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A note on overrelaxation in the Sinkhorn algorithm
We derive an a priori parameter range for overrelaxation of the Sinkhorn algorithm, which guarantees global convergence and a strictly faster asymptotic local convergence. Guided by the spectral analysis of the linearized problem we pursue a zero cost procedure to choose a near optimal relaxation parameter
A note on overrelaxation in the Sinkhorn algorithm
We derive an a priori parameter range for overrelaxation of the Sinkhorn
algorithm, which guarantees global convergence and a strictly faster asymptotic
local convergence. Guided by the spectral analysis of the linearized problem we
pursue a zero cost procedure to choose a near optimal relaxation parameter.Comment: 9 pages, 1 figur
Increasing Temperature and Microplastic Fibers Jointly Influence Soil Aggregation by Saprobic Fungi
Microplastic pollution and increasing temperature have potential to influence soil quality; yet little is known about their effects on soil aggregation, a key determinant of soil quality. Given the importance of fungi for soil aggregation, we investigated the impacts of increasing temperature and microplastic fibers on aggregation by carrying out a soil incubation experiment in which we inoculated soil individually with 5 specific strains of soil saprobic fungi. Our treatments were temperature (ambient temperature of 25°C or temperature increased by 3°C, abruptly versus gradually) and microplastic fibers (control and 0.4% w/w). We evaluated the percentage of water stable aggregates (WSA) and hydrolysis of fluorescein diacetate (FDA) as an indicator of fungal biomass. Microplastic fiber addition was the main factor influencing the WSA, decreasing the percentage of WSA except in soil incubated with strain RLCS 01, and mitigated the effects of temperature or even caused more pronounced decrease in WSA under increasing temperature. We also observed clear differences between temperature change patterns. Our study shows that the interactive effects of warming and microplastic fibers are important to consider when evaluating effects of global change on soil aggregation and potentially other soil processes
PyKEEN 1.0: A Python Library for Training and Evaluating Knowledge Graph Embeddings
Recently, knowledge graph embeddings (KGEs) received significant attention,
and several software libraries have been developed for training and evaluating
KGEs. While each of them addresses specific needs, we re-designed and
re-implemented PyKEEN, one of the first KGE libraries, in a community effort.
PyKEEN 1.0 enables users to compose knowledge graph embedding models (KGEMs)
based on a wide range of interaction models, training approaches, loss
functions, and permits the explicit modeling of inverse relations. Besides, an
automatic memory optimization has been realized in order to exploit the
provided hardware optimally, and through the integration of Optuna extensive
hyper-parameter optimization (HPO) functionalities are provided
Factores determinantes de la morosidad del cliente del crédito consumo del banco Azteca - sucursal Trujillo, 2014 - 2016
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Bringing Light Into the Dark: A Large-scale Evaluation of Knowledge Graph Embedding Models Under a Unified Framework
The heterogeneity in recently published knowledge graph embedding models'
implementations, training, and evaluation has made fair and thorough
comparisons difficult. In order to assess the reproducibility of previously
published results, we re-implemented and evaluated 21 interaction models in the
PyKEEN software package. Here, we outline which results could be reproduced
with their reported hyper-parameters, which could only be reproduced with
alternate hyper-parameters, and which could not be reproduced at all as well as
provide insight as to why this might be the case.
We then performed a large-scale benchmarking on four datasets with several
thousands of experiments and 24,804 GPU hours of computation time. We present
insights gained as to best practices, best configurations for each model, and
where improvements could be made over previously published best configurations.
Our results highlight that the combination of model architecture, training
approach, loss function, and the explicit modeling of inverse relations is
crucial for a model's performances, and not only determined by the model
architecture. We provide evidence that several architectures can obtain results
competitive to the state-of-the-art when configured carefully. We have made all
code, experimental configurations, results, and analyses that lead to our
interpretations available at https://github.com/pykeen/pykeen and
https://github.com/pykeen/benchmarkin
Soil Saprobic Fungi Differ in Their Response to Gradually and Abruptly Delivered Copper
The overwhelming majority of studies examining environmental change deliver treatments abruptly, although, in fact, many important changes are gradual. One example of a gradually increasing environmental stressor is heavy metal contamination. Essential heavy metals, such as copper, play an important role within cells of living organisms but are toxic at higher concentrations. In our study, we focus on the effects of copper pollution on filamentous soil fungi, key players in terrestrial ecosystem functioning. We hypothesize that fungi exposed to gradually increasing copper concentrations have higher chances for physiological acclimation and will maintain biomass production and accumulate less copper, compared to fungi abruptly exposed to the highest copper concentration. To test this hypothesis, we conducted an experiment with 17 fungal isolates exposed to gradual and abrupt copper addition. Contrary to our hypothesis, we find diverse idiosyncratic responses, such that for many fungi gradually increasing copper concentrations have more severe effects (stronger growth inhibition and higher copper accumulation) than an abrupt increase. While a number of environmental change studies have accumulated evidence based on the magnitude of changes, the results of our study imply that the rate of change can be an important factor to consider in future studies in ecology, environmental science, and environmental management
Fungal traits help to understand the decomposition of simple and complex plant litter
Litter decomposition is a key ecosystem process, relevant for the release and storage of nutrients and carbon in soil. Soil fungi are one of the dominant drivers of organic matter decomposition, but fungal taxa differ substantially in their functional ability to decompose plant litter. Knowledge is mostly based on observational data and subsequent molecular analyses and in vitro studies have been limited to forest ecosystems. In order to better understand functional traits of saprotrophic soil fungi in grassland ecosystems, we isolated 31 fungi from a natural grassland and performed several in vitro studies testing for i) leaf and wood litter decomposition, ii) the ability to use carbon sources of differing complexity, iii) the enzyme repertoire. Decomposition strongly varied among phyla and isolates, with Ascomycota decomposing the most and Mucoromycota decomposing the least. The phylogeny of the fungi and their ability to use complex carbon were the most important predictors for decomposition. Our findings show that it is crucial to understand the role of individual members and functional groups within the microbial community. This is an important way forward to understand the role of microbial community composition for the prediction of litter decomposition and subsequent potential carbon storage in grassland soils
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