Search Results - "Verzi, Stephen"

Potential Public Health Effects of Reducing Nicotine Levels in Cigarettes in the United States by Apelberg, Benjamin J, Feirman, Shari P, Salazar, Esther, Corey, Catherine G, Ambrose, Bridget K, Paredes, Antonio, Richman, Elise, Verzi, Stephen J, Vugrin, Eric D, Brodsky, Nancy S, Rostron, Brian L

“…Using a simulation model, the FDA has estimated that lowering the nicotine content in cigarettes to a minimally addictive level could substantially reduce…”
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Modeling the potential effects of new tobacco products and policies: a dynamic population model for multiple product use and harm by Vugrin, Eric D, Rostron, Brian L, Verzi, Stephen J, Brodsky, Nancy S, Brown, Theresa J, Choiniere, Conrad J, Coleman, Blair N, Paredes, Antonio, Apelberg, Benjamin J

“…Recent declines in US cigarette smoking prevalence have coincided with increases in use of other tobacco products. Multiple product tobacco models can help…”
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Training deep neural networks for binary communication with the Whetstone method by Severa, William, Vineyard, Craig M., Dellana, Ryan, Verzi, Stephen J., Aimone, James B.

“…The computational cost of deep neural networks presents challenges to broadly deploying these algorithms. Low-power and embedded neuromorphic processors offer…”
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Modeling hospitals' adaptive capacity during a loss of infrastructure services by Vugrin, Eric D, Verzi, Stephen J, Finley, Patrick D, Turnquist, Mark A, Griffin, Anne R, Ricci, Karen A, Wyte-Lake, Tamar

“…Resilience in hospitals - their ability to withstand, adapt to, and rapidly recover from disruptive events - is vital to their role as part of national…”
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Modeling the benefits (or detriments) of increased automation in electric power grid operations: Methodology and experiments by Stamber, Kevin L., Burnham, Laurie, Stevens-Adams, Susan M., Jeffers, Robert F., Verzi, Stephen

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Modeling Evacuation of a Hospital without Electric Power by Vugrin, Eric D., Verzi, Stephen J., Finley, Patrick D., Turnquist, Mark A., Griffin, Anne R., Ricci, Karen A., Wyte-Lake, Tamar

“…Hospital evacuations that occur during, or as a result of, infrastructure outages are complicated and demanding. Loss of infrastructure services can initiate a…”
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Boosted ARTMAP: Modifications to fuzzy ARTMAP motivated by boosting theory by Verzi, Stephen J., Heileman, Gregory L., Georgiopoulos, Michael

“…In this paper, several modifications to the Fuzzy ARTMAP neural network architecture are proposed for conducting classification in complex, possibly noisy,…”
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Simulating smoking behaviors based on cognition-determined, opinion-based system dynamics by Naugle, Asmeret Bier, Miner, Nadine, Aamir, Munaf, Jeffers, Robert, Verzi, Stephen, Bernard, Michael

“…We created a cognition-focused system dynamics model to simulate the dynamics of smoking tendencies based on media influences and communication of opinions. We…”
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Malware Generation with Specific Behaviors to Improve Machine Learning-based Detection by Smtith, Michael R., Verzi, Stephen J., Johnson, Nicholas T., Zhou, Xin, Khanna, Kanad, Quynn, Sophie, Krishnakumar, Raga

“…We describe efforts in generating synthetic malware samples that have specified behaviors that can then be used to train a machine learning (ML) algorithm to…”
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A Theoretical Approach for Reliability Within Information Supply Chains With Cycles and Negations by Livesay, Michael, Pless, Daniel, Verzi, Stephen, Stamber, Kevin, Lilje, Anneliese

“…Complex networks of information processing systems, or information supply chains, present challenges for performance analysis. We establish a mathematical…”
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Conflicting Information and Compliance with COVID-19 Behavioral Recommendations by Naugle, Asmeret, Rothganger, Fred, Verzi, Stephen, Doyle, Casey

“…The prevalence of COVID-19 is shaped by behavioral responses to recommendations and warnings. Available information on the disease determines the population's…”
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Optimization-based computation with spiking neurons by Verzi, Stephen J., Vineyard, Craig M., Vugrin, Eric D., Galiardi, Meghan, James, Conrad D., Aimone, James B.

“…Considerable effort is currently being spent designing neuromorphic hardware for addressing challenging problems in a variety of pattern-matching applications…”
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The Ground Truth program: simulations as test beds for social science research methods by Naugle, Asmeret, Russell, Adam, Lakkaraju, Kiran, Swiler, Laura, Verzi, Stephen, Romero, Vicente

“…Social systems are uniquely complex and difficult to study, but understanding them is vital to solving the world’s problems. The Ground Truth program developed…”
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Overcoming the Static Learning Bottleneck - the need for adaptive neural learning by Vineyard, Craig M., Verzi, Stephen J.

“…Amidst the rising impact of machine learning and the popularity of deep neural networks, learning theory is not a solved problem. With the emergence of…”
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Quantifying neural information content: A case study of the impact of hippocampal adult neurogenesis by Vineyard, Craig M., Verzi, Stephen J., James, Conrad D., Aimone, James B.

“…Through various means of structural and synaptic plasticity enabling online learning, neural networks are constantly reconfiguring their computational…”
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The Ground Truth Program: Simulations as Test Beds for Social Science Research Methods by Naugle, Asmeret, Russell, Adam, Lakkaraju, Kiran, Swiler, Laura Painton, Verzi, Stephen, Romero, Vicente

“…Social systems are uniquely complex and difficult to study, but understanding them is vital to solving the world’s problems. The Ground Truth program developed…”
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Repeated play of the SVM game as a means of adaptive classification by Vineyard, Craig M., Verzi, Stephen J., James, Conrad D., Aimone, James B., Heileman, Gregory L.

“…The field of machine learning strives to develop algorithms that, through learning, lead to generalization; that is, the ability of a machine to perform a task…”
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A Spike-Timing Neuromorphic Architecture by Hill, Aaron J., Donaldson, Jonathon W., Rothganger, Fredrick H., Vineyard, Craig M., Follett, David R., Follett, Pamela L., Smith, Michael R., Verzi, Stephen J., Severa, William, Wang, Felix, Aimone, James B., Naegle, John H., James, Conrad D.

“…Unlike general purpose computer architectures that are comprised of complex processor cores and sequential computation, the brain is innately parallel and…”
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What can simulation test beds teach us about social science? Results of the ground truth program by Naugle, Asmeret, Krofcheck, Daniel, Warrender, Christina, Lakkaraju, Kiran, Swiler, Laura, Verzi, Stephen, Emery, Ben, Murdock, Jaimie, Bernard, Michael, Romero, Vicente

“…The ground truth program used simulations as test beds for social science research methods. The simulations had known ground truth and were capable of…”
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What can simulation test beds teach us about social science? Results of the ground truth program by Naugle, Asmeret, Krofcheck, Daniel, Warrender, Christina, Lakkaraju, Kiran, Swiler, Laura, Verzi, Stephen, Emery, Ben, Murdock, Jaimie, Bernard, Michael, Romero, Vicente

“…The ground truth program used simulations as test beds for social science research methods. The simulations had known ground truth and were capable of…”
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