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6 papers

stat.CO2026

DCEDesignSA: A MATLAB-based Graphical User Interface for Discrete Choice Experiment Design Using Simulated Annealing

Yinfu Liu, Yicheng Mao

DCEDesignSA is a freely available MATLAB package for generating Bayesian D-optimal discrete choice experiment designs. It employs Simulated Annealing to efficiently search the desi…

physics.chem-ph2026

LatentChem: From Textual CoT to Latent Thinking in Chemical Reasoning

Xinwu Ye, Yicheng Mao, Yuxuan Liao +16

Current chemical large language models (LLMs) predominantly rely on explicit Chain-of-Thought (CoT) to solve complex reasoning problems. However, forcing nonverbal tacit chemical l…

stat.CO2026

Neural Posterior Estimation for Spatial Individual-Level Epidemic Models

Yicheng Mao, Rob Deardon

Spatial individual-level models (ILMs) provide a flexible framework for modelling infectious disease transmission across populations with known locations. Bayesian inference for th…

stat.ME2026

Simulated Annealing for Model-Robust Partial Profile Choice Designs in Healthcare Preference Studies

Yicheng Mao, Roselinde Kessels

Discrete Choice Experiments (DCEs) investigate participants' preferences by observing their choice behavior in hypothetical scenarios and are widely used in the domain of healthcar…

cs.CL2025

Digital Gatekeepers: Exploring Large Language Model's Role in Immigration Decisions

Yicheng Mao, Yang Zhao

With globalization and increasing immigrant populations, immigration departments face significant work-loads and the challenge of ensuring fairness in decision-making processes. In…

stat.ME2025

Constructing Bayesian Optimal Designs for Discrete Choice Experiments by Simulated Annealing

Yicheng Mao, Roselinde Kessels, Tom van der Zanden

Discrete choice experiments (DCEs) investigate the attributes that influence individuals' choices when selecting among various options. To enhance the quality of the estimated choi…