Study identifies failure modes of machine learning models in out-of-distribution settings.
problem Machine learning models fail to generalize well to new, unseen data.
method Theoretical study of gradient-descent-trained linear classifiers on easy-to-learn tasks, followed by experiments on modern neural networks.
result Two failure modes of spurious correlations are uncovered: geometric and statistical.
Sparse-mode DMD disambiguates local and global modes in spatiotemporal data.
problem Disambiguating local and global modes in spatiotemporal data.
method Sparse-mode DMD with sparsity-promoting regularization.
result Explicitly constructs discrete and continuous spectra.
Empirical mode modeling improves state-space analysis of noisy data.
problem Analyzing nonlinear systems with noisy data.
method Combining empirical mode decomposition with empirical dynamic modeling.
result Empirical mode modeling enhances state-space representations in noisy data.
Generative adversarial networks (GANs) are innovative techniques for learning generative models of complex data distributions from samples. Despite remarkable recent improvements in generating realistic images, one of their major shortcomings is the fact that in practice, they tend to produce samples with little divers…
Bayesian taut splines estimate modes in probability densities.
problem Estimating the number of modes in probability density functions.
method Bayesian inference with flexible kernel estimators and compositional splines.
result The new method provides more accurate results than traditional approaches.
MsIGN tackles high-dimensional Bayesian inference using multiscale structure.
problem High-dimensional Bayesian inference challenges due to the curse of dimensionality.
method MsIGN generates samples from coarse to fine scale, minimizing Jeffreys divergence.
result MsIGN outperforms previous approaches in posterior approximation and mode capture.
New tools for constructing disintegrations and studying their modes.
problem Difficulty in constructing disintegrations and understanding their modes.
method Developed comprehensive mathematical tools for constructing disintegrations and analyzing their modes.
result Disagreement between restricted density and disintegration density in certain cases.
Generative model generates images with multiple object classes.
problem Generating images with multiple object classes.
method Conditional Deep Convolutional GAN architecture, stabilized against collapse.
result System generates diverse samples with inter-object relationships.
Unified mathematical theory for analyzing biomolecular geometry and flexibility.
problem Lack of a unified mathematical theory for analyzing biomolecular geometry and flexibility.
method Introducing de Rham-Hodge theory, Helmholtz-Hodge decomposition, and discrete exterior calculus.
result Unified framework for predicting macromolecular flexibility and natural modes.
K-Metamodes clusters security data without converting categorical attributes.
problem Clustering heterogeneous security data sets with categorical and numerical attributes.
method Frequency-based distance function for ensemble-based k-modes clustering, adapted feature discretisation.
result Higher effectiveness compared to previous methods on public security data sets.
The paper explores when to prioritize easy or hard samples in learning tasks.
problem Determining the optimal order of learning easy or hard samples.
method Theoretical analyses and experiments were conducted to propose and validate four priority modes.
result Four priority modes (easy-first, hard-first, medium-first, two-ends-first) can be flexibly applied.
Recent years have witnessed an increased focus on interpretability and the use of machine learning to inform policy analysis and decision making. This paper applies machine learning to examine travel behavior and, in particular, on modeling changes in travel modes when individuals are presented with a novel (on-demand)…
Many clustering algorithms exist that estimate a cluster centroid, such as K-means, K-medoids or mean-shift, but no algorithm seems to exist that clusters data by returning exactly K meaningful modes. We propose a natural definition of a K-modes objective function by combining the notions of density and cluster assignm…
Algorithm identifies nearest mode in noisy data.
problem Identifying the point with the minimum k-th nearest neighbor distance in unknown multivariate probability density.
method Sequential learning algorithm using noisy oracle queries to adaptively decide which points to query.
result Upper bounds on query complexity show significant improvement over baselines.
New method predicts RUL and failure modes from partial data.
problem Predicting RUL and failure modes from incomplete data.
method Formulated as vector General Value Function (GVF) prediction on an absorbing degradation process, using TD(n,λ) for estimation. result TD improves RUL and failure-mode prediction compared to Monte Carlo methods, especially under scarce complete labels.
A natural way to characterize the cluster structure of a dataset is by finding regions containing a high density of data. This can be done in a nonparametric way with a kernel density estimate, whose modes and hence clusters can be found using mean-shift algorithms. We describe the theory and practice behind clustering…
Deep generative models provide powerful tools for distributions over complicated manifolds, such as those of natural images. But many of these methods, including generative adversarial networks (GANs), can be difficult to train, in part because they are prone to mode collapse, which means that they characterize only a …
Study improves cross-modal bike-share and transit demand prediction.
problem Cross-modal ripple effects in urban transportation demand.
method Transfer learning and stacked LSTM models for cross-modal demand prediction.
result Transfer learning models outperform unimodal models in cross-modal demand prediction.
Generative adversarial networks (GANs) are a powerful framework for generative tasks. However, they are difficult to train and tend to miss modes of the true data generation process. Although GANs can learn a rich representation of the covered modes of the data in their latent space, the framework misses an inverse map…
Improved RL training for DMs reduces mode collapse and preserves diversity.
problem Mode collapse and training instability in RL fine-tuned diffusion models.
method Dynamic hierarchical RL training with sliding-window parameter regularisation.
result Models trained with HRF achieve better preservation of diversity in downstream tasks.
Meta-CoTGAN improves adversarial text generation by preventing mode collapse.
problem Mode collapse in adversarial text generation.
method Meta-Cooperative Training Paradigm with a language model.
result Meta-CoTGAN effectively slows down mode collapse and improves generation quality and diversity.
While the Matrix Generalized Inverse Gaussian (MGIG) distribution arises naturally in some settings as a distribution over symmetric positive semi-definite matrices, certain key properties of the distribution and effective ways of sampling from the distribution have not been carefully studied. In this paper…
The paper analyzes the joint dynamics of prices and order flow in electronic order books.
problem Understanding the micro-dynamics of asset prices in high-frequency trading environments.
method Double coarse-graining procedure and Principal Component Analysis to extract meaningful information.
result The VAR model captures the stability of liquidity modes and their dynamical evolution.
This paper speeds up K-FAC for deep learning by focusing on only a few eigen-modes.
problem Time-consuming computation of Kronecker factors in K-FAC for large layers.
method Theoretical analysis and randomized numerical linear algebra to approximate eigen-spectrum decay.
result Reduces time complexity from cubic to quadratic in layer width, improving efficiency.
End-to-end learnable Gaussian mixture priors improve diffusion models' exploration and expressiveness.
problem Challenges in diffusion models when priors differ from target distributions.
method End-to-end learnable Gaussian mixture priors (GMPs) with iterative refinement.
result Significant performance improvements across various benchmark problems.
Reweighted ALPS improves sampling from multimodal distributions using warm start points.
problem Sampling from multimodal distributions is hard due to exponential mixing times.
method Introduces Reweighted ALPS, a modified Annealed Leap-Point Sampler that uses warm start points.
result First polynomial-time bound for Re-ALPS in a general setting, under a natural assumption.
The vast majority of current machine learning algorithms are designed to predict single responses or a vector of responses, yet many types of response are more naturally organized as matrices or higher-order tensor objects where characteristics are shared across modes. We present a new machine learning algorithm BaTFLE…
Vortex solutions on flat surfaces map to harmonic spinors on Nappi-Witten space.
problem Constructing Abelian magnetic zero-modes on flat spacetime.
method Establishing a correspondence between vortex equations and harmonic spinors on the Nappi-Witten space.
result Explicit solutions of a twisted Dirac equation induce harmonic spinors on Minkowski space.
Implicit generative models are difficult to train as no explicit density functions are defined. Generative adversarial nets (GANs) present a minimax framework to train such models, which however can suffer from mode collapse due to the nature of the JS-divergence. This paper presents a learning by teaching (LBT) approa…
Periodic surfaces have a limited number of bending modes, equal to their membrane modes.
problem Understanding the limitations of bending modes in periodic surfaces.
method Analyzing deformation modes of periodic, piecewise smooth, simply connected surfaces.
result Effective membrane modes and bending modes are orthogonal, limiting the total number of modes to 3.
Semi-supervised Generative Adversarial Networks (GANs) are developed in the context of travel mode inference with uni-dimensional smartphone trajectory data. We use data from a large-scale smartphone travel survey in Montreal, Canada. We convert GPS trajectories into fixed-sized segments with five channels (variables).…
Due to their ubiquitous and pervasive nature, Wi-Fi networks have the potential to collect large-scale, low-cost, and disaggregate data on multimodal transportation. In this study, we develop a semi-supervised deep residual network (ResNet) framework to utilize Wi-Fi communications obtained from smartphones for the pur…
The paper examines assumptions for batch RL methods and provides theoretical insights.
problem Understanding the necessity and naturalness of assumptions for batch RL methods.
method Theoretical analysis of value-function approximation methods in batch mode.
result The necessity and naturalness of assumptions for batch RL methods are clarified.
Motivated by advantages of current-mode design, this brief contribution explores the implementation of weight matrices in neuromemristive systems via current-mode memristor crossbar circuits. After deriving theoretical results for the range and distribution of weights in the current-mode design, it is shown that any we…
Pitch or fundamental frequency (f0) extraction is a fundamental problem studied extensively for its potential applications in speech and clinical applications. In literature, explicit mode specific (modal speech or singing voice or emotional/ expressive speech or noisy speech) signal processing and deep learning f0 ext…
Proposes a method to sample from flat basins of posterior distributions in Bayesian deep learning.
problem Sampling from multi-modal posterior distributions leads to overfitting due to trapping in bad modes.
method Introduces an auxiliary guiding variable to bias MCMC sampling towards flat basins of the energy landscape.
result The method converges faster and outperforms existing methods in sampling from flat basins of the posterior.
New method renormalizes neural network Gaussian processes to identify learnable vs. unlearnable modes.
problem Separating learnable from unlearnable information in neural networks.
method Wilsonian renormalization applied to Gaussian Process Regression.
result Obtains a universal flow of the ridge parameter that becomes input-dependent.
New method cleans cross-covariance matrices for better financial forecasting.
problem Asymptotically optimal cross-covariance cleaners fail in real-world, time-varying markets.
method Physics-informed neural network that learns from empirical singular values.
result Trained model outperforms analytical cleaners in out-of-sample cross-covariance prediction.
The paper develops methods to infer modes of linear systems from noisy data.
problem Detecting oscillations in power flow in AC electrical networks.
method Develops methods to infer modes (real or complex) from observations of linear systems forced by Gaussian noise.
result Inference of damping rates, frequencies, and mode shapes for real and complex modes.
This study applies EMD to MSCI World index and converts IMFs into graphs for GNN modeling.
problem Modeling financial time series with GNNs.
method EMD, CEEMDAN, graph transformations (natural visibility, horizontal visibility, recurrence, transition graphs), topological analysis.
result High-frequency IMFs yield dense, highly connected small-world graphs; low-frequency IMFs produce sparser networks.
Generative models have proven to be an outstanding tool for representing high-dimensional probability distributions and generating realistic-looking images. An essential characteristic of generative models is their ability to produce multi-modal outputs. However, while training, they are often susceptible to mode colla…
Characterizes neutral deformation modes of minimal surfaces.
problem Understanding the energy content of deformation modes of minimal surfaces.
method Analyzes the energy content of stretching, drilling, and bending modes of minimal surfaces.
result All isometries of a minimal surface are globally neutral and give rise to soft elasticity.
We discuss a natural form of Ricci--flow conjugation between two distinct general relativistic data sets given on a compact n≥3-dimensional manifold Σ. We establish the existence of the relevant entropy functionals for the matter and geometrical variables, their monotonicity properties, and the associated conve…
TAEs discover slow modes but mix them with max variance modes.
problem Discovering slow modes in dynamical systems.
method Theoretical and numerical analysis of TAEs.
result TAEs learn a mixture of slow and max variance modes.
Mathematical analysis shows annealing prevents mode collapse in Gaussian mixtures.
problem Mode collapse in variational inference for multimodal distributions.
method Analyzed annealing strategies for Gaussian mixtures, derived formulas, and tested on neural networks.
result Appropriately chosen annealing schemes can robustly prevent mode collapse.
Proposes using Dynamic Mode Decomposition with delays for short-term human motion anticipation.
problem Lack of interpretability and explainability in neural network-based motion anticipation methods.
method Dynamic Mode Decomposition with delays for motion representation and prediction.
result Anticipation errors comparable or better than recurrent neural networks for very short times.
Parsimonious Dynamic Mode Decomposition selects sparse modes robustly.
problem Manual tuning of sparsity parameters in traditional DMD.
method Time-delay embedding and Orthogonal Matching Pursuit.
result Autonomously determines optimally sparse subset of modes.
Study on conditioning Gaussian measures on nonlinear observations, including representer theorem and mode estimation.
problem Conditioning Gaussian measures on nonlinear observations in Bayesian inference and machine learning.
method Representer theorem, novel mode definition, maximum a posteriori estimation, Laplace approximation.
result Identification of infinite-dimensional Gaussian and finite-dimensional non-Gaussian components in conditioned measures.