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Graph or network representations are an important foundation for data mining and machine learning tasks in relational data. Many tools of network analysis, like centrality measures, information ranking, or cluster detection rest on the…

Social and Information Networks · Computer Science 2022-02-10 Luka V. Petrovic , Ingo Scholtes

This paper introduces and demonstrates a computational pipeline for the statistical analysis of shape graph datasets, namely geometric networks embedded in 2D or 3D spaces. Unlike traditional abstract graphs, our purpose is not only to…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2026-02-19 Murad Hossen , Demetrio Labate , Nicolas Charon

Real-time in-between motion generation is universally required in games and highly desirable in existing animation pipelines. Its core challenge lies in the need to satisfy three critical conditions simultaneously: quality, controllability…

Graphics · Computer Science 2022-05-06 Xiangjun Tang , He Wang , Bo Hu , Xu Gong , Ruifan Yi , Qilong Kou , Xiaogang Jin

The recent renaissance in generative models, driven primarily by the advent of diffusion models and iterative improvement in GAN methods, has enabled many creative applications. However, each advancement is also accompanied by a rise in the…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2023-08-28 Sanjay Saha , Rashindrie Perera , Sachith Seneviratne , Tamasha Malepathirana , Sanka Rasnayaka , Deshani Geethika , Terence Sim , Saman Halgamuge

Game-based interactive driving simulations have emerged as versatile platforms for advancing decision-making algorithms in road transport mobility. While these environments offer safe, scalable, and engaging settings for testing driving…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-09-09 Zhihao Lin , Zhen Tian

Simultaneous recordings from many neurons hide important information and the connections characterizing the network remain generally undiscovered despite the progresses of statistical and machine learning techniques. Discerning the presence…

Applications · Statistics 2019-03-21 Pietro Verzelli , Laura Sacerdote

Nowadays, video game developers record every virtual action performed by their players. As each player can remain in the game for years, this results in an exceptionally rich dataset that can be used to understand and predict player…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2019-02-20 Pei Pei Chen , Anna Guitart , Ana Fernández del Río , África Periáñez

We present a new method of automatic critical mechanic discovery for video games using a combination of game description parsing and playtrace information. This method is applied to several games within the General Video Game Artificial…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2020-09-16 Michael Cerny Green , Ahmed Khalifa , Gabriella A. B. Barros , Tiago Machado , Julian Togelius

The term Procedural Content Generation (PCG) refers to the (semi-)automatic generation of game content by algorithmic means, and its methods are becoming increasingly popular in game-oriented research and industry. A special class of these…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2023-02-17 Vanessa Volz , Boris Naujoks , Pascal Kerschke , Tea Tusar

Scene graphs provide a rich, structured representation of a scene by encoding the entities (objects) and their spatial relationships in a graphical format. This representation has proven useful in several tasks, such as question answering,…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2022-12-01 Sanjoy Kundu , Sathyanarayanan N. Aakur

A biological pathway represents a set of genes that serves a particular cellular or a physiological function. The genes within the same pathway are expected to function together and hence may interact with each other. It is also known that…

Methodology · Statistics 2012-06-14 Zaili Fang , Inyoung Kim , Jeesun Jung

Coordination recognition and subtle pattern prediction of future trajectories play a significant role when modeling interactive behaviors of multiple agents. Due to the essential property of uncertainty in the future evolution,…

Robotics · Computer Science 2019-05-03 Jiachen Li , Hengbo Ma , Wei Zhan , Masayoshi Tomizuka

We present a novel deep graphical representation that seamlessly merges principles of game theory with laws of statistical mechanics. It performs feature extraction, dimensionality reduction, and pattern classification within a single…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2024-10-17 Djamel Bouchaffra , Fayçal Ykhlef , Bilal Faye , Hanane Azzag , Mustapha Lebbah

Classical path search assumes complete graphs and scalar optimization metrics, yet real infrastructure networks are incomplete and require multi-dimensional evaluation. We introduce the concept of traversal: a generalization of paths that…

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Maps are a very important component of strategy games, and a time-consuming task if done by hand. Maps generated by traditional PCG techniques such as Perlin noise or tile-based PCG techniques look unnatural and unappealing, thus not…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2023-01-10 Vasco Nunes , João Dias , Pedro A. Santos

Despite the widespread success of Graph Neural Networks (GNNs), understanding the reasons behind their specific predictions remains challenging. Existing explainability methods face a trade-off that gradient-based approaches are…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2026-01-22 Bizu Feng , Zhimu Yang , Shaode Yu , Zixin Hu

Recent advancements in graph representation learning have shifted attention towards dynamic graphs, which exhibit evolving topologies and features over time. The increased use of such graphs creates a paramount need for generative models…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2024-12-23 Ryien Hosseini , Filippo Simini , Venkatram Vishwanath , Henry Hoffmann

Pattern extraction algorithms are enabling insights into the ever-growing amount of today's datasets by translating reoccurring data properties into compact representations. Yet, a practical problem arises: With increasing data volumes and…

Information Retrieval · Computer Science 2018-07-05 Michael Behrisch , Robert Krueger , Fritz Lekschas , Tobias Schreck , Nils Gehlenborg , Hanspeter Pfister

Recent advancements in driving world models enable controllable generation of high-quality RGB videos or multimodal videos. Existing methods primarily focus on metrics related to generation quality and controllability. However, they often…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2026-03-10 Kai Zeng , Zhanqian Wu , Kaixin Xiong , Xiaobao Wei , Xiangyu Guo , Zhenxin Zhu , Kalok Ho , Lijun Zhou , Bohan Zeng , Ming Lu , Haiyang Sun , Bing Wang , Guang Chen , Hangjun Ye , Wentao Zhang

Generative models have proven to be an outstanding tool for representing high-dimensional probability distributions and generating realistic-looking images. An essential characteristic of generative models is their ability to produce…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2019-11-26 Mohamed Elfeki , Camille Couprie , Morgane Riviere , Mohamed Elhoseiny