Factor graphs have recently gained increasing attention as a unified framework for representing and constructing algorithms for signal processing, estimation, and control. One capability that does not seem to be well explored within the factor graph tool kit is the ability to handle deterministic nonlinear transformati…
New distribution simplifies covariance matrix inference.
problem Efficient inference for covariance matrices in large models.
method Incorporates Inverse G-Wishart distribution for variational message passing.
result Elegant and succinct expression of variational message passing fragments.
Develops a Gaussian-based message-passing algorithm for noisy matrix completion.
problem Noisy matrix completion problems.
method Gaussian parameterized belief propagation algorithm.
result Advantages over traditional methods in non-Gaussian noise scenarios.
We address the problem of computing approximate marginals in Gaussian probabilistic models by using mean field and fractional Bethe approximations. We define the Gaussian fractional Bethe free energy in terms of the moment parameters of the approximate marginals, derive a lower and an upper bound on the fractional Beth…
Tree-AMP simplifies inference in complex tree-structured models.
problem Inference in high-dimensional tree-structured models.
method Approximate Message Passing algorithms for various machine learning tasks.
result Theoretical performance predictions and automated entropy estimation.
ALBU improves LDA performance on small datasets.
problem Limited data impairs variational Bayes in LDA.
method Approximate Loopy Belief message passing algorithm.
result ALBU learns latent distributions more accurately than VB, especially for smaller data sets.
For the problem of multi-class linear classification and feature selection, we propose approximate message passing approaches to sparse multinomial logistic regression (MLR). First, we propose two algorithms based on the Hybrid Generalized Approximate Message Passing (HyGAMP) framework: one finds the maximum a posterio…
Unified tutorial on AMP for high-dimensional problems.
problem Structured high-dimensional statistical problems.
method Statistical perspective of AMP and its applications.
result Unified and strengthened results in AMP literature.
We present a joint message passing approach that combines belief propagation and the mean field approximation. Our analysis is based on the region-based free energy approximation method proposed by Yedidia et al. We show that the message passing fixed-point equations obtained with this combination correspond to station…
New algorithm improves signal reconstruction from noisy measurements with side information.
problem Reconstructing unknown signals from noisy linear measurements with side information.
method Integrates side information into approximate message passing (AMP) and tracks performance using state evolution.
result AMP-SI performance is accurately predicted by state evolution.
The sum-product or belief propagation (BP) algorithm is a widely used message-passing technique for computing approximate marginals in graphical models. We introduce a new technique, called stochastic orthogonal series message-passing (SOSMP), for computing the BP fixed point in models with continuous random variables.…
Resampling techniques are widely used in statistical inference and ensemble learning, in which estimators' statistical properties are essential. However, existing methods are computationally demanding, because repetitions of estimation/learning via numerical optimization/integral for each resampled data are required. I…
We introduce an iterative optimization scheme for convex objectives consisting of a linear loss and a non-separable penalty, based on the expectation-consistent approximation and the vector approximate message-passing (VAMP) algorithm. Specifically, the penalties we approach are convex on a linear transformation of the…
A new algorithm improves topic model accuracy in small data sets.
problem Limited data leads to inaccurate topic model identification.
method Developed a novel variational message passing algorithm (ALBU) for LDA.
result ALBU learns latent distributions more accurately than Variational Bayes (VB) in small data sets.
New algorithm for signal estimation in noisy matrix models.
problem Signal estimation in rectangular spiked matrix models with rotationally invariant noise.
method Orthogonal Approximate Message Passing (OAMP) algorithm for signal estimation.
result Optimal OAMP algorithm minimizes mean-squared error and achieves Bayes-optimal performance.
Rich and complex time-series data, such as those generated from engineering systems, financial markets, videos or neural recordings, are now a common feature of modern data analysis. Explaining the phenomena underlying these diverse data sets requires flexible and accurate models. In this paper, we promote Gaussian pro…
New framework for estimating treatment effects in experiments with network interference.
problem Network interference biases traditional treatment effect estimations in randomized experiments.
method Causal message-passing framework based on high-dimensional approximate message passing.
result Practical algorithm to estimate total treatment effect in multi-period experiments.
We analyze oversquashing in topological message-passing using relational structures.
problem Oversquashing in topological message-passing remains understudied.
method A unifying axiomatic framework that bridges graph and topological message-passing.
result Potential to advance topological deep learning.
AMP method reconstructs rank-one matrices from noisy data efficiently.
problem Reconstructing rank-one matrices with prior structural information from noisy observations.
method Approximate Message Passing (AMP) with random initialization.
result AMP from random initialization converges rapidly and globally.
Message passing is the key to graph neural networks, but new terms are needed to avoid confusion.
problem Current methods of graph neural networks cannot solve all problems over given input graphs.
method Demonstrates that any function of interest can be expressed using pairwise message passing over a modified graph.
result Message passing is the fundamental approach for graph neural networks, and new terms are needed to avoid confusion.
ADMP-GNN dynamically adjusts message-passing layers for better graph learning performance.
problem Fixed message-passing steps in GNNs do not account for nodes' varying computational needs.
method Proposes ADMP-GNN, which dynamically adjusts the number of message-passing layers for each node.
result Improves performance on node classification tasks compared to baseline GNN models.
Paper proposes efficient methods for forecasting with large datasets.
problem Forecasting with large, high-dimensional economic data sets.
method Bayesian hierarchical priors, factor graphs, message passing algorithms, Generalized Approximate Message Passing (GAMP).
result The proposed methods outperform traditional approaches in forecasting U.S. price inflation.
New AMP algorithms for rotationally invariant models with reduced complexity.
problem Signal estimation in generalized linear models with arbitrary spectral design matrices.
method Rotationally invariant approximate message passing (AMP) algorithms.
result Performance close to Vector AMP with significantly lower complexity.
Crowdsourcing is a strategy to categorize data through the contribution of many individuals. A wide range of theoretical and algorithmic contributions are based on the model of Dawid and Skene [1]. Recently it was shown in [2,3] that, in certain regimes, belief propagation is asymptotically optimal for data generated f…
Active sampling algorithm improves accuracy of inferred scores from pairwise comparisons.
problem Inference of accurate scores from time-consuming pairwise comparisons.
method Approximate message passing and expected information gain maximization.
result ASAP offers the highest accuracy of inferred scores compared to existing methods.
New algorithms improve rank one signal estimation from noisy data.
problem Estimating a rank one signal matrix from corrupted data with rotationally invariant noise.
method Developed approximate message-passing algorithms exploiting eigenvalues and iterates denoisers.
result Achieves optimal asymptotic estimation error among iterative algorithms.
A new AMP-based method speeds up conformal prediction intervals.
problem Computational cost in building high-dimensional prediction intervals.
method Approximate Message Passing (AMP) to accelerate full conformal prediction.
result AMP-based method produces valid prediction intervals orders of magnitude faster.
Adapts BP-based algorithms for deep learning, improving performance and accuracy.
problem Training deep neural networks with discrete weights and activations.
method Message-passing algorithms based on Belief Propagation, with reinforcement field.
result Comparable performance to SGD-inspired heuristics (BinaryNet) and higher accuracy in predictions.
New graph coarsening method preserves GNN message-passing signals.
problem Preserving GNN message-passing on coarsened graphs.
method Proposed a new oriented message-passing operation for coarsened graphs.
result Improved node classification results compared to naive methods.
Study on convergence of graph neural networks on random graphs.
problem Convergence of message passing graph neural networks on large random graphs.
method Extended convergence results to a broad class of aggregation functions using McDiarmid inequality.
result Non-asymptotic bounds for convergence quantified with high probability.
MACE uses higher-order messages to create fast, accurate force fields.
problem Creating fast and accurate force fields in computational chemistry and materials science.
method Introducing MACE, an equivariant MPNN model that uses four-body messages.
result MACE reduces the required number of message passing iterations to just two, achieving state-of-the-art accuracy.
MPLP learns neural network weights by treating operations as message-passing agents.
problem Training neural networks using gradient-based methods.
method MPLP abstracts neural network operations as message-passing agents, updating internal states and passing messages.
result MPLP outperforms traditional gradient-based methods on simple feed-forward neural networks.
Graph neural networks are currently leading the performance charts in learning-based molecule property prediction and classification. Computational chemistry has, therefore, become the a prominent testbed for generic graph neural networks, as well as for specialized message passing methods. In this work, we demonstrate…
Iterative information processing, either based on heuristics or analytical frameworks, has been shown to be a very powerful tool for the design of efficient, yet feasible, wireless receiver architectures. Within this context, algorithms performing message-passing on a probabilistic graph, such as the sum-product (SP) a…
DimeNet uses directional message passing to improve molecular predictions.
problem Lack of directional information in graph neural networks for molecules.
method Directional message passing, rotationally equivariant embeddings, spherical functions.
result DimeNet outperforms previous GNNs by 76% on MD17 and 31% on QM9.
Topo-MLP learns network representations without message passing.
problem Lack of efficient higher-order network modeling methods.
method Proposes Topo-MLP, a simplicial neural network algorithm using MLP and HONC loss.
result Demonstrates improved robustness and efficiency in representation learning.
Approximate Message Passing (AMP) has been shown to be an excellent statistical approach to signal inference and compressed sensing problem. The AMP framework provides modularity in the choice of signal prior; here we propose a hierarchical form of the Gauss-Bernouilli prior which utilizes a Restricted Boltzmann Machin…
This paper optimizes retraining models using their own predictions and noisy labels.
problem Improving model performance through optimal retraining of noisy labels.
method Developed a principled framework based on approximate message passing (AMP) to analyze iterative retraining procedures.
result Derivation of the Bayes optimal aggregator function to minimize prediction error.
GemNet improves molecular predictions by overcoming graph neural network limitations.
problem Graph neural networks struggle with distinguishing certain types of molecular graphs.
method Discretized geometric message passing neural network (GemNet) with spherical representations.
result GemNet outperforms previous models on molecular datasets by 34-20%.
Optimal spectral estimators and AMP combine for efficient weak recovery in orthogonally invariant GLMs.
problem Parameter estimation from generalized linear models with complex correlation structures.
method Spectral initialization and approximate message passing (AMP) algorithm.
result Established rigorous performance guarantees for spectral initialization and AMP.
Introduces P-tensors for generalized higher-order message passing in graph neural networks.
problem Expanding the expressive power of graph neural networks through higher-order structures.
method Introduces P-tensors to define the most general form of permutation equivariant message passing.
result Achieves state-of-the-art performance on molecular datasets.
Paper interprets contrastive learning dynamics using message passing.
problem Lack of rigorous understanding of contrastive learning dynamics.
method Casts contrastive objective into message passing scheme on augmentation graph.
result The learning dynamics of contrastive learning can be theoretically characterized.
Agent uses message passing to optimize robot navigation, balancing exploration and exploitation.
problem Optimizing robot navigation in continuous-valued spaces with uncertainty.
method Autoregressive active inference agent using message passing on a factor graph.
result Agent modulates action based on predictive uncertainty, leading to better model of dynamics.
New method explains GNNs using power iteration clustering.
problem Mysterious mechanism of message passing in GNNs.
method Subspace power iteration clustering (SPIC) models.
result Message passing in GNNs can be understood through power iteration.
New framework predicts AMP behavior in spiked models for finite iterations.
problem Understanding AMP dynamics in high-dimensional spiked models.
method Developed a non-asymptotic framework for AMP in spiked matrix estimation.
result Predicted AMP behavior for up to O(polylognn) iterations in Z2 synchronization. Neural decoders were shown to outperform classical message passing techniques for short BCH codes. In this work, we extend these results to much larger families of algebraic block codes, by performing message passing with graph neural networks. The parameters of the sub-network at each variable-node in the Tanner graph…
We design iterative receiver schemes for a generic wireless communication system by treating channel estimation and information decoding as an inference problem in graphical models. We introduce a recently proposed inference framework that combines belief propagation (BP) and the mean field (MF) approximation and inclu…
Knowledge graph completion aims to predict missing relations between entities in a knowledge graph. In this work, we propose a relational message passing method for knowledge graph completion. Different from existing embedding-based methods, relational message passing only considers edge features (i.e., relation types)…