Summary of Uncertainty-aware Crime Prediction with Spatial Temporal Multivariate Graph Neural Networks, by Zepu Wang et al.
Uncertainty-Aware Crime Prediction With Spatial Temporal Multivariate Graph Neural Networks
by Zepu Wang, Xiaobo Ma, Huajie Yang, Weimin Lvu, Peng Sun, Sharath Chandra Guntuku
First submitted to arxiv on: 8 Aug 2024
Categories
- Main: Machine Learning (cs.LG)
- Secondary: Artificial Intelligence (cs.AI)
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| High | Paper authors | High Difficulty Summary Read the original abstract here |
| Medium | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Medium Difficulty Summary In this paper, researchers tackle the complex problem of crime forecasting in urban areas. They introduce a novel approach called Spatial Temporal Multivariate Zero-Inflated Negative Binomial Graph Neural Networks (STMGNN-ZINB), which addresses the unique challenges posed by sparse crime data. Traditional deep learning models struggle with this sparsity due to the non-Gaussian nature of crime data, characterized by numerous zeros and over-dispersed patterns. STMGNN-ZINB leverages diffusion and convolution networks to analyze spatial, temporal, and multivariate correlations, enabling the parameterization of probabilistic distributions of crime incidents. The approach effectively manages sparse data through a Zero-Inflated Negative Binomial model, enhancing prediction accuracy and confidence interval precision. |
| Low | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Low Difficulty Summary Crime forecasting is an important tool for urban analysis and society stabilization. This paper introduces a new method called Spatial Temporal Multivariate Zero-Inflated Negative Binomial Graph Neural Networks (STMGNN-ZINB) to predict crime incidents. The approach helps by analyzing patterns in crime data, which is often sparse and doesn’t follow regular rules. |
Keywords
* Artificial intelligence * Deep learning * Diffusion * Precision
