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48 results for Bayesian matrix factorisation

The paper compares inference methods for Bayesian nonnegative matrix factorisation.

problem Improving prediction accuracy and pattern discovery in nonnegative matrix factorisation.
method Compared non-probabilistic, Gibbs sampling, variational Bayesian, and maximum-a-posteriori approaches.
result Variational Bayesian inference is a new and efficient approach for Bayesian nonnegative models.

We present a fast variational Bayesian algorithm for performing non-negative matrix factorisation and tri-factorisation. We show that our approach achieves faster convergence per iteration and timestep (wall-clock) than Gibbs sampling and non-probabilistic approaches, and do not require additional samples to estimate t…

2016-10-26abs ↗pdf ↗

The study examines how prior and likelihood choices affect Bayesian matrix factorisation on small datasets.

problem Improving predictive performance of Bayesian matrix factorisation on small datasets.
method Review and comparison of 16 Bayesian matrix factorisation models across four groups: Gaussian-likelihood with real-valued priors, nonnegative priors, semi-nonnegative models, and Poisson-likelihood approaches.
result Poisson models give poor predictions, and nonnegative models are more constrained than real-valued ones.

We introduce a novel Bayesian hybrid matrix factorisation model (HMF) for data integration, based on combining multiple matrix factorisation methods, that can be used for in- and out-of-matrix prediction of missing values. The model is very general and can be used to integrate many datasets across different entity type…

2017-04-17abs ↗pdf ↗

Boolean matrix factorisation aims to decompose a binary data matrix into an approximate Boolean product of two low rank, binary matrices: one containing meaningful patterns, the other quantifying how the observations can be expressed as a combination of these patterns. We introduce the OrMachine, a probabilistic genera…

2017-02-20abs ↗pdf ↗

The paper reformulates clustering as matrix factorization on the Stiefel manifold.

problem Clustering high-dimensional data like images and gene expression.
method Reformulates clustering as low-rank matrix estimation, using Burer-Monteiro factorization on the Stiefel manifold.
result Proves novel prediction bounds for clustering and proposes a componentwise Langevin sampler.

This text investigates relations between two well-known family of algorithms, matrix factorisations and recursive linear filters, by describing a probabilistic model in which approximate inference corresponds to a matrix factorisation algorithm. Using the probabilistic model, we derive a matrix factorisation algorithm …

2015-09-07abs ↗pdf ↗

VAE enhances NMF for probabilistic non-negative matrix factorisation.

problem Non-negative matrix factorisation with probabilistic coefficients.
method Design a VAE network with non-negative weights and non-negative Weibull distribution.
result Effective probabilistic NMF for generating new data and linking latent and input variables.

Unified framework for non-negative matrices and tensors using Wasserstein loss.

problem Finding low-dimensional representations of high-dimensional datasets with non-negative constraints.
method Unified mathematical framework with a smoothed Wasserstein loss, convex dual formulation for efficient computation.
result Efficient solution for non-negative matrix and tensor factorisations with Wasserstein loss.

The paper shows how to recover true node positions from a graph or similarity matrix.

problem Recovering true distances and positions from a graph or similarity matrix.
method Two steps: matrix factorisation followed by nonlinear dimension reduction.
result Nonlinear dimension reduction can recover latent positions close to a manifold where geodesic distance is encoded.

Bayesian model learns optimal number of latent dimensions for Boolean data.

problem Optimal number of latent dimensions in Boolean data models.
method Indian Buffet Process prior over factor matrices for non-parametric Boolean factorisation.
result Posterior inference is efficient and the number of latent dimensions is transparently inferred.

Paper develops a decoder for sparse codes without encoder matrix, achieving optimal recovery.

problem Designing a decoder for sparse codes from linear measurements alone.
method Matrix factorization to recover encoder and sparse coding matrices from measurements.
result Decoder-Expander Based Factorisation recovers encoder and sparse coding matrix at optimal measurement rate with high probability.

We propose a new approach for Collaborative Filtering which is based on Boolean Matrix Factorisation (BMF) and Formal Concept Analysis. In a series of experiments on real data (Movielens dataset) we compare the approach with the SVD- and NMF-based algorithms in terms of Mean Average Error (MAE). One of the experimental…

2013-10-16abs ↗pdf ↗

A new algorithm MBMF improves recommendation accuracy and speed for sparse datasets.

problem Sparse and fluctuating predictions in recommender systems.
method MBMF uses magnitude constraints and Spherical coordinates to optimize faster than existing methods.
result MBMF outperforms existing algorithms in accuracy and speed on synthetic and real datasets.

Study uses NMF to analyze multimorbidity patterns in large EHR dataset.

problem Understanding and quantifying multimorbidity patterns over time.
method Non-negative Matrix Factorisation (NMF) for temporal phenotyping.
result Temporal characteristics of disease clusters reveal new multimorbidity patterns.

We compute the categorified sl(N) link invariants as defined by Khovanov and Rozansky, for various links and values of N. This is made tractable by an algorithm for reducing tensor products of matrix factorisations to finite rank, which we implement in the computer algebra package Singular.

2011-08-04abs ↗pdf ↗

Efficiently differentiate functions of large matrices using new adjoint systems.

problem Differentiating functions of large matrices in scientific and probabilistic machine learning models.
method Deriving and implementing new adjoint systems for Lanczos and Arnoldi iterations in JAX.
result Efficient differentiation of PDEs, Gaussian process models, and Bayesian neural networks.

While matrix factorisation models are ubiquitous in large scale recommendation and search, real time application of such models requires inner product computations over an intractably large set of item factors. In this manuscript we present a novel framework that uses the inverted index representation to exploit struct…

2016-05-16abs ↗pdf ↗

Bayesian networks with latent variables are characterized and their likelihoods compared.

problem Characterizing and comparing likelihoods of Bayesian networks with latent variables.
method Characterized likelihood function and empirical Bayesian network. Proved dominance of global maximum likelihood from empirical model.
result The global maximum likelihood of the original Bayesian network is attained if and only if parameters are consistent with empirical model.

Investigates offline RL in factorisable action spaces, overcoming overestimation bias.

problem Overestimation bias in value estimates for unseen state-action pairs.
method Value-decomposition approach in DecQN, adapted for factorised discrete action spaces.
result Demonstrates the effectiveness of factorised approach in offline RL.

New method synchronizes partial permutations using non-negative factorizations.

problem Synchronizing partial multi-matchings in a cycle-consistent manner.
method Non-negative factorization approach with spectral relaxation and rotation scheme.
result Guaranteed cycle-consistent results compared to existing methods.

Combines Laplace approximation and variational inference for better posterior correlations.

problem Lack of posterior correlations in variational inference.
method Combines Laplace approximation and variational inference, explicitly minimising KL divergence.
result Improves over Laplace approximation and variational inference with factorised Gaussian posteriors.

In recommendation systems, one is interested in the ranking of the predicted items as opposed to other losses such as the mean squared error. Although a variety of ways to evaluate rankings exist in the literature, here we focus on the Area Under the ROC Curve (AUC) as it widely used and has a strong theoretical underp…

2015-08-25abs ↗pdf ↗

HZ transform applied to knot polynomials reveals hyperbolic knot structures.

problem Understanding the structure of knot polynomials and their factorisability.
method Applying the Harer-Zagier transform to knot polynomials and character expansions.
result Construction of an infinite family of hyperbolic knots and proof of factorisability in the 3-strand case.

Loops in surfaces and chord diagrams are studied with graph factorizations and grammars.

problem Understanding loops in surfaces and their properties.
method Factorization of filoops into spheric and toric sums, and grammars generating chordiagraphs.
result Minimal genus of filoops and stability properties under factorizations.

We provide sufficient conditions to factorise an equivariant spectral triple as a Kasparov product of unbounded classes constructed from the group action on the algebra and from the fixed point spectral triple. Our results are for the action of compact abelian Lie groups, and we demonstrate them with examples from mani…

2015-05-12abs ↗pdf ↗

We define disentanglement in generative models and prove it's related to identifiable factors.

problem Understanding disentanglement in generative models like VAEs and GANs.
method Characterized disentanglement in smooth generative pushforward models using the SVD of the Jacobian.
result Disentanglement is identifiable under certain conditions on the generator, promoting separable factors.

Proposes methods to find alternative blockmodels in networks.

problem Discover secondary blockmodel representations of networks that are dissimilar to a given blockmodel.
method Incorporates non-negative matrix factorisation (NMF) with inclusion of cannot-link constraints and dissimilarity between image matrices.
result Validated the effectiveness of the proposed methods in discovering alternative blockmodels.

The construction of topological index maps for equivariant families of Dirac operators requires factoring a general smooth map through maps of a very simple type: zero sections of vector bundles, open embeddings, and vector bundle projections. Roughly speaking, a normally non-singular map is a map together with such a …

2009-08-11abs ↗pdf ↗

The paper extends a neural model to estimate uncertainty in multi-interaction trajectory reconstruction.

problem Lack of uncertainty estimation in neural models for multi-interaction trajectory reconstruction.
method Extended Factorised Neural Relational Inference model to output mean and standard deviation for each component of the phase space vector, using various loss functions.
result Demonstrated the importance of physical meaning of variables and existence of local minima during training.

We address the problem of likelihood based inference for correlated diffusion processes using Markov chain Monte Carlo (MCMC) techniques. Such a task presents two interesting problems. First, the construction of the MCMC scheme should ensure that the correlation coefficients are updated subject to the positive definite…

2007-11-10abs ↗pdf ↗