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48 results for visual illusions

Investigates optimal life insurance and annuity decisions in inflationary economies.

problem Optimal consumption and investment decisions in an inflationary economy with money illusion.
method Formulated as a random horizon utility maximization problem, derived optimal strategy.
result Money illusion increases life insurance demand for young adults and reduces annuity demand for retirees.

Study finds economic data may not be as sparse as previously thought.

problem Modeling economic relations with many variables and prior sensitivity issues.
method Bayesian approach with Spike-and-Slab prior to evaluate variable selection and shrinkage.
result Prior distribution affects detection of sparsity patterns in economic data.

Human inertial thinking schemes can be formed through learning, which are then applied to quickly solve similar problems later. However, when problems are significantly different, inertial thinking generally presents the solutions that are definitely imperfect. In such cases, people will apply creative thinking, such a…

2018-03-01abs ↗pdf ↗

Generative classifiers show surprising human-like performance.

problem Comparing generative and discriminative models for object recognition.
method Built on recent advances in generative modeling to create classifiers and compared them to discriminative models.
result Generative classifiers outperform discriminative models in several key areas, including shape bias and out-of-distribution accuracy.

Recent work on adversarial examples has demonstrated that most natural inputs can be perturbed to fool even state-of-the-art machine learning systems. But does this happen for humans as well? In this work, we investigate: what fraction of natural instances of speech can be turned into "illusions" which either alter hum…

2019-06-03abs ↗pdf ↗

Quantum mechanics models human perception and decision-making, offering a new approach to understanding social dynamics.

problem Understanding the complex interactions between individuals and groups in social networks.
method Developed a simple computational code based on quantum mechanics principles to model human perception and decision-making.
result Quantum-inspired models can help explain differences in individual and group behavior.

Recent anomaly detection benchmarks are flawed, potentially misleading progress.

problem Flawed benchmark datasets create misleading progress reports.
method Identified four flaws in benchmark datasets and introduced a new archive.
result Published comparisons may be unreliable due to flaws in benchmark datasets.

Multifractal analysis and extensive statistical tests are performed upon intraday minutely data within individual trading days for four stock market indexes (including HSI, SZSC, S&P500, and NASDAQ) to check whether the indexes (instead of the returns) possess multifractality. We find that the mass exponent τ(q)τ(q) is l…

2007-06-14abs ↗pdf ↗

Transformer predicts Ethereum prices using cross-currency correlation and sentiment analysis.

problem Predicting Ethereum cryptocurrency prices with limited data.
method Transformer-based neural network with cross-currency correlation and sentiment analysis.
result Transformer model outperforms other models on some parameters.

A framework detects where constitutive models fail in elastography, improving clinical interpretation.

problem Assuming constitutive models correctly describe soft tissue mechanics leads to misleading results.
method Probabilistic framework treating stress as a latent variable, comparing it to assumed model predictions.
result Inferred precision field identifies invalid regions with high accuracy, improving model validity.

Sample measures of top centile contributions to the total (concentration) are downward biased, unstable estimators, extremely sensitive to sample size and concave in accounting for large deviations. It makes them particularly unfit in domains with power law tails, especially for low values of the exponent. These estima…

2014-05-08abs ↗pdf ↗

A general theory of innovation and progress in human society is outlined, based on the combat between two opposite forces (conservatism/inertia and speculative herding "bubble" behavior). We contend that human affairs are characterized by ubiquitous ``bubbles'', which involve huge risks which would not otherwise be tak…

2007-06-13abs ↗pdf ↗

Proposes a spectral method to assess and combine multiple data visualizations.

problem Evaluating and combining the strengths of different data visualization algorithms.
method Spectral method for assessing and combining multiple visualizations.
result Proposes a visualization eigenscore to quantify relative performance and a consensus visualization.

Consensus dimension reduction combines multiple visualizations to identify shared patterns.

problem Conflicting visualizations from different dimension reduction methods.
method Multi-view learning to identify stable patterns across multiple views.
result Consensus visualization effectively identifies shared low-dimensional data structure.

An extensive body of empirical research has revealed remarkable regularities in the acquisition, organization, deployment, and neural representation of human semantic knowledge, thereby raising a fundamental conceptual question: what are the theoretical principles governing the ability of neural networks to acquire, or…

2018-10-23abs ↗pdf ↗

This paper discusses the role of risk communication in macroprudential oversight and of visualization in risk communication. Beyond the soar in data availability and precision, the transition from firm-centric to system-wide supervision imposes vast data needs. Moreover, except for internal communication as in any orga…

2014-04-17abs ↗pdf ↗

Paper establishes baselines for offline RL from visual observations.

problem Challenges in offline reinforcement learning from visual observations with continuous action spaces.
method Simple baselines and benchmarking tasks for offline RL from visual observations.
result Simple modifications to existing online RL algorithms outperform existing offline RL methods.

We introduce the notion of the visual core of a hyperbolic 3-manifold N and explore its basic properties. The visual core can be thought of as a harmonic analysis analogue of the convex core. We investigate circumstances in which the visual core of a cover N' of N embeds under the covering map from N' to N. We apply th…

1999-03-12abs ↗pdf ↗

A novel method visualizes higher-dimensional spaces using hyperbolic geometry.

problem Challenges in visualizing higher-dimensional spaces.
method Interactive visualization of higher-dimensional grids based on hyperbolic geometry.
result Our method shows the whole higher-dimensional space at once and avoids disadvantages of previous methods.

Develops a GMM method to estimate roughness in stochastic volatility models.

problem Estimating roughness in stochastic volatility models with fractional Brownian motion.
method GMM approach for log-normal models with integrated variance and noisy realized variance.
result Consistent and asymptotically normal parameter estimator with bias correction.

We present GraphTSNE, a novel visualization technique for graph-structured data based on t-SNE. The growing interest in graph-structured data increases the importance of gaining human insight into such datasets by means of visualization. Among the most popular visualization techniques, classical t-SNE is not suitable o…

2019-04-15abs ↗pdf ↗

Developing a visual platform for faster astronomical source cataloging.

problem Speeding up cataloging of large area surveys in radio astronomy.
method Integration of advanced source finding and classification tools into a visual analytic platform.
result Improvement and acceleration of cataloging process in astronomical surveys.

Croke and Kleiner constructed two homeomorphic locally CAT(0) complexes whose universal covers have visual boundaries that are not homeomorphic. We construct two homeomorphic locally CAT(0) complexes so that the visual boundary of one universal cover contains a nonplanar graph, while the visual boundary of the other do…

2018-07-06abs ↗pdf ↗

As machine learning becomes more pervasive, there is an urgent need for interpretable explanations of predictive models. Prior work has developed effective methods for visualizing global model behavior, as well as generating local (instance-specific) explanations. However, relatively little work has addressed regional …

2019-04-01abs ↗pdf ↗

MakerDAO's governance is centralized despite its decentralized claim.

problem Decentralization illusion in Decentralized Finance (DeFi) governance.
method Empirical analysis using financial, transaction, network, and sentiment indicators.
result Centralized governance impacts Maker protocol and voting power distribution.