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The selected works and presentations of Armen Allahverdyan
The selected works and presentations of Armen Allahverdyan encompass research in the fields of statistical physics, machine learning, and information theory, focusing on probabilistic modeling, hidden Markov processes, inference methods, and the analysis of complex systems. The studies combine both theoretical foundations and applied approaches to address problems in data analysis, networks, linguistic structures, and decision-making.
Publications
Allahverdyan, A., & Galstyan, A. (2011). Comparative analysis of Viterbi training and Maximum-Likelihood estimation for Hidden Markov Models. Advances in Neural Information Processing Systems (NeurIPS).
Allahverdyan, A. E., & Galstyan, A. (2009). On the Maximum a Posteriori Estimation of Hidden Markov Processes. UAI Proceedings.
Allahverdyan, A. E. (2008). Entropy of Hidden Markov Processes via Cycle Expansion. Journal of Statistical Physics, 133, 535.
Allahverdyan, A. E., & Galstyan, A. (2015). Active Inference for Binary Symmetric Hidden Markov Models. Journal of Statistical Physics, 161, 452–466.
Galstyan, A., Ver Steeg, G., & Allahverdyan, A. E. (2011). Statistical Mechanics of Semi-Supervised Clustering in Sparse Graphs. Journal of Statistical Mechanics.
Allahverdyan, A. E., Ver Steeg, G., & Galstyan, A. (2010). Community detection with and without prior information. Europhysics Letters, 90, 18002.
Allahverdyan, A. E. (2020). Observational nonidentifiability, generalized likelihood and free energy. International Journal of Approximate Reasoning, 125, 118–138.
Allahverdyan, A. E., Khalafyan, E. A., & Martirosyan, N. H. (2021). Validity limits of the maximum entropy method. Chinese Journal of Physics, 71, 95–111.
Hovhannisyan, A., & Allahverdyan, A. E. (2024). The most likely common cause. International Journal of Approximate Reasoning, 173, 109264.
Hovhannisyan, A., & Allahverdyan, A. E. (2025). Resolution of Simpson’s paradox via the common cause principle. NeurIPS.
Aleksanyan, L., & Allahverdyan, A. (2024). Unsupervised extraction of local and global keywords from a single text. Natural Language Processing. https://doi.org/10.1017/nlp.2024.59
Allahverdyan, A., & Khachatryan, A. (2023). Optimal alphabet for single text compression. Information Sciences, 621, 458–473.
Gurzadyan, A. V., & Allahverdyan, A. E. (2016). Non-random structures in universal compression and the Fermi paradox. EPJ Plus, 131, 26.
Xie, R., Deng, S., Deng, W., & Allahverdyan, A. E. (2018). Active image restoration. Physical Review E, 98, 052108.
Khalafyan, E., Allahverdyan, A., & Hovhannisyan, A. (2025). Nonnegative matrix factorization and the principle of the common cause. IEEE DSAA. https://doi.org/10.1109/DSAA65442.2025.11248027
Allahverdyan, A. E., Ver Steeg, G., & Galstyan, A. (2015). Memory-induced mechanism for self-sustaining activity in networks. Physical Review E, 92, 062824.
Allahverdyan, A. E., & Galstyan, A. (2016). Emergence of Leadership in Communication. PLoS ONE, 11.
Aleksanyan, L. H., Allahverdyan, A. E., & Bardakhchyan, V. G. (2025). Ultimatum game: Regret or fairness? Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization.
Bardakhchyan, V. G., & Allahverdyan, A. E. (2023). Regret theory, Allais’ paradox, and Savage’s omelet. Journal of Mathematical Psychology.
Deng, W., Allahverdyan, A. E., Li, B., & Wang, Q. A. (2014). Rank-frequency relation for Chinese characters. EPJ B.
Allahverdyan, A. E., Deng, W., & Wang, Q. A. (2013). Explaining Zipf’s law via a mental lexicon. Physical Review E.
Deng, W., Xie, R., Deng, S., & Allahverdyan, A. E. (2021). Two halves of a meaningful text are statistically different. Journal of Statistical Mechanics.
Deng, W., & Allahverdyan, A. E. (2016). Stochastic Model for Phonemes Uncovers an Author-Dependency of Their Usage. PLoS ONE.
Allahverdyan, A. E., Galstyan, A., Abbas, A., & Struzik, Z. (2018). Adaptive Decision Making via Entropy Minimization. International Journal of Approximate Reasoning.
Allahverdyan, A. E., & Galstyan, A. (2011). Le Chatelier principle in replicator dynamics. Physical Review E.
Allahverdyan, A. E., & Galstyan, A. (2014). Opinion Dynamics with Confirmation Bias. PLoS ONE.
Allahverdyan, A. E., & Petrosyan, D. (2022). Dissipative search of an unstructured database. Physical Review A.