Study multiple-population games using McKean-Vlasov equations.
problem Mean field games and control problems with multiple populations.
method Coupled forward-backward SDEs and Pontryagin's principle.
result Existence of mean field equilibria under various cooperation scenarios.
Improved average distance classifier for HDLSS settings with multiple population differences.
problem Poor performance of average distance classifier in HDLSS settings with location and scale differences.
method Proposed transformations to the average distance classifier to handle multiple population differences.
result The proposed classifiers perform well even when populations differ in other aspects than location and scale.
While machine learning is rapidly being developed and deployed in health settings such as influenza prediction, there are critical challenges in using data from one environment in another due to variability in features; even within disease labels there can be differences (e.g. "fever" may mean something different repor…
The perennial problem of "how many clusters?" remains an issue of substantial interest in data mining and machine learning communities, and becomes particularly salient in large data sets such as populational genomic data where the number of clusters needs to be relatively large and open-ended. This problem gets furthe…
AICov integrates population covariates for better COVID-19 forecasting.
problem Forecasting COVID-19 with broader social context.
method Integrative deep learning framework with LSTM and multiple data sources.
result Improved prediction of COVID-19 cases and deaths with population risk factors.
MFM integrates multiple evolving populations using Wasserstein manifold flows.
problem Learning dynamics of multiple interacting populations evolving over time.
method Meta Flow Matching (MFM) integrates vector fields on Wasserstein manifold using amortized flow models and GNN embeddings.
result MFM improves prediction of individual treatment responses on multi-patient single-cell drug screen data.
In systems biomedicine, an experimenter encounters different potential sources of variation in data such as individual samples, multiple experimental conditions, and multi-variable network-level responses. In multiparametric cytometry, which is often used for analyzing patient samples, such issues are critical. While c…
Proposes a federated transfer learning method to improve precision medicine models for underrepresented populations.
problem Underrepresentation of minorities in precision medicine research leads to underperforming risk prediction models.
method Two-way federated transfer learning strategy integrating diverse populations and healthcare institutions.
result Improves risk prediction models for underrepresented populations, reducing performance gaps.
A powerful approach for understanding neural population dynamics is to extract low-dimensional trajectories from population recordings using dimensionality reduction methods. Current approaches for dimensionality reduction on neural data are limited to single population recordings, and can not identify dynamics embedde…
Given samples from a distribution, how many new elements should we expect to find if we continue sampling this distribution? This is an important and actively studied problem, with many applications ranging from unseen species estimation to genomics. We generalize this extrapolation and related unseen estimation proble…
Neural population activity often exhibits rich variability and temporal structure. This variability is thought to arise from single-neuron stochasticity, neural dynamics on short time-scales, as well as from modulations of neural firing properties on long time-scales, often referred to as "non-stationarity". To better …
Paper uses neural networks to calibrate Lee-Carter models for multiple populations.
problem Calibrating Lee-Carter models for multiple populations with neural networks.
method Developed neural network architectures to fit Lee-Carter and Poisson Lee-Carter models simultaneously.
result Smooth and less sensitive parameter estimates, improved forecasting performance.
An evolutionary algorithm separates mixed DNA profiles in forensic genetics.
problem Deconvolving mixed DNA profiles from crime samples.
method Multiple population evolutionary algorithm (MEA) with guided mutation.
result The MEA successfully deconvoluted DNA profiles from crime samples.
Improved covariance matrix estimation for multiple classes with limited data.
problem Estimating covariance matrices for multiple classes with scarce data.
method Coupled regularized sample covariance matrix estimator (RSCM) that combines pooled SCM and scaled identity matrix for regularization.
result The coupled RSCM estimators outperform cross-validation in classification tasks with comparable accuracy but faster computation.
Estimating the largest community in a mixed population via sequential sampling.
problem Identifying the largest community in a mixed population with limited sampling.
method Sequential, random sampling of individuals across multiple boxes, optimizing sampling strategy and decision rule.
result Proposed algorithms achieve optimal error probability decay rates under fixed budget constraints.
Clustering and community detection with multiple graphs have typically focused on aligned graphs, where there is a mapping between nodes across the graphs (e.g., multi-view, multi-layer, temporal graphs). However, there are numerous application areas with multiple graphs that are only partially aligned, or even unalign…
The paper develops methods to identify stable associations across multiple studies.
problem Identifying stable associations across multiple studies with possible distributional shifts.
method Modeling heterogeneous multi-source data with multiple high-dimensional regressions and devising a novel sampling method for valid confidence intervals of maximin effects.
result Significant maximin effects indicate stable associations that can be generalized to target populations.
In increasingly many settings, data sets consist of multiple samples from a population of networks, with vertices aligned across these networks. For example, brain connectivity networks in neuroscience consist of measures of interaction between brain regions that have been aligned to a common template. We consider the …
This paper studies the sample complexity of searching over multiple populations. We consider a large number of populations, each corresponding to either distribution P0 or P1. The goal of the search problem studied here is to find one population corresponding to distribution P1 with as few samples as possible. The main…
Study uses MFG approach to model equilibrium pricing with market clearing condition.
problem Continuous asset pricing with market clearing condition.
method Mean field game approach to solve forward-backward SDEs of McKean-Vlasov type.
result Net order flow converges to zero in large N-limit with specified conditions.
Unified method for learning from selectively labeled data.
problem Classification with selectively labeled data from multiple decision-makers.
method Unified cost-sensitive learning (UCL) approach.
result Unified method for robust classification in selective labeling.
Dynamic meta-learning improves multi-agent communication with natural language.
problem Static population-based approaches struggle with adapting to human partners using natural language.
method Dynamic population-based meta-learning approach.
result Agents outperform all prior work in communicating with seen partners and humans.
We study methods for improving fairness to subgroups in settings with overlapping populations and sequential predictions. Classical notions of fairness focus on the balance of some property across different populations. However, in many applications the goal of the different groups is not to be predicted equally but ra…
ScoreFusion fuses multiple diffusion models to enhance generative modeling of a target population.
problem Enhancing generative modeling of a target population with limited data.
method ScoreFusion uses KL barycenters of auxiliary populations and recasts the learning problem as score matching in denoising diffusion.
result ScoreFusion achieves a dimension-free sample complexity bound in total variation distance.
Study optimizes data collection from biased, costly sources to minimize risk.
problem Estimating population means and group-conditional means from multiple sources with varying costs and biases.
method Develops a sampling plan that maximizes effective sample size, paired with a post-stratification estimator.
result Achieves budgeted minimax optimal risk for estimating population means and group-conditional means.
The paper proposes a new method for comparing logistic regression models across different populations.
problem Comparing logistic regression models across sub-populations can lead to misleading results.
method Develops a cascading set of equivalence tests for logistic regression models, addressing coding, predictions, and overall accuracy.
result Equivalence testing incentivizes accurate inference and avoids perverse incentives from significance tests.
In this work, we consider hypothesis testing and anomaly detection on datasets where each observation is a weighted network. Examples of such data include brain connectivity networks from fMRI flow data, or word co-occurrence counts for populations of individuals. Current approaches to hypothesis testing for weighted n…
Model shows how multiple markets can coexist or fragment based on trader behavior.
problem Understanding market competition and coexistence among multiple trading venues.
method Stylized model of traders making repeated decisions at three markets, analyzed numerically and analytically.
result Parameters like memory length and choice intensity determine whether markets coexist or fragment.
Dependent MMD coresets help compare multiple related datasets.
problem Comparing multiple related datasets for insights into model generalization.
method Dependent MMD coresets for collections of datasets.
result Dependent MMD coresets facilitate comparison and understanding of multiple related datasets.
Differential privacy comes equipped with multiple analytical tools for the design of private data analyses. One important tool is the so-called "privacy amplification by subsampling" principle, which ensures that a differentially private mechanism run on a random subsample of a population provides higher privacy guaran…
New decompositions misattribute differences between populations, even when outcomes are identical.
problem Misattribution of differences between populations using common functional decompositions.
method Extending the Kitagawa-Oaxaca-Blinder decomposition to nonlinear functional decompositions.
result Functional ANOVA and Accumulated Local Effects can misattribute differences even when outcomes are identical in two populations.
Bayesian networks learn sub-population differences from data.
problem Inference from a single network structure can be misleading when data populations are heterogeneous.
method A mixture of Bayesian networks where component probabilities depend on individual characteristics.
result Identifies both network structures and demographic predictors of sub-population membership.
New methods reveal consensus and dissensus in network partitions.
problem Degenerate community detection methods often yield multiple competing answers.
method Comprehensive set of methods to characterize and summarize complex populations of partitions.
result It is not possible to obtain a consistent answer from point estimates when the distribution is heterogeneous.
Adversarial techniques learn invariant representations across multiple domains.
problem Domain generalization from diverse studies to unseen domains.
method Adversarial censoring techniques for invariant representation learning.
result Limiting behavior of adversarial loss function as the number of domains grows.
Analyzes how bias evolves in SGD training across different data sub-populations.
problem Understanding bias formation during machine learning training.
method Analytical description of SGD dynamics in a teacher-student setup with Gaussian-mixture model.
result Different sub-populations influence bias at different timescales, revealing shifting classifier preferences.
Proposes Population Difference Criterion for visually observed subpopulation differences.
problem Statistical significance of visually observed subpopulation differences in high-dimensional and high-signal contexts.
method Balanced permutation approach and bootstrap confidence interval for quantifying uncertainty.
result Balanced permutation approach is more powerful in high-signal contexts.
CrowdLLM uses LLMs and generative models to create diverse digital populations.
problem Lack of diversity and accuracy in digital populations created by LLMs.
method Integrates pretrained LLMs and generative models to enhance diversity and fidelity.
result CrowdLLM achieves promising performance in accuracy and distributional fidelity.
Develops robust learning methods for datasets with sub-populations.
problem Robust performance and generalization to unseen testing populations in datasets with sub-populations.
method Min-max-regret (MMR) formulation for distribution-free robust hierarchical model.
result Empirical MMR enjoys regret guarantees on training and unseen testing populations.
Population attributes are essential in health for understanding who the data represents and precision medicine efforts. Even within disease infection labels, patients can exhibit significant variability; "fever" may mean something different when reported in a doctor's office versus from an online app, precluding direct…
EPC curriculum improves MARL performance as agent population grows.
problem Challenges in learning good policies for large multi-agent systems.
method Evolutionary Population Curriculum (EPC) for scaling MARL.
result EPC consistently outperforms baselines as agent population increases.
In developing countries like India agriculture plays an extremely important role in the lives of the population. In India, around 80\% of the population depend on agriculture or its by-products as the primary means for employment. Given large population dependency on agriculture, it becomes extremely important for the …
This work analyzes how users and services adapt to reduce risk, leading to specialization.
problem Adaptation of users and services to reduce risk affects learning and performance.
method Analyzed a class of dynamics where users allocate participation and services update parameters.
result Repeated myopic updates with multiple learners lead to better outcomes than repeated risk minimization.
Diffusion-weighted MR imaging (DWI) is the only method we currently have to measure connections between different parts of the human brain in vivo. To elucidate the structure of these connections, algorithms for tracking bundles of axonal fibers through the subcortical white matter rely on local estimates of the fiber …
Paper adapts Bayesian Hui-Walter method for unlabeled data.
problem Lack of labeled data in machine learning.
method Adapted Hui-Walter paradigm for online, unlabeled data.
result Estimates performance metrics without labeled data.
Radiological imaging of the prostate is becoming more popular among researchers and clinicians in searching for diseases, primarily cancer. Scans might be acquired with different equipment or at different times for prognosis monitoring, with patient movement between scans, resulting in multiple datasets that need to be…
Enhances RL performance with a population-guided parallel learning scheme.
problem Improving off-policy reinforcement learning performance.
method Population-guided parallel learning scheme with shared experience replay buffer and soft policy update.
result Monotone improvement of the expected cumulative return proved theoretically and demonstrated in practice.
Measures of wealth and production have been found to scale superlinearly with the population of a city. Therefore, it makes economic sense for humans to congregate together in dense settlements. A recent model of population dynamics showed that population growth can become superexponential due to the superlinear scalin…
Method improves robustness and generalizability of CATE estimation.
problem Lack of external validity in site-specific models for diverse populations.
method Minimax-regret framework with robust optimization.
result Interpretable closed-form solution for generalizable CATE model.