The problem of optimizing unknown costly-to-evaluate functions has been studied for a long time in the context of Bayesian Optimization. Algorithms in this field aim to find the optimizer of the function by asking only a few function evaluations at locations carefully selected based on a posterior model. In this paper,…
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Maximizes Rényi entropy for efficient exploration in reward-free RL.
New algorithm reduces regret by allowing free exploration in multi-armed bandits.
The paper connects -manifolds to Coulomb and Higgs phases of gauge theories.
Unified framework for sampling and approximating high-dimensional energy landscapes.
New tan-concavity property for Lagrangian phase operators helps in studying dHYM metrics.
The aim of this work is to explore the possible types of phenomena that simple macroeconomic Agent-Based models (ABM) can reproduce. We propose a methodology, inspired by statistical physics, that characterizes a model through its 'phase diagram' in the space of parameters. Our first motivation is to understand the lar…
We present a new model-based algorithm for reinforcement learning (RL) which consists of explicit exploration and exploitation phases, and is applicable in large or infinite state spaces. The algorithm maintains a set of dynamics models consistent with current experience and explores by finding policies which induce hi…
In this paper we explore the idea of looking at the Dirac quantisation conditions as -dependent constraints on the tangent bundle to phase-space. Starting from the path-integral version of classical mechanics and using the natural Poisson brackets structure present in the cotangent bundle to the tangent bundle o…
A new liquid crystalline texture is proposed using gnomonic projection of the Hopf fibration.
Moduli spaces of doubly periodic monopoles, also called monopole walls or monowalls, are hyperkähler; thus, when four-dimensional, they are self-dual gravitational instantons. We find all monowalls with lowest number of moduli. Their moduli spaces can be identified, on the one hand, with Coulomb branches of five-dimens…
Optimizes biomolecular simulations by ranking adaptive sampling policies.
New K-theory approach classifies anyonic topological phases in 2D semimetals.
In this work, we use the Sternberg phase space (which may be considered as the classical phase space of particles in gauge fields) in order to explore the dynamics of such particles in the context of Hamilton-Dirac systems and their associated Hamilton-Pontryagin variational principles. For this, we develop an analogue…
New algorithm for RL with horizon-free reward-free exploration for linear MDPs.
A bandit algorithm reduces regret in noisy, communication-constrained feedback.
A new method learns to stop with minimal data, outperforming traditional approaches.
DETC algorithm achieves asymptotic optimality in multi-armed bandit problems.
E2C separates planning and execution in LLMs, improving efficiency and performance.
In this paper we explore the functional correlation approach to operational risk. We consider networks with heterogeneous a-priori conditional and unconditional failure probability. In the limit of sparse connectivity, self-consistent expressions for the dynamical evolution of order parameters are obtained. Under equil…
We explore a computational model of an incompressible fluid with a multi-phase field in three-dimensional Euclidean space. By investigating an incompressible fluid with a two-phase field geometrically, we reformulate the expression of the surface tension for the two-phase field found by Lafaurie, Nardone, Scardovelli, …
Hypothesis testing is an important problem with applications in target localization, clinical trials etc. Many active hypothesis testing strategies operate in two phases: an exploration phase and a verification phase. In the exploration phase, selection of experiments is such that a moderate level of confidence on the …
Robust algorithm optimizes corrupted Gaussian process bandits.
New method uses generative models to improve phase retrieval stability.
Anomalous diffusion in SGD reveals interactions between hyperparameters and Hessian.
PBCS combines RL and motion planning for better exploration.
The paper models market crashes as phase transitions, finding dynamic transitions offer better predictions.
There are two variants of the classical multi-armed bandit (MAB) problem that have received considerable attention from machine learning researchers in recent years: contextual bandits and simple regret minimization. Contextual bandits are a sub-class of MABs where, at every time step, the learner has access to side in…
The big phase space, the geometric setting for the study of quantum cohomology with gravitational descendents, is a complex manifold and consists of an infinite number of copies of the small phase space. The aim of this paper is to define a Hermitian geometry on the big phase space. Using the approach of Dijkgraaf and …
New algorithm learns policies without explicit rewards for MDPs.
This paper proposes an approach to the joint modeling of the short-time Fourier transform magnitude and phase spectrograms with a deep generative model. We assume that the magnitude follows a Gaussian distribution and the phase follows a von Mises distribution. To improve the consistency of the phase values in the time…
Data-driven approach learns effective equations for phase field interfaces.
Symplectic forms from two phase spaces are proven equivalent.
A new deep learning model improves phase retrieval performance.
The phase space of relativistic particle mechanics is defined as the 1st jet space of motions regarded as timelike 1-dimensional submanifolds of spacetime. A Lorentzian metric and an electromagnetic 2-form define naturally on the odd-dimensional phase space a generalized contact structure. In the paper infinitesimal sy…
Deep learning has become an area of interest in most scientific areas, including physical sciences. Modern networks apply real-valued transformations on the data. Particularly, convolutions in convolutional neural networks discard phase information entirely. Many deterministic signals, such as seismic data or electrica…
This paper presents the Speech Technology Center (STC) systems submitted to Automatic Speaker Verification Spoofing and Countermeasures (ASVspoof) Challenge 2015. In this work we investigate different acoustic feature spaces to determine reliable and robust countermeasures against spoofing attacks. In addition to the c…
New method uses image registration to recover complex signals from amplitude data.
AgABC improves ABC algorithm by balancing exploration and exploitation.
Paper eliminates warm-up phase for PO in linear MDPs, achieving optimal regret.
Modeling financial markets with memory using fractional calculus and Brownian motion.
Minimizing non-convex and high-dimensional objective functions is challenging, especially when training modern deep neural networks. In this paper, a novel approach is proposed which divides the training process into two consecutive phases to obtain better generalization performance: Bayesian sampling and stochastic op…
New method for flux quantization on phase space stacks.
Particle Metropolis-Hastings (PMH) allows for Bayesian parameter inference in nonlinear state space models by combining Markov chain Monte Carlo (MCMC) and particle filtering. The latter is used to estimate the intractable likelihood. In its original formulation, PMH makes use of a marginal MCMC proposal for the parame…
Ultra-short laser pulses with femtosecond to attosecond pulse duration are the shortest systematic events humans can create. Characterization (amplitude and phase) of these pulses is a key ingredient in ultrafast science, e.g., exploring chemical reactions and electronic phase transitions. Here, we propose and demonstr…
Introduces a new phase space for 2D supersymmetric sigma models.
Study uncovers new phase transitions in asymmetric causal inference scenarios.
Safe exploration in RF-RL doesn't increase sample complexity.