PowRL uses RL to manage power grids robustly, reducing overloads and maintaining power reliability.
problem Managing transient stability and preventing blackouts in power networks with uncertain generation and load demands.
method PowRL leverages a novel heuristic for overload management and RL-guided topology selection to ensure safe and reliable operation.
result PowRL outperforms other agents in L2RPN challenges, demonstrating robust performance in various scenarios.
A recommendation framework helps users choose healthcare interventions.
problem Choice overload in online healthcare communities.
method Multi-Armed Bandit (MAB) approach with innovative model components.
result Our recommendation design outperforms state-of-the-art systems.
Summarizes financial news for better investment decisions.
problem Information overload from financial news hinders timely investment decisions.
method Personalized Chain-of-Thought summarization framework integrating user-specified keywords.
result Personalized summaries highlight relevant market signals, improving investment narratives.
Before the massive spread of computer technology, information was far from complex. The development of technology shifted the paradigm: from individuals who faced scarce and costly information to individuals who face massive amounts of information accessible at low costs. Nowadays we are living in the era of big data a…
Assortment optimization is an important problem that arises in many industries such as retailing and online advertising where the goal is to find a subset of products from a universe of substitutable products which maximize seller's expected revenue. One of the key challenges in this problem is to model the customer su…
Automates detection of fast-ramped flexibility events for DSOs.
problem Monitoring and supervising flexibility activations in power systems.
method Unsupervised detection and open-set classification.
result Automatically identifies critical flexibility activations for early intervention.
New method improves deep CCA by modeling private components conditionally independent of common factors.
problem Discovering latent co-variation in multiview datasets with weak common factors.
method Proposes a novel formulation that models private components conditionally independent of common factors.
result Validates the approach with synthetic and real datasets, showing improved identification of common factors.
New method detects corporate fraud in noisy financial networks.
problem Detecting corporate fraud in rich yet noisy financial networks.
method Knowledge-enhanced GCN with Robust Two-stage Learning (KeGCN_R)
result KeGCN_R outperforms baselines in fraud detection effectiveness and robustness.
Galactica learns from scientific literature to help researchers.
problem Information overload in scientific literature makes it hard to find useful insights.
method Trained on a large corpus of scientific papers, reference material, and knowledge bases.
result Outperforms existing models on various scientific tasks, including LaTeX equations and mathematical reasoning.
New algorithm reduces costs and latency for large language model inference.
problem Optimizing inference costs and latency for large language models with GPU constraints.
method Formulated as an online scheduling problem with endogenous memory growth, introduced fluid model and WAIT algorithms.
result Reduced costs and latency, especially in near-overloaded and overloaded regimes.
Cardiac motion modeling using LDDMM and shape splines.
problem Difficulties in probing cardiac function due to shape and deformation interactions.
method LDDMM framework, parallel transport, normalization, shape splines.
result Significant differences in model parameters between pathologies, revealing insights into disease dynamics.
Simplified geometric derivation of quantum A-polynomials for knots.
problem Deriving quantum A-polynomials for knots in a simple geometric way.
method Geometric derivation using Ward identities in Chern-Simons theory, contact geometry, and Kauffman calculus.
result Simplified presentation of quantum A-polynomials, making them accessible to a broader audience.
We review the current state of automatic differentiation (AD) for array programming in machine learning (ML), including the different approaches such as operator overloading (OO) and source transformation (ST) used for AD, graph-based intermediate representations for programs, and source languages. Based on these insig…
The increasingly common use of neural network classifiers in industrial and social applications of image analysis has allowed impressive progress these last years. Such methods are however sensitive to algorithmic bias, i.e. to an under- or an over-representation of positive predictions or to higher prediction errors i…
This paper considers the problem of low-dimensional visualisation of very high dimensional information sources for the purpose of situation awareness in the maritime environment. In response to the requirement for human decision support aids to reduce information overload (and specifically, data amenable to inter-point…
Enhances deep learning by boosting generalization and convergence.
problem Improving generalization and convergence in deep learning models.
method Implicit Regularization Enhancement (IRE) framework that decouples flat and sharp directions.
result IRE consistently improves generalization performance across various deep learning tasks and models.
This paper explores portfolio management strategies to maximize alpha and minimize beta.
problem Maximizing returns while minimizing risk in investment portfolios.
method Examines asset allocation, diversification, active management, and risk management strategies.
result Combining these strategies optimizes portfolio performance.
FPL allows users to control their data in federated top-N recommendation.
problem Data privacy in recommendation services.
method Federated Learning with learning to rank optimization.
result Users can control the amount of sensitive data shared with a central server.
Recommender systems play a crucial role in mitigating the problem of information overload by suggesting users' personalized items or services. The vast majority of traditional recommender systems consider the recommendation procedure as a static process and make recommendations following a fixed strategy. In this paper…
Deep learning has seen tremendous success over the past decade in computer vision, machine translation, and gameplay. This success rests in crucial ways on gradient-descent optimization and the ability to learn parameters of a neural network by backpropagating observed errors. However, neural network architectures are …
Paper introduces a framework for managing cyber risk with insurance and cybersecurity models.
problem Pervasive challenges in managing cyber risk, especially for capital allocation.
method Combines insurance frequency-severity models with cybersecurity cascade models for comprehensive cyber risk assessment. Facilitates informed capital allocation through a two-pillar framework.
result Demonstrates the necessity of comprehensive cost-benefit analysis for budget-constrained companies.
SARD improves adversarial robustness in two-stage L2D systems.
problem Adversarial attacks can manipulate query allocation in two-stage L2D systems.
method Introduces SARD, a convex learning algorithm with provable guarantees.
result SARD significantly improves robustness under adversarial attacks while maintaining strong clean performance.
Automatic text summarization tools have a great impact on many fields, such as medicine, law, and scientific research in general. As information overload increases, automatic summaries allow handling the growing volume of documents, usually by assigning weights to the extracted phrases based on their significance in th…
The basic financial purpose of a firm is to maximize its value. An inventory management system should also contribute to realization of this basic aim. Many current asset management models currently found in financial management literature were constructed with the assumption of book profit maximization as basic aim. H…
Study finds Indian mutual funds adjust cash holdings based on inflows, impacting stock purchases.
problem Active liquidity management by mutual funds in India.
method Examined cash holdings and stock purchases of Indian equity mutual funds.
result Funds with active liquidity choices outperform, highlighting the importance of this strategy.
Framework for managing cyber risks in networks.
problem Managing systemic cyber risks in digital networks.
method Three components: acceptable configurations, risk mitigation interventions, and cost function.
result Effective decision-making for network resilience.
Research identifies risks in selecting project managers for civil engineering projects.
problem Lack of awareness of project manager selection criteria and associated risks.
method Combined ANP-FMEA approach for risk analysis.
result ANP-FMEA model identifies more significant risks than traditional FMEA.
Developed a neural topic model for classifying COVID-19 disinformation.
problem Tackles the challenge of disinformation during the COVID-19 pandemic.
method Classification-aware neural topic model (CANTM) for COVID-19 disinformation.
result Demonstrated the effectiveness of CANTM in classifying COVID-19 disinformation.
Deep learning improves portfolio management by optimizing asset weights.
problem Traditional portfolio managers are outperformed by deep learning models in trading.
method Proposes a deep reinforcement learning portfolio manager that allocates weights to assets.
result The proposed portfolio manager outperforms conventional managers in risk-adjusted returns.
This research develops a dynamic risk management system for industrial companies.
problem Risk assessment and management in industrial enterprises.
method Qualitative and quantitative analysis, systematic risk classification, dynamic system development.
result Effective risk management strategies formed through dynamic risk management system and risk assessment methods.
Study finds managers' tenure and education influence their choice between in-court and out-of-court restructuring.
problem Exploring managers' characteristics and their impact on restructuring decisions.
method Empirical investigation using upper echelons theory and data from 342 managers of French firms.
result Managers with longer tenure and higher education levels prefer private restructuring over court involvement.
The paper fits cash management models to data using stochastic and linear programming.
problem Cash flow probability distribution assumptions in cash management models are relaxed.
method Stochastic and linear programming to fit models to data.
result A small random sample of data is sufficient to fit bound-based models.
Decision tool helps manage biofouling risks for ships in the Baltic Sea.
problem Biofouling of ships causes environmental and economic issues.
method Bayesian networks to identify biofouling management strategies.
result Optimal biofouling management includes biocidal-free coating and in-water cleaning.
Model cash management under ambiguity using maxmin preferences and diffusion.
problem Optimizing cash reserves in the presence of ambiguity.
method Singular control model with maxmin preferences, verified using Dynkin games.
result Higher expected costs and narrower inaction region under increased ambiguity.
This review classifies electricity price models for risk management.
problem Choosing suitable models for risk management in electricity markets.
method Classification of models based on their ability to represent price behavior.
result Helps users select appropriate models for risk management.
Study improves machine learning for long-term financial portfolio management.
problem Machine learning precision declines with long-term data.
method Data augmentation using multiple time scales and learning data.
result Generalization performance can be maintained for long-term tasks.
The paper analyzes portfolio management in the Heston model, proposing new strategies.
problem Investment performance influenced by asset diversity and cash inclusion.
method Monte Carlo simulations in the Heston model, MACD and RSI technical analysis.
result New portfolio management strategies based on MACD and RSI.
Paper proposes real-time risk metrics for stablecoin protocols.
problem Lack of risk management frameworks for stablecoins.
method Developed two risk metrics: capitalization and liquidity.
result Demonstrated practical benefits of real-time on-chain data.
A fund manager invests both the fund's assets and own private wealth in separate but potentially correlated risky assets, aiming to maximize expected utility from private wealth in the long run. If relative risk aversion and investment opportunities are constant, we find that the fund's portfolio depends only on the fu…
Paper discusses how financial institutions' model risk management can benefit academic research.
problem Improving academic research process and mitigating limitations.
method Adopting financial institutions' model risk management practices.
result Lessons from financial institutions can enhance academic research reliability.
To predict the employee attrition beforehand and to enable management to take individualized preventive action. Using Ensemble classification modeling techniques and Linear Regression. Model could predict over 91% accurate employee prediction, lead-time in separation and individual reasons causing attrition. Prior inti…
Third part of a study on liquidity risk in asset management, focusing on managing the asset-liability liquidity risk.
problem Managing the asset-liability liquidity risk in asset management.
method Develops a methodological and practical framework for liquidity stress testing programs.
result Proposes measurement, management, and monitoring tools for controlling the liquidity gap.
This paper provides a ML framework for diabetes prediction and care management.
problem Diabetes prediction and care management challenges in real-world healthcare.
method Illustrates a Machine Learning framework for T2DM prediction and risk stratification.
result ML models align with physician's disease management steps.
Banks must manage their trading books, not just value them. Pricing includes valuation adjustments collectively known as XVA (at least credit, funding, capital and tax), so management must also include XVA. In trading book management we focus on pricing, hedging, and allocation of prices or hedging costs to desks on an…
The paper introduces deep learning for ALM, enhancing asset and liability management.
problem Optimizing asset and liability management for treasurers and other applications.
method Deep learning applied to ALM for optimal decision making.
result Enhanced ALM approach for better asset and liability management.
The basic financial purpose of an enterprise is maximization of its value. Trade credit management should also contribute to realization of this fundamental aim. Many of the current asset management models that are found in financial management literature assume book profit maximization as the basic financial purpose. …
Active management is a term that has many meanings and we have found the defining characteristics needed for success as an "active manager" elusive within the literature. In this paper we offer a set of criteria that defines an active manager and his success. In order to facilitate this, we introduce several definition…
Cash management is concerned with optimizing the short-term funding requirements of a company. To this end, different optimization strategies have been proposed to minimize costs using daily cash flow forecasts as the main input to the models. However, the effect of the accuracy of such forecasts on cash management pol…