Semi-supervised method predicts faults in systems with multiple operation modes.
problem Fault detection in industrial systems with missing target data.
method Semi-supervised soft sensor modeling incorporating mode transition properties.
result Regression coefficients estimated under constraint conditions from mode transitions.
The paper develops a multi-unit soft sensing model for virtual flow meters that improves few-shot learning.
problem Improving soft sensor performance for new wells with limited data.
method Formulates a probabilistic, hierarchical model using a deep neural network for multi-unit soft sensing.
result Multi-unit models trained on many wells can perform well on new wells with just a few data points.
LightGCNet simplifies AI for soft sensors, reducing complexity and training time.
problem Complex and resource-intensive deep learning models for soft sensors.
method LightGCNet uses compact angle constraints and node pool strategy for efficient learning.
result LightGCNet achieves small network size, fast learning, and good generalization.
Deep model learns from labeled and unlabeled data for industrial soft sensing.
problem Lack of data limits soft sensor development in industrial processes.
method Hierarchical, generative deep latent variable model for semi-supervised multi-unit soft sensing.
result Model outperforms current methods for soft sensing in industrial processes.
AOPU stabilizes NN training by approximating natural gradient, improving stability and convergence.
problem Stability and interpretability in online NN training for industrial soft sensors.
method AOPU truncates gradient backpropagation, optimizing trackable parameters, and approximating natural gradient.
result AOPU achieves stable convergence and superior performance on chemical process datasets.
Active learning improves soft sensor development by suggesting informative labels.
problem Expensive labeling of process variables in industrial settings.
method Adapted active learning strategies for online data streams and used semi-supervised autoencoders.
result Improved predictive performance of soft sensors using active learning and autoencoders.
Study compares PLS, Lasso, and RVM for soft sensor design, finding Lasso superior.
problem Improving predictive performance of soft sensors in high-dimensional data.
method Comparison of three regression techniques (PLS, Lasso, RVM) on real and simulated datasets.
result Lasso outperforms PLS in offline learning with large predictor sets, but PLS remains superior with small MW sizes.
Five simple soft sensor methodologies with two update conditions were compared on two experimentally-obtained datasets and one simulated dataset. The soft sensors investigated were moving window partial least squares regression (and a recursive variant), moving window random forest regression, the mean moving window of…
A new active learning strategy for real-time data in production.
problem High annotation costs and time required for quality inspections of unlabeled data.
method A stream-based active learning approach using optimal experimental design theory.
result The proposed algorithm allows for faster reduction in prediction error.
We leverage automatic differentiation (AD) and probabilistic programming to develop an end-to-end optimization algorithm for batch triangulation of a large number of unknown objects. Given noisy detections extracted from noisily geo-located street level imagery without depth information, we jointly estimate the number …
User interfaces provide an interactive window between physical and virtual environments. A new concept in the field of human-computer interaction is a soft user interface; a compliant surface that facilitates touch interaction through deformation. Despite the potential of these interfaces, they currently lack a signal …
Networked sensing, where the goal is to perform complex inference using a large number of inexpensive and decentralized sensors, has become an increasingly attractive research topic due to its applications in wireless sensor networks and internet-of-things. To reduce the communication, sensing and storage complexity, t…
Proposes a transformer model with geostatistical inductive bias for spatio-temporal forecasting.
problem Combining probabilistic rigor of geostatistics with flexible deep learning representations.
method Spatially-informed transformer with learnable covariance kernel.
result Successfully recovers spatial decay parameters end-to-end via backpropagation.
Soft labeling impacts OOD detection in neural networks.
problem Impact of soft labeling on OOD detection in deep neural networks.
method Empirical analysis of how soft labeling affects OOD detection performance.
result Soft labeling can either improve or deteriorate OOD detection performance.
Employers actively look for talents having not only specific hard skills but also various soft skills. To analyze the soft skill demands on the job market, it is important to be able to detect soft skill phrases from job advertisements automatically. However, a naive matching of soft skill phrases can lead to false pos…
ASBART accelerates Soft BART for faster Bayesian regression.
problem Slow computation in Soft BART.
method Proposed ASBART, a variant of Soft BART.
result ASBART is about 10 times faster than Soft BART with similar accuracy.
FATHOM model improves sensor data analysis with attention and LSTM.
problem Scarcity of training data from multiple sensors.
method Federated multi-task hierarchical attention model (FATHOM) with attention mechanism and LSTM.
result FATHOM outperforms baselines in sensor data classification and regression.
RESPIRE calibrates low-cost air-quality sensors for CO levels, resistant to outliers.
problem Calibrating LCAQ sensors against regulatory-grade monitors is expensive and time-consuming.
method PROvably outlier-resistant semi-parametric regression technique.
result RESPIRE offers improved prediction in cross-site, cross-season, and cross-sensor settings.
Proposes a neural network for handling multi-sensor time series with varying input dimensions.
problem Handling multi-sensor time series with varying input dimensions.
method Graph neural network conditioning vectors for zero-shot transfer learning.
result Better generalization in activity recognition and equipment prognostics datasets.
With the rising number of interconnected devices and sensors, modeling distributed sensor networks is of increasing interest. Recurrent neural networks (RNN) are considered particularly well suited for modeling sensory and streaming data. When predicting future behavior, incorporating information from neighboring senso…
Paper proposes a new loss function for conditional models using soft targets.
problem Improving generalization performance of deep neural networks on supervised classification tasks.
method Introduces a new loss function compatible with soft targets, based on noise contrastive estimation.
result Soft target InfoNCE loss performs on par with cross-entropy baselines and outperforms other losses.
Self-attention model improves HAR from wearable sensors.
problem Capturing spatio-temporal context from sensor data.
method Proposes a self-attention based neural network model.
result Significant performance improvement over state-of-the-art models.
Method learns behavioral states from wearable sensor data.
problem Understanding behavioral patterns from sensor data.
method Non-parametric Bayesian approach to model sensor data.
result Learned behavioral states cluster participants into meaningful groups and predict psychological states.
Introduces Soft-SVM for binary classification bridging logistic and SVM.
problem Data separability issues in binary classification.
method Soft-SVM regression using convex relaxation of hinge loss with softness and class-separation parameters.
result Soft-SVM performs well in classification and prediction errors.
SHARE predicts city-wide parking availability using a hierarchical graph neural network.
problem Predicting city-wide parking availability is challenging due to spatial and temporal autocorrelation.
method SHARE uses a hierarchical graph convolution structure with contextual and soft clustering blocks, a recurrent neural network, and a parking availability approximation module.
result SHARE outperforms state-of-the-art baselines in predicting city-wide parking availability.
Proposes DFDG for robust domain generalization without source domain labels.
problem Robustness of deep learning models in real-world applications where train and test distributions differ.
method Model-agnostic, class-aware alignment of class relationships through saliency maps.
result Competitive performance on time series sensor and image classification datasets.
Robots rely on sensors to provide them with information about their surroundings. However, high-quality sensors can be extremely expensive and cost-prohibitive. Thus many robotic systems must make due with lower-quality sensors. Here we demonstrate via a case study how modeling a sensor can improve its efficacy when em…
A new method for RL with continuous actions improves stability and scalability.
problem Stability and scalability issues in existing RL methods.
method Soft policy gradient with entropy regularization, combined with double sampling for soft Bellman equation.
result Outperforms off-policy prior methods in continuous action RL tasks.
Paper presents a WiFi-based indoor sensor localization technique.
problem Indoor localization in wireless sensor networks.
method Zoning-based localization using statistical learning.
result Efficient sensor zone determination in indoor environments.
Optimizes seismic monitoring networks using Bayesian OED.
problem Improve seismic event identification and location.
method Bayesian optimal experimental design (OED) to configure sensor networks.
result Optimized sensor network improves seismic event identification and location.
Improved robustness in multi-modal sensor fusion with deep learning.
problem Inconsistency in fusion weights leading to poor performance under sensor failures.
method Proposes deep multi-modal sensor fusion architectures with fusion weight regularization and target learning.
result Proposed architectures outperform existing deep learning methods under sensor failures.
Improved sleep apnea detection using sensor fusion and backward shortcut connections.
problem Untreated sleep apnea leads to severe health consequences; automated detection is needed.
method Late sensor fusion using backward shortcut connections to improve deep learning models.
result Significant improvement in predictive performance over single sensor methods.
Regularized recurrent attention filter combines sensor inputs.
problem Combining information from different sensor modalities.
method Regularized recurrent attention filter, co-learning mechanism, probabilistic graphical model.
result Dynamic sensor fusion and latent representation recovery.
Improved DOA estimation with distributed sensors across multiple frequencies.
problem Sensor gain uncertainties and directional perturbations in multi-frequency scenarios.
method Distributed optimization with local coherence models and iterative exchange of information.
result Advantages in statistical and computational efficiency through parallel iterative technique.
Paper proposes methods to localize sources in WSNs without knowing sensor parameters.
problem Source localization in WSNs without sensor parameter knowledge.
method Hitting set approach and feature selection method.
result Effective source localization methods validated through simulations.
New Soft Actor-Critic for discrete actions.
problem Applying reinforcement learning to games with discrete actions.
method Derived an alternative Soft Actor-Critic for discrete actions.
result Competitive with tuned model-free state-of-the-art on Atari games.
ConvGNP improves sensor placement for climate monitoring.
problem Maximizing informativeness of environmental sensor placements in remote regions.
method Convolutional Gaussian neural processes (ConvGNP) for non-stationary spatial predictions.
result ConvGNP outperforms traditional GP models in predicting sensor performance and reducing uncertainty.
Recently, deep learning becomes the main focus of machine learning research and has greatly impacted many important fields. However, deep learning is criticized for lack of interpretability. As a successful unsupervised model in deep learning, the autoencoder embraces a wide spectrum of applications, yet it suffers fro…
Deep RL predicts equipment maintenance from sensor data.
problem Equipment downtime due to sensor data overload.
method Model-free Deep Reinforcement Learning for optimal maintenance policy.
result Automatic maintenance policy learning from sensor data.
This work builds a sensor graph from DC sensors for anomaly detection.
problem Anomaly detection in data centers with complex sensor relationships.
method Data-driven pipeline (ts2graph) to build a sensor graph from sensor time series.
result Graph neural network (GNN) outperforms existing methods by 2-3 times in anomaly detection.
In this paper, we propose a general collaborative sparse representation framework for multi-sensor classification, which takes into account the correlations as well as complementary information between heterogeneous sensors simultaneously while considering joint sparsity within each sensor's observations. We also robus…
Paper presents a neural network for recognizing human activities from unlabeled sensor data.
problem Time-consuming annotation of sensor data for activity recognition.
method Attention-based convolutional neural network for weakly labeled data.
result Attention model improves accuracy in recognizing human activities.
Soft geometric bias improves physical dynamics predictions.
problem Learning physical dynamics with exact group equivariance can degrade performance.
method Object-centric world models using geometric algebra neural networks.
result Soft geometric inductive bias leads to better physical fidelity predictions.
A framework learns dynamic soft labels to improve model generalization and accuracy.
problem Models trained on one-hot labels overfit and are sensitive to noisy annotations.
method Proposes a framework where labels are treated as learnable parameters, adapting dynamically during optimization.
result Consistent gains across different datasets and architectures, improving ResNet18 by 2.1% on CIFAR100.
A method for selecting pseudo-labeled data in semi-supervised learning using generalized Bayes and soft revision.
problem Selecting pseudo-labeled data for semi-supervised learning with robustness to uncertainty.
method Using credal sets and the Gamma-Maximin method with soft revision to update priors and select pseudo-labeled data.
result The Gamma-Maximin method with soft revision can achieve promising results, especially in scenarios with low labeled data proportions.
Emerging wearable sensors have enabled the unprecedented ability to continuously monitor human activities for healthcare purposes. However, with so many ambient sensors collecting different measurements, it becomes important not only to maintain good monitoring accuracy, but also low power consumption to ensure sustain…
This paper introduces TNTK to study infinite soft tree ensembles.
problem Understanding the behavior of infinite soft tree ensembles.
method Introduced Tree Neural Tangent Kernel (TNTK) to analyze infinite soft tree ensembles.
result Identified several non-trivial properties of infinite soft tree ensembles.
New method optimizes sensor placement for stochastic systems efficiently.
problem Optimizing sensor placements for black-box stochastic systems with computational constraints.
method Trains a joint energy-based model on simulation data to learn parameter and solution distributions, allowing efficient sensor placement.
result Demonstrates lower computational cost and more informative sensor locations compared to conventional approaches.