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48 results for turning

The paper defines and explores vector bundles that can be turned and their properties.

problem Understanding which vector bundles can be turned and their properties.
method Defining and investigating vector bundles that can be turned, and developing their theory and obstructions.
result Rank-2k2k bundles over the 2k2k-sphere are turnable, and this implies orientability.

Agrachev's problem on circle turns is solved for various topologies.

problem How many times must a circle be turned to allow deformation with non-degenerate Frenet frame?
method Introduced decorated turn data to retain a nontrivial turn-counting problem. Analyzed different topologies and dimensions.
result For CnC^n curve topology, k(2)=1k(2)=1, k(3)=2k(3)=2, and k(n)=1k(n)=1 for n4n\ge4. Spherical Fenchel obstruction in all dimensions n4n\ge4.

Enhances math problem-solving models with multi-turn preference learning.

problem Improving mathematical problem-solving capabilities of large language models.
method Introduces a multi-turn direct preference learning framework for tool-integrated mathematical reasoning tasks.
result Significant performance improvements in model accuracy on math datasets.

ReOPD uses pre-collected teacher trajectories to distill knowledge from multi-turn interactions.

problem The cost of fully online on-policy distillation for multi-turn interactions.
method ReOPD, an off-environment alternative that reuses pre-collected teacher trajectories as replayed prefixes, addressing the prefix trap and distribution shift.
result ReOPD preserves or improves OPD-level accuracy, uses zero tool calls, and is at least 4imes imes faster per training step.

Gold prices show seasonal behavior, with January and July having opposite returns.

problem Seasonal behavior in gold prices during the turn of the year.
method Statistical analysis and decomposition techniques.
result Gold prices exhibit strong cyclical behavior during the turn-of-the-year period, with January showing the highest return and July showing significant negative returns.

This study compares hierarchical and non-hierarchical models for open-domain multi-turn dialog generation.

problem Which kind of models (hierarchical or non-hierarchical) is better for open-domain multi-turn dialog generation?
method Systematically compared nearly all representative hierarchical and non-hierarchical models over the same experimental settings.
result Nearly all hierarchical models are worse than non-hierarchical models in open-domain multi-turn dialog generation, except for HRAN.

In this paper we develop a complete theory of factorization for isometries of hyperbolic 4-space. Of special interest is the case where a pair of isometries is linked, that is, when a pair of isometries can be expressed each as compositions of two involutions, one of which is common to both isometries. Here we develop …

2013-11-25abs ↗pdf ↗

Proves minimax sample complexity for turn-based stochastic games.

problem Proving theoretical guarantees for reinforcement learning in turn-based stochastic games.
method Developing absorbing TBSG and reward perturbation techniques to handle statistical dependence.
result Empirical Nash equilibrium strategy approximates true Nash equilibrium in turn-based stochastic games.

As automotive electronics continue to advance, cars are becoming more and more reliant on sensors to perform everyday driving operations. These sensors are omnipresent and help the car navigate, reduce accidents, and provide comfortable rides. However, they can also be used to learn about the drivers themselves. In thi…

2017-06-09abs ↗pdf ↗

We present Meena, a multi-turn open-domain chatbot trained end-to-end on data mined and filtered from public domain social media conversations. This 2.6B parameter neural network is simply trained to minimize perplexity of the next token. We also propose a human evaluation metric called Sensibleness and Specificity Ave…

2020-01-27abs ↗pdf ↗

Most existing text-to-image synthesis tasks are static single-turn generation, based on pre-defined textual descriptions of images. To explore more practical and interactive real-life applications, we introduce a new task - Interactive Image Editing, where users can guide an agent to edit images via multi-turn textual …

2018-12-20abs ↗pdf ↗

A new clustering algorithm fuses heat diffusion and turning angle for robustness.

problem Cluster similar elements in various fields.
method Combines heat diffusion and maximal turning angle for robust fission clustering.
result The SARFC algorithm outperforms other methods in clustering performance.

Batch normalization with regularization turns deterministic autoencoders into generative models.

problem Creating generative models from deterministic autoencoders.
method Using batch normalization as a source of non-determinism and adding entropic regularization.
result Deterministic autoencoders can be transformed into generative models with similar performance to variational autoencoders.

TristouNet is a neural network architecture based on Long Short-Term Memory recurrent networks, meant to project speech sequences into a fixed-dimensional euclidean space. Thanks to the triplet loss paradigm used for training, the resulting sequence embeddings can be compared directly with the euclidean distance, for s…

2016-09-14abs ↗pdf ↗

We propose a reduction for non-convex optimization that can (1) turn an stationary-point finding algorithm into an local-minimum finding one, and (2) replace the Hessian-vector product computations with only gradient computations. It works both in the stochastic and the deterministic settings, without hurting the algor…

2017-11-17abs ↗pdf ↗

NUTS mixing time scales as d^(1/4) for Gaussian distributions.

problem Improving the efficiency of the No-U-Turn Sampler (NUTS) for Gaussian distributions.
method Coupling argument leveraging geometric structure of Gaussian concentration, uniformity analysis of NUTS transitions.
result The mixing time of NUTS scales as d^(1/4) for Gaussian distributions, up to logarithmic factors.

The paper proves properties of branched covers of specific knots and tori.

problem Investigating the smoothness and diffeomorphism of specific 4-manifolds.
method Analyzing double branched covers of twist-roll spun knots and turned twisted tori, applying techniques to show diffeomorphism.
result Proves that certain 4-manifolds are diffeomorphic to standard manifolds.

WALNUTS improves sampling efficiency and robustness for multi-scale distributions.

problem Adapting leapfrog step size for multi-scale posterior distributions.
method Adapts leapfrog step size at fixed intervals of simulated time, selecting the largest step size to keep energy error below a threshold.
result Substantial improvements in sampling efficiency and robustness compared to standard NUTS.

We introduce a geometric framework to study Newton's equations on infinite-dimensional configuration spaces of diffeomorphisms and smooth probability densities. It turns out that several important PDEs of hydrodynamical origin can be described in this framework in a natural way. In particular, the Madelung transform be…

2017-11-01abs ↗pdf ↗

We consider a surface link in the 4-space which can be presented by a simple branched covering over the standard torus, which we call a torus-covering link. Torus-covering links include spun T2T^2-knots and turned spun T2T^2-knots. In this paper we braid a torus-covering link over the standard 2-sphere. This gives an u…

2009-05-10abs ↗pdf ↗

Foundation models struggle with multi-turn exploration but can learn through regular summaries.

problem Foundation models struggle with multi-turn exploration in dynamic environments.
method Implemented a text-based version of the Alchemy environment to test multi-trial learning. Prompting models to summarize their observations at regular intervals enabled them to improve across trials and adapt to changes.
result Foundation models can improve through regular summaries, enabling multi-trial learning and adaptation.

A RL approach finds Nash equilibrium for turn-based zero-sum games.

problem Finding Nash equilibrium in two-player turn-based zero-sum games.
method EIS method combining exploration, policy improvement, and supervised learning.
result EIS method finds an ε-approximate value function of Nash equilibrium in O(ε^(-(d+4))) steps.

Study examines how twisting graphene nanoribbons affects their thermal conductivity.

problem Understanding how twisting affects thermal conductivity in graphene nanoribbons.
method Calculated geometric parameters of TGNRs, including twist and writhe, and used molecular dynamics simulations.
result Twisted graphene nanoribbons require at least two parameters to accurately describe their thermal conductivity.

We study simple wrinkled fibrations, a variation of the simplified purely wrinkled fibrations introduced by Williams, and their combinatorial description in terms of surface diagrams. We show that simple wrinkled fibrations induce handle decompositions on their total spaces which are very similar to those obtained from…

2012-05-23abs ↗pdf ↗

This paper analyzes the convergence of dynamic HMC and NUTS methods.

problem Theoretical understanding of dynamic HMC and NUTS convergence.
method General class of MCMC algorithms, NUTS as a particular case, geometric ergodicity, irreducibility.
result NUTS is geometrically ergodic under certain conditions and ergodic without bounded stepsize.

The study explores how brain development can inspire efficient deep learning models.

problem Efficient and robust optimization procedures for deep learning.
method Inspiration from biological neural development to improve deep learning models.
result Biological neural development can inspire efficient and robust optimization procedures.

We present a modification of the so-called Parrondo's paradox where one is allowed to choose in each turn the game that a large number of individuals play. It turns out that, by choosing the game which gives the highest average earnings at each step, one ends up with systematic loses, whereas a periodic or random seque…

2002-12-16abs ↗pdf ↗

A {1}-structure on a Banach manifold M (with model space E) is an E-valued 1-form on M that induces on each tangent space an isomorphism onto E. Given a Banach principal bundle P with connected base space and a {1}-structure on P, we show that its automorphism group can be turned into a Banach-Lie group acting smoothly…

2009-11-11abs ↗pdf ↗

We propose a method for modeling and learning turn-taking behaviors for accessing a shared resource. We model the individual behavior for each agent in an interaction and then use a multi-agent fusion model to generate a summary over the expected actions of the group to render the model independent of the number of age…

2018-12-10abs ↗pdf ↗

A rational knot or link can be put into a standard alternating format which has horizontal and vertical twist sites (double helices). The number and type of these twist sites are determined by terms of next-to-highest zz-degree in Kauffman's regular isotopy invariant Λ(a,z)Λ(a,z). In particular, for a knot or link with $c…

2014-10-01abs ↗pdf ↗

TR0N turns pre-trained models into conditional ones with minimal training.

problem Creating conditional models from pre-trained unconditional models.
method Lightweight stochastic mapping between conditions and latent space, improved through Langevin dynamics.
result Achieves zero-shot FID of 10.9 on MS-COCO, outperforming alternatives.

We introduce a representation of compact 3-manifolds without spherical boundary components via (regular) 4-colored graphs, which turns out to be very convenient for computer aided study and tabulation. Our construction is a direct generalization of the one given in the eighties by S. Lins for closed 3-manifolds, which …

2013-04-18abs ↗pdf ↗