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We propose an online algorithm for cumulative regret minimization in a stochastic multi-armed bandit. The algorithm adds O(t)O(t) i.i.d. pseudo-rewards to its history in round tt and then pulls the arm with the highest average reward in its perturbed history. Therefore, we call it perturbed-history exploration (PHE). Th…

2019-02-26abs ↗pdf ↗

EVILL uses randomised perturbations to improve exploration in bandit problems.

problem Improving exploration in structured stochastic bandit problems.
method Solves for the minimiser of a linearly perturbed regularised negative log-likelihood function.
result EVILL matches the performance of Thompson-sampling-style methods in theory and practice.

Novel PCA method for high-dimensional inverse problems.

problem Optimizing large-scale random fields with gradient information.
method Gradient-Sensitive Principal Component Analysis (Gradient-SPCA) that modifies PCA using objective function gradients.
result Improvements in encoding quality for objective function minimization and field distribution.

The restricted planar three-body problem has a rich history, yet many unanswered questions still remain. In the present paper we prove the existence of a global surface of section near the smaller body in a new range of energies and mass ratios for which the Hill's region still has three connected components. The appro…

2011-03-20abs ↗pdf ↗

Brief history and challenges of interpretable machine learning.

problem Challenges in interpreting machine learning models, especially in scientific applications.
method Overview of state-of-the-art methods and discussion of challenges.
result Interpretable machine learning has a rich history but faces significant challenges.

Exact simulation method for market impact estimation under various execution strategies.

problem Estimating market impact from observed price trajectories under different execution strategies.
method Conditional simulation of point processes under perturbed intensities.
result Exact, event-driven algorithm for reconstructing counterfactual paths.

This paper treats prediction markets as Bayesian inverse problems to quantify uncertainty and identify event outcomes.

problem Uncertainty and identifiability in prediction market outcomes from price-volume histories.
method Formulates prediction markets as Bayesian inverse problems, introduces a log-odds observation model, and derives posterior uncertainty quantification and identifiability criteria.
result Explicit diagnostics for informative and stable inference regimes, and validation through synthetic data experiments.

FRESH combines patient-level and aggregate-level data for better clinical decision making.

problem Combining patient-level and aggregate-level data for clinical decision making.
method FRESH method that re-calibrates a patient-level model to match specified aggregate statistics.
result Unified data-efficient model for clinical decision making.

Bayesian inference over admissible histories leads to irreversible kinetics.

problem Modeling irreversible processes in systems with uncertain histories.
method A Gibbs-type measure weighted by energy-dissipation action and observation constraints, interpreted as a Bayesian posterior.
result The measure concentrates on maximum-a-posteriori (MAP) histories, recovering classical deterministic evolution.

HS-FNO models non-Markovian PDEs by learning history and future states.

problem Non-Markovian dynamics where future states depend on past history.
method History-Space Fourier Neural Operator (HS-FNO) for delay and memory-driven PDEs.
result HS-FNO achieves lowest aggregate errors across various PDE families.

A technique identifies memoryless algorithms approximating memory-dependent optimization methods.

problem Understanding how memory in optimization algorithms affects loss and generalization.
method Introducing a general technique to replace past iterates with the current one and adding a correction term.
result Lion does not have the same implicit anti-regularization as AdamW, explaining its better generalization performance.

New method learns representations for decision forests using input perturbation.

problem Decision forests struggle with raw structured data and lack effective representations.
method Approximate decision forest gradients through input perturbation.
result Effective representation learning for decision forests without structural changes.

SRMC framework reduces Monte Carlo variance by history-based sampling in high-dimensional spaces.

problem Efficient sampling in high-dimensional discrete or continuous state spaces.
method Score-Repellent Monte Carlo (SRMC) framework that summarizes history through running average of score evaluations.
result Improves estimator variance and mode coverage with constant memory usage.

Paper analyzes history-based RL methods for MDPs, introduces a theoretical framework and practical algorithm.

problem Improving RL performance in MDPs using history-based features.
method Theoretical framework for history-based RL, practical algorithm design.
result Practical RL algorithm shows effectiveness on continuous control tasks.
A Creepy Worldphysics.soc-ph

Using the mechanics of creep in material sciences as a metaphor, we present a general framework to understand the evolution of financial, economic and social systems and to construct scenarios for the future. In a nutshell, highly non-linear out-of-equilibrium systems subjected to exogenous perturbations tend to exhibi…

2014-01-14abs ↗pdf ↗

Paper robustifies reinforcement learning agents against action space perturbations.

problem Vulnerability of reinforcement learning agents to action space perturbations (e.g. actuator attacks).
method Adversarial training to robustify DRL agents against perturbations.
result DRL agents can be robustified against action space perturbations through adversarial training.

Neural networks improve cancer risk prediction from family history data.

problem Improving cancer risk prediction from family history data using machine learning.
method Developed and trained neural network models on large pedigrees to predict hereditary cancers.
result Neural networks can achieve nearly optimal prediction performance and outperform traditional models in misreported data.

The paper explains why estimating a history-dependent policy can reduce MSE in reinforcement learning.

problem Understanding why history-dependent policies can improve MSE in off-policy evaluation.
method The paper derives a bias-variance decomposition of MSE for various OPE estimators, showing how history-dependent policies can decrease variance and increase bias.
result History-dependent policies can decrease the variance of importance sampling estimators, leading to lower MSE.

Two major financial market complexities are transaction costs and uncertain volatility, and we analyze their joint impact on the problem of portfolio optimization. When volatility is constant, the transaction costs optimal investment problem has a long history, especially in the use of asymptotic approximations when th…

2014-01-02abs ↗pdf ↗

This paper suggests claim history will be deprecated in future auto insurance rates.

problem The role of historical claim records in auto insurance rates.
method Proposes a new risk variable elimination method and real-time road risk model design.
result Claim history will be considered a 'noise' factor and deprecated in Pay-How-You-Drive models.

We present in this chapter (Chapter II) the history of ideas which lead up to the development of modern knot theory. We are more detailed when pre-XX century history is reported. With more recent times we are more selective, stressing developments related to Jones type invariants of links. In the Appendix, A.Przybyszew…

2007-03-03abs ↗pdf ↗

Paper tackles reinforcement learning for STL specifications with state history.

problem Learning optimal policies to satisfy STL specifications often requires too much state history, making the problem computationally intractable.
method Proposes a compact augmented state-space representation to capture state history and an approximation method to solve the objective.
result Shows the performance bound of the approximate solution and compares it with an existing technique.

A major hurdle to clinical translation of brain-machine interfaces (BMIs) is that current decoders, which are trained from a small quantity of recent data, become ineffective when neural recording conditions subsequently change. We tested whether a decoder could be made more robust to future neural variability by train…

2016-10-19abs ↗pdf ↗

Epsilon-machines are minimal, unifilar presentations of stationary stochastic processes. They were originally defined in the history machine sense, as hidden Markov models whose states are the equivalence classes of infinite pasts with the same probability distribution over futures. In analyzing synchronization, though…

2011-11-18abs ↗pdf ↗

Robust RL with learned optimal adversary improves agent performance under adversarial state observations.

problem Ensuring reinforcement learning agents' robustness against adversarial perturbations of state observations.
method Proposed a framework of alternating training with learned adversaries (ATLA) to find optimal adversarial policies and enhance agent robustness.
result ATLA achieves state-of-the-art performance under strong adversaries in continuous control environments.

Combining deep learning and ensemble smoothers for better history matching.

problem Dealing with complex facies distributions in history matching.
method Using autoencoders and generative adversarial networks to parameterize facies models, applying distance-based localization.
result Improved history matching performance with deep learning parameterizations.

A dangerously brief history of the developments of the main ideas in economics, as observed by a physicist, is given. This was published in 'Econophysics of Stock and Other Markets', Eds. A. Chatterjee, B. K. Chakrabarti, New Economic Windows Series, Springer, Milan, 2006, pp~219-224.

2007-09-26abs ↗pdf ↗

Transformers improve Alzheimer's disease progression prediction by accounting for irregular biomarker histories.

problem Difficult prediction of medium-horizon Alzheimer's disease progression due to tied clinical scores and irregular biomarker observations.
method Developed a residual gap-aware transformer that combines statistical reference with transformer-based residual learning.
result The proposed model reduces mean error and improves prediction-observation correlation compared to baseline models.

Foundation models improve wage gap decomposition by capturing omitted career history factors.

problem Estimating wage disparities using incomplete career history data.
method Fine-tuning foundation models to mitigate omitted variable bias and estimate wage gaps.
result Foundation models can decompose gender wage gaps more accurately than traditional econometric methods.

Marden's Tameness Conjecture predicts that every hyperbolic 3-manifold with finitely generated fundamental group is homeomorphic to the interior of a compact 3-manifold. It was recently established by Agol and Calegari-Gabai. We will survey the history of work on this conjecture and discuss its many applications.

2010-07-31abs ↗pdf ↗

Network growth processes can be understood as generative models of the structure and history of complex networks. This point of view naturally leads to the problem of network archaeology: reconstructing all the past states of a network from its structure---a difficult permutation inference problem. In this paper, we in…

2018-03-25abs ↗pdf ↗

Deep learning calibrates CO2 storage formations from seismic and well data.

problem Uncertainty in CO2 storage formation properties.
method Two deep learning models for well and seismic data, integrated into MCMC history matching.
result Significant uncertainty reduction in key parameters and accurate CO2 plume predictions.

A new method uses a frozen language model to improve sample efficiency in reinforcement learning.

problem Improving sample efficiency in reinforcement learning with partially observable environments.
method FROZEN Hopfield network and HELM (History Embedding Language Model) method.
result HELM achieves new state-of-the-art results on Minigrid and Procgen environments.

HDT improves MCMC on graphs with history-dependent sampling.

problem Efficient sampling from target distributions on general graphs with low computational overhead.
method History-driven target (HDT) framework that replaces the original target distribution with a history-dependent one.
result Near-zero variance performance and scalability to large graphs with memory-efficient implementation.

Paper presents a method for recognizing human actions using GLAC features from motion and static images.

problem Action recognition in 3D depth videos.
method 3D Motion Trail Model (3DMTM) for MHIs and SHIs, GLAC features extraction, l2-regularized Collaborative Representation Classifier (l2-CRC) for classification.
result The method outperforms other approaches in recognizing human actions.

Rhino learns causal relationships from time series data with history-dependent noise.

problem Discovering causal relationships from time series data with non-linear relations, instantaneous effects, and history-dependent noise.
method Combines vector auto-regression, deep learning, and variational inference.
result Demonstrates better causal relationship discovery performance compared to baselines.

Proposes using frequent sequences to improve sequential recommendation models.

problem Combining user history and recent actions for personalized recommendations.
method Uses frequent sequences to identify relevant parts of user history, embedding items based on preferences and dynamics in a unified metric model.
result Outperforms state-of-the-art methods, especially on sparse datasets.