An Explainable Ensemble Framework for Alzheimer's Disease Prediction Using Structured Clinical and Cognitive Data

This research proposes an explainable ensemble learning framework that integrates structured clinical and cognitive data with advanced preprocessing and hybrid class balancing techniques to achieve accurate and transparent Alzheimer's disease prediction, demonstrating that optimized ensemble models outperform deep learning while providing actionable clinical insights through SHAP analysis.

Nishan Mitra2026-03-06💻 cs

On Emergences of Non-Classical Statistical Characteristics in Classical Neural Networks

This paper introduces the Non-Classical Network (NCnet), a classical neural architecture that exhibits quantum-like non-classical statistical behaviors through gradient competitions and implicit inter-task correlations, revealing that the resulting CHSH SS statistic serves as a novel indicator for understanding internal network dynamics and generalization performance across different resource regimes.

Hanyu Zhao, Yang Wu, Yuexian Hou2026-03-06⚛️ quant-ph

A unified foundational framework for knowledge injection and evaluation of Large Language Models in Combustion Science

This study introduces a unified, end-to-end framework for developing combustion-specialized Large Language Models, featuring a massive multimodal knowledge base, a rigorous evaluation benchmark, and a three-stage knowledge-injection pathway that demonstrates the necessity of moving beyond standard retrieval-augmented generation to structured knowledge graphs and continued pretraining to overcome performance ceilings caused by context contamination.

Zonglin Yang, Runze Mao, Tianhao Wu + 3 more2026-03-06💻 cs

Capability Thresholds and Manufacturing Topology: How Embodied Intelligence Triggers Phase Transitions in Economic Geography

This paper argues that as embodied AI crosses critical thresholds in dexterity, generalization, and reliability, it will trigger a phase transition in economic geography by dismantling the century-old Fordist paradigm of centralized mega-factories and replacing labor-driven site selection with a new topology defined by demand-proximal micro-manufacturing and machine-optimal environmental conditions.

Xinmin Fang, Lingfeng Tao, Zhengxiong Li2026-03-06🔬 physics

Benchmark of Benchmarks: Unpacking Influence and Code Repository Quality in LLM Safety Benchmarks

This paper presents the first multi-dimensional evaluation of 31 LLM safety benchmarks, revealing that while they do not outperform non-benchmark papers in academic influence, there is a critical misalignment where neither author prominence nor paper impact correlates with code quality, highlighting a significant need for improved repository readiness and ethical standards.

Junjie Chu, Xinyue Shen, Ye Leng, Michael Backes, Yun Shen, Yang Zhang2026-03-06🔒 cs.CR

Understanding the Dynamics of Demonstration Conflict in In-Context Learning

This paper investigates how large language models process conflicting demonstrations in in-context learning, revealing a two-phase computational structure where early layers encode both correct and incorrect rules while late layers commit to predictions, and identifies specific attention heads responsible for this vulnerability that can be mitigated through targeted ablation to significantly improve performance.

Difan Jiao, Di Wang, Lijie Hu2026-03-06💻 cs

Towards Explainable Deep Learning for Ship Trajectory Prediction in Inland Waterways

This study proposes an interpretable LSTM-based model for predicting ship trajectories in inland waterways that incorporates trained ship domain parameters to analyze attention mechanisms, revealing that while the model achieves competitive accuracy, its attention weights do not fully align with expected causal relationships between interacting vessels.

Tom Legel, Dirk Söffker, Roland Schätzle + 1 more2026-03-06💻 cs