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48 results for negative margin

Paper introduces negative margin loss for better few-shot classification accuracy.

problem Improving few-shot classification accuracy with metric learning.
method Introduces negative margin loss and analyzes its impact on feature discriminability.
result Negative margin loss outperforms regular softmax loss on few-shot classification benchmarks.

The paper explores the relationship between joint mixability and negative dependence structures.

problem Understanding the connection between joint mixability and various negative dependence concepts.
method Analyzes the properties of joint mixes and their relation to negative dependence structures.
result Derives necessary and sufficient conditions for a joint mix to be negatively dependent.

Introduces joint exclusivity (JE), a new form of negative dependence.

problem Negative dependence structures in probability distributions.
method Defines JE by exclusion of the interior of the non-negative orthant, establishes necessary and sufficient conditions for existence, proposes a canonical construction.
result Sharp necessary and sufficient condition for existence of JE random vectors with prescribed marginals.

Investigates maps and properties in spaces with negative dimensions and curvature.

problem Existence of transport maps and local-to-global property in spaces with negative dimensions and bounded Ricci curvature.
method Examines metric measure spaces with negative curvature dimensions and applies reduced curvature-dimension conditions.
result Establishes the existence of transport maps and proves the local-to-global property.

We exhibit a strong link between frequentist PAC-Bayesian risk bounds and the Bayesian marginal likelihood. That is, for the negative log-likelihood loss function, we show that the minimization of PAC-Bayesian generalization risk bounds maximizes the Bayesian marginal likelihood. This provides an alternative explanatio…

2016-05-27abs ↗pdf ↗

Study on pairwise counter-monotonicity, a type of negative dependence.

problem Understanding and quantifying extremal negative dependence structures.
method Established stochastic representation and invariance property; showed implications and connections.
result Pairwise counter-monotonicity implies negative association and joint mix dependence.

The paper introduces Absolute Shapley Value to handle negative contributions in machine learning model training.

problem Negative marginal contributions in machine learning model training.
method Investigates three philosophies: Original Shapley Value, Zero Shapley Value, and Absolute Shapley Value.
result Absolute Shapley Value significantly outperforms other definitions in evaluating data importance.

The paper analyzes insurance pricing and capital allocation in imperfect markets.

problem Analyzing insurance pricing and capital allocation in imperfect markets.
method Non-additive distortion pricing functional and principle of equal priority of payments in default.
result Derives the natural allocation of premium and margin with properties that merit the name.

Investigates VaR behavior for sums of one-sided random variables, showing impossibilities and conditions for super-additivity.

problem Investigates the behavior of Value-at-Risk (VaR) for sums of one-sided random variables.
method Analyzes the extremal aggregation behavior of VaR, introduces structural conditions for super-additivity.
result Characterizes when VaR is fully super-additive and provides unified framework for various dependence structures.

New DKPP family controls positive and negative dependence in random subsets.

problem Challenges in seamlessly bridging probabilistic models for positive and negative dependence.
method Introduced DKPP family and developed computational methods for probabilistic operations and inference.
result Controllability of positive and negative dependence demonstrated through numerical experiments.

We develop a framework for post model selection inference, via marginal screening, in linear regression. At the core of this framework is a result that characterizes the exact distribution of linear functions of the response yy, conditional on the model being selected (``condition on selection" framework). This allows…

2014-02-23abs ↗pdf ↗

New method accelerates large margin metric learning for nearest neighbor classification.

problem Efficiently learning metrics for nearest neighbor classification.
method Triplet mining and stratified sampling for large margin metric learning.
result Improved efficiency and scalability of optimization.

A beta-negative binomial (BNB) process is proposed, leading to a beta-gamma-Poisson process, which may be viewed as a "multi-scoop" generalization of the beta-Bernoulli process. The BNB process is augmented into a beta-gamma-gamma-Poisson hierarchical structure, and applied as a nonparametric Bayesian prior for an infi…

2011-12-15abs ↗pdf ↗

We analyze the semi-hard triplet loss using Edgeworth expansion for better understanding of its behavior.

problem Understanding the behavior of the semi-hard triplet loss function.
method Developed a higher-order asymptotic analysis using the Edgeworth expansion.
result Derived explicit Edgeworth expansions revealing first-order corrections in terms of the third cumulant.

This paper works out fair values of stock loan model with automatic termination clause, cap and margin. This stock loan is treated as a generalized perpetual American option with possibly negative interest rate and some constraints. Since it helps a bank to control the risk, the banks charge less service fees compared …

2010-05-09abs ↗pdf ↗

Optimizes classifiers for varying levels of automation.

problem Supervised learning models often perform worse than human experts on specific instances.
method Focuses on convex margin-based classifiers, showing the problem is NP-hard. For SVMs, the objective function is decomposed into monotone and modular components, allowing efficient algorithms to solve the problem.
result The approach demonstrates that classifiers optimized for varying levels of automation can outperform full automation and human-only models.

Short sales are regarded as negative purchases in textbook asset pricing theory. In reality, however, the symmetry between purchases and short sales is broken by a variety of costs and risks peculiar to the latter. We formulate an optimal stopping model in which the decision to cover a short position is affected by two…

2019-03-28abs ↗pdf ↗

Study examines time-varying betas and their volatility in bank interest income and expense margins.

problem Understanding the variability of bank betas and their impact on net interest margins.
method Used state-space methods to estimate time-varying betas and conditional volatility.
result Substantial variation in interest income and expense betas, leading to varying net interest margin coefficients.

New insights show Medicaid impacts on ED use vary widely, with some groups seeing significant increases.

problem Understanding the varied impacts of Medicaid on emergency department use.
method Causal machine learning methods to identify heterogeneous impacts.
result Meaningful heterogeneity in the effect of Medicaid on ED use, with a small group driving the overall effect.

New scalable algorithm for non-negative linear regression with entropy-regularized OT loss.

problem Generalizing task-specific linear models to broader applications.
method Sinkhorn-like scaling iterations for convex penalty and datafit terms.
result Simple multiplicative updates for various penalty and datafit terms.

We study the problem of {\em properly} learning large margin halfspaces in the agnostic PAC model. In more detail, we study the complexity of properly learning dd-dimensional halfspaces on the unit ball within misclassification error αOPTγ+εα\cdot \mathrm{OPT}_γ + ε, where OPTγ\mathrm{OPT}_γ is the optimal γγ-margin error r…

2019-08-29abs ↗pdf ↗

Paper reformulates UOT as non-negative penalized linear regression for efficient algorithms.

problem Optimal transport with relaxed marginal conditions.
method Reformulate UOT as non-negative penalized linear regression, propose multiplicative updates.
result Efficient algorithms for UOT with quadratic penalties, continuity of solutions.

It is well known that a random vector with given marginal distributions is comonotonic if and only if it has the largest sum with respect to the convex order [ Kaas, Dhaene, Vyncke, Goovaerts, Denuit (2002), A simple geometric proof that comonotonic risks have the convex-largest sum, ASTIN Bulletin 32, 71-80. Cheung (2…

2016-03-17abs ↗pdf ↗

Empirical evidence suggests that even the most competitive markets are not strictly efficient. Price histories can be used to predict near future returns with a probability better than random chance. Many markets can be considered as {\it favorable games}, in the sense that there is a small probabilistic edge that smar…

1999-01-22abs ↗pdf ↗

Skip-gram with negative sampling, a popular variant of Word2vec originally designed and tuned to create word embeddings for Natural Language Processing, has been used to create item embeddings with successful applications in recommendation. While these fields do not share the same type of data, neither evaluate on the …

2018-04-11abs ↗pdf ↗

NegToMe uses images to guide text-based models away from unwanted visual elements.

problem Insufficient text-based adversarial guidance for complex visual concepts.
method Negative token merging (NegToMe) using visual features from reference images.
result Significantly enhances output diversity and reduces visual similarity to copyrighted content.

A new method for PU learning improves classification error on CIFAR-10.

problem Learning from positive and unlabeled data in practical applications.
method A simple yet effective data augmentation method based on consistency regularization.
result Achieves an averaged improvement of 3.40 points in classification error on CIFAR-10.

We present a selective sampling method designed to accelerate the training of deep neural networks. To this end, we introduce a novel measurement, the minimal margin score (MMS), which measures the minimal amount of displacement an input should take until its predicted classification is switched. For multi-class linear…

2019-11-16abs ↗pdf ↗

A new method improves estimation of COVID-19 vaccine effectiveness.

problem Estimating vaccine effectiveness under the test-negative design.
method A doubly robust estimator (TNDDR) using cross-fitting and machine learning.
result The TNDDR estimator is n\sqrt{n}-consistent, asymptotically normal, and doubly robust.

Study Hilbert's projective metric for bounded growth functions leading to Sinkhorn's algorithm convergence.

problem Optimal transport in unbounded settings with heavy-tailed distributions.
method Hilbert's projective metric for integrable functions of bounded growth, kernel integral operators as contractions.
result Exponential convergence of Sinkhorn's algorithm for light-tailed marginal distributions.

Paper proposes a new regularization method to prevent model degradation under distribution shifts.

problem Model performance degrades under distribution shifts.
method Supervised contrastive learning with heterogeneous similarity.
result The proposed method outperforms existing regularization methods on benchmark datasets.