Paper tackles pandemic resource allocation challenges.
problem Shortages of medical resources during pandemics.
method Risk management approach, focusing on spatio-temporal competitions.
result New strategies for optimal stockpiling and allocation balancing resource competition.
Demand outstrips available resources in most situations, which gives rise to competition, interaction and learning. In this article, we review a broad spectrum of multi-agent models of competition (El Farol Bar problem, Minority Game, Kolkata Paise Restaurant problem, Stable marriage problem, Parking space problem and …
Improved resource allocation method reduces procurement costs.
problem Online resource allocation with procurement costs.
method Primal-dual algorithm with surrogate function optimization.
result Enhanced competitive ratio through design methods.
The study examines how alternative resource adequacy contract designs affect market participants' risk profiles and resource mix.
problem The tension between promoting reliability and competition in liberalized electricity markets.
method Constructs a stochastic equilibrium model of a competitive market with incomplete risk trading and computes investment equilibria under different contracting regimes.
result Alternative contracting regimes can induce different risk profiles and resource mixes, affecting market outcomes.
Automates resource-efficient CNN design for IoT.
problem Designing custom CNNs for IoT applications is impractical and resource-intensive.
method Automated synthesis of resource scalable CNNs from an existing optimized baseline CNN.
result Synthesized CNNs are resource-efficient and competitive in accuracy.
DeepPlace learns to place applications in clusters using RL.
problem Manual placement rules for scheduling are non-trivial and suboptimal.
method Uses Deep Reinforcement Learning to learn optimal placement rules.
result Reduces resource competition and optimizes cluster utilization.
New framework promotes reproducible, domain-agnostic reinforcement learning algorithms.
problem Domain-specific, compute-resource-maximizing, and non-reproducible participant solutions in reinforcement learning competitions.
method Submission retraining, domain randomization, desemantization through domain obfuscation, and compute/environment-sample budget limitation.
result Participant submissions are reproducible, non-specific to the competition environment, and sample/resource efficient.
LLMs can collude in market divisions, maximizing profits.
problem Strategic collusion of LLM agents in multi-commodity markets.
method Examined LLMs in Cournot competition frameworks, analyzing pricing and resource allocation strategies.
result LLMs can monopolize specific commodities without direct human input or explicit collusion commands.
New model shows big data isn't always better; some agents perform worse with more data.
problem The role of big data in competitive situations.
method Model of complex adaptive system with agents competing for a limited resource using coarse-grained information.
result Agents with more data can perform worse than those with less in certain competitive scenarios.
New framework handles online decisions with replenishable resources, improving both adversarial and stochastic performance.
problem Online decision-making with resource constraints that can be replenished.
method Best-of-both-worlds primal-dual template for online learning problems with replenishment.
result First positive results for adversarial inputs and an instance-independent regret bound for stochastic inputs.
A game environment simulates competition among many agents for resources.
problem Understanding large-scale multiagent interactions and resource competition.
method Developed a persistent, massively multiplayer AI environment.
result Population size affects the development of skillful behaviors and niche differentiation.
We introduce an irreversible discrete multiplicative process that undergoes Bose-Einstein condensation as a generic model of competition. New players with different abilities successively join the game and compete for limited resources. A player's future gain is proportional to its ability and its current gain. The the…
New algorithm balances limited resources for unknown customer types over time.
problem Allocating limited resources to diverse customers with uncertain demands.
method Synthesizes inventory balancing and online learning.
result Performance guarantee is tight, showing both competitive ratio and regret losses are relevant.
This study uses OPE methods to quickly assess auction policies.
problem Rapid decision-making in dynamic auction environments.
method Off-Policy Evaluation and counterfactual methods.
result Improved policy selection and optimization.
CNN-DTW system improves keyword spotting in under-resourced languages.
problem Keyword spotting in nearly zero-resource languages.
method Multilingual bottleneck features, CNN-DTW, DTW template matching, convolutional neural network.
result Multilingual BNFs improve CNN-DTW by 10.9%.
MineRL Competition reduced reinforcement learning sample needs.
problem Sample inefficiency in reinforcement learning.
method Human demonstrations and imitation learning integrated into reinforcement learning algorithms.
result Top solutions used deep reinforcement learning and imitation learning.
Unified model for sequence labeling and classification.
problem Efficiently perform multiple sequence labeling tasks.
method Generative framework with shared natural language output space.
result Significant improvements in few-shot and low-resource slot labeling.
First ABAW 2020 Competition analyzes affective behavior tasks.
problem Automatic analysis of valence-arousal, basic expressions, and action units in real-world scenarios.
method Provided Aff-Wild2 database, described Challenges, evaluation metrics, and top-performing systems.
result Demonstrated the feasibility of automatic affective behavior analysis in real-world settings.
Transformers trained with three normalization changes outperform state-of-the-art on low-resource translation tasks.
problem Improving the training of Transformers, especially on low-resource datasets.
method Three normalization changes: PreNorm, ScaleNorm, and FixNorm.
result Significant improvements in BLEU scores on low-resource translation tasks.
Aims to find efficient neural architectures under resource constraints.
problem Resource constraints in neural architecture search.
method Lamarckian Evolutionary Algorithm for Multi-objective Neural Architecture Search.
result Found models that are competitive with both hand-crafted and automatically-designed networks.
Detects out-of-domain cases with limited training data.
problem Detecting out-of-domain cases with insufficient in-domain training data.
method Proposes an OOD-resistant Prototypical Network.
result Outperforms state-of-the-art methods in zero-shot OOD detection.
GP-TS optimizes TLM pre-training hyperparameters efficiently.
problem Resource inefficiency in TLM pre-training.
method Bayesian optimization with Thompson sampling and Gaussian process.
result GP-TS achieves lower MLM loss in fewer epochs.
Improves bandits with knapsacks guarantees for partially stochastic workloads.
problem Improves guarantees for Bandits with Knapsacks (BwK) with partially stochastic workloads.
method Defines Approximately Stationary BwK, explores algorithms with smooth competitive ratios transitioning between stochastic and adversarial cases.
result Offers competitive ratios that smoothly transition between the best possible guarantees in stochastic and adversarial cases, especially beneficial when budget is small.
Hierarchical IBP model for Bayesian neural networks in continual learning.
problem Resource allocation in continual learning with dynamic network complexity.
method Indian Buffet process (IBP) and Hierarchical-IBP (H-IBP) priors for structure learning, online variational inference with reparameterization.
result Our model effectively learns the number of weights in each layer, overcoming overfitting and underfitting.
Study shows how competition affects learning in matching markets, proving it's possible to balance stability, fairness, and regret.
problem How competition affects learning in matching markets and the impossibility of simultaneously guaranteeing stability and low optimal regret.
method Modeling a two-sided matching market with bandit learners and adding components of costs and transfers.
result It is possible to simultaneously guarantee stability, low optimal regret, fairness in the distribution of regret, and high social welfare.
Local SGD outperforms conventional methods in LLM training.
problem Training large language models on distributed devices.
method Local SGD algorithm applied to distributed training.
result Local SGD achieves competitive results in LLM training.
The stability analysis of socioeconomic systems has been centered on answering whether small perturbations when a system is in a given quantitative state will push the system permanently to a different quantitative state. However, typically the quantitative state of socioeconomic systems is subject to constant change. …
We show that a simple model of a spatially resolved evolving economic system, which has a steady state under simultaneous updating, shows stable oscillations in price when updated asynchronously. The oscillations arise from a gradual decline of the mean price due to competition among sellers competing for the same reso…
CHOPT optimizes hyperparameters in cloud ML platforms efficiently.
problem Efficient hyperparameter optimization in cloud-based machine learning platforms.
method Cloud-based HyperOpt framework with web interfaces and analysis tools.
result CHOPT finds hyperparameter configurations competitive with previous work.
Simplified image clustering achieves competitive results without text-based embeddings.
problem Complexity and resource requirements of state-of-the-art clustering methods.
method SCP: trains a small cluster head using pre-trained vision model features and positive data pairs.
result SCP achieves highly competitive performance on various benchmark datasets.
EEG-TCNet improves MI-BMIs with high accuracy and low resource usage.
problem Improving motor-imagery brain-machine interfaces with high accuracy and low resource usage.
method Proposes EEG-TCNet, a novel TCN for embedded MI-BMIs.
result EEG-TCNet achieves 83.84% classification accuracy on MOABB, outperforming SoA by 0.25.
Develops geometry for Lotka-Volterra model of species competition.
problem Population dynamics of competing species.
method Least squares variational method, Lagrange-Hamilton geometry.
result Jacobi stability discussed for the Lotka-Volterra system.
Efficient classifier with uncertainty bounds for safety-critical applications.
problem Lack of uncertainty bounds in high-accuracy classifiers for safety-critical tasks.
method Nadaraya-Watson estimator with frequentist bounds.
result Competitive accuracy and uncertainty bounds at reduced computational cost.
Bayesian model forecasts hospital resource use during pandemic.
problem Modeling constrained hospital resources during pandemic.
method Approximate Bayesian Computation for an ACED-HMM.
result Mechanistic approach provides competitive probabilistic forecasts.
US firms improve ESG performance in response to China trade shock.
problem Impact of China trade shock on US ESG performance.
method Trade policy experiment exploiting tariff changes.
result Greater import competition from China increases US firm ESG performance.
CLEANN detects and mitigates neural network Trojans without labeled data.
problem Trojans in embedded neural networks that bypass detection during inference.
method Dictionary learning and sparse approximation for identifying Trojan triggers, lightweight algorithm/hardware co-design.
result Efficient real-time execution on resource-constrained platforms, competitive attack resiliency.
New method uses artificial data to improve biomedical text tagging.
problem Lack of labeled data for biomedical tasks.
method Fine-tuning a pre-trained encoder with additional artificial labeled instances.
result Achieved state-of-the-art performance in PICO annotation.
Enhash detects concept drift in data streams quickly and efficiently.
problem Detecting abrupt, gradual, virtual, or recurring events in data streams.
method Uses projection hash to insert incoming samples and detects concept drift.
result Enhash has competitive performance and moderate resource requirements compared to existing ensemble learners.
We present a simple one-parameter model for spatially localised evolving agents competing for spatially localised resources. The model considers selling agents able to evolve their pricing strategy in competition for a fixed market. Despite its simplicity, the model displays extraordinarily rich behavior. In addition t…
This work proposes a student-teacher network for predicting hospital admission locations.
problem Accurate prediction of hospital admission locations to optimize resource allocation.
method Reinforcement learning approach where a teacher network selects data batches for a student network.
result The approach outperforms state-of-the-art methods on tabular data and image recognition.
Standard economic theory, starting with Adam Smith's invisible hand, holds that those who trade for their own selfish motives of maximizing their private preferences may contribute more to the public wealth than those who claim altruistic motives. Under restrictive conditions, this has been shown to result from a self-…
Extracts parallel sentences for machine translation.
problem Data sparsity in multilingual natural language processing.
method Bidirectional recurrent neural network approach.
result Significant improvements in machine translation performance.
Develops a cross-lingual hate speech detection model using pre-trained Transformers.
problem Detecting hate speech in low-resource languages.
method Utilizes frozen Transformer language models and AXEL attention-based classification block for zero-shot and few-shot learning.
result Demonstrates highly competitive results on English and Spanish subsets of the HatEval challenge.
European steel industry shifts to electric arc furnaces, reducing scrap imports and increasing competition.
problem Reducing CO2 emissions in the European steel industry through electric arc furnaces.
method Combining trade data with business intelligence to model the impact of EAF capacity on scrap trade.
result Scrap imports decrease as EAF capacity increases, highlighting the need for a new business ecosystem.
Single neural network predicts ImageNet model parameters for faster training.
problem Training diverse ImageNet models requires significant resources and time.
method Trained a neural network to predict ImageNet model parameters and used them for initialization.
result Models initialized with predicted parameters converge faster and achieve competitive performance.
Paper develops security model and pricing for stable digital currency in quantum blockchain network.
problem Securing and pricing stable digital currency in a quantum blockchain network.
method Developed a block-based quantum channel networking technology and a FinTech platform model with dynamic pricing.
result Established a generalized IoB security model using quantum channel networking and QKD.
Transformer models waste resources on long-context tasks.
problem Redundant attention computations in Transformer models for long-context tasks.
method Reformulate sequence modeling as supervised learning, analyze attention sparsity, formulate attention optimization as linear coding problem, propose Dynamic Group Attention.
result DGA reduces computational costs while maintaining performance.
SFBoW provides sentence embeddings with predefined dimensions.
problem Sentence embeddings problem at document-level.
method Refinement of Fuzzy Bag-of-Words, predefined dimension.
result Competitive performances in Semantic Textual Similarity benchmarks.