Paper uses Shapley values to identify key confounders in product funnel data.
problem Identifying important confounders in product funnel data.
method Applies Shapley values for scalable coarsened exact matching.
result Shapley values provide robust importance-ranking for confounders.
Study constructs non-funnel foliations in 3D manifolds.
problem Does the funnel property follow from leafwise quasigeodesic foliations?
method Constructs 1D foliations within 2D subfoliations in 3-manifolds.
result Not all quasigeodesics share a common ideal point in most leaves.
A new layer, funnel, reduces dimensionality in flows for better performance.
problem Training high-dimensional models efficiently and accurately.
method Constructing dimension-reducing surjective flows using the funnel layer.
result The funnel layer improves model performance with a smaller latent space.
The paper tackles decision making problems with funnel structure in email marketing campaigns.
problem Decision making challenges in systems with funnel structure, where fewer observations are received from deeper layers.
method Formulated as a contextual bandit with funnel structure and developed a multi-task learning algorithm.
result Our algorithms offer significant improvement over previous methods in email marketing campaigns.
Funnel-Transformer reduces computation by compressing sequence data.
problem Redundant token-level representations in language processing.
method Gradually compresses sequence of hidden states to a shorter one.
result Funnel-Transformer outperforms standard Transformer with fewer FLOPs.
We establish a sharp geometric constant for the upper bound on the resonance counting function for surfaces with hyperbolic ends. An arbitrary metric is allowed within some compact core, and the ends may be of hyperbolic planar, funnel, or cusp type. The constant in the upper bound depends only on the volume of the cor…
Cross-lingual Text Classification (CLC) consists of automatically classifying, according to a common set C of classes, documents each written in one of a set of languages L, and doing so more accurately than when naively classifying each document via its corresponding language-specific classifier. In order to obtain an…
Descending phase retrieval algorithms show a phase transition with increasing sample complexity.
problem Theoretical limits of descending phase retrieval algorithms.
method Utilizing Random duality theory (RDT), the study develops a generic program to characterize algorithm performance.
result As sample complexity increases, the parametric manifold transitions from multi to single funneling points, leading to a phase transition in algorithm success.
In this paper we prove that any Riemannian surface, with no restriction of curvature at all, can be decomposed into blocks belonging just to some of these types: generalized Y-pieces, generalized funnels and halfplanes.
Maximizing product use is a central goal of many businesses, which makes retention and monetization two central analytics metrics in games. Player retention may refer to various duration variables quantifying product use: total playtime or session playtime are popular research targets, and active playtime is well-suite…
Multidimensional time series are sequences of real valued vectors. They occur in different areas, for example handwritten characters, GPS tracking, and gestures of modern virtual reality motion controllers. Within these areas, a common task is to search for similar time series. Dynamic Time Warping (DTW) is a common di…
Adaptive-stepsize MCMC sampling inspired by Adam optimizer.
problem Improving numerical stability and convergence speed in MCMC sampling.
method Time-rescaled Langevin dynamics with an auxiliary relaxation equation and adaptive stepsize control.
result Automatic stepsize control improves accuracy and stability in numerical experiments.
WALNUTS improves sampling efficiency and robustness for multi-scale distributions.
problem Adapting leapfrog step size for multi-scale posterior distributions.
method Adapts leapfrog step size at fixed intervals of simulated time, selecting the largest step size to keep energy error below a threshold.
result Substantial improvements in sampling efficiency and robustness compared to standard NUTS.
Improves classifier performance in multi-stage selection processes.
problem Difficulty in training classifiers in multi-stage selection processes due to varying sample sizes and information.
method Multi-Stage Transfer Learning (MSGTL) approach that uses knowledge from simpler classifiers trained in early stages to improve later stages.
result MSGTL outperforms other transfer learning methods in real-world selection process data.
On compact surfaces with or without boundary, Osgood, Phillips and Sarnak proved that the maximum of the determinant of the Laplacian within a conformal class of metrics with fixed area occurs at a metric of constant curvature and, for negative Euler characteristic, exhibited a flow from a given metric to a constant cu…
Study projective deformations of hyperbolic 3-orbifolds with turnover ends.
problem Deformations of hyperbolic 3-orbifolds with turnover ends in projective geometry.
method Projective deformations of hyperbolic 3-orbifolds with turnover ends, focusing on totally geodesic generalized cusps.
result Turnover funnels remain totally geodesic and the deformed projective 3-orbifold remains properly convex.
We propose a dynamical theory of market liquidity that predicts that the average supply/demand profile is V-shaped and {\it vanishes} around the current price. This result is generic, and only relies on mild assumptions about the order flow and on the fact that prices are (to a first approximation) diffusive. This natu…
Improved MUSE boosts performance and reduces error in Bayesian inference.
problem Hierarchical Bayesian inference problems
method Implicit differentiation applied to MUSE algorithm
result Significant speedup and improved accuracy compared to Hamiltonian Monte Carlo
The automorphisms of a two-generator free group acting on the space of orientation-preserving isometric actions of on hyperbolic 3-space defines a dynamical system. Those actions which preserve a hyperbolic plane but not an orientation on that plane is an invariant subsystem, which reduces to an action on R^3 by polyno…
We introduce a differential refinement of Cohomotopy cohomology theory, defined on Penrose diagram spacetimes, whose cocycle spaces are unordered configuration spaces of points. First we prove that brane charge quantization in this differential 4-Cohomotopy theory implies intersecting p/(p+2)-brane moduli given by orde…
We propose and document the evidence for an analogy between the dynamics of granular counter-flows in the presence of bottlenecks or restrictions and financial price formation processes. Using extensive simulations, we find that the counter-flows of simulated pedestrians through a door display many stylized facts obser…
In the first part of this work we explore the geometry of infinite type surfaces and the relationship between its convex core and space of ends. In particular, we show that a geodesically complete hyperbolic surface is made up of its convex core with funnels attached along the simple closed geodesic components and half…
Study improves cryptocurrency price prediction using unlabeled text data.
problem Predicting cryptocurrency returns from unlabelled text data.
method Introduced weak learning approach to finetune BERT on unlabeled text data.
result Finetuning pretrained NLP models with weak labels enhances forecast accuracy.
Unified framework connects physical laws and machine learning.
problem Combining physical laws and machine learning for scientific applications.
method Universal Differential Equations (UDEs) as a unifying framework.
result Wide variety of applications can be efficiently handled through UDE formalism.
The paper compares Dirichlet and Neumann eigenvalues on various curved surfaces.
problem Comparing eigenvalues on curved surfaces.
method Variational principle of the Hodge Laplacian on 1-forms.
result Strict inequalities between Dirichlet and Neumann eigenvalues on specific surfaces.
Delayed rejection HMC improves sampling efficiency for multiscale distributions.
problem Hamiltonian Monte Carlo struggles with wide-ranging distributions, especially in high-curvature areas.
method Introduces a delayed rejection variant of HMC, using geometrically smaller step sizes for retries.
result Up to five-fold performance gains in effective sample size per gradient evaluation.
Improves classifier performance in multi-stage processes with adversarial autoencoders and multi-task learning.
problem Challenges in training classifiers due to varying sample sizes and information content across stages.
method Combines adversarial autoencoders, multi-task learning, and semi-supervised learning to address underfitting and overfitting.
result Our approach outperforms state-of-the-art methods across different domains.
A new method reduces complexity of normalizing flows for MCMC preconditioning.
problem Improving sampling efficiency in MCMC algorithms for complex target distributions.
method Factorized preconditioning architecture combining a linear component and a conditional NF.
result Significantly better tail samples and higher effective sample sizes on various distributions.
Motivation: Ab initio protein docking represents a major challenge for optimizing a noisy and costly "black box"-like function in a high-dimensional space. Despite progress in this field, there is no docking method available for rigorous uncertainty quantification (UQ) of its solution quality (e.g. interface RMSD or iR…
Gauge theory connects hyperbolic metrics to Virasoro orbits, revealing their geometric and topological properties.
problem Understanding the relationship between hyperbolic metrics and Virasoro orbits.
method Using SL(2,R) gauge theory on a cylinder, assigning flat SL(2,R) gauge fields to Virasoro orbits.
result Affirmative answer to the question that all Virasoro orbits arise as moduli spaces of hyperbolic metrics.
Bayesian optimization has become a fundamental global optimization algorithm in many problems where sample efficiency is of paramount importance. Recently, there has been proposed a large number of new applications in fields such as robotics, machine learning, experimental design, simulation, etc. In this paper, we foc…
The paper studies a new type of submanifolds in product spaces.
problem Characterizing and understanding warped product pointwise bi-slant submanifolds.
method Introduced and studied warped product pointwise bi-slant submanifolds of locally product Riemannian manifolds.
result Characterization results and non-trivial examples of these submanifolds.
The paper extends affine connection results to singular warped and twisted products.
problem Generalizing affine connections to singular warped and twisted products.
method Study of singular multiply warped products and singular twisted products with semi-symmetric metric and non-metric connections, discussing Koszul forms and curvature.
result Theoretical results on curvature and Koszul forms for singular multiply warped and twisted products.
Defines products for fibered corners manifolds, generalizing resolutions.
problem Resolving fibered corners manifolds.
method Introduces a category of fibered corners manifolds with products and transverse fiber products, defining the 'ordered product' for wedge metrics.
result The 'ordered product' is a natural product for wedge metrics.
Hyperelastic bodies in Riemannian manifolds can levitate due to curvature-induced forces.
problem Hyperelastic bodies in Riemannian manifolds can levitate due to curvature-induced forces.
method Numerical simulations of static solutions to a particular class of problems in hyperelastic mechanics.
result Hyperelastic bodies in Riemannian manifolds can levitate due to curvature-induced forces.
Productivity and credit limits affect aggregate production in non-monotonic ways.
problem Understanding how aggregate production is influenced by individual characteristics and financial constraints.
method Analytical proof of non-monotonic effects of productivity and credit limits on aggregate production in a general equilibrium model.
result Equilibrium aggregate production can be non-monotonic in both individual productivity and credit limit.
Einstein metrics on products are shown to be warped.
problem Characterizing Einstein metrics on conformal products.
method Proving Einstein metrics on conformal products are warped products under natural geometric conditions.
result Einstein metrics on conformal products are proven to be warped products.
Uniform criterion for vanishing products in bounded cohomology.
problem Vanishing of cup products and Massey products in bounded cohomology.
method Uniform vanishing criterion for products in bounded cohomology.
result Reproved and extended previous vanishing results.
The paper studies affine connections on singular warped products and their curvature.
problem Analyzing affine connections on singular warped products.
method Introducing semi-symmetric metric and non-metric Koszul forms, and expressing their curvature in terms of factor manifolds.
result Generalized results for singular multiply warped products.
We refine the intersection product in homology to an equivariant setting, which unifies several known constructions. As an application, we give a common generalisation of the Chas-Sullivan string product on a manifold and the Chataur-Menichi string product on the classifying space by defining a string product on the Bo…
New method compares geometric and standard cup products.
problem Reconciling partially defined and fully defined cochain products.
method Vector field flow through cubulation to compare products.
result Explicit cochain level comparison between intersection and cup products.
The paper examines Einstein doubly warped product manifolds with a semi-symmetric metric connection.
problem Characterizing Einstein doubly warped product manifolds with a semi-symmetric metric connection.
method Deriving curvature formulas and proving necessary and sufficient conditions for a manifold to be a warped product.
result Obtained results for Einstein doubly warped product manifolds and Einstein-like doubly warped product manifolds.
Generalizes warped product submersion to conformal case.
problem Understanding angles preservation in submersions.
method Introduces conformal warped product submersion.
result Fundamental tensors derived for conformal submersion.
The paper explores geometric properties of Riemannian warped product maps and their curvature.
problem Investigating the geometric properties of Riemannian warped product maps.
method The approach involves establishing conditions for geodesics, deriving curvature tensors, and examining various types of maps.
result Derivation of integral formula for scalar curvature of conformal Riemannian warped product maps.
In this article we obtain classification results on the quasi-product production functions in terms of the geometry of their associated graph hypersurfaces, generalizing in a new setting some recent results concerning basic production models. In particular, we obtain several results on the geometry of Spillman-Mitscher…
Constructing a conformal product structure on S3 using the Reeb foliation.
problem First example of conformal product structure on compact simply connected manifold.
method Reeb foliation
result Conformal product structure on S3 The paper defines and analyzes curvature tensors on super twisted product spaces.
problem Investigating curvature tensors on super twisted product spaces.
method Defined W2-curvature tensor, computed curvature tensors and Ricci tensors, and studied curvature flatness. result Mixed Ricci-flat super twisted product semi-Riemannian manifolds can be expressed as super warped product manifolds.
The study examines Einstein-Finsler spaces using Minkowskian products.
problem Characterizing Einstein-Finsler spaces through Minkowskian products.
method Proving conditions for Einstein-Finsler spaces in terms of Minkowskian products.
result If a Minkowskian product Finsler manifold is Einstein, then either the product manifold is Ricci flat or both quotient manifolds are Einstein with same scalar functions.