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Transformers have shown impressive results in tabular data generation. However, they lack domain-specific inductive biases which are critical for preserving the intrinsic characteristics of tabular data. They also suffer from poor…

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Feature engineering is crucial for optimizing machine learning model performance, particularly in tabular data classification tasks. Leveraging advancements in natural language processing, this study presents a systematic approach to enrich…

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We propose an entity-agnostic representation learning method for handling the problem of inefficient parameter storage costs brought by embedding knowledge graphs. Conventional knowledge graph embedding methods map elements in a knowledge…

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