[5] viXra:2605.0079 [pdf] submitted on 2026-05-19 23:10:18
Authors: Yerassyl Tursynbek, Kassekeyeva Aislu Bisenovna
Comments: 5 Pages. (Note by viXra Admin: Please submit article written with AI assistance to ai.viXra.org)
Accurate demand forecasting is a critical component of supply chain optimization, inventory management, and strategic planning in modern enterprises. Conventional statistical forecasting approaches often struggle to represent nonlinear patterns and abrupt changes in consumer behavior, which reduces their effectiveness in volatile market conditions. This study explores data-driven forecasting techniques that integrate historical sales records with factors influencing purchasing behavior, including seasonality and promotional effects. A comparative experimental analysis is conducted between classical time-series approaches and advanced data-oriented predictive models. The results demonstrate that data-driven forecasting techniques achieve higher predictive accuracy and stability, particularly when long-term temporal dependencies and irregular demand fluctuations are present. The proposed approach supports improved decision-making by reducing forecasting errors and enhancing operational efficiency. The findings highlight the potential of intelligent forecasting systems for sustainable business growth and adaptive demand planning.
Category: Artificial Intelligence
[4] viXra:2605.0063 [pdf] submitted on 2026-05-16 20:29:09
Authors: Derrick Donkor
Comments: 7 Pages. (Note by viXra Admin: Please submit article written with AI assistance to ai.viXra.org)
We introduce a finite, structure-driven framework for neural population coding based on a fixed additive lattice of 2 × 2 matrices. The model defines a predetermined set of sixteen basis matrices whose admissible linear combinations generate stimulus representations in the real number space R. Information encoding is achieved by selecting lattice combinations that maximize entropy, consistent with efficient coding principles. In this proposal, Population coding is formulated as a probabilistic inference problem governed by a Markov state-space model, where transitions occur over lattice states (distinct matrices in the lattice group), as shown in equation (1). Model parameters are inferred via maximum likelihood estimation. Since the compositional structure of the lattice is fixed a priori, the framework decouples population coding computationalcapacity from stringent network connectivity, enabling a fully computable and classical probabilistic formulation of population coding. Beyond the conventional role of population codes as output representations in [11], the proposed population-coded lattice is conceived as a structured input representation for deeplearning architectures, with cross-entropy optimization serving as an objective for pattern classification. This work demonstrates a direct relation between random analog timed-series data and it’s probability encoding, P(si(t)). This work unifies population coding and information theory within a finite matrix-basedframework, offering a computational reinterpretation of neural representation and inference.
Category: Artificial Intelligence
[3] viXra:2605.0061 [pdf] submitted on 2026-05-16 20:22:38
Authors: Xiaohao Xie, Wenhua Jiao
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Person Re-Identification (ReID) struggles with discriminative feature learning due to extreme intra-class variance and ambiguous boundary samples. Existing metric losses are often constrained by local mini-batch mining or rigid distance margins that ignore contextual data structures. To address these issues, we propose Se-ReID, a unified framework that enhances feature space representation through instance-level and centroid-level innovations. At the instance level, we introduce TriHard+ Loss with dynamic routing to prevent manifold collapse, alongside an alternative TriWeight Loss utilizing hard-adapted soft weighting to preserve dense intra-class structures. At the centroid level, we propose CentroidM Loss, which leverages learnable global proxies to transcend mini-batch limitations and effectively soften inter-class boundaries. These core metric modules are further supported by 1st & 2nd order mask techniques to eliminate sampling bias, and a streamlined cross-camera centroid retrieval strategy to filter gallery noise. Extensive experiments demonstrate that Se-ReID achieves remarkable performance on standard benchmarks (Market1501 and DukeMTMC-ReID) without relying on ReRank. Notably, it yields state-of-the-art (SOTA) results when integrated with the SOLIDER Transformer baseline, confirming its robust effectiveness and broad applicability across diverse architectures.improvements on MNIST. The code will be released.
Category: Artificial Intelligence
[2] viXra:2605.0052 [pdf] submitted on 2026-05-13 19:21:40
Authors: Raghavendra Venkateshappa
Comments: 16 Pages. (Note by viXra Admin: Please submit article written with AI assistance to ai.viXra.org)
Non-deterministic agentic AI systems present fundamental challenges for traditional performance testing methodologies that rely on deterministic metrics and reproducible measurements. We propose a novel probabilistic performance profiling framework that models agent performance as probability distributions rather than point estimates. Our approach leverages Monte Carlo sampling to generate comprehensive performance distribution profiles across diverse execution contexts, while employing Bayesian inference for continuous model refinement based on observed system behavior. The framework provides confidence intervals, performance bounds, and probabilistic guarantees that enable robust decision-making under uncertainty. Extensive evaluation on multiple agent frameworks demonstrates that our approach captures performance variability more accurately than traditional methods, providing 95% confidence intervals with mean absolute errors below 8% across different task complexities. This work establishes the foundational framework for probabilistic performance assessment in agentic systems, enabling more reliable deployment and monitoring of non-deterministic AI agents.
Category: Artificial Intelligence
[1] viXra:2605.0027 [pdf] submitted on 2026-05-09 13:34:51
Authors: Han de Bruijn
Comments: 5 Pages.
An extremely simple single-layer feedforward 2 x 2 neural network is the subject of this article. Because I feel it is important to understand some essential features of neural networks without the help of a computer. The network at hand can be completely described, mathematically, by elementary linear algebra. A working example with two inputs and one output is leading to the general case. A counter example with two outputs instead of one is presented as well. It is concluded that the network with one output has learning capability and the network with two outputs has not. The behaviour of the first network can be formulated in geometric terms: all points on a straight line through two given points in the input plane give the desired output. There are no other inputs that do the job. The network with two outputs, on the contrary, is not able to make any generalization. It does not learn from experience, so to speak. It's kind of surprising that the more intelligent network is characterized by a singular matrix, and the dumber network by a regular matrix of weights.
Category: Artificial Intelligence