How Should Transformers Encode Numeric Values in Electronic Health Records?
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arXiv:2607.01391v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: How do we encode numeric values in transformer-based sequence processing, particularly in electronic health record (EHR) data? We systematically compare discrete, continuous, and hybrid value encoding strategies using synthetic arithmetic tasks embedded within real-world EHR data, as well as real-world clinical prediction tasks. Our study reveals trade-offs between numeric precision, optimisation stability, and architectural flexibility. We find…
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- arXiv:2607.01391v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: How do we encode numeric values in transformer-based sequence processing, particularly in electronic health record (EHR) data?
- We systematically compare discrete, continuous, and hybrid value encoding strategies using synthetic arithmetic tasks embedded within real-world EHR data, as well as real-world clinical prediction tasks.
- Our study reveals trade-offs between numeric precision, optimisation stability, and architectural flexibility.
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