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48 results for sequence evolution

This paper explores the problem of unknotting closed braids and classical knots in mathematical knot theory. We apply evolutionary computation methods to learn sequences of moves that simplify knot diagrams, and show that this can be effective both when the evolution is carried out for individual knots and when a gener…

2013-02-04abs ↗pdf ↗

This paper uses bandit theory and Thompson Sampling to optimize protein sequences.

problem Optimizing protein sequences using machine learning and directed evolution.
method Proposes a Thompson Sampling-guided Directed Evolution (TS-DE) framework.
result TS-DE achieves a nearly optimal Bayesian regret of order ildeO(d2MT) ilde O(d^{2}\sqrt{MT}).

Emergenet predicts animal influenza strain emergence, outperforming current methods.

problem Limited ability to quantitatively assess animal influenza strain emergence.
method Infer digital twin of sequence evolution using 220,151 HA sequences.
result Emergenet predictions outperform WHO seasonal vaccine recommendations and CDC IRAT scores.

In this paper we study properties of the area evolute (AE) and the center symmetry set (CSS) of a convex planar curve γγ. The main tool is to define a Minkowski plane where γγ becomes a constant width curve. In this Minkowski plane, the CSS is the evolute of γγ and the AE is an involute of the CSS. We prove that the…

2013-01-27abs ↗pdf ↗

AI helps forecasters understand TC convective evolution before intensification.

problem Challenges in extracting scientific insights from complex TC data.
method Combining AI prediction algorithms and classical statistical inference.
result Identifies patterns in TC convective structure leading to intensification.

PES method reduces bias in gradient estimation for unrolled graphs.

problem High variance and bias in gradient estimation for unrolled computation graphs.
method Divide graph into unrolls, apply ES update, accumulate correction terms.
result PES provides unbiased, low-variance gradient estimates.

The goal of this note is to prove a compact embedding result for spaces of forward rate curves. As a consequence of this result, we show that any forward rate evolution can be approximated by a sequence of finite dimensional processes in the larger state space.

2019-07-02abs ↗pdf ↗

A new method estimates protein evolutionary fields and couplings from alignments.

problem Estimating evolutionary fields and couplings from protein sequence alignments.
method Boltzmann machine with parallel, persistent Markov chain Monte Carlo method.
result Improved precision in predicting contact residue pairs.

The paper studies how neural networks evolve representations, finding a unique fixed point for nonlinear activations.

problem Understanding how neural networks transform input data across layers.
method Theoretical framework for the evolution of the kernel sequence, using mean-field regime and Hermite polynomials.
result For nonlinear activations, the kernel sequence converges globally to a unique fixed point.

A statistical physics model for the time evolutions of stock portfolios is proposed. In this model the time series of price changes are coded into the sequences of up and down spins. The Hamiltonian of the system is introduced and is expressed by spin-spin interactions as in spin glass models of disordered magnetic sys…

2000-11-09abs ↗pdf ↗

Wittgenstein's Rule Following evolves datasets by extrapolating structural descriptors.

problem Generating meaningful continuations of evolving datasets.
method Wittgenstein's Rule Following (WRF) uses structural descriptors to extrapolate trajectories and average historical descriptors.
result WRF can generate meaningful continuations of evolving datasets.

Generative Link Sequence Modeling predicts future links in evolving networks.

problem Predicting future links in networks with evolving structures.
method Sequence modeling framework with self-tokenization to capture temporal link formation patterns.
result GLSM achieves best performance on AUC metrics compared to existing methods.

This paper is devoted to the horizontal (``characteristic'') cohomology of systems of differential equations. Recent results on computing the horizontal cohomology via the compatibility complex are generalized. New results on the Vinogradov C-spectral sequence and the Krasil'shchik C-cohomology are obtained. As an appl…

1998-03-24abs ↗pdf ↗

SDIFT generates full-field dynamics from sparse, irregular data.

problem Modeling and reconstructing physical dynamics from sparse, off-grid observations.
method SDIFT uses a functional Tucker model and sequential diffusion for generating full-field evolution from irregular sparse observations.
result Significant improvements in reconstruction accuracy and computational efficiency compared to state-of-the-art approaches.

A framework infers causal direction from symbolic sequences using compression measures.

problem Inferring causal direction from two observed discrete symbolic sequences.
method Lossless compressors for inferring context-free grammars (CFGs) and quantifying compression extent.
result Grammar inferred from one sequence better compresses the other sequence, indicating causal direction.

This paper introduces a new neural ODE model for continuous-time sequence generation.

problem Representing and predicting continuous-time sequences with high accuracy.
method A neural emission model and neural ODE define the latent state evolution, with an Energy-based model for prior distribution.
result The model outperforms existing methods in various tasks, including long-horizon predictions.

ReGENN improves time series forecasting by considering inter and intra-temporal relationships.

problem Achieving reliable predictions in real-world time series applications.
method ReGENN combines graph evolution with deep recurrent learning to model dynamic dependencies among multiple variables.
result Sound improvement of up to 64.87% over competing algorithms in time-series forecasting.

In this article we investigate a family of nonlinear evolutions of polygons in the plane called the ββ-polygon flow and obtain some results analogous to results for the smooth curve shortening flow: (1) any planar polygon shrinks to a point and (2) a regular polygon with five or more vertices is asymptotically stable …

2016-10-12abs ↗pdf ↗

We develop a second-order model for limit order books in a single scaling regime.

problem Modeling price and volume dynamics in a limit order book with market and limit orders at a common time scale.
method Established a first- and second-order approximation for an infinite dimensional limit order book model.
result Proved the existence and uniqueness of a solution for the second-order approximation.

Consider a convex polygon P in the plane, and denote by U a homothetical copy of the vector sum of P and (-P). Then the polygon U, as unit ball, induces a norm such that, with respect to this norm, P has constant Minkowskian width. We define notions like Minkowskian curvature, evolutes and involutes for polygons of con…

2014-06-12abs ↗pdf ↗

Mathematical methods characterize RNNs' asymptotics as hidden units and data grow.

problem Characterize recurrent neural networks' behavior as hidden units and data grow.
method Developed mathematical methods to analyze RNNs' convergence to an infinite-dimensional ODE coupled with a fixed point of a random algebraic equation.
result RNNs converge to an infinite-dimensional ODE coupled with a fixed point of a random algebraic equation.

Bayesian optimization of antibodies learns from immune system evolution.

problem Efficiently optimizing antibody sequences in a large space of possibilities.
method Bayesian optimization guided by a generative model of evolving antibody sequences.
result CloneBO optimizes antibodies more efficiently than previous methods.

Study examines Bitcoin's price history and identifies recurring events.

problem Understanding Bitcoin's price fluctuations and recurring events.
method Analyzed BTC price time-series (2010-2021), identified recurring events, and approximated price evolution using a Fibonacci sequence.
result BTC price history shows recurring events with similar duration and can be approximated using a Fibonacci sequence.

Modeling a sequence of interactions between users and items (e.g., products, posts, or courses) is crucial in domains such as e-commerce, social networking, and education to predict future interactions. Representation learning presents an attractive solution to model the dynamic evolution of user and item properties, w…

2018-12-06abs ↗pdf ↗

Neural Physicist learns physical dynamics from images.

problem Learning meaningful physical state representations and accurate state transitions from image sequences.
method Neural Physicist uses VAE for state extraction, NP for parameters, and SSM for dynamics.
result Achieves long-term predictions and identifies system degrees of freedom.

We propose an extension of the differential system for constant mean curvature (CMC) surfaces in a three dimensional space form to an associated hierarchy of evolution equations by the higher-order commuting symmetries. The infinite sequence of higher-order conservation laws of CMC surfaces admit the corresponding exte…

2013-12-27abs ↗pdf ↗

Click-through rate~(CTR) prediction, whose goal is to estimate the probability of the user clicks, has become one of the core tasks in advertising systems. For CTR prediction model, it is necessary to capture the latent user interest behind the user behavior data. Besides, considering the changing of the external envir…

2018-09-11abs ↗pdf ↗

Many studies in Economics and other disciplines have been reporting distributions following power-law behavior (i.e distributions of incomes (Pareto's law), city sizes (Zipf's law), frequencies of words in long sequences of text etc.)[1, 6, 7]. This widespread observed regularity has been explained in many ways: genera…

2006-07-30abs ↗pdf ↗