmark models in prediction accuracy and stability.
RCAM-based ensemble combines binary classifiers using similarity and vote scheme.
problem Improving binary classification accuracy through ensemble methods.
method RCAM-based ensemble combining classifiers using similarity and recurrent consult-vote scheme.
result RCAM-based ensemble outperforms individual classifiers and majority voting.
Combines machine learning and data assimilation for improved forecasting.
problem Improving forecast accuracy with noisy observations.
method Sequentially learns a machine-learning model using an ensemble Kalman filter.
result The combined model achieves good forecast skill and computational efficiency.
Synthetic Combinations learns unit-specific causal outcomes for combinatorial interventions.
problem Estimating unit-specific causal outcomes for all combinations of p interventions in a heterogeneous setting. method Latent factor model with Fourier expansion sparsity, imposing structure across units and interventions.
result Synthetic Combinations provides consistent estimation with poly(r) * (N + s^2p) observations, outperforming previous methods.
We propose a penalized likelihood method that simultaneously fits the multinomial logistic regression model and combines subsets of the response categories. The penalty is non differentiable when pairs of columns in the optimization variable are equal. This encourages pairwise equality of these columns in the estimator…
clusterBMA combines clustering results from multiple models using Bayesian model averaging.
problem Uncertainty in model selection for clustering.
method Bayesian model averaging to combine results from multiple clustering algorithms.
result ClusterBMA offers probabilistic cluster allocations and quantifies model-based uncertainty.
In the era of big data, a large amount of noisy and incomplete data can be collected from multiple sources for prediction tasks. Combining multiple models or data sources helps to counteract the effects of low data quality and the bias of any single model or data source, and thus can improve the robustness and the perf…
Survey combines FL and control for better adaptability and privacy.
problem Combining FL and control for better adaptability and privacy.
method Combining Federated Learning (FL) and control methods.
result Combining FL and control enhances adaptability, scalability, generalization, and privacy.
Heat demand prediction is a prominent research topic in the area of intelligent energy networks. It has been well recognized that periodicity is one of the important characteristics of heat demand. Seasonal-trend decomposition based on LOESS (STL) algorithm can analyze the periodicity of a heat demand series, and decom…
Noisy Feature Mixup improves model robustness with noise-perturbed convex combinations.
problem Improving model robustness against data perturbations.
method Noise-perturbed convex combinations of pairs of data points in input and feature space.
result Improved model robustness and favorable trade-offs between accuracy and robustness.
Image captioning models are usually evaluated on their ability to describe a held-out set of images, not on their ability to generalize to unseen concepts. We study the problem of compositional generalization, which measures how well a model composes unseen combinations of concepts when describing images. State-of-the-…
In this paper, we introduce a novel combined reward cum penalty loss function to handle the regression problem. The proposed combined reward cum penalty loss function penalizes the data points which lie outside the ε-tube of the regressor and also assigns reward for the data points which lie inside of the ε-tube of…
Optimizes forecast accuracy and diversity using multi-task deep learning.
problem Forecasting combinations of time series data.
method Multi-task deep learning architecture that selects and combines forecasting models.
result Enhances point forecast accuracy compared to state-of-the-art methods.
System learns to combine multiple model components for personalized text generation.
problem Adapting and biasing language models for personal preferences.
method Combines model-defined components, learns activation and probability combination from unlabeled text.
result Directly generates text with personalized components from unlabeled data.
Combines MCTS and neural networks for efficient multi-period financial planning.
problem Solving multi-period financial planning models with high transaction costs and regime switching.
method Integrates Monte Carlo Tree Search with deep neural networks, using UTC and lookup search.
result Combined approach outperforms individual methods, solving complex models.
This paper describes a new approach to time series modeling that combines subject-matter knowledge of the system dynamics with statistical techniques in time series analysis and regression. Applications to American option pricing and the Canadian lynx data are given to illustrate this approach.
Develops inference combinators for probabilistic programs using neural networks.
problem Creating efficient proposals for probabilistic program inference.
method Inference combinators using neural network parameterization of proposals.
result Correct by construction variational methods tailored to specific models.
Estimating statistical models within sensor networks requires distributed algorithms, in which both data and computation are distributed across the nodes of the network. We propose a general approach for distributed learning based on combining local estimators defined by pseudo-likelihood components, encompassing a num…
We introduce "Search with Amortized Value Estimates" (SAVE), an approach for combining model-free Q-learning with model-based Monte-Carlo Tree Search (MCTS). In SAVE, a learned prior over state-action values is used to guide MCTS, which estimates an improved set of state-action values. The new Q-estimates are then used…
Kernel Bayesian inference is a principled approach to nonparametric inference in probabilistic graphical models, where probabilistic relationships between variables are learned from data in a nonparametric manner. Various algorithms of kernel Bayesian inference have been developed by combining kernelized basic probabil…
Paper proposes a new combined regression strategy for conditional survival prediction.
problem Improving survival prediction accuracy using conditional survival function.
method Uses regression-based weak learners with area-norm proximity measure to create an ensemble technique.
result The proposed model outperforms Random Survival Forest and selects important variables effectively.