Numerical Data
Numerical data analysis is a cornerstone of scientific inquiry, focusing on extracting meaningful insights and predictions from quantitative information. Current research emphasizes developing robust methods for handling diverse numerical datasets, including those with high dimensionality, noise, or inherent complexities like those found in Markov decision processes or natural scenes. This involves exploring novel model architectures such as transformer networks and Kolmogorov-Arnold networks, as well as adapting existing algorithms like contrastive learning and locality-sensitive hashing for improved efficiency and accuracy. The effective analysis of numerical data is crucial across numerous scientific disciplines and practical applications, driving advancements in fields ranging from machine learning and causal inference to healthcare diagnostics and astrophysics.
Papers
The Geometry of Numerical Reasoning: Language Models Compare Numeric Properties in Linear Subspaces
Ahmed Oumar El-Shangiti, Tatsuya Hiraoka, Hilal AlQuabeh, Benjamin Heinzerling, Kentaro Inui
Power in Numbers: Primitive Algorithm for Swarm Robot Navigation in Unknown Environments
Yusuke Tsunoda, Shoken Otsuka, Kazuki Ito, Runze Xiao, Keisuke Naniwa, Yuichiro Sueoka, Koichi Osuka
The unknotting number, hard unknot diagrams, and reinforcement learning
Taylor Applebaum, Sam Blackwell, Alex Davies, Thomas Edlich, András Juhász, Marc Lackenby, Nenad Tomašev, Daniel Zheng
TabKANet: Tabular Data Modeling with Kolmogorov-Arnold Network and Transformer
Weihao Gao, Zheng Gong, Zhuo Deng, Fuju Rong, Chucheng Chen, Lan Ma