This paper solves the problem of optimal dynamic consumption, investment, and healthcare spending with isoelastic utility, when natural mortality grows exponentially to reflect Gompertz' law and investment opportunities are constant. Healthcare slows the natural growth of mortality, indirectly increasing utility from c…
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Method converts age labels into distributions to improve speaker age estimation.
problem Label ambiguity in age labels makes precise speaker age estimation challenging.
method Converts age labels into label distributions and uses label distribution learning.
result Our method outperforms baseline methods by reducing MAE by 10% on a real-world dataset.
Develops a method to analyze SARS-CoV-2 viral load vs. age, finding a significant increase.
problem Determining if SARS-CoV-2 viral load depends on patient age.
method Flexible, non-parametric, hierarchical, Bayesian, causal model.
result Statistically significant increase in viral load with age, but only for one dataset.
Modeling how individuals evolve over time is a fundamental problem in the natural and social sciences. However, existing datasets are often cross-sectional with each individual observed only once, making it impossible to apply traditional time-series methods. Motivated by the study of human aging, we present an interpr…
Proposes a new model for mortality forecasting considering age groups and cohort effects.
problem Longevity risk due to ageing population.
method Mixed-effects time-series approach with age groups dependency and random cohort effects.
result Remarkable improvements in forecast accuracy compared to the CBD model.
Preterm newborns undergo various stresses that may materialize as learning problems at school-age. Sleep staging of the Electroencephalogram (EEG), followed by prediction of their brain-age from these sleep states can quantify deviations from normal brain development early (when compared to the known age). Current auto…
SFCNeXt estimates brain age from small MRI datasets.
problem Efficiently estimating brain age from limited MRI data.
method Simple fully convolutional network (SFCNeXt) with SPEC and HRL.
result SFCNeXt outperforms complex models in small sample size scenarios.
We solve a lifecycle model in which the consumer's chronological age does not move in lockstep with calendar time. Instead, biological age increases at a stochastic non-linear rate in time like a broken clock that might occasionally move backwards. In other words, biological age could actually decline. Our paper is ins…
Despite the remarkable progress in face recognition related technologies, reliably recognizing faces across ages still remains a big challenge. The appearance of a human face changes substantially over time, resulting in significant intra-class variations. As opposed to current techniques for age-invariant face recogni…
The paper uses AI to analyze ECG data, revealing age-related changes and identifying key features.
problem Investigating age-related changes in ECG data to distinguish healthy from disease-related changes.
method Employed deep-learning and tree-based models on raw ECG signals and features from a diverse age group.
result Identified age-related declines in breathing rates and high SDANN values in elderly individuals.
This thesis contains work which appeared in several papers. Additionally to the results in the papers it contains a detailed introduction and some further proofs and remarks. The dissertation gives a description of the topology and symplectic and algebraic geometry of Hitchin's hyperkaehler moduli space M of rank 2 Hig…
Machine learning analysis of neuroimaging data can accurately predict chronological age in healthy people and deviations from healthy brain ageing have been associated with cognitive impairment and disease. Here we sought to further establish the credentials of "brain-predicted age" as a biomarker of individual differe…
Bayesian CNN estimates uncertainty in bone age prediction.
problem Uncertainty quantification in age estimation models.
method Variational Inference for Bayesian CNNs.
result Model uncertainty distinguished from data uncertainty.
New approach models individual vitality for better mortality predictions.
problem Limited ability of existing mortality models to capture individual complexity.
method Developed a four-component framework for individual vitality dynamics.
result Demonstrates improved analytical and practical outcomes in life insurance and lifetime decision-making.
Forest management relies on the evaluation of silviculture practices. The increase in natural risk due to climate change makes it necessary to consider evaluation criteria that take natural risk into account. Risk integration in existing software requires advanced programming skills.We propose a user-friendly software …
Fetal brain imaging is a cornerstone of prenatal screening and early diagnosis of congenital anomalies. Knowledge of fetal gestational age is the key to the accurate assessment of brain development. This study develops an attention-based deep learning model to predict gestational age of the fetal brain. The proposed mo…
Accurate diagnosis is crucial for preventing the progression of Parkinson's, as well as improving the quality of life with individuals with Parkinson's disease. In this paper, we develop a sex-specific and age-dependent classification method to diagnose the Parkinson's disease using the online handwriting recorded from…
Twitter provides an open and rich source of data for studying human behaviour at scale and is widely used in social and network sciences. However, a major criticism of Twitter data is that demographic information is largely absent. Enhancing Twitter data with user ages would advance our ability to study social network …
Human brain development is rapid during infancy and early childhood. Many disease processes impair this development. Therefore, brain developmental age estimation (BDAE) is essential for all diseases affecting cognitive development. Brain magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of infants shows brain growth and morphologic pa…
One of the most prevalent symptoms among the elderly population, dementia, can be detected by classifiers trained on linguistic features extracted from narrative transcripts. However, these linguistic features are impacted in a similar but different fashion by the normal aging process. Aging is therefore a confounding …
Estimates future ICU demand using age-structured data and logistic modeling.
problem Projecting future ICU demand from low-quality data.
method Age-structured sampling, logistic fit, subnotification factor correction.
result Corrected logistic curve projects future ICU demand.
Novel U-learning method for predicting continuous outcomes from high-dimensional data.
problem Challenges in making valid inferences on predictions from high-dimensional inputs.
method U-learning via combinatory multi-subsampling for ensemble predictions and confidence intervals.
result Valid inferences on predictions from Lasso and neural networks.
Combining Unsupervised and Supervised Learning for Asset Class Failure Prediction in Power Systemsstat.AP
In power systems, an asset class is a group of power equipment that has the same function and shares similar electrical or mechanical characteristics. Predicting failures for different asset classes is critical for electric utilities towards developing cost-effective asset management strategies. Previously, physical ag…
NEON+: Accelerated Gradient Methods for Extracting Negative Curvature for Non-Convex Optimizationmath.OC
Accelerated gradient (AG) methods are breakthroughs in convex optimization, improving the convergence rate of the gradient descent method for optimization with smooth functions. However, the analysis of AG methods for non-convex optimization is still limited. It remains an open question whether AG methods from convex o…
Italy's daily COVID-19 cases stratified by age groups.
problem Analyzing the spread and impact of COVID-19 across different age groups.
method Stratified daily data of COVID-19 cases by age classes.
result Detailed insights into how age affects COVID-19 outcomes.
Given the wide success of convolutional neural networks (CNNs) applied to natural images, researchers have begun to apply them to neuroimaging data. To date, however, exploration of novel CNN architectures tailored to neuroimaging data has been limited. Several recent works fail to leverage the 3D structure of the brai…
A new FL algorithm reduces communication overhead by selectively updating model parameters.
problem Data heterogeneity and communication overhead in federated learning.
method Uses age of information metric to selectively update model parameters and group clients with similar data.
result Our method can expedite training and surpass other communication-efficient strategies in efficiency.
AGE improves graph embedding by smoothing features and iteratively enhancing node embeddings.
problem Challenges in attributed graph embedding, especially in preserving optimal low-pass characteristics and robustness.
method AGE, a novel framework combining Laplacian smoothing and adaptive encoding, addresses these issues.
result AGE consistently outperforms state-of-the-art methods on node clustering and link prediction tasks.
Study reveals that cryptocurrency price variations follow power-law distributions, influenced by age and market capitalization.
problem Understanding the statistical properties of cryptocurrencies, especially their price variations.
method Comprehensive investigation of over 7000 digital currencies, analyzing their price returns over time.
result Cryptocurrency price returns follow power-law distributions, with age and market capitalization influencing these distributions.
From a young age humans learn to use grammatical principles to hierarchically combine words into sentences. Action grammars is the parallel idea, that there is an underlying set of rules (a "grammar") that govern how we hierarchically combine actions to form new, more complex actions. We introduce the Action Grammar Re…
Machine learning models predict brain age with systematic bias, corrected in this study.
problem Systematic bias in machine learning regression models for brain age prediction.
method General constrained optimization approach to correct bias.
result Our method effectively eliminates the bias from brain age predictions.
Optimal annuitization strategy depends on age, labor income, and mortality risk.
problem Maximizing utility from consumption and labor income under age-dependent mortality.
method Dynamic programming approach to derive closed-form solutions.
result Post-retirement labor income acts as a substitute for annuitization.
VNNs transfer well across datasets for brain age prediction using cortical thickness features.
problem Predicting brain age using anatomical features.
method Transferability of coVariance neural networks (VNNs) in brain age prediction.
result VNNs can assign anatomical interpretability to elevated brain age gap in AD.
4-dim intrinsic (material) Riemannian metric of the material 4-D space-time continuum is utilized as the characteristic of the aging processes developing in the material. Manifested through variation of basic material characteristics such as density, moduli of elasticity, yield stress, strength, and toughness.,…
In order to investigate the breast cancer prediction problem on the aging population with the grades of DCIS, we conduct a tree augmented naive Bayesian network experiment trained and tested on a large clinical dataset including consecutive diagnostic mammography examinations, consequent biopsy outcomes and related can…
We derive a cut-and-paste surgery formula of Seiberg--Witten invariants for negative definite plumbed rational homology 3-spheres. It is similar to (and motivated by) Okuma's recursion formula [arXiv:math.AG/0610464, 4.5] targeting analytic invariants of splice quotient singularities. The two formulas combined provide …
The paper uses distance correlation for brain connectivity and a novel multi-task learning model for age prediction.
problem Estimating age-related gender differences in brain functional connectivity.
method Estimates functional connectivity using distance correlation and proposes a non-convex multi-task learning model.
result The proposed non-convex multi-task learning model outperforms other models in age prediction and gender-specific connectivity.
In this note, I discuss in some detail the dual version of the ribbon graph decomposition of the moduli spaces of Riemann surfaces with boundary and marked points, which I introduced in math.AG/0402015, and used in math.QA/0412149 to construct open-closed topological conformal field theories. This dual version of the r…
In the age of data driven solution, the customer demographic attributes, such as gender and age, play a core role that may enable companies to enhance the offers of their services and target the right customer in the right time and place. In the marketing campaign, the companies want to target the real user of the GSM …
In this paper, we develop an expected utility model for the retirement behavior in the decumulation phase of Australian retirees with sequential family status subject to consumption, housing, investment, bequest and government provided means-tested Age Pension. We account for mortality risk and risky investment assets,…
Predicts the age of astronomical transients from real-time data.
problem Improving understanding of transients and their progenitor systems.
method Bayesian probabilistic recurrent neural network.
result Accurately predicts the age of transients with robust uncertainties.
Develops a GP framework for age and year-specific mortality surfaces.
problem Learning the covariance structure of age and year-specific mortality surfaces.
method Genetic programming algorithm to search for the most expressive GP kernel.
result Reveals the presence/absence of cohort effects in different populations.
The paper tackles fair sharing of exploration costs across groups in online learning.
problem Sharing the cost of exploration fairly across multiple groups in online learning.
method The paper introduces the 'grouped' bandit model and uses axiomatic bargaining theory, specifically the Nash bargaining solution, to formalize fairness.
result The paper derives policies that are optimally fair and regret-optimal, showing that regret-optimal policies can be unfair.
SPT predicts age and mass of red giants from spectra.
problem Challenges in age and mass estimation of red giants using traditional methods.
method SPT framework with Multi-head Hadamard Self-Attention and Mahalanobis distance-based loss function.
result Remarkable age and mass estimations with low errors and uncertainties.
The paper analyzes optimal retirement timing considering age-dependent mortality risk.
problem Optimal retirement timing under age-dependent mortality risk.
method Formulated as a stochastic control and optimal stopping problem, transformed into a finite time horizon, three-dimensional degenerate optimal stopping problem.
result Existence of an optimal retirement boundary, characterized as a unique solution to a nonlinear integral equation.
Golden age of mathematical finance in the late 20th century.
problem Foundations of mathematical finance during the late 20th century.
method Collaboration between economists and probabilists.
result Established two fundamental theorems of arbitrage theory and close formulas for options.
Tumblr, as a leading content provider and social media, attracts 371 million monthly visits, 280 million blogs and 53.3 million daily posts. The popularity of Tumblr provides great opportunities for advertisers to promote their products through sponsored posts. However, it is a challenging task to target specific demog…
Maturation Trajectories of Cortical Resting-State Networks Depend on the Mediating Frequency Bandq-bio.NC
The functional significance of resting state networks and their abnormal manifestations in psychiatric disorders are firmly established, as is the importance of the cortical rhythms in mediating these networks. Resting state networks are known to undergo substantial reorganization from childhood to adulthood, but wheth…