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48 results for prescriptive analysis

A model learns symptom-drug relations for PD patients.

problem Automatic prescription recommendation for Parkinson's Disease patients.
method Builds a dataset of PD symptoms and prescriptions, learns latent symptom space, uses alternating optimization.
result Effective in recommending suitable prescription drugs for new PD patients.

The study compares Euclidean and cosine distances in medical drug prescription prediction.

problem Comparing Euclidean and cosine distances in medical drug prescription prediction.
method Established geometric properties and compared distances in real-world medical data.
result Different distances lead to different optimizing nonlinear kernel embedding frameworks.

The Prescriptive Canvas improves business outcomes by directly prescribing actions based on predictions.

problem Sub-optimal performance in business projects due to a two-step approach of prediction and decision-making.
method The Prescriptive Canvas methodology for framing and communicating actions directly based on predictions.
result Improves framing and communication across stakeholders for successful business impact.

We address the problem of prescribing an optimal decision in a framework where the cost function depends on uncertain problem parameters that need to be learned from data. Earlier work proposed prescriptive formulations based on supervised machine learning methods. These prescriptive methods can factor in contextual in…

2017-11-27abs ↗pdf ↗

Study uses machine learning to analyze state drug policies and reduce overdose deaths.

problem Epidemic opioid overdose rates and ineffective state-level policies.
method Hierarchical clustering of 138 binomial variables to generate policy bundles, then regression analysis.
result Balancing certain policies leads to reduced overdose deaths, but only after second year.

ODTLearn learns optimal decision trees for predictive and prescriptive tasks.

problem Learning optimal decision trees for high-stakes predictive and prescriptive tasks.
method Mixed-integer optimization framework and object-oriented design.
result Implementation of optimal decision trees for various tasks.

The paper solves curvature prescription on a disk with negative Gaussian curvature.

problem Prescribing Gaussian curvature and geodesic curvature on a disk with negative Gaussian curvature.
method Variational approach, critical points of a functional, perturbation argument, monotonicity trick, blow-up analysis, Morse index estimates.
result General existence results for the curvature prescription problem.

Constructs surfaces with conical singularities using variational methods.

problem Creating Hamiltonian Stationary Surfaces with specific singularities.
method Variational methods and convergence process similar to Ginzburg-Landau analysis.
result Obtained surfaces with prescribed conical singularities related to optimal Wente constants.

This paper addresses a novel data science problem, prescriptive price optimization, which derives the optimal price strategy to maximize future profit/revenue on the basis of massive predictive formulas produced by machine learning. The prescriptive price optimization first builds sales forecast formulas of multiple pr…

2016-05-18abs ↗pdf ↗

New approach for estimating individual treatment effects in low compliance settings.

problem Estimating individual treatment effects in scenarios with low compliance.
method Proposes a new approach using Structural Causal Model and do-calculus to estimate Individual Prescription Effect (IPE) with asymptotic variance guarantees.
result Consistently improves state-of-the-art in low compliance settings.

In this paper we give a new proof of a theorem by Alexandrov on the Gauss curvature prescription of Euclidean convex sets. This proof is based on the duality theory of convex sets and on optimal mass transport. A noteworthy property of this proof is that it does not rely neither on the theory of convex polyhedra nor on…

2015-05-18abs ↗pdf ↗

New approach makes deep reinforcement learning robust without assuming adversary knowledge.

problem Deep reinforcement learning policies are vulnerable to state observation perturbations.
method Proposes an adversary agnostic robust DRL paradigm using policy distillation with two terms: prescription gap maximization and Jacobian regularization.
result Boosts adversarial robustness on five Atari games compared to state-of-the-art methods.

Two problems concerning asymptotically hyperbolic manifolds with an inner boundary are studied. First, we study scalar curvature presciption with either Dirichlet or mean curvature prescription interior boundary condition. Then we apply those results to the Lichnerowicz equation with (future or past) apparent horizon i…

2008-02-22abs ↗pdf ↗

Study conformal invariants from nodal sets on manifolds with boundary.

problem Understanding conformal invariants from nodal sets and eigenvalues on manifolds with boundary.
method Analysis of conformal covariant operators and eigenvalues on manifolds with boundary.
result Relate Dirichlet and Neumann eigenvalues and apply results to curvature prescription problems.

Study compares two methods to extend Z^\widehat{Z} invariants, finding incompatibility for Brieskorn spheres.

problem Comparing two methods to extend Z^\widehat{Z} invariants for 3-manifolds.
method Two prescriptions: regularized +1/r+1/r-surgery combined with false-mock modular conjecture, and resurgence-based construction.
result Incompatibility found between the two prescriptions for some Brieskorn spheres.

The paper introduces a framework for prescriptive process monitoring that generates alarms to prevent or mitigate undesired outcomes.

problem Existing predictive process monitoring techniques do not prescribe when and how to intervene to decrease undesired outcomes.
method The paper proposes a framework that extends predictive monitoring with the ability to generate alarms, incorporating a cost model to assess the trade-off between generating alarms and the cost of undesired outcomes.
result The net cost of undesired outcomes can be minimized by optimizing the generation of alarms based on the progress of the process instance and introducing delays for triggering alarms.

Proves a higher-order positive energy theorem for stationary solutions in fourth-order gravity.

problem Proving a positive energy theorem for fourth-order gravitational theories.
method Analyzes geometric analysis intersections and links to QQ-curvature.
result Establishes a positive energy theorem for stationary solutions in fourth-order gravity, similar to the classical ADM theorem.

Let MM be an open Riemann surface and n3n\ge 3 be an integer. We prove that on any closed discrete subset of MM one can prescribe the values of a conformal minimal immersion MRnM\to\mathbb{R}^n. Our result also ensures jet-interpolation of given finite order, and hence, in particular, one may in addition prescribe the…

2017-01-16abs ↗pdf ↗

The paper solves CR curvature prescription on pseudo-Einstein 3-manifolds.

problem Prescribing the Qˉ\bar Q^{\prime}-curvature on pseudo-Einstein CR 3-manifolds.
method The approach involves studying the problem in both compact and non-compact settings, proving existence of solutions under mild assumptions.
result Existence of one-parameter families of solutions, including normal and non-normal solutions.

New scaling framework for MoE architectures ensures stability and optimal performance at scale.

problem Lack of principled understanding of how hyperparameters should scale in MoE architectures.
method Developed a novel Dynamical Mean Field Theory (DMFT) for three scaling regimes of MoE architectures.
result Derived Maximally Scale-Stable Parameterization (MSSP) for SGD and Adam, providing robust learning rate transfer and monotonic improvement with scale.

CPR models complex decision processes by breaking them into context-specific policies, improving interpretability and accuracy.

problem Interpreting dynamic human decision-making processes in medical contexts.
method Develops Contextualized Policy Recovery (CPR) framework for multi-task learning, modeling each context-specific policy as a linear map.
result Achieves state-of-the-art performance in predicting medical decisions, closing the gap between interpretable and black-box methods.

Kelly betting is a prescription for optimal resource allocation among a set of gambles which are typically repeated in an independent and identically distributed manner. In this setting, there is a large body of literature which includes arguments that the theory often leads to bets which are "too aggressive" with resp…

2017-10-04abs ↗pdf ↗