Summary of Amortized Control Of Continuous State Space Feynman-kac Model For Irregular Time Series, by Byoungwoo Park et al.
Amortized Control of Continuous State Space Feynman-Kac Model for Irregular Time Series
by Byoungwoo Park, Hyungi Lee, Juho Lee
First submitted to arxiv on: 8 Oct 2024
Categories
- Main: Machine Learning (stat.ML)
- Secondary: Machine Learning (cs.LG)
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| High | Paper authors | High Difficulty Summary Read the original abstract here |
| Medium | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Medium Difficulty Summary The proposed Amortized Control of continuous State Space Model (ACSSM) is a novel approach for modeling irregular time series data from various domains like healthcare, climate, and economics. By constructing a continuous dynamical system conditioned on these irregular observations using a multi-marginal Doob’s h-transform, ACSSM can accurately model complex time series data. The method combines stochastic optimal control (SOC) theory with variational inference to approximate the intractable Doob’s h-transform and simulate the conditioned dynamics. To improve efficiency and scalability, ACSSM leverages auxiliary variables to flexibly parameterize the latent dynamics and amortized control. Empirical evaluations on real-world datasets demonstrate superior performance of ACSSM for tasks like classification, regression, interpolation, and extrapolation while maintaining computational efficiency. |
| Low | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Low Difficulty Summary ACSSM is a new way to model complex data that comes in at different times. Right now, we can’t easily use this kind of data because it’s hard to make predictions or understand what’s happening. The problem is that most models assume the data will come in evenly spaced intervals, but real-world data often doesn’t work like that. ACSSM solves this problem by creating a model that can handle irregularly spaced data and make accurate predictions. It does this by using special math and algorithms to create a simulation of what’s happening in the past. This allows it to learn from the data and make better predictions. |
Keywords
» Artificial intelligence » Classification » Inference » Regression » Time series
