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TailedTS dataset benchmarks heavy-tailed time series forecasting and periodicity quantification.

problem Benchmarking robustness of time series models under heavy-tailed distributions.
method Derived from Wikipedia page views, introduces periodicity quantification and robust loss functions.
result Standard Gaussian models degrade on high-volume page categories, while robust alternatives perform consistently.

Paper introduces untangling number to quantify 3-periodic tangle complexity.

problem Quantifying the complexity of 3-periodic tangles in biological, chemical, and physical systems.
method Introduces untangling number, a measure of minimum distance to ground state through diagrammatic operations.
result For infinite open curves, generic ground states are crystallographic rod packings.

Study uncovers uncertainty in traffic prediction models across cities.

problem Lack of interpretability in deep learning models for traffic prediction.
method Investigated uncertainty quantification methods for image-based traffic prediction.
result Meaningful uncertainty estimates can be recovered for traffic prediction.

We examine volatility of an Indian stock market in terms of aspects like participation, synchronization of stocks and quantification of volatility using the random matrix approach. Volatility pattern of the market is found using the BSE index for the three-year period 2000-2002. Random matrix analysis is carried out us…

2005-12-19abs ↗pdf ↗

Neural networks plateau during training, identified and quantified.

problem Plateau phenomenon in gradient descent training of ReLU networks.
method Identification and quantification of plateau phenomenon; new iterative training method ANLS.
result Plateaux correspond to periods of constant activation patterns; quantification of gradient flow dynamics; characterization of stationary points.

A framework for navigating environments with spatially correlated obstacles and uncertain blockage status.

problem Navigation in environments with spatially correlated obstacles of uncertain blockage status.
method Modeling spatial correlation with Gaussian Random Field, developing Bayesian belief updates, proposing a two-stage learning framework with offline and online phases.
result Consistent performance gains over baselines in environments with adversarial interruptions or clustered natural hazards.

Advanced kernels improve Gaussian process accuracy by incorporating domain knowledge.

problem Improving function approximation accuracy in Gaussian processes.
method Advanced kernel designs that enforce specific function properties (symmetry, periodicity) and non-stationarity.
result Advanced kernels significantly enhance function approximation accuracy and relevance.

Quantification is a supervised learning task that consists in predicting, given a set of classes C and a set D of unlabelled items, the prevalence (or relative frequency) p(c|D) of each class c in C. Quantification can in principle be solved by classifying all the unlabelled items and counting how many of them have bee…

2018-09-04abs ↗pdf ↗

Spectral methods predict long-term signals from linear and nonlinear systems.

problem Forecasting temporal signals from linear and nonlinear systems with arbitrary sampling.
method Introduces a spectral algorithm for linear signals and extends it to nonlinear systems using Koopman theory.
result The spectral methods achieve high accuracy in forecasting and uncertainty quantification.

Deep fundamental factor models are developed to automatically capture non-linearity and interaction effects in factor modeling. Uncertainty quantification provides interpretability with interval estimation, ranking of factor importances and estimation of interaction effects. With no hidden layers we recover a linear fa…

2019-03-18abs ↗pdf ↗

\emph{Sentiment Quantification} (i.e., the task of estimating the relative frequency of sentiment-related classes -- such as \textsf{Positive} and \textsf{Negative} -- in a set of unlabelled documents) is an important topic in sentiment analysis, as the study of sentiment-related quantities and trends across a populati…

2019-04-16abs ↗pdf ↗

Bayesian meta learning improves uncertainty quantification in regression.

problem Trusting uncertainty quantification in Bayesian regression.
method Trust-Bayes framework for Bayesian meta learning, optimizing for trustworthy uncertainty quantification.
result Lower bounds and sample complexity for trustworthy uncertainty quantification are characterized.

We investigate the performance of features that can capture nonlinear recurrence dynamics embedded in the speech signal for the task of Speech Emotion Recognition (SER). Reconstruction of the phase space of each speech frame and the computation of its respective Recurrence Plot (RP) reveals complex structures which can…

2018-11-09abs ↗pdf ↗

We investigate the relative market efficiency in financial market data, using the approximate entropy(ApEn) method for a quantification of randomness in time series. We used the global foreign exchange market indices for 17 countries during two periods from 1984 to 1998 and from 1999 to 2004 in order to study the effic…

2006-08-02abs ↗pdf ↗

Bayesian uncertainty quantification is flawed, according to new research.

problem Flawed interpretation of Bayesian uncertainty quantification.
method Discussion of Bayesian updating and optimization-based perspective, proposing measures of quality.
result Bayesian uncertainty quantification is not coherent with optimization-based perspective.

This paper estimates VaR for corn and soybean markets using jump processes.

problem Quantifying potential losses in commodity portfolios under market conditions.
method Modeling VaR for a diversified portfolio of corn and soybean positions with standard Brownian motions and jump processes.
result Compared VaR values in markets with and without jumps, providing insights for risk management.

Geometry-aware KDE model improves multiclass quantification.

problem Accurately estimating class prevalence for label shift adaptation.
method Log-ratio representations and Aitchison geometry for compositional data, shrinkage regularization.
result Competitive with state-of-the-art quantifiers, often improving over standard KDE-based baselines.

Bayesian framework improves financial risk management and compliance.

problem Uncertainty in financial risk forecasting and compliance.
method Integrated Bayesian analytics framework for precise uncertainty quantification.
result Proposed DLM model produces more accurate VaR estimates compared to baseline models.

New GP-based method improves uncertainty quantification for causal functions.

problem Challenges in quantifying uncertainty for causal effects, especially for entire functions.
method GP-based approach using inner-product of observational functions in RKHS, with tractable posterior moments and calibration.
result Improves uncertainty quantification while maintaining causal effect estimation performance.

Bayesian neural network models improve uncertainty quantification in multivariate regression.

problem Uncertainty quantification in multivariate regression models with heteroscedastic noise.
method Proposes Bayesian Last Layer neural network models and EM algorithms for parameter learning.
result Capable of disentangling aleatoric and epistemic uncertainty.

Novel framework for uncertainty quantification in metric spaces.

problem Uncertainty quantification in regression models with metric responses.
method Developed algorithms for large datasets, agnostic to predictive models, with asymptotic and non-asymptotic guarantees.
result Asymptotic and non-asymptotic guarantees for special cases, demonstrated in clinical applications.

Quantification is the task of estimating, given a set σσ of unlabelled items and a set of classes C={c1,,cC}\mathcal{C}=\{c_{1}, \ldots, c_{|\mathcal{C}|}\}, the prevalence (or `relative frequency') in σσ of each class ciCc_{i}\in \mathcal{C}. While quantification may in principle be solved by classifying each item in σσ and…

2018-09-06abs ↗pdf ↗

Proposes measures for uncertainty quantification using proper scoring rules.

problem Uncertainty quantification for prediction tasks.
method Decomposes proper scoring rules into divergence and entropy components, tailoring uncertainty quantification to specific tasks.
result Flexibility in uncertainty quantification improves performance in selective prediction and active learning.

Develops a framework for inferring causal relationships in networked data with uncertainty quantification.

problem Extracting reliable inference from complex Hawkes network data with uncertainty.
method Statistical inference framework based on maximum likelihood estimation and concentration inequalities of continuous-time martingales.
result Provides a non-asymptotic confidence set for uncertainty quantification.

Optimizes sampling for faster convergence in Bayesian experimental design and uncertainty quantification.

problem Efficiently selecting samples for faster convergence in Bayesian experimental design and uncertainty quantification.
method Output-weighted acquisition functions leveraging likelihood ratio to guide sampling towards relevant regions.
result Superiority of the proposed method in uncertainty quantification and rare event identification.

SMURF-THP improves Transformer Hawkes process models by providing uncertainty quantification.

problem Uncertainty quantification for Transformer Hawkes process predictions.
method Score matching for learning the score function of event arrival times.
result SMURF-THP outperforms likelihood-based methods in confidence calibration.

BayOTIDE tackles imputation of irregularly sampled multivariate time series with uncertainty quantification.

problem Imputation of irregularly sampled multivariate time series with missing values and noises.
method BayOTIDE treats multivariate time series as a combination of low-rank temporal factors with different patterns, using Gaussian Processes (GPs) as functional priors and converting them into state-space priors for scalable online inference.
result BayOTIDE can handle imputation over arbitrary time stamps and offers uncertainty quantification and interpretability.

New approach predicts stock price synchronization using RNNs and LSTMs.

problem Forecasting synchronization of stock prices in the Indian market.
method Utilizing recurrence plots and CRQA for non-linear analysis, RNNs and LSTMs for prediction.
result Accuracy of 0.98 and F1 score of 0.83 in predicting stock price synchronization.

Uncertainty Toolbox aids in assessing and improving uncertainty quantification in machine learning.

problem Disparate evaluation metrics and implementations hinder direct comparison of uncertainty quantification results.
method Provides an open-source Python library for assessing, visualizing, and improving uncertainty quantification.
result Facilitates more accurate and comparable uncertainty quantification across different works.

The paper analyzes uncertainty quantification in sparse Gaussian process regression with a Brownian motion prior.

problem Analyzing uncertainty in sparse Gaussian process regression with a Brownian motion prior.
method Theoretical guarantees and limitations for pointwise credible sets are derived for a rescaled Brownian motion prior with a sparse variational Gaussian process method.
result Theoretical characterization of asymptotic frequentist coverage for credible sets, distinguishing conservative and overconfident cases.

New method quantifies uncertainty at class level for better decision-making.

problem Improving cost-sensitive decision-making in classification tasks.
method Label-wise decomposition of uncertainty measures based on non-categorical metrics.
result Proposed measures adhere to desirable properties and improve uncertainty quantification.

Classification is the task of predicting the class labels of objects based on the observation of their features. In contrast, quantification has been defined as the task of determining the prevalences of the different sorts of class labels in a target dataset. The simplest approach to quantification is Classify & Count…

2016-02-28abs ↗pdf ↗

NCP improves deep classifier uncertainty quantification efficiency.

problem Uncertainty quantification for deep classifiers in high-stake applications.
method Neighborhood Conformal Prediction (NCP) algorithm.
result NCP produces smaller prediction sets than traditional CP methods.

A method constructs a stochastic surrogate from dimensionality reduction results for high-dimensional uncertainty quantification.

problem High-dimensional uncertainty quantification with physics-based models.
method Constructs a stochastic surrogate model from dimensionality reduction results.
result Preserves convenience of sequential dimensionality reduction and Gaussian process regression while overcoming limitations.

Study compares data-driven vs model-based MRS quantification strategies, focusing on resilience to out-of-distribution effects.

problem Resilience to out-of-distribution effects in data-driven MRS quantification.
method Compared three data-driven strategies (supervised regression, self-supervised learning, test-time adaptation) against model-based fitting tools.
result Test-time adaptation proved most resilient to out-of-distribution effects, while self-supervised learning achieved intermediate performance.

New method improves calibration of BayesCG for better uncertainty quantification.

problem Bayesian conjugate gradient method's poor calibration limits its utility.
method Randomized postiteration strategy to enhance posterior calibration.
result The method improves the distribution of posterior errors and enhances uncertainty quantification.