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48 results for BBP threshold

Study shows overparametrization can shift and bend loss landscapes, affecting signal recovery.

problem Understanding how overparametrization affects loss landscapes in neural networks.
method Field theory analysis of Hessian spectrum at initialization.
result Overparametrization can shift the BBP transition point, potentially reaching weak-recovery threshold.

Study quantifies performance gap between tensor and matrix-based approaches in nested matrix-tensor model.

problem Estimating a planted signal in a nested matrix-tensor model.
method Comparing tensor-based and matrix-based approaches for best rank-one approximation of tensor data.
result Derives precise algorithmic threshold for the unfolding approach and shows BBP-type transition behavior.

The paper studies phase transitions in random matrices and tensor unfolding for detecting signals.

problem Phase transitions in singular values and vectors of large random matrices.
method Analysis of singular values and vectors of long rectangular random matrices, and tensor unfolding algorithm for asymmetric rank-one spiked tensor models.
result An exact threshold for tensor unfolding to detect signals, independent of unfolding procedure.

Study of correlated Wigner matrices with BBP transitions.

problem Understanding spectral transitions in correlated Wigner matrices.
method Analyzes a Wigner-type matrix with row/column correlations, decomposes into bulk and outliers, and uses integral operators to model transitions.
result Correlated Wigner matrices exhibit multiple BBP transitions at critical points.

New method detects global factors near BBP phase transition in high-dimensional data.

problem Detecting the number of global factors in noisy high-dimensional correlation matrices.
method Iterative Global Factor (IGF) algorithm combining adaptive edge recalibration and PR delocalization filter.
result IGF algorithm successfully detects global factors near BBP transition, improving over eigenvalue-only methods.

Study reveals limits of PLS in multi-modal learning with correlated signals.

problem Understanding PLS performance in multi-modal learning with correlated signals.
method Random matrix theory analysis of spiked cross-covariance models.
result Identifies SNR and correlation regimes where PLS fails to recover any signal.

PLS-SVD struggles with missing data in multimodal datasets, showing a phase transition in performance.

problem Missing data in PLS-SVD for multimodal datasets.
method Replica-symmetric analysis of spiked rectangular random matrices with missing entries.
result PLS-SVD performance transitions from uninformative to informative singular vectors at a critical signal-to-noise threshold.

Random matrix theory explains transient signal detectability in early-stopped gradient flow.

problem Transient signal detectability in early-stopped gradient flow.
method Random matrix theory applied to gradient flow in a linear teacher-student setting.
result Transient Baik-Ben Arous-Péché (BBP) transition in learning dynamics due to anisotropy and noise.

Improves detection of low-rank signals from noisy data matrices.

problem Statistical detection of low-rank signals in noisy data matrices.
method Entrywise pre-transforming data matrix for non-Gaussian noise, sharp phase transition thresholds, central limit theorem for linear spectral statistics, hypothesis test.
result Improves detection of low-rank signals from noisy data matrices, generalizing known results.

Gradient flow in phase retrieval escapes spurious minima with high probability.

problem Understanding gradient-based optimization in high-dimensional non-convex functions.
method Analytical and numerical study of gradient dynamics in phase retrieval.
result Gradient flow avoids spurious minima by drifting along unstable directions.

We study the problem of detecting the presence of a single unknown spike in a rectangular data matrix, in a high-dimensional regime where the spike has fixed strength and the aspect ratio of the matrix converges to a finite limit. This setup includes Johnstone's spiked covariance model. We analyze the likelihood ratio …

2018-02-20abs ↗pdf ↗

Study reveals how attention helps in signal recovery from sequence models using random matrix theory.

problem Signal recovery from sequence models with attention mechanisms.
method Analysis of sample covariance matrices constructed from pooled sequence representations with attention weights.
result Optimal attention weights maximize signal-to-noise ratio and improve signal recovery.

Holomorphic splitting theorem for Calabi-Yau manifolds with specific properties.

problem Constructing a complete Calabi-Yau metric on a manifold with a specific divisor.
method Solved Monge-Ampère equation on generalized ALG manifolds, used solution to prove holomorphic splitting theorem.
result Proved biholomorphic equivalence of a Calabi-Yau manifold to a product space.

We consider a stochastic volatility model with Lévy jumps for a log-return process Z=(Zt)t0Z=(Z_{t})_{t\geq 0} of the form Z=U+XZ=U+X, where U=(Ut)t0U=(U_{t})_{t\geq 0} is a classical stochastic volatility process and X=(Xt)t0X=(X_{t})_{t\geq 0} is an independent Lévy process with absolutely continuous Lévy measure νν. Small-time expansio…

2010-09-21abs ↗pdf ↗

New algorithm for reinforcement learning in uncertain environments with unknown thresholds.

problem Safety in reinforcement learning in unknown and uncertain environments.
method Growing-Window estimator sampling and Stochastic Pessimistic-Optimistic Thresholding (SPOT) algorithm.
result Achieves sublinear regret and constraint violation of ildeO(T) ilde{\mathcal{O}}(\sqrt{T}).

A new SSL method uses instance-dependent thresholds to improve accuracy.

problem Improving semi-supervised learning by better selecting confident unlabeled instances.
method Proposes instance-dependent thresholds that vary based on the ambiguity and error rates of pseudo-labels for each unlabeled instance.
result Demonstrates that instance-dependent thresholds provide a probabilistic guarantee for correct pseudo-labels.

Adaptive algorithm for outlier detection by balancing arm exploration and threshold estimation.

problem Identifying outliers in a set of rewards where the threshold is a function of all rewards.
method Adaptively updated confidence interval for the threshold based on previous rounds' estimates, balancing exploration of individual arms and the outlier threshold.
result Efficient algorithm with reduced sample complexity for outlier detection.

The article examines different thresholding methods for improving PAM algorithm in cancer classification.

problem High-dimensional classification with too many features selected by PAM.
method Extends PAM with hard and order thresholding methods and a deep search algorithm.
result Improved cancer status prediction accuracy and smaller number of features.

Although the threshold network is one of the most used tools to characterize the underlying structure of a stock market, the identification of the optimal threshold to construct a reliable stock network remains challenging. In this paper, the concept of dynamic consistence between the threshold network and the stock ma…

2018-03-06abs ↗pdf ↗

Proposes a conservative LR estimator for infrequent data near a frequency threshold.

problem Overestimation of likelihood ratios for infrequent data near a frequency threshold.
method Conservative likelihood ratio estimator for frequencies slightly above a threshold.
result Improves prediction accuracy in named entity context prediction.

New method trains neural networks with threshold activation functions efficiently.

problem Training neural networks with threshold activation functions is challenging due to zero gradients.
method We study weight decay regularized training problems of deep neural networks with threshold activations, showing they can be formulated as convex optimization problems.
result Regularized deep threshold network training problems can be formulated as standard convex optimization problems, paralleling the LASSO method.

Polynomial neural networks explore thresholds for maximum expressiveness.

problem Understanding the limits of polynomial neural networks' expressiveness.
method Introducing activation degree threshold to measure network expressiveness and proving its existence and upper bounds.
result Polynomial neural networks with equi-width architectures achieve the maximum expressiveness.

Paper introduces threshold invariant fairness to ensure equitable predictions across different groups.

problem Machine learning models can be unfair to certain groups based on sensitive attributes.
method Proposes threshold invariant fairness and uses two approximation methods to equalize risk distributions.
result Demonstrates effectiveness in alleviating threshold sensitivity in fairness models.

Study evaluates thresholds for removing noise from DNN weights using random matrix theory.

problem Removing noise from deep neural network weights for better approximation.
method Model weights as signal + noise, use random matrix theory to estimate thresholds, evaluate using cosine similarity.
result Proposed threshold estimation method improves approximation quality.

FILTER model uses fusion penalized logistic threshold regression for high-dimensional data with unknown cut points.

problem Modeling high-dimensional data with unknown cut points and binary responses.
method Fusion penalized logistic threshold regression (FILTER) model with fused lasso penalty for variable selection.
result Established non-asymptotic error bounds for coefficient estimation and model selection consistency.

New analysis reveals masked self-supervised learning's effectiveness in extracting data structure.

problem Analyzing masked self-supervised learning in high-dimensional data.
method Developed precise high-dimensional analysis of masked modeling objectives.
result Identified phase transitions and structured regimes for masked self-supervised learning.

The paper considers an investment timing problem appearing in real options theory. Present values from an investment project are modeled by general diffusion process. We prove necessary and sufficient conditions under which an optimal investment time is induced by threshold strategy. We study also the conditions of opt…

2015-11-02abs ↗pdf ↗

Paper proves integrability and entropy compactness for Kähler potentials with uniform log-log threshold.

problem Integrability and entropy compactness for Kähler potentials with specific density.
method Skoda-Zeriahi type integrability theorem and log-log threshold detection.
result Positivity of integrability threshold and entropy compactness for uniform log-log threshold.

A new algorithm infers causal networks from data using topological thresholds.

problem Inferring causal networks from data.
method Two methods for determining topological thresholds: one to leave no disconnected nodes, the other to find a causal large connected component.
result The novel algorithm is faster and more accurate than the PC algorithm.