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Primal--Dual Alternating Neural Learning for Timely Classification with Performance Guarantees

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TL;DR - This paper presents a recurrent neural network method for classifying clinical risks early while explicitly controlling sensitivity, specificity, and monitoring cost. A primal–dual optimization scheme provides sequential decision rules that satisfy prespecified performance constraints.

  • Frames timely classification as a multi-objective sequential optimization problem balancing immediate decisions against collecting more observations.
  • Derives a value recursion that determines whether to classify at each time point or continue monitoring.
  • Trains an RNN to approximate evolving value processes while primal–dual updates enforce sensitivity and monitoring-cost constraints.
  • Demonstrates the approach through simulations and hypoglycemia prediction using continuous glucose-monitoring data.

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Primal--Dual Alternating Neural Learning for Timely Classification with Performance Guarantees

arXiv stat.ML Jiaming Qiu, Yingye Zheng, Ying-Qi Zhao 2026-08-24 arXiv:2608.23480
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TL;DR - This paper presents a recurrent neural network method for classifying clinical risks early while explicitly controlling sensitivity, specificity, and monitoring cost. A primal–dual optimization scheme provides sequential decision rules that satisfy prespecified performance constraints.

  • Frames timely classification as a multi-objective sequential optimization problem balancing immediate decisions against collecting more observations.
  • Derives a value recursion that determines whether to classify at each time point or continue monitoring.
  • Trains an RNN to approximate evolving value processes while primal–dual updates enforce sensitivity and monitoring-cost constraints.
  • Demonstrates the approach through simulations and hypoglycemia prediction using continuous glucose-monitoring data.
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