SACP aggregates nonconformity scores from multiple predictors to create more efficient uncertainty sets.
problem Combining predictive uncertainties from multiple models for efficient and reliable uncertainty quantification.
method SACP (Symmetric Aggregated Conformal Prediction) aggregates nonconformity scores using a flexible symmetric aggregation function.
result SACP consistently improves efficiency and often outperforms state-of-the-art model aggregation baselines.
In order to scale standard Gaussian process (GP) regression to large-scale datasets, aggregation models employ factorized training process and then combine predictions from distributed experts. The state-of-the-art aggregation models, however, either provide inconsistent predictions or require time-consuming aggregatio…
MANA-Net improves market predictions by dynamically weighting news sentiments.
problem Aggregated Sentiment Homogenization in financial news data.
method Dynamic market-news attention mechanism to aggregate sentiments.
result MANA-Net outperforms recent market prediction methods by 1.1% Profit & Loss and 0.252 daily Sharpe ratio.
Conformal Prediction is a machine learning methodology that produces valid prediction regions under mild conditions. In this paper, we explore the application of making predictions over multiple data sources of different sizes without disclosing data between the sources. We propose that each data source applies a trans…
Aggregates predictions from multiple regression models using random projections and kernel methods.
problem Combining predictions from multiple regression models to improve accuracy.
method Random projection of high-dimensional feature space, followed by kernel-based consensual aggregation.
result The aggregation scheme performs similarly to using the original high-dimensional features, with high probability.
A new method for faster prediction in distributed Gaussian processes.
problem Inefficient aggregation of distributed Gaussian processes with correlations.
method Proposes a novel approach for aggregated prediction in distributed GPs that incorporates correlations among experts.
result Results in more stable predictions in less time compared to state-of-the-art methods.
We improve prediction set coverage by assigning weights to individual sets.
problem Aggregating multiple prediction sets weakens overall coverage guarantee.
method Propose a framework for weighted aggregation of prediction sets.
result Achieve tighter coverage bounds that interpolate between 1−2α and 1−α guarantees. Adaptive Bayesian learning aggregates experts to improve performance.
problem Bayesian online learning's performance depends on inferential choices.
method Treat Bayesian update rules as experts and aggregate them based on sequential predictive losses.
result The aggregate competes with the best expert in hindsight at a low aggregation cost.
The article improves prediction by aggregating Kalman recursions online.
problem Improving expert aggregation in prediction models.
method Using exponential weights and state-space models to aggregate Kalman recursions.
result New algorithms outperform existing methods in Kalman recursion expert aggregation.
UTOPIA aggregates multiple prediction intervals efficiently.
problem Constructing optimal prediction intervals for various real-world data problems.
method UTOPIA is a universally trainable strategy using linear or convex programming.
result UTOPIA constructs prediction intervals with small average width and high coverage probability.
CAOS aggregates multiple one-shot predictors for efficient uncertainty quantification.
problem Lack of principled uncertainty quantification in one-shot prediction.
method CAOS, a conformal framework that aggregates multiple one-shot predictors and uses a leave-one-out calibration scheme.
result CAOS produces smaller prediction sets with reliable coverage compared to split conformal baselines.
A new method improves efficiency of conformal prediction for ensemble models.
problem Efficiently estimating uncertainty for ensemble models without distributional assumptions.
method Proposes a multivariate score function to merge prediction regions of individual models, reducing conservatism.
result Demonstrates more efficient prediction regions compared to existing methods.
New method produces coherent forecasts for long-range data.
problem Inaccurate and non-coherent forecasts on long-horizon data.
method Probabilistic forecasting with KL-divergence for coherent aggregates.
result Improves forecast performance across base levels and aggregates.
This work introduces COLA, a strategy to aggregate conformal prediction sets efficiently.
problem Efficiently combining multiple conformity scores to reduce prediction set size.
method Introduces COnfidence-Level Allocation (COLA) to optimally allocate confidence levels across sets.
result COLA achieves smaller prediction sets than state-of-the-art methods while maintaining valid coverage.
This paper explores methods for combining predictions in multilabel classification.
problem Lack of formal framework for aggregation in multilabel ensembles.
method Introduces two approaches: 'predict then combine' (PTC) and 'combine then predict' (CTP).
result Standard voting techniques are outperformed by tailored instantiations of CTP and PTC.
MEVA aggregates model predictions to improve accuracy without needing model details.
problem Improving model accuracy by combining multiple models.
method Non-intrusive, data-driven framework that treats models as black boxes and optimizes aggregation methods.
result MVA outperforms MEA in estimating aggregated predictions, enhancing robustness and accuracy.
MELO predicts electricity loads by adapting to shifts without external indicators.
problem Adapting to non-stationary prediction challenges in online settings.
method MELO combines multiple forgetting factors and aggregation rules to adaptively predict.
result MELO reduces RMSE by 34.7% compared to base predictors and external covariates.
U-aggregation combines multiple models without labels for better risk prediction.
problem Challenges in selecting best model for new populations due to limited data and lack of true labels.
method U-aggregation, an unsupervised model aggregation method that integrates pre-trained models without observed labels.
result U-aggregation improves genetic risk prediction of complex traits using publicly available models.
This paper compares two loss functions for learning from aggregated responses and introduces an interpolating estimator.
problem Learning from aggregated responses in privacy-sensitive settings.
method Investigates bag-level and instance-level loss functions, and introduces an interpolating estimator.
result Instance-level loss can be seen as a regularized form of bag-level loss, leading to improved estimators.
This paper improves prediction accuracy for multi-input classification tasks using p-value aggregation.
problem Generating accurate predictive sets with guaranteed coverage for multi-input classification tasks.
method Integrates p-values from each observation to reduce the size of the predicted label set while maintaining class-conditional coverage.
result The method reduces the size of the predicted label set while preserving the required coverage guarantee.
FedNNNN improves FL by adjusting model update vector norms.
problem Slow convergence and low prediction accuracy in FL.
method Norm-Normalized Neural Network Aggregation (FedNNNN) with momentum control.
result Up to 5.4% accuracy improvement on multiple datasets.
COMA combines prediction sets from multiple models for online, adaptive prediction.
problem Combining multiple prediction models with uncertainty guarantees.
method Online model aggregation using weighted voting of conformal prediction sets.
result COMA retains coverage guarantees under negative correlation assumptions.
This study addresses the issue of predicting the glaucomatous visual field loss from patient disease datasets. Our goal is to accurately predict the progress of the disease in individual patients. As very few measurements are available for each patient, it is difficult to produce good predictors for individuals. A rece…
New algorithm extracts device profiles for short-term power predictions in commercial buildings.
problem Short-term power prediction in commercial buildings with high accuracy.
method Unsupervised extraction of device profiles from aggregate power measurements, disaggregation using particle swarm optimization, and state changes forecast by artificial neural networks.
result Developed approach outperforms existing methods with high accuracy.
A new method combines Gaussian graphical models for better distributed Gaussian process predictions.
problem Poor results from traditional DGP due to violated conditional independence assumption.
method Proposes using Gaussian graphical models to aggregate local predictions from subsets of data.
result Our method outperforms other state-of-the-art DGP approaches on both synthetic and real datasets.
This paper compares rank aggregation methods for partial label ranking.
problem Handling partial label ranking with ties.
method Scoring-based and non-parametric probabilistic-based rank aggregation methods.
result Scoring-based variants consistently outperform the state-of-the-art method.
AWARE improves graph prediction by aggregating walks with attention schemes.
problem Improving graph prediction accuracy using walk aggregation.
method Integrates attention schemes into walk-aggregating GNNs.
result AWARE outperforms existing methods in graph-level prediction tasks.
Sepsis is a life-threatening condition that seriously endangers millions of people over the world. Hopefully, with the widespread availability of electronic health records (EHR), predictive models that can effectively deal with clinical sequential data increase the possibility to predict sepsis and take early preventiv…
New algorithm predicts piecewise regular functions online.
problem Online prediction of piecewise regular functions.
method Modified sleeping experts aggregation algorithm.
result Oracle risk bounds for all local regions.
We investigate a problem in which each member of a group of learners is trained separately to solve the same classification task. Each learner has access to a training dataset (possibly with overlap across learners) but each trained classifier can be evaluated on a validation dataset. We propose a new approach to aggre…
Aggregates diverse zero-shot LLM outputs for better corporate disclosure classification.
problem Combining varied zero-shot LLM predictions for improved stock return prediction.
method Multi-prompt framework with three fixed zero-shot LLM classifiers, logistic meta-classifier aggregation.
result Aggregated model outperforms single classifiers and baseline models, increasing balanced accuracy from 0.566 to 0.606.
Proposes a new optimization-based method for aggregating sets in neural networks.
problem Limited representational power of existing aggregation methods.
method Equilibrium Aggregation: an optimization-based approach.
result Equilibrium Aggregation outperforms existing methods in various tasks.
Short-term load forecasting (STLF) is essential for the reliable and economic operation of power systems. Though many STLF methods were proposed over the past decades, most of them focused on loads at high aggregation levels only. Thus, low-aggregation load forecast still requires further research and development. Comp…
Boosting framework for vector-valued prediction with geometric stability.
problem Lack of a general theoretical understanding of aggregation for structured prediction.
method Identifies (α,β)-stability property and proposes a boosting framework based on exponential reweighting and geometric-median aggregation. result Obtains exponential decay of empirical divergence error under weak learner condition and (α,β)-stability. New method improves forecast accuracy using CRPS for probabilistic predictions.
problem Improving forecast accuracy for probabilistic predictions, especially in the tails of distributions.
method Introduces a new weighting method for pointwise CRPS learning, optimizing across quantiles.
result Proposed fully adaptive Bernstein online aggregation (BOA) method for pointwise CRPS online learning has optimal convergence properties.
The paper evaluates various forecasting methods for inflation, finding ML models superior.
problem Forecasting inflation using disaggregated data and machine learning.
method Examines traditional and machine learning models, including random forest, for disaggregated and aggregated inflation forecasts.
result Aggregating disaggregated forecasts performs similarly to survey-based expectations and aggregate models.
Transforms ensemble predictions to maintain interpretability.
problem Loss of interpretability in deep ensembles.
method Proposes transformation ensembles that aggregate predictions while preserving interpretability.
result Transformation ensembles yield better predictions than individual models and maintain interpretability.
Method constructs uniformly valid prediction sets across multiple distributions.
problem Uniformly valid prediction sets across multiple distributions.
method Max-p aggregation scheme and optimization programs.
result Optimal and efficient prediction sets for multiple distributions.
Active learning method reduces labeling cost for regression models with aggregated data.
problem Reducing labeling cost for training regression models with aggregated data.
method Sequentially selects sets to be labeled using mutual information quantifying model parameter uncertainty.
result Achieves better predictive performance with fewer labeled sets.
Bayesian CNN improves MRI stroke diagnosis accuracy and uncertainty quantification.
problem Uncertainty quantification in automated image analysis for medical decision-making.
method Bayesian Convolutional Neural Network (CNN) with aggregation methods for patient-level diagnoses.
result Bayesian CNN achieved 95.33% accuracy on 511 patients, 2% higher than non-Bayesian.
Calibrated models can lead to miscalibrated aggregations in strategic interactions.
problem Miscalibration in aggregated predictions from multiple calibrated models.
method Analysis of strategic interactions between calibrated predictors, proving conditions for miscalibration and comparing VCG and Brier-score aggregation methods.
result VCG aggregation method outperforms Brier-score in strategic settings, providing robustness and comparable accuracy.
New method for multi-modal depth prediction challenges.
problem Challenges in applying unimodal coreset selection to multi-modal data.
method Adapted state-of-the-art coreset selection technique for multimodal data.
result Challenges in extending unimodal algorithms to multi-modal scenarios.
Satellite imagery and remote sensing provide explanatory variables at relatively high resolutions for modeling geospatial phenomena, yet regional summaries are often desirable for analysis and actionable insight. In this paper, we propose a novel method of inducing spatial aggregations as a component of the machine lea…
Study aggregation of statistical evidence under unknown dependence using group-invariance.
problem Aggregating statistical evidence under unknown and complex dependence structures.
method Develops a framework using group-invariance and permutation-based constructions to aggregate evidence across transformed datasets.
result Shows uniform improvement in critical values for single-batch aggregation over deterministic calibrations, adapting to unknown dependence structures.
Machine learning detects epilepsy development from EEG before seizures.
problem Early detection of epilepsy development (epileptogenesis) before seizures.
method Deep CNN combined with prediction aggregation for EEG data analysis.
result Deep learning achieves 99% AUC for EPG detection from EEG recordings.
The paper develops a method for forecasting power consumption at various levels of aggregation.
problem Forecasting power consumption at different levels of household aggregation.
method Three-step process: feature generation, aggregation, and projection.
result The method provides theoretical guarantees on prediction error and performs well on real data.
Learning algorithms that aggregate predictions from an ensemble of diverse base classifiers consistently outperform individual methods. Many of these strategies have been developed in a supervised setting, where the accuracy of each base classifier can be empirically measured and this information is incorporated in the…
Adaptive Conformal Inference improves time series forecasting uncertainty.
problem Uncertainty quantification in time series models with dependency.
method AgACI, an adaptive method based on online expert aggregation.
result AgACI provides efficient prediction intervals for day-ahead electricity price forecasting.