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Natural extension of choice functions
International Conference on Information Processing and Management of Uncertainty in Knowledge-Based Systems, IPMU (17 th, 2018, CĂĄdiz, Spain
Geometrical Insights for Implicit Generative Modeling
Learning algorithms for implicit generative models can optimize a variety of
criteria that measure how the data distribution differs from the implicit model
distribution, including the Wasserstein distance, the Energy distance, and the
Maximum Mean Discrepancy criterion. A careful look at the geometries induced by
these distances on the space of probability measures reveals interesting
differences. In particular, we can establish surprising approximate global
convergence guarantees for the -Wasserstein distance,even when the
parametric generator has a nonconvex parametrization.Comment: this version fixes a typo in a definitio
Theory of differential inclusions and its application in mechanics
The following chapter deals with systems of differential equations with
discontinuous right-hand sides. The key question is how to define the solutions
of such systems. The most adequate approach is to treat discontinuous systems
as systems with multivalued right-hand sides (differential inclusions). In this
work three well-known definitions of solution of discontinuous system are
considered. We will demonstrate the difference between these definitions and
their application to different mechanical problems. Mathematical models of
drilling systems with discontinuous friction torque characteristics are
considered. Here, opposite to classical Coulomb symmetric friction law, the
friction torque characteristic is asymmetrical. Problem of sudden load change
is studied. Analytical methods of investigation of systems with such
asymmetrical friction based on the use of Lyapunov functions are demonstrated.
The Watt governor and Chua system are considered to show different aspects of
computer modeling of discontinuous systems
State dependent choice
We propose a theory of choices that are influenced by the psychological state of the agent. The central hypothesis is that the psychological state controls the urgency of the attributes sought by the decision maker in the available alternatives. While state dependent choice is less restricted than rational choice, our model does have empirical content, expressed by simple "revealed preference" type of constraints on observable choice data. We demonstrate the applicability of simple versions of the framework to economic contexts. We show in particular that it can explain widely researched anomalies in the labour supply of taxi drivers
Hidden attractors in fundamental problems and engineering models
Recently a concept of self-excited and hidden attractors was suggested: an
attractor is called a self-excited attractor if its basin of attraction
overlaps with neighborhood of an equilibrium, otherwise it is called a hidden
attractor. For example, hidden attractors are attractors in systems with no
equilibria or with only one stable equilibrium (a special case of
multistability and coexistence of attractors). While coexisting self-excited
attractors can be found using the standard computational procedure, there is no
standard way of predicting the existence or coexistence of hidden attractors in
a system. In this plenary survey lecture the concept of self-excited and hidden
attractors is discussed, and various corresponding examples of self-excited and
hidden attractors are considered
An analysis of waves underlying grid cell firing in the medial enthorinal cortex
Layer II stellate cells in the medial enthorinal cortex (MEC) express hyperpolarisation-activated cyclic-nucleotide-gated (HCN) channels that allow for rebound spiking via an I_h current in response to hyperpolarising synaptic input. A computational modelling study by Hasselmo [2013 Neuronal rebound spiking, resonance frequency and theta cycle skipping may contribute to grid cell firing in medial entorhinal cortex. Phil. Trans. R. Soc. B 369: 20120523] showed that an inhibitory network of such cells can support periodic travelling waves with a period that is controlled by the dynamics of the I_h current. Hasselmo has suggested that these waves can underlie the generation of grid cells, and that the known difference in I_h resonance frequency along the dorsal to ventral axis can explain the observed size and spacing between grid cell firing fields. Here we develop a biophysical spiking model within a framework that allows for analytical tractability. We combine the simplicity of integrate-and-fire neurons with a piecewise linear caricature of the gating dynamics for HCN channels to develop a spiking neural field model of MEC. Using techniques primarily drawn from the field of nonsmooth dynamical systems we show how to construct periodic travelling waves, and in particular the dispersion curve that determines how wave speed varies as a function of period. This exhibits a wide range of long wavelength solutions, reinforcing the idea that rebound spiking is a candidate mechanism for generating grid cell firing patterns. Importantly we develop a wave stability analysis to show how the maximum allowed period is controlled by the dynamical properties of the I_h current. Our theoretical work is validated by numerical simulations of the spiking model in both one and two dimensions
Absolute stability of time-varying delay Lurie indirect control systems with unbounded coefficients
This paper investigates the absolute stability problem of time-varying delay Lurie indirect control systems with variable coefficients. A positive-definite Lyapunov-Krasovskii functional is constructed. Some novel sufficient conditions for absolute stability of Lurie systems with single nonlinearity are obtained by estimating the negative upper bound on its total time derivative. Furthermore, the results are generalised to multiple nonlinearities. The derived criteria are especially suitable for time-varying delay Lurie indirect control systems with unbounded coefficients. The effectiveness of the proposed results is illustrated using simulation examples
Revealed fuzzy preferences
Bondareva O. Revealed fuzzy preferences. Working Papers. Institute of Mathematical Economics. Vol 183. Bielefeld: Center for Mathematical Economics; 1990
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