Influence maximization in social networks is a fundamental problem in network science with applications in viral marketing, information diffusion, and opinion formation. However, privacy concerns pose ...

A random sample of 549 of the 10,985 signatures yesterday submitted in the effort to recall Supervisor Joel Engardio was vetted today by the San Francisco Department of Elections. And 545 of them were ...

For example, by changing the random seed, the first batch remains the exact same, and the data gets shuffled in the same way. This is a bit strange to me, as the set_seed function (transformers' or ...

When loading a model in vLLM, the seed parameter unintentionally affects the global random states (random, np.random), which can lead to surprising behavior if the user is not explicitly aware of it.

Objective: The aim of this study was to develop a general method to estimate the minimal number of repeated examinations needed to detect patients with random responsiveness, given a limited rate of ...