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University of Debrecen

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Representative Papers

Improving the sharpness in neural network-based parametric post-processing of ensemble forecasts

Jun 07, 2026

This study addresses the common trade-off in post-processing ensemble forecasts, where neural network–based calibration often sacrifices predictive sharpness—particularly for short lead times—to improve reliability. To jointly optimize both calibration and sharpness, the authors propose a novel approach that introduces, for the first time, a sharpness penalty term directly into the continuous ranked probability score (CRPS) loss function. Assuming a Gaussian predictive distribution, the method is evaluated on ECMWF 2-meter temperature ensemble forecasts and achieves a reduction of 8.2%–12.5% in the width of central prediction intervals while maintaining CRPS and mean RMSE at levels comparable to baseline methods. This demonstrates a significant enhancement in forecast sharpness without compromising overall forecasting skill.

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AI and physics-based weather forecasting: A comparative study

Jun 01, 2026

This study systematically evaluates the accuracy and computational efficiency of AI-based versus physics-based models in medium-range forecasting of 10-meter wind speed. Leveraging observational data from over 9,000 global stations during July–November 2025, it presents the first large-scale operational comparison between ECMWF’s AI-driven AIFS and its traditional physics-based IFS model, complemented by both parametric ensemble model output statistics (EMOS) and nonparametric quantile regression (QR) for post-processing to correct systematic biases. Results show that the raw IFS significantly outperforms AIFS; however, both post-processing methods substantially improve forecast skill—with EMOS yielding greater gains—and markedly reduce the performance gap. After calibration, IFS retains only a marginal advantage at short lead times. This work provides critical empirical evidence supporting the operational deployment of AI-based weather prediction systems.

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Error-Driven Prompt Optimization for Arithmetic Reasoning

Dec 15, 2025

In regulated domains such as finance and healthcare, industrial agents must perform arithmetic reasoning over structured data locally while ensuring sensitive information remains within the organizational boundary—posing challenges for accuracy, privacy, interpretability, and parameter efficiency. Method: We propose an error-driven prompt optimization framework that automatically clusters model prediction errors, iteratively refines interpretable prompt rules, and requires no parameter fine-tuning. Integrating error analysis, hierarchical clustering, and dynamic prompt engineering, the method establishes an end-to-end arithmetic reasoning enhancement pipeline on the Qwen3-4B small language model. Contribution/Results: Under strict local deployment constraints, our approach achieves 70.8% arithmetic reasoning accuracy—significantly outperforming GPT-3.5 Turbo—and marks the first solution enabling high-accuracy, privacy-preserving, interpretable, and zero-shot fine-tuned table-based arithmetic reasoning in fully localized settings.

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Improving the sharpness in neural network-based parametric post-processing of ensemble forecasts

Jun 07, 2026

This study addresses the common trade-off in post-processing ensemble forecasts, where neural network–based calibration often sacrifices predictive sharpness—particularly for short lead times—to improve reliability. To jointly optimize both calibration and sharpness, the authors propose a novel approach that introduces, for the first time, a sharpness penalty term directly into the continuous ranked probability score (CRPS) loss function. Assuming a Gaussian predictive distribution, the method is evaluated on ECMWF 2-meter temperature ensemble forecasts and achieves a reduction of 8.2%–12.5% in the width of central prediction intervals while maintaining CRPS and mean RMSE at levels comparable to baseline methods. This demonstrates a significant enhancement in forecast sharpness without compromising overall forecasting skill.

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AI and physics-based weather forecasting: A comparative study

Jun 01, 2026

This study systematically evaluates the accuracy and computational efficiency of AI-based versus physics-based models in medium-range forecasting of 10-meter wind speed. Leveraging observational data from over 9,000 global stations during July–November 2025, it presents the first large-scale operational comparison between ECMWF’s AI-driven AIFS and its traditional physics-based IFS model, complemented by both parametric ensemble model output statistics (EMOS) and nonparametric quantile regression (QR) for post-processing to correct systematic biases. Results show that the raw IFS significantly outperforms AIFS; however, both post-processing methods substantially improve forecast skill—with EMOS yielding greater gains—and markedly reduce the performance gap. After calibration, IFS retains only a marginal advantage at short lead times. This work provides critical empirical evidence supporting the operational deployment of AI-based weather prediction systems.

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Error-Driven Prompt Optimization for Arithmetic Reasoning

Dec 15, 2025

In regulated domains such as finance and healthcare, industrial agents must perform arithmetic reasoning over structured data locally while ensuring sensitive information remains within the organizational boundary—posing challenges for accuracy, privacy, interpretability, and parameter efficiency. Method: We propose an error-driven prompt optimization framework that automatically clusters model prediction errors, iteratively refines interpretable prompt rules, and requires no parameter fine-tuning. Integrating error analysis, hierarchical clustering, and dynamic prompt engineering, the method establishes an end-to-end arithmetic reasoning enhancement pipeline on the Qwen3-4B small language model. Contribution/Results: Under strict local deployment constraints, our approach achieves 70.8% arithmetic reasoning accuracy—significantly outperforming GPT-3.5 Turbo—and marks the first solution enabling high-accuracy, privacy-preserving, interpretable, and zero-shot fine-tuned table-based arithmetic reasoning in fully localized settings.

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