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48 results for threshold predicate

Predicating macroscopic influences of drugs on human body, like efficacy and toxicity, is a central problem of small-molecule based drug discovery. Molecules can be represented as an undirected graph, and we can utilize graph convolution networks to predication molecular properties. However, graph convolutional network…

2017-09-12abs ↗pdf ↗

It is feasible and practically-valuable to bridge the characteristics between graph neural networks (GNNs) and logical reasoning. Despite considerable efforts and successes witnessed to solve Boolean satisfiability (SAT), it remains a mystery of GNN-based solvers for more complex predicate logic formulae. In this work,…

2019-09-25abs ↗pdf ↗

Paper proposes a novel RRL framework that learns from images and incorporates expert knowledge.

problem Lack of effective methods to incorporate expert background knowledge and learn from non-relational data in RRL.
method Differentiable Inductive Logic Programming (ILP) for learning relational information from images and incorporating expert knowledge.
result Efficacy demonstrated on various environments and datasets, showing improved learning and generalization.

Ensembles of classification and regression trees remain popular machine learning methods because they define flexible non-parametric models that predict well and are computationally efficient both during training and testing. During induction of decision trees one aims to find predicates that are maximally informative …

2012-06-18abs ↗pdf ↗

Framework controls uncertainty in LLMs without labels or probabilities.

problem Managing uncertainty in black-box LLMs without token-level probability or true labels.
method Integrates generative models, UCP, and conformal alignment to control uncertainty.
result Achieves close-to-nominal coverage and tighter thresholds than split UCP.

Determining when two knots are equivalent (more precisely isotopic) is a fundamental problem in topology. Here we formulate this problem in terms of Predicate Calculus, using the formulation of knots in terms of braids and some basic topological results. Concretely, Knot theory is formulated in terms of a language with…

2012-09-17abs ↗pdf ↗

Deep convolutional neural networks (CNNs) have demonstrated impressive performance on visual object classification tasks. In addition, it is a useful model for predication of neuronal responses recorded in visual system. However, there is still no clear understanding of what CNNs learn in terms of visual neuronal circu…

2017-11-08abs ↗pdf ↗

Recurrent iterated function systems (RIFSs) are improvements of iterated function systems (IFSs) using elements of the theory of Marcovian stochastic processes which can produce more natural looking images. We construct new RIFSs consisting substantially of a vertical contraction factor function and nonlinear transform…

2013-04-07abs ↗pdf ↗

Transformers for binary decisions are sensitive to evidence order, leading to unreliable outcomes.

problem Order sensitivity in Transformers for binary decisions leads to unreliable outcomes.
method Formalized an expectation-realization gap and developed QMV and EDFL bounds.
result Uniform permutation mixtures reduce dispersion and improve reliability.

New method finds rare dense clusters in asymmetric binary perceptrons, resolving algorithmic hardness.

problem Resolving algorithmic hardness in asymmetric binary perceptrons.
method Fully lifted random duality theory (fl RDT) and large deviation upgrade (sfl LD RDT).
result Local entropy breaks down for constraint densities in (0.77, 0.78) interval, matching current solver limits.

Induction of common sense knowledge about prototypical sequences of events has recently received much attention. Instead of inducing this knowledge in the form of graphs, as in much of the previous work, in our method, distributed representations of event realizations are computed based on distributed representations o…

2013-12-18abs ↗pdf ↗

The model describing market dynamics after a large financial crash is considered in terms of the stochastic differential equation of Ito. Physically, the model presents an overdamped Brownian particle moving in the nonstationary one-dimensional potential UU under the influence of the variable noise intensity, dependin…

2008-07-14abs ↗pdf ↗

Semi-supervised learning (SSL) provides a powerful framework for leveraging unlabeled data when labels are limited or expensive to obtain. SSL algorithms based on deep neural networks have recently proven successful on standard benchmark tasks. However, many of them have thus far been either inflexible, inefficient or …

2019-05-25abs ↗pdf ↗

In exchange for large quantities of data and processing power, deep neural networks have yielded models that provide state of the art predication capabilities in many fields. However, a lack of strong guarantees on their behaviour have raised concerns over their use in safety-critical applications. A first step to unde…

2019-10-09abs ↗pdf ↗

The problem of Knowledge Base Completion can be framed as a 3rd-order binary tensor completion problem. In this light, the Canonical Tensor Decomposition (CP) (Hitchcock, 1927) seems like a natural solution; however, current implementations of CP on standard Knowledge Base Completion benchmarks are lagging behind their…

2018-06-19abs ↗pdf ↗

New algorithm for reinforcement learning in uncertain environments with unknown thresholds.

problem Safety in reinforcement learning in unknown and uncertain environments.
method Growing-Window estimator sampling and Stochastic Pessimistic-Optimistic Thresholding (SPOT) algorithm.
result Achieves sublinear regret and constraint violation of ildeO(T) ilde{\mathcal{O}}(\sqrt{T}).

A new SSL method uses instance-dependent thresholds to improve accuracy.

problem Improving semi-supervised learning by better selecting confident unlabeled instances.
method Proposes instance-dependent thresholds that vary based on the ambiguity and error rates of pseudo-labels for each unlabeled instance.
result Demonstrates that instance-dependent thresholds provide a probabilistic guarantee for correct pseudo-labels.

Adaptive algorithm for outlier detection by balancing arm exploration and threshold estimation.

problem Identifying outliers in a set of rewards where the threshold is a function of all rewards.
method Adaptively updated confidence interval for the threshold based on previous rounds' estimates, balancing exploration of individual arms and the outlier threshold.
result Efficient algorithm with reduced sample complexity for outlier detection.

Feature selection with high-dimensional data and a very small proportion of relevant features poses a severe challenge to standard statistical methods. We have developed a new approach (HARVEST) that is straightforward to apply, albeit somewhat computer-intensive. This algorithm can be used to pre-screen a large number…

2017-09-30abs ↗pdf ↗

The article examines different thresholding methods for improving PAM algorithm in cancer classification.

problem High-dimensional classification with too many features selected by PAM.
method Extends PAM with hard and order thresholding methods and a deep search algorithm.
result Improved cancer status prediction accuracy and smaller number of features.

Although the threshold network is one of the most used tools to characterize the underlying structure of a stock market, the identification of the optimal threshold to construct a reliable stock network remains challenging. In this paper, the concept of dynamic consistence between the threshold network and the stock ma…

2018-03-06abs ↗pdf ↗

Lifted Relational Neural Networks (LRNNs) describe relational domains using weighted first-order rules which act as templates for constructing feed-forward neural networks. While previous work has shown that using LRNNs can lead to state-of-the-art results in various ILP tasks, these results depended on hand-crafted ru…

2017-10-05abs ↗pdf ↗

Proposes a conservative LR estimator for infrequent data near a frequency threshold.

problem Overestimation of likelihood ratios for infrequent data near a frequency threshold.
method Conservative likelihood ratio estimator for frequencies slightly above a threshold.
result Improves prediction accuracy in named entity context prediction.

New method trains neural networks with threshold activation functions efficiently.

problem Training neural networks with threshold activation functions is challenging due to zero gradients.
method We study weight decay regularized training problems of deep neural networks with threshold activations, showing they can be formulated as convex optimization problems.
result Regularized deep threshold network training problems can be formulated as standard convex optimization problems, paralleling the LASSO method.

Polynomial neural networks explore thresholds for maximum expressiveness.

problem Understanding the limits of polynomial neural networks' expressiveness.
method Introducing activation degree threshold to measure network expressiveness and proving its existence and upper bounds.
result Polynomial neural networks with equi-width architectures achieve the maximum expressiveness.

Paper introduces threshold invariant fairness to ensure equitable predictions across different groups.

problem Machine learning models can be unfair to certain groups based on sensitive attributes.
method Proposes threshold invariant fairness and uses two approximation methods to equalize risk distributions.
result Demonstrates effectiveness in alleviating threshold sensitivity in fairness models.

Study evaluates thresholds for removing noise from DNN weights using random matrix theory.

problem Removing noise from deep neural network weights for better approximation.
method Model weights as signal + noise, use random matrix theory to estimate thresholds, evaluate using cosine similarity.
result Proposed threshold estimation method improves approximation quality.

FILTER model uses fusion penalized logistic threshold regression for high-dimensional data with unknown cut points.

problem Modeling high-dimensional data with unknown cut points and binary responses.
method Fusion penalized logistic threshold regression (FILTER) model with fused lasso penalty for variable selection.
result Established non-asymptotic error bounds for coefficient estimation and model selection consistency.

The paper considers an investment timing problem appearing in real options theory. Present values from an investment project are modeled by general diffusion process. We prove necessary and sufficient conditions under which an optimal investment time is induced by threshold strategy. We study also the conditions of opt…

2015-11-02abs ↗pdf ↗

Paper proves integrability and entropy compactness for Kähler potentials with uniform log-log threshold.

problem Integrability and entropy compactness for Kähler potentials with specific density.
method Skoda-Zeriahi type integrability theorem and log-log threshold detection.
result Positivity of integrability threshold and entropy compactness for uniform log-log threshold.

Paper introduces PRMs to learn non-Markovian stochastic rewards for reinforcement learning.

problem Lack of structured representation for non-Markovian stochastic rewards in reinforcement learning.
method Introduces probabilistic reward machines (PRMs) and presents an algorithm to learn them from decision processes.
result Algorithm proves correct and convergent for learning PRMs from decision processes.