OTT services are replacing traditional telecom services, affecting revenue streams.
problem OTT services are reducing traditional telecom revenue streams.
method Quantitative analysis of mobile user trends and revenue changes.
result OTT services are becoming more prevalent and impacting telecom revenue.
A churn prediction system guides telecom service providers to reduce revenue loss. However, the development of a churn prediction system for a telecom industry is a challenging task, mainly due to the large size of the data, high dimensional features, and imbalanced distribution of the data. In this paper, we present a…
Model predicts telecom customer churn with high accuracy.
problem Predicting customers at risk of leaving telecom companies.
method Machine learning and social network analysis on big data platform.
result Model achieved 93.3% AUC, significantly improving churn prediction.
Proposes a greedy algorithm for telecom offers to retain subscribers.
problem Maximizing revenue while preventing churn in telecom subscribers.
method Combinatorial algorithm for offer optimization under heterogeneous incentives.
result Efficient and accurate solution for large subscriber bases.
In the age of data driven solution, the customer demographic attributes, such as gender and age, play a core role that may enable companies to enhance the offers of their services and target the right customer in the right time and place. In the marketing campaign, the companies want to target the real user of the GSM …
Detecting faults and SLA violations in a timely manner is critical for telecom providers, in order to avoid loss in business, revenue and reputation. At the same time predicting SLA violations for user services in telecom environments is difficult, due to time-varying user demands and infrastructure load conditions. In…
Pioneers a new network slicing solution for beyond-5G networks.
problem Ensuring diverse service level agreements (SLAs) in a multi-tenant environment with varying latency and throughput requirements.
method Leverages a multi-armed-bandit-based (MAB) orchestrator, LACO, that makes adaptive resource slicing decisions based on system structure information.
result Near-optimal results in resource slicing decisions with no prior knowledge of traffic demand or channel quality statistics.
In this work, we analyze the problem of adoption of mobile money in Pakistan by using the call detail records of a major telecom company as our input. Our results highlight the fact that different sections of the society have different patterns of adoption of digital financial services but user mobility related feature…
Detects BGP routing anomalies using bursty announcement patterns.
problem Detecting disruptive routing updates in the Internet.
method Burstiness measure of inter-arrival times around disruptive update dates and times.
result High recall and better precision in detecting anomalous incidents.
LogAnMeta detects anomalies from log events using meta learning.
problem Poor performance of current log anomaly detection on new or unseen anomalies.
method Meta-learning-based hybrid few-shot classifier trained in an episodic manner.
result Demonstrates efficacy of LogAnMeta on detecting anomalies with few samples.
Monopoly breakup impacts AT&T and AMX's market value by 65% and 32%.
problem Understanding how financial markets value monopoly rents post-breakup.
method Univariate structural time series models to estimate pre-breakup and post-breakup values.
result Monopoly breakup significantly impacts market capitalization, as shown by AT&T and AMX.
Extracts patterns from mobile network data for better resource management.
problem Improving network efficiency and resource allocation for mobile users.
method Spatiotemporal analysis of internet activity records (IARs) data.
result Developed a mobile traffic partitioning scheme.
Many households in developing countries lack formal financial histories, making it difficult for firms to extend credit, and for potential borrowers to receive it. However, many of these households have mobile phones, which generate rich data about behavior. This article shows that behavioral signatures in mobile phone…
We study the structure of inter-industry relationships using networks of money flows between industries in 20 national economies. We find these networks vary around a typical structure characterized by a Weibull link weight distribution, exponential industry size distribution, and a common community structure. The comm…
Industry evolution caused by various reasons, among which technology progress driving industry development has been approved, but with the new trend of industry convergence, inter-industry convergence also plays an increasing important role. This paper plans to probe the industry synergetic evolution mechanism based on…
Improves industry classification for diversified companies.
problem Traditional industry classification struggles with multi-sector conglomerates.
method Bayesian Non-Parametrics, Markov Updating, and hierarchical modeling.
result MIS-2 provides a measurable improvement over GICS in predicting future correlations.
Develops MIS, a probabilistic model for multi-industry classification.
problem GICS's limitation of assigning each firm to exactly one industry, especially for diversified firms.
method Topic modeling to probabilistically assign firms to multiple industries based on business descriptions.
result Demonstrates MIS's ability to flexibly assign firms to multiple industries with relevance probabilities.
Study finds environmental liability insurance reduces industrial carbon emissions.
problem Reduction of industrial carbon emissions.
method Two-way fixed effect model using provincial (city) level panel data from 2010 to 2020.
result Environmental liability insurance reduces industrial carbon emissions at both direct and indirect levels, with varying effects.
Study reveals similarities in knowledge flows between pharmaceutical and AI industries.
problem Understanding the dynamics of drug pipelines in global pharmaceutical industry.
method Multilayer network analysis of drug pipeline, global supply chain, and ownership data.
result Proven similarities in knowledge flows between pharmaceutical and AI industries.
Analyzes Indian chemical industry post-Covid.
problem Global uncertainty impacts chemical industry performance.
method Fundamental analysis of key players and trends.
result Various geopolitical and macroeconomic trends shape industry performance.
New online learning algorithms improve cyberattack detection in industrial control systems.
problem Detecting cyberattacks in industrial control systems with limited resources.
method Online learning algorithms to process continuous data streams and address class imbalance.
result Improved detection rate of cyberattacks in industrial control systems.
We provide complete source code for building a fundamental industry classification based on publically available and freely downloadable data. We compare various fundamental industry classifications by running a horserace of short-horizon trading signals (alphas) utilizing open source heterotic risk models (https://ssr…
The Industrial Internet of Things drastically increases connectivity of devices in industrial applications. In addition to the benefits in efficiency, scalability and ease of use, this creates novel attack surfaces. Historically, industrial networks and protocols do not contain means of security, such as authentication…
We give complete algorithms and source code for constructing (multilevel) statistical industry classifications, including methods for fixing the number of clusters at each level (and the number of levels). Under the hood there are clustering algorithms (e.g., k-means). However, what should we cluster? Correlations? Ret…
Quantum computing offers financial industry new optimization and risk management tools.
problem Traditional computing limits financial industry's problem-solving capabilities.
method Structured review of quantum computing platforms, algorithms, and use cases.
result Quantum computing can enhance financial industry applications like optimization and risk management.
Study uses ML and statistical models to analyze climate impacts of industrial growth.
problem Understanding and predicting environmental impacts of industrial activities.
method Comparative analysis of ML and statistical models on time series data.
result ML models outperform statistical models in predicting environmental impacts.
Paper uses neural networks to analyze oil price impact on Iranian stock and industry indices.
problem Impact of oil price volatility on Tehran stock and industry indices.
method Feed-forward neural networks analysis of two periods: sanctions and post-sanctions.
result Neural networks predict stock and industry indices well, showing significant oil price volatility impact.
New dataset for industrial machine sounds to aid maintenance.
problem Lack of public datasets for industrial machine sounds.
method Recorded normal and anomalous sounds of industrial machines.
result Assists in automated facility maintenance development.
Tool converts industrial systems to RL environments for optimization.
problem Lack of RL methods for optimizing industrial systems.
method Develops a tool to convert FSM models to OpenAI Gym wrappers.
result Traditional RL methods can be applied to industrial systems.
Study examines how COVID-19 intensified demand variability in U.S. supply chains.
problem The amplification of demand variability (Bullwhip Effect) in supply chains during the pandemic.
method Extensive industry-level data analysis using traditional and advanced empirical techniques.
result COVID-19 significantly amplified the Bullwhip Effect across different U.S. industries.
Deep learning predicts employment changes and industry health.
problem Forecasting short-term employment changes and assessing long-term industry health.
method LSTNet, a multi-scale deep learning model, processes multivariate time series data.
result LSTNet outperforms baseline models in most sectors, especially stable ones.
Nestedness has traditionally been used to detect assembly patterns in meta-communities and networks of interacting species. Attempts have also been made to uncover nested structures in international trade, typically represented as bipartite networks in which connections can be established between countries (exporters o…
Industry lacks tools to secure ML systems, study finds.
problem Insufficient security tools for ML systems in industry.
method Interviews with 28 organizations to identify gaps.
result Need revised Security Development Lifecycle for ML.
Study shows insurance industry in North Macedonia declined 10% due to COVID-19.
problem Impact of COVID-19 on insurance industry activity.
method Seasonal autoregressive models and data analysis for 11 insurance classes.
result Insurance activity in North Macedonia decreased by more than 10% during the pandemic.
Company2Vec creates embeddings from company websites for fine-grained business analytics.
problem Lack of fine-grained company labels for analytics.
method Word2Vec and dimensionality reduction on company website data.
result Semantic company embeddings for various applications.
How do regions acquire the knowledge they need to diversify their economic activities? How does the migration of workers among firms and industries contribute to the diffusion of that knowledge? Here we measure the industry, occupation, and location-specific knowledge carried by workers from one establishment to the ne…
Novel financial time-series data representation improves industry sector classification.
problem Classifying industries using historical stock returns time-series data.
method Proposed a novel representation based on stock returns embeddings for time-series data, overcoming representational challenges of conventional approaches.
result Substantial performance improvements over baselines using conventional representations.
Neural model learns company embeddings from data and news.
problem Subjective industry classification schemes in finance.
method Multimodal neural model training company embeddings.
result Objective company representations capture nuanced relationships.
Bayesian methods improve industrial modeling under uncertainty.
problem Limited data, uncertainty in physics models, and high costs in experiments.
method Bayesian Hybrid Modeling (GEBHM) framework.
result Improved decision-making under uncertainty in industrial contexts.
Groups of firms often achieve a competitive advantage through the formation of geo-industrial clusters. Although many exemplary clusters, such as Hollywood or Silicon Valley, have been frequently studied, systematic approaches to identify and analyze the hierarchical structure of the geo-industrial clusters at the glob…
BayPrAnoMeta tackles few-shot industrial image anomaly detection with Bayesian methods.
problem Challenges in industrial image anomaly detection, especially class imbalance and scarcity of labeled samples.
method Bayesian Proto-MAML approach with probabilistic normality models and Bayesian posterior predictive likelihood.
result Consistent and significant AUROC improvements over existing methods in few-shot anomaly detection.
This research develops a dynamic risk management system for industrial companies.
problem Risk assessment and management in industrial enterprises.
method Qualitative and quantitative analysis, systematic risk classification, dynamic system development.
result Effective risk management strategies formed through dynamic risk management system and risk assessment methods.
We consider the problem of pricing derivatives written on some industrial loss index via utility indifference pricing. The industrial loss index is modelled by a compound Poisson process and the insurer can adjust her portfolio by choosing the risk loading, which in turn determines the demand. We compute the price of a…
Study uses Bayesian regression to analyze consumer behavior changes in restaurants post-COVID-19.
problem Impact of COVID-19 on consumer behavior in the restaurant industry.
method Bayesian regression with Hamiltonian Monte Carlo.
result Estimates change in consumer behavior before and after the pandemic.
Fault detection in industrial plants is a hot research area as more and more sensor data are being collected throughout the industrial process. Automatic data-driven approaches are widely needed and seen as a promising area of investment. This paper proposes an effective machine learning algorithm to predict industrial…
Study shows how China's stock market reflects economic demand changes during COVID-19.
problem Understanding how stock market volatility is influenced by economic demand changes.
method Divided industries into demand-oriented groups and analyzed spillover networks.
result Spillover effects from demand-oriented sectors to consumption-oriented sectors increased during the outbreak.
Improved LSTM for industrial flow prediction with higher accuracy.
problem Predicting continuous time series variables in industrial settings.
method LSTM algorithm with multivariate tuning, incorporating periodic measurement and time window concepts.
result Significantly improved prediction accuracy (54.05% higher than traditional LSTM).
Simulation study on insurance industry risk model homogeneity.
problem Systemic fragility due to limited risk models under Solvency II.
method Agent-based simulation of insurance firms and reinsurance contracts.
result Using too few risk models increases systemic risk and lowers industry profits.