---
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author:
- first_name: Manish
  full_name: Kumar, Manish
  last_name: Kumar
- first_name: Anton Frederik
  full_name: Thielmann, Anton Frederik
  last_name: Thielmann
- first_name: Christoph
  full_name: Weisser, Christoph
  id: '264138'
  last_name: Weisser
  orcid: 0000-0003-0616-1027
  orcid_put_code_url: https://api.orcid.org/v2.0/0000-0003-0616-1027/work/224483678
- first_name: Benjamin
  full_name: Säfken, Benjamin
  last_name: Säfken
citation:
  alphadin: '<span style="font-variant:small-caps;">Kumar, Manish</span> ; <span style="font-variant:small-caps;">Thielmann,
    Anton Frederik</span> ; <span style="font-variant:small-caps;">Weisser, Christoph</span>
    ; <span style="font-variant:small-caps;">Säfken, Benjamin</span>: From Uniform
    to Learned Knots: A Study of Spline-Based Numerical Encodings for Tabular Deep
    Learning. In: <i>Transactions on Machine Learning Research</i>, arxiv (2026)'
  ama: 'Kumar M, Thielmann AF, Weisser C, Säfken B. From Uniform to Learned Knots:
    A Study of Spline-Based Numerical Encodings for Tabular Deep Learning. <i>Transactions
    on Machine Learning Research</i>. 2026. doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2604.05635">10.48550/arXiv.2604.05635</a>'
  apa: 'Kumar, M., Thielmann, A. F., Weisser, C., &#38; Säfken, B. (2026). From Uniform
    to Learned Knots: A Study of Spline-Based Numerical Encodings for Tabular Deep
    Learning. <i>Transactions on Machine Learning Research</i>. <a href="https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2604.05635">https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2604.05635</a>'
  bibtex: '@article{Kumar_Thielmann_Weisser_Säfken_2026, title={From Uniform to Learned
    Knots: A Study of Spline-Based Numerical Encodings for Tabular Deep Learning},
    DOI={<a href="https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2604.05635">10.48550/arXiv.2604.05635</a>},
    journal={Transactions on Machine Learning Research}, publisher={arxiv}, author={Kumar,
    Manish and Thielmann, Anton Frederik and Weisser, Christoph and Säfken, Benjamin},
    year={2026} }'
  chicago: 'Kumar, Manish, Anton Frederik Thielmann, Christoph Weisser, and Benjamin
    Säfken. “From Uniform to Learned Knots: A Study of Spline-Based Numerical Encodings
    for Tabular Deep Learning.” <i>Transactions on Machine Learning Research</i>,
    2026. <a href="https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2604.05635">https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2604.05635</a>.'
  ieee: 'M. Kumar, A. F. Thielmann, C. Weisser, and B. Säfken, “From Uniform to Learned
    Knots: A Study of Spline-Based Numerical Encodings for Tabular Deep Learning,”
    <i>Transactions on Machine Learning Research</i>, 2026.'
  mla: 'Kumar, Manish, et al. “From Uniform to Learned Knots: A Study of Spline-Based
    Numerical Encodings for Tabular Deep Learning.” <i>Transactions on Machine Learning
    Research</i>, arxiv, 2026, doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2604.05635">10.48550/arXiv.2604.05635</a>.'
  short: M. Kumar, A.F. Thielmann, C. Weisser, B. Säfken, Transactions on Machine
    Learning Research (2026).
date_created: 2026-08-20T17:25:46Z
date_updated: 2026-08-21T12:28:04Z
doi: 10.48550/arXiv.2604.05635
language:
- iso: eng
publication: Transactions on Machine Learning Research
publisher: arxiv
quality_controlled: '1'
related_material:
  link:
  - relation: earlier_version
    url: https://www.hsbi.de/publikationsserver/record/6958
status: public
title: 'From Uniform to Learned Knots: A Study of Spline-Based Numerical Encodings
  for Tabular Deep Learning'
type: journal_article
user_id: '220548'
year: '2026'
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