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The Brazilian government often misclassifies the goods it buys. That makes it hard to audit government expenditures. We cannot know whether the price paid for a ballpoint pen (code #7510) was reasonable if the pen was misclassified as a…

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Humanitarian mapping from space with machine learning helps policy-makers to timely and accurately identify people in need. However, recent concerns around fairness and transparency of algorithmic decision-making are a significant obstacle…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2021-08-05 Lukas Kondmann , Xiao Xiang Zhu

With the rapid advancement of internet technology, the adaptability of adolescents to online learning has emerged as a focal point of interest within the educational sphere. However, the academic community's efforts to develop predictive…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2024-09-02 Mingwei Wang , Sitong Liu

The combination of high-resolution satellite imagery and machine learning have proven useful in many sustainability-related tasks, including poverty prediction, infrastructure measurement, and forest monitoring. However, the accuracy…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2021-01-06 Kumar Ayush , Burak Uzkent , Kumar Tanmay , Marshall Burke , David Lobell , Stefano Ermon

The smart meter data analysis contributes to better planning and operations for the power system. This study aims to identify the drivers of residential energy consumption patterns from the socioeconomic perspective based on the consumption…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2021-11-03 Wenjun Tang , Hao Wang , Xian-Long Lee , Hong-Tzer Yang

Automated cooking machine is a goal for the future. The main aim is to make the cooking process easier, safer, and create human welfare. To allow robots to accurately perform the cooking activities, it is important for them to understand…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2021-06-01 Qi Zheng

Machine learning actively impacts our everyday life in almost all endeavors and domains such as healthcare, finance, and energy. As our dependence on the machine learning increases, it is inevitable that these algorithms will be used to…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2021-02-23 Ankit Kulshrestha , Ilya Safro

Road roughness is a very important road condition for the infrastructure, as the roughness affects both the safety and ride comfort of passengers. The roads deteriorate over time which means the road roughness must be continuously monitored…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2021-07-05 Milena Bajic , Shahrzad M. Pour , Asmus Skar , Matteo Pettinari , Eyal Levenberg , Tommy Sonne Alstrøm

In this paper, we use machine learning techniques to explore the H-1B application dataset disclosed by the Department of Labor (DOL), from 2008 to 2018, in order to provide more stylized facts of the international workers in US labor…

Applications · Statistics 2019-04-25 Barry Ke , Angela Qiao

We investigate Monte Carlo based algorithms for solving stochastic control problems with probabilistic constraints. Our motivation comes from microgrid management, where the controller tries to optimally dispatch a diesel generator while…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2024-02-06 Alessandro Balata , Michael Ludkovski , Aditya Maheshwari , Jan Palczewski

Cascading failure studies help assess and enhance the robustness of power systems against severe power outages. Onset time is a critical parameter in the analysis and management of power system stability and reliability, representing the…

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Heart disease is a serious global health issue that claims millions of lives every year. Early detection and precise prediction are critical to the prevention and successful treatment of heart related issues. A lot of research utilizes…

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As these attacks become more and more difficult to see, the need for the great hi-tech models that detect them is undeniable. This paper examines and compares various machine learning as well as deep learning models to choose the most…

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Since the 1990s, there have been significant advances in the technology space and the e-Commerce area, leading to an exponential increase in demand for cashless payment solutions. This has led to increased demand for credit cards, bringing…

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Although prediction models for delirium, a commonly occurring condition during general hospitalization or post-surgery, have not gained huge popularity, their algorithmic bias evaluation is crucial due to the existing association between…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2022-11-29 Sandhya Tripathi , Bradley A Fritz , Michael S Avidan , Yixin Chen , Christopher R King

Gaining a deeper understanding of weather and being able to predict its future conduct have always been considered important endeavors for the growth of our society. This research paper explores the advancements in understanding and…

Previous research on refugee status adjudications has shown that prediction of the outcome of an application can be derived from very few features with satisfactory accuracy. Recent research work has achieved between 70 and 90% accuracy…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2023-08-23 Claire Barale

This study presents a machine learning-based framework for heart disease prediction using the heart-disease dataset, comprising 303 samples with 14 features. The methodology involves data preprocessing, model training, and evaluation using…

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Ending poverty in all its forms everywhere is the number one Sustainable Development Goal of the UN 2030 Agenda. To monitor the progress towards such an ambitious target, reliable, up-to-date and fine-grained measurements of socioeconomic…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2021-05-31 Serena Giurgola , Simone Piaggesi , Márton Karsai , Yelena Mejova , André Panisson , Michele Tizzoni