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48 results for survey weights

Survey on Kähler-Einstein and weighted solitons on Fano manifolds.

problem Existence of coupled Kähler-Einstein metrics and weighted solitons on Fano manifolds.
method Generalization of algebraic conditions for K-polystability.
result Existence of coupled Kähler-Einstein metrics and weighted solitons is equivalent to algebraic conditions.

Survey of Locally Linear Embedding and its variants.

problem Representing high-dimensional data in a lower-dimensional space while preserving local structure.
method Explains various LLE and variant methods, including kernel LLE, inverse LLE, feature fusion, out-of-sample embedding, incremental LLE, landmark LLE, supervised LLE, robust LLE, fusion with other methods, and weighted LLE.
result Comprehensive overview of LLE and its variants.

Paper develops NN models for diabetes screening using NHANES data.

problem Developing accurate predictive models for diabetes in diverse populations.
method Proposes a neural network framework with survey weights, uncertainty quantification.
result Robust risk score models for diabetes in US population.

Method completes mixed matrix from complex surveys with heterogeneous missingness.

problem Recovering a mixed dataframe matrix from complex survey sampling with different missingness patterns.
method Two-stage procedure: logistic regression for missingness modeling, and weighted log-likelihood maximization with low-rank constraint.
result The proposed method achieves sublinear convergence and shows superior performance compared to existing methods.

PPI uses predictions and weighting to infer from partially labeled data.

problem Valid inference with partially labeled data.
method Combines model-based predictions with bias correction from labeled data, using Horvitz-Thompson and Hájek corrections.
result IPW-adjusted PPI with estimated propensities performs similarly to known-probability case.

SDRF estimates complex survey designs for conditional distributions.

problem Estimating conditional distributions under complex survey designs.
method Survey-calibrated distributional random forest (SDRF) with pseudo-population bootstrap and MMD split criterion.
result Established design consistency and model consistency for survey designs.

Survey on Evidential Deep Learning for uncertainty estimation in deep neural networks.

problem Uncertainty estimation in deep neural networks with overhead or limited diversity.
method Evidential Deep Learning, parameterizing distributions over distributions.
result Single model and forward pass uncertainty estimation with a unified notation.

This is a survey article on recent progress of comparison geometry and geometric analysis on Finsler manifolds of weighted Ricci curvature bounded below. Our purpose is two-fold: Give a concise and geometric review on the birth of weighted Ricci curvature and its applications; Explain recent results from a nonlinear an…

2017-04-05abs ↗pdf ↗

Proposes a neural network method to combine nonprobability and probability survey samples.

problem Combining nonprobability and probability survey samples for accurate population mean estimation.
method Uses a deep neural network to estimate sampling scores from nonprobability samples and combines them with probability sample information.
result Proposed estimators improve robustness to parametric propensity-score misspecification, especially for nonlinear selection mechanisms.

This paper surveys various methods for dimensionality reduction and nearest neighbor search.

problem Efficiently reducing high-dimensional data to lower dimensions while preserving essential information.
method Linear and nonlinear random projections, including sparse random projections, random Fourier Features, and Random Kitchen Sinks.
result Various methods for dimensionality reduction and nearest neighbor search are explained and compared.

Rozansky and Witten proposed in 1996 a family of new three-dimensional topological quantum field theories, indexed by compact (or asymptotically flat) hyperkaehler manifolds. As a byproduct they proved that hyperkaehler manifolds also give rise to Vassiliev weight systems. These may be thought of as invariants of hyper…

2001-12-19abs ↗pdf ↗

Deep neural networks are the state-of-the-art methods for many real-world tasks, such as computer vision, natural language processing and speech recognition. For all its popularity, deep neural networks are also criticized for consuming a lot of memory and draining battery life of devices during training and inference.…

2018-08-13abs ↗pdf ↗

Let M be a complete Riemannian manifold with negative curvature, and let C_-, C_+ be two properly immersed closed convex subsets of M. We survey the asymptotic behaviour of the number of common perpendiculars of length at most s from C_- to C_+, giving error terms and counting with weights, starting from the work of Hu…

2012-03-01abs ↗pdf ↗

In this article, we give a survey of Geometric Invariant Theory for Toric Varieties, and present an application to the Einstein-Weyl Geometry. We compute the image of the Minitwistor space of the Honda metrics as a categorical quotient according to the most efficient linearization. The result is the complex weighted pr…

2006-11-24abs ↗pdf ↗

This paper explores how representation learning can improve design-based causal inference.

problem Estimating causal effects in design-based studies is challenging due to the need for optimal weights.
method The authors propose an end-to-end estimation procedure that learns a flexible representation to minimize the error in choosing a representation.
result The proposed method is competitive in various causal inference tasks and shows promise for improving design-based weights.

Survey of trainable activation functions in neural networks.

problem Improving neural network performance through trainable activation functions.
method Taxonomy and comparison of recent and past models of trainable activation functions.
result Many trainable activation functions are equivalent to adding neuron layers with fixed activation functions and simple constraints.

Introduces nondecreasing rank for matrices and tensors, developing methods and applications.

problem Finding low-rank approximations for matrices and tensors with monotonic constraints.
method Developed a variant of hierarchical alternating least squares algorithm for finding low ND rank approximations.
result Low ND rank factorizations can be found and interpreted for real-world datasets.

Survey and framework for consistent uncertainty quantification in deep learning.

problem Partial uncertainty coverage and inconsistencies in deep learning uncertainty quantification.
method Bayes' theorem and conditional probability densities applied to all major sources of uncertainty.
result Improved robustness and reliability of neural network predictions in real-world scenarios.

Enhances flexibility in data reweighting with optimal transport and maximum entropy principles.

problem Adapting empirical distributions to predefined constraints on moments, tail behavior, etc.
method Nonparametric distributional constraints, maximum entropy principle, optimal transport.
result Maximum entropy weight adjusted empirical distribution close to a specified distribution in optimal transport metric.

Study shows non-systematic bias in customer satisfaction surveys limits data value.

problem Non-systematic bias in customer satisfaction surveys limits data value.
method Used real customer satisfaction survey data of a large retail bank to show the irreducible error and suggest thoughtful survey design methods.
result A thoughtful survey design can reduce non-systematic error in customer satisfaction surveys.

New risk measure and quadrangle improve financial decision-making.

problem Heterogeneous risk assessments among analysts.
method Established analytical characterizations of WGRM and incorporated FRQ into WRQ.
result WGRM and WRQ framework improves risk-adjusted performance and downside resilience.

The paper tests the credibility of public and private surveys using linear regression and differential privacy.

problem Ensuring the validity of data analysis results from sample surveys using linear regression.
method Designing an algorithm to test the credibility of surveys and extending it to handle LDP.
result The algorithm achieves optimal estimation error bound for 1\ell_1 linear regression and reduces sample complexity.

With a growing interest in using non-representative samples to train prediction models for numerous outcomes it is necessary to account for the sampling design that gives rise to the data in order to assess the generalized predictive utility of a proposed prediction rule. After learning a prediction rule based on a non…

2017-11-13abs ↗pdf ↗