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Searches for Beyond the Standard Model physics require probing the Standard Model with increased precision. One way this can be achieved is by improving the accuracy of the event selection classifiers. Recently, Gene Expression Programming…

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Hyper-parameters (HPs) are an important part of machine learning (ML) model development and can greatly influence performance. This paper studies their behavior for three algorithms: Extreme Gradient Boosting (XGB), Random Forest (RF), and…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2022-11-17 Anwesha Bhattacharyya , Joel Vaughan , Vijayan N. Nair

A large hadron machine like the LHC with its high track multiplicities always asks for powerful tools that drastically reduce the large background while selecting signal events efficiently. Actually such tools are widely needed and used in…

Data Analysis, Statistics and Probability · Physics 2014-11-20 Markward Britsch , Nikolai Gagunashvili , Michael Schmelling

Large Reasoning Models (LRMs) increasingly rely on reasoning traces with complex internal structures. However, existing work lacks a unified answer to three fundamental questions: (1) what defines high-quality reasoning, (2) how to reliably…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2026-02-10 Haoran Zhang , Yafu Li , Zhi Wang , Zhilin Wang , Shunkai Zhang , Xiaoye Qu , Yu Cheng

The challenge of finding a global optimum in a solution search space with limited resources and higher accuracy has given rise to several optimization algorithms. Generally, the gradient-based optimizers converge to the global solution very…

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In view of the node importance in weighted networks, weighted expected method (WEM), was proposed in this paper, which take an advantages of uncertain graph algorithm. First, a weight processing method is proposed based on the relationship…

Social and Information Networks · Computer Science 2021-11-23 Linjie Chen , Na Zhao , Jie Li , Zhen Long , Ming Jing , Jian Wang

Machine learning techniques are becoming an integral component of data analysis in High Energy Physics (HEP). These tools provide a significant improvement in sensitivity over traditional analyses by exploiting subtle patterns in…

Data Analysis, Statistics and Probability · Physics 2021-10-04 Aishik Ghosh , Benjamin Nachman , Daniel Whiteson

We construct a surrogate loss to directly optimise the significance metric used in particle physics. We evaluate our loss function for a simple event classification task using a linear model and show that it produces decision boundaries…

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Many analyses in high-energy physics rely on selection thresholds (cuts) applied to detector, particle, or event properties. Initial cut values can often be guessed from physical intuition, but cut optimization, especially for multiple…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2025-11-12 Mike Hance , Juan Robles

Powering cellular networks with renewable energy sources via energy harvesting (EH) has recently been proposed as a promising solution for green networking. However, with intermittent and random energy arrivals, it is challenging to provide…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2016-11-17 Yuyi Mao , Jun Zhang , Khaled B. Letaief

Machine learning (ML) has been widely applied in high energy physics to help the physical community in particle classification and data analysis. Here we describe the application of machine learning to solve the problem of classifying…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2020-09-03 Alexey Grobov , Aidar Ilyasov

In deep neural networks, better results can often be obtained by increasing the complexity of previously developed basic models. However, it is unclear whether there is a way to boost performance by decreasing the complexity of such models.…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2021-09-07 Junran Wu , Jianhao Li , Yicheng Pan , Ke Xu

Gravitational-wave detection strategies are based on a signal analysis technique known as matched filtering. Despite the success of matched filtering, due to its computational cost, there has been recent interest in developing deep…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2022-11-03 Dwyer S. Deighan , Scott E. Field , Collin D. Capano , Gaurav Khanna

A new approach for signal parametrization, which consists of a specific regression model incorporating a discrete hidden logistic process, is proposed. The model parameters are estimated by the maximum likelihood method performed by a…

Methodology · Statistics 2013-12-30 Faicel Chamroukhi , Allou Samé , Gérard Govaert , Patrice Aknin

This paper investigates to what extent one can improve reinforcement learning algorithms. Our study is split in three parts. First, our analysis shows that the classical asymptotic convergence rate $O(1/\sqrt{N})$ is pessimistic and can be…

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The focus of this research is sensor applications including radar and sonar. Optimal sensing means achieving the best signal quality with the least time and energy cost, which allows processing more data. This paper presents novel work by…

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Symbolic indefinite integration in Computer Algebra Systems such as Maple involves selecting the most effective algorithm from multiple available methods. Not all methods will succeed for a given problem, and when several do, the results,…

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Given the increasing interest in interpretable machine learning, classification trees have again attracted the attention of the scientific community because of their glass-box structure. These models are usually built using greedy…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2023-05-16 Tommaso Aldinucci

Signal maps are essential for the planning and operation of cellular networks. However, the measurements needed to create such maps are expensive, often biased, not always reflecting the metrics of interest, and posing privacy risks. In…

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We give a simple, fast algorithm for hyperparameter optimization inspired by techniques from the analysis of Boolean functions. We focus on the high-dimensional regime where the canonical example is training a neural network with a large…

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