Detects anomalies in product health metrics at eBay for better alerts.
problem Detecting anomalies in unsupervised product health metrics at eBay.
method Developed a Moving Metric Detector (MMD) for anomaly detection and a point-wise ranking model for alert retrieval.
result Improves alert precision and avoids alert spamming in eBay production.
In this note we revisit the subject of anomaly cancelation in string theory and M-theory on manifolds with String structure and give three observations. First, that on String manifolds there is no E8 x E8 global anomaly in heterotic string theory. Second, that the description of the anomaly in the phase of the M-theory…
Paper proposes RAN for better anomaly detection in time series data.
problem Anomaly detection algorithms often fail to accurately detect anomalies due to incomplete reconstruction of anomaly data.
method RAN uses adversarial learning and latent vector-constrained Autoencoder to ensure consistent reconstruction of anomaly data.
result RAN outperforms other algorithms in detecting meaningful anomalies with higher AUC-ROC scores.
Autoencoders misidentify anomalies due to data topology.
problem Autoencoders fail to accurately identify anomalies in data with nontrivial topology.
method Illustrative low-dimensional examples and analysis of autoencoder behavior in latent space.
result Topology of the dataset affects autoencoder performance, leading to misidentification of anomalies.
Reward hacking exploits misspecified rewards, affecting agent capabilities and true performance.
problem Reward hacking in RL models exploiting reward misspecifications.
method Constructed four RL environments with misspecified rewards; analyzed agent capabilities and behavior.
result More capable agents exploit reward misspecifications, achieving higher proxy reward but lower true reward.
Anomaly detection is referred to as a process in which the aim is to detect data points that follow a different pattern from the majority of data points. Anomaly detection methods suffer from several well-known challenges that hinder their performance such as high dimensionality. Autoencoders are unsupervised neural ne…
Review of sigma models on flag manifolds, linking to spin chains and integrable theories.
problem Understanding phase transitions and anomalies in spin chains and sigma models.
method Analyzing topological angles, discrete 't Hooft anomalies, and integrable models.
result Gapless phases in certain spin chains can be explained by discrete anomalies in continuum theories.
This paper studies CR geometry of transversal curves in the 3-sphere.
problem Investigating CR geometry of transversal curves in the 3-sphere.
method Using local CR invariants of the 3-sphere, four global invariants are considered: phase anomaly, CR spin, Maslov index, and CR self-linking number.
result Closed critical curves of the simplest CR invariant variational problem for generic transversal curves are studied.
Improved anomaly detection for launch vehicle propulsion systems using LSTM and statistical relabeling.
problem Detecting anomalies in real-time telemetry data for launch vehicles.
method Utilized LSTM networks for anomaly classification, introduced a statistical detector based on Mahalanobis distance and forward-backward detection fractions to adjust training labels.
result Precision and recall of the LSTM classifier improved by 7% and 22% respectively after statistical relabeling.
Constructs a path integral for fermionic SPTs, solving anomalies in 2+1D topological orders.
problem Anomalies in (2+1)D fermionic topological phases and their computation.
method Combining (2+1)D fermionic topological order with symmetry fractionalization data to construct a (3+1)D path integral.
result Reproduces the Z16 anomaly indicator for time-reversal symmetric topological superconductors. CoCAI uses copulas for accurate multivariate time-series forecasting and anomaly detection.
problem Accurate multivariate time-series forecasting and robust anomaly detection.
method Copula-based conformal prediction for multivariate time-series analysis.
result CoCAI provides statistically valid predictive regions and robust anomaly scores.
In the spirit of Ray and Singer we define a complex valued analytic torsion using non-selfadjoint Laplacians. We establish an anomaly formula which permits to turn this into a topological invariant. Conjecturally this analytically defined invariant computes the complex valued Reidemeister torsion, including its phase. …
FCDD improves image anomaly detection without post-hoc explainers.
problem Image anomaly detection, especially pixel-wise.
method Fully Convolutional Data Description (FCDD) directly addresses anomaly detection without post-hoc methods.
result FCDD achieves state-of-the-art results on pixel-wise AD tasks.
This paper improves anomaly detection in lane rendering images for safer navigation.
problem Anomalies in lane rendering images can mislead drivers, posing safety risks.
method Proposes a four-phase pipeline using Transformer models, self-supervised pre-training, and fine-tuning.
result The pipeline enhances detection accuracy and reduces training time.
A number of important applied problems in engineering, finance and medicine can be formulated as a problem of anomaly detection. A classical approach to the problem is to describe a normal state using a one-class support vector machine. Then to detect anomalies we quantify a distance from a new observation to the const…
VSCOUT detects anomalies in high-dimensional data using a hybrid VAE approach.
problem Challenges in classical SPC for high-dimensional, non-Gaussian data.
method Hybrid VAE architecture with ARD prior, ensemble filtering, and changepoint detection.
result VSCOUT achieves superior sensitivity to special-cause structure and controlled false alarms.
Paper proposes an efficient method for calibrating spatio-temporal forecasts.
problem Real-world spatio-temporal forecasting challenges like signal anomalies and distributional shifts.
method Learning with Calibration (ST-TTC) for real-time bias correction.
result ST-TTC improves spatio-temporal forecasting accuracy with reduced computational cost.
This paper generalizes two facts about oriented 3d TFTs to the unoriented case. On one hand, it is known that oriented 3d TFTs having a topological boundary condition admit a state-sum construction known as the Turaev-Viro construction. This is related to the string-net construction of fermionic phases of matter. We sh…
We use techniques from functorial quantum field theory to provide a geometric description of the parity anomaly in fermionic systems coupled to background gauge and gravitational fields on odd-dimensional spacetimes. We give an explicit construction of a geometric cobordism bicategory which incorporates general backgro…
Study SKK groups of manifolds to classify non-unitary TQFTs.
problem Classify non-unitary invertible topological quantum field theories.
method Apply Galatius-Madsen-Tillman-Weiss and Genauer-Schommer-Pries results to compute SKK groups.
result Complete classification of non-unitary invertible TQFTs in dimensions 1-5.
DFM simplifies CNF training without interpolants.
problem Efficiently training CNFs with computationally expensive ODE solving.
method DFM optimizes dual vector fields for bijective transformations.
result DFM outperforms CNF trained with FM or ML objectives.
The zeta and eta-functions associated with massless and massive Dirac operators, in a D-dimensional (D odd or even) manifold without boundary, are rigorously constructed. Several mathematical subtleties involved in this process are stressed, as the intrisic ambiguity present in the definition of the associated fermion …
The equations of motion and the Bianchi identity of the C-field in M-theory are encoded in terms of the signature operator. We then reformulate the topological part of the action in M-theory using the signature, which leads to connections to the geometry of the underlying manifold, including positive scalar curvature. …
Often the challenge associated with tasks like fraud and spam detection[1] is the lack of all likely patterns needed to train suitable supervised learning models. In order to overcome this limitation, such tasks are attempted as outlier or anomaly detection tasks. We also hypothesize that out- liers have behavioral pat…
EMODM detects abnormal patterns in complex systems.
problem Detecting abnormal patterns in complex systems.
method Probabilistic models and statistical algorithms.
result EMODM detects abnormal patterns in real-time raw data.
Improves anomaly detection with contaminated unlabeled data.
problem Weakness in existing semi-supervised anomaly detection methods when unlabeled data contain anomalies.
method Integrates positive-unlabeled learning with deep anomaly detection models.
result Achieves better detection performance on various datasets.
Paper uses machine learning to detect dark matter subhalos in simulated Gaia DR2 data.
problem Detecting dark matter subhalos in simulated Gaia DR2 data.
method Proposed anomaly detection and classification-based approaches.
result Anomaly detection algorithm is sensitive to DM subhalos, but classification-based approach is not.
Deep RL detects anomalies from few labeled examples and large unlabeled data.
problem Anomaly detection with limited labeled data and large unlabeled data.
method Deep reinforcement learning to optimize detection of labeled and unlabeled anomalies.
result Significantly outperforms state-of-the-art methods on 48 real-world datasets.
We propose a supervised anomaly detection method for data with inexact anomaly labels, where each label, which is assigned to a set of instances, indicates that at least one instance in the set is anomalous. Although many anomaly detection methods have been proposed, they cannot handle inexact anomaly labels. To measur…
Recent semi-supervised anomaly detection methods that are trained using small labeled anomaly examples and large unlabeled data (mostly normal data) have shown largely improved performance over unsupervised methods. However, these methods often focus on fitting abnormalities illustrated by the given anomaly examples on…
We present the results of study of a possible relationship between the space weather and terrestrial markets of agricultural products. It is shown that to implement the possible effect of space weather on the terrestrial harvests and prices, a simultaneous fulfillment of three conditions is required: 1) sensitivity of …
A new method assigns anomaly scores to features for better interpretation.
problem Interpreting anomaly scores from feature attributions.
method Proposes a characteristic function to attribute anomaly scores using Shapley value.
result Demonstrates the potential utility of the proposed attribution methods.
Although deep learning has been applied to successfully address many data mining problems, relatively limited work has been done on deep learning for anomaly detection. Existing deep anomaly detection methods, which focus on learning new feature representations to enable downstream anomaly detection methods, perform in…
Ensemble learning improves anomaly detection for milder symptoms.
problem Difficulty in detecting incipient anomalies due to similarity to normal conditions.
method Utilize uncertainty information from ensemble learning to identify misclassified incipient anomalies.
result Ensemble learning methods show improved performance on incipient anomaly detection.
New anomaly estimator reduces bias in MLE for normally distributed data.
problem Bias in Maximum Likelihood Estimation of structured anomalies.
method Derive a new anomaly estimator using a mixture model.
result New estimator is asymptotically unbiased regardless of anomaly family size.
TPA-AD detects axle-box bearing anomalies using pseudo anomalies near normal boundaries.
problem Detecting axle-box bearing anomalies with only normal training data.
method Two-stage approach: pseudo anomalies, contrastive learning, KNN.
result Improves anomaly detection separability and sensitivity to degradation.
A new method combines generative and feature-based approaches for unsupervised anomaly detection.
problem Identifying subtle anomalies in test samples compared to a normative distribution.
method A generative cold-diffusion pipeline trained to restore synthetically-corrupted images, combined with a novel synthetic anomaly generation procedure and ensembling restorations.
result Surpasses prior state-of-the-art for unsupervised anomaly detection in three Brain MRI datasets.
Paper tackles anomaly detection and RCA in dynamical systems using ICODE Networks.
problem Anomalies in dynamical systems impact performance and reliability.
method Proposes ICODE Networks for anomaly detection, RCA, and type classification.
result Demonstrates the ability to accurately detect anomalies, classify types, and pinpoint origins.
Study identifies high-density anomalies in normal data regions.
problem Detecting anomalies in normal data regions.
method Introduces non-parametric algorithmic frameworks for unsupervised detection.
result IPP framework yields the best detection results.
Improves relevancy of black-box anomaly detectors with user feedback.
problem Users often ignore many detected anomalies, requiring a method to identify and prioritize relevant ones.
method Uses user feedback to adjust anomaly selection process based on identified anomaly types.
result Significant improvements in precision and recall over various anomaly detectors.
Paper introduces an unsupervised tensor-based anomaly detection method for spatiotemporal data.
problem Challenges in detecting anomalies in spatiotemporal data, especially in urban traffic monitoring and medical imaging.
method Formulates anomaly detection as a regularized robust low-rank + sparse tensor decomposition, incorporating spatiotemporal smoothness and local dependencies.
result Demonstrates improved anomaly detection performance on both synthetic and real data.
Anomaly Awareness detects anomalies in particle physics and computer vision.
problem Detect anomalies in complex data sets.
method Modifies cost function to learn normal events and anomalies.
result Effective at identifying new anomalies not previously seen.
FAMDAD detects anomalies in mixed data using kurtosis-weighted Factor Analysis.
problem Detecting anomalies in high-dimensional mixed data.
method kurtosis-weighted Factor Analysis of Mixed Data (FAMDAD).
result Anomalies are highly separable in the first and last few dimensions of the FAMDAD embedding.
Survey on LSTM-based anomaly detection for technical systems.
problem Detect anomalies in technical systems due to complex dynamics.
method Use LSTM networks and other AI techniques to detect anomalies considering temporal and contextual characteristics.
result Demonstrates the potential of LSTM networks and graph-based approaches for anomaly detection.
IDK improves anomaly detection for points and groups without explicit learning.
problem Anomaly detection for points and groups using kernel methods.
method Isolation Distributional Kernel (IDK) addresses data independence and intractable dimensionality issues.
result IDK outperforms existing methods for both point and group anomaly detection.
PAC-Wrap provides provable guarantees for semi-supervised anomaly detection.
problem Ensuring reliable anomaly detection in safety-critical applications.
method PAC-Wrap wraps around existing anomaly detection methods to provide PAC guarantees.
result PAC-Wrap effectively provides rigorous guarantees for various anomaly detectors.
New anomaly formulas from E8 bundles.
problem Anomaly cancellation in characteristic forms.
method Constructing modular forms using E8 bundles.
result New anomaly cancellation formulas.
A new model detects and localizes anomalies in multivariate time series data.
problem Anomaly diagnosis in multivariate time series data, especially localization.
method Attention Low-Rank Transformer (ALoRa-T) with low-rank regularization and Attention Low-Rank score.
result The proposed method significantly outperforms state-of-the-art methods in anomaly detection and localization.