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48 results for Discriminability

The study quantifies and compares aleatoric and epistemic discrimination in ML models.

problem Sources of discrimination in ML models and their impact on performance.
method Quantifying aleatoric and epistemic discrimination using statistical experiments and model accuracy.
result State-of-the-art fairness interventions are effective at removing epistemic discrimination but not aleatoric discrimination in datasets with missing values.

Discrimination-aware classification is receiving an increasing attention in data science fields. The pre-process methods for constructing a discrimination-free classifier first remove discrimination from the training data, and then learn the classifier from the cleaned data. However, they lack a theoretical guarantee f…

2017-02-28abs ↗pdf ↗

Discriminator guidance improves autoregressive diffusion models for generating molecular graphs.

problem Improving the accuracy of autoregressive diffusion models for generating molecular graphs.
method Deriving ways to use a discriminator with a pretrained generative model in the discrete case, including optimal and sub-optimal scenarios.
result Using a discriminator can correct pretrained models and improve exact sampling from the data distribution.

Kernel discriminant analysis uses nonlinear embeddings to improve classification.

problem Limited effectiveness of linear discriminant analysis in capturing nonlinear features.
method Study of nonlinear embeddings in kernel discriminant analysis using polynomial and Gaussian kernels, solving generalized eigenvalue problems.
result Polynomial and Gaussian discriminants capture class differences through population moments and randomized projections.

PBN combines generative and discriminative capabilities in a neural network.

problem Combining generative and discriminative capabilities in neural networks.
method Convolutional PBN, sharing FF-NN embodiment, combining generative and discriminative qualities.
result PBN shows excellent qualities from either generative or discriminative viewpoint.

Study infinite Euclidean distance discriminants of algebraic varieties.

problem Understanding the structure of data points with infinitely many critical points in Euclidean distance correspondence.
method Developed computer code to compute discriminants and proved properties of fibers.
result Infinite Euclidean distance discriminants contain all data points with infinitely many critical points for the nearest-point problem.

Generalized dual discriminator GANs improve upon traditional GANs by using two discriminators and a flexible loss function.

problem Mode collapse in GANs.
method Introducing dual discriminator αα-GANs and extending the approach to arbitrary functions.
result The approach reduces the optimization problem to a linear combination of an ff-divergence and a reverse ff-divergence.

We study two important concepts in adversarial deep learning---adversarial training and generative adversarial network (GAN). Adversarial training is the technique used to improve the robustness of discriminator by combining adversarial attacker and discriminator in the training phase. GAN is commonly used for image ge…

2018-07-27abs ↗pdf ↗

Paper proposes distributed sparse multicategory discriminant analysis for classification.

problem Sparse multicategory classification with distributed data.
method Convex formulation, distributed setting, invariant discriminant subspace recovery.
result Distributed sparse multicategory linear discriminant analysis performs as good as centralized version after a few rounds of communications.

Generative Adversarial Networks (GANs) can successfully approximate a probability distribution and produce realistic samples. However, open questions such as sufficient convergence conditions and mode collapse still persist. In this paper, we build on existing work in the area by proposing a novel framework for trainin…

2018-07-31abs ↗pdf ↗

New method computes discriminative classifiers from generative models.

problem Discriminative vs generative classifiers are often seen as distinct, but this work shows they can be equivalent.
method General theoretical result showing generative classifiers can be computed discriminatively.
result Bayesian Maximum Posterior classifier from generative models matches discriminative classifier definition.

The discriminator from generative adversarial nets (GAN) has been used by researchers as a feature extractor in transfer learning and appeared worked well. However, there are also studies that believe this is the wrong research direction because intuitively the task of the discriminator focuses on separating the real s…

2019-12-02abs ↗pdf ↗

New findings show fixed-kernel discriminators are weaker than feature-learning ones.

problem Comparing performance of fixed-kernel and feature-learning discriminators.
method Using function classes F2\mathcal{F}_2 and F1\mathcal{F}_1, constructing pairs of distributions, and linking IPMs with sliced Wasserstein distances.
result Fixed-kernel IPM and SD cannot discriminate certain distributions that feature-learning IPM and SD can.

Mining discriminative features for graph data has attracted much attention in recent years due to its important role in constructing graph classifiers, generating graph indices, etc. Most measurement of interestingness of discriminative subgraph features are defined on certain graphs, where the structure of graph objec…

2013-01-28abs ↗pdf ↗

This work presents an analysis of the discriminators used in Generative Adversarial Networks (GANs) for Video. We show that unconstrained video discriminator architectures induce a loss surface with high curvature which make optimisation difficult. We also show that this curvature becomes more extreme as the maximal ke…

2019-12-18abs ↗pdf ↗

A new method quantifies feature-map discriminativeness for efficient pruning of deep neural networks.

problem Efficiently pruning deep neural networks to reduce computation while maintaining accuracy.
method Presented a novel mathematical formulation (Discriminant Information, DI) to quantify feature-map discriminativeness, enabling efficient pruning and intra-layer mixed precision quantization.
result Our pruned ResNet50 achieves 44% FLOPs reduction without any Top-1 accuracy loss.

Naive Bayes can be used as a discriminative classifier, matching the definition of logistic regression.

problem The definition of generative and discriminative classifiers.
method Comparing Naive Bayes and logistic regression, showing they can be used in either generative or discriminative ways.
result Naive Bayes can be used as a discriminative classifier.

The standard practice in Generative Adversarial Networks (GANs) discards the discriminator during sampling. However, this sampling method loses valuable information learned by the discriminator regarding the data distribution. In this work, we propose a collaborative sampling scheme between the generator and the discri…

2019-02-02abs ↗pdf ↗

FairUDT uses uplift decision trees to detect and mitigate discrimination in training data.

problem Bias in machine learning classifiers due to historical discrimination or underrepresentation of minority groups.
method Integrates uplift modeling with decision trees and introduces a modified leaf relabeling approach for fairness.
result Achieves an acceptable accuracy-discrimination tradeoff while maintaining interpretability.

Adversarial training methods typically align distributions by solving two-player games. However, in most current formulations, even if the generator aligns perfectly with data, a sub-optimal discriminator can still drive the two apart. Absent additional regularization, the instability can manifest itself as a never-end…

2020-02-20abs ↗pdf ↗

Smart Bayes integrates generative and discriminative features for improved classification.

problem Improving classification performance by combining generative and discriminative modeling.
method Integrates generative likelihood-ratio features into a logistic-regression-style classifier.
result Often outperforms logistic regression and Naive Bayes in simulations and real data.

Generative adversarial training can be generally understood as minimizing certain moment matching loss defined by a set of discriminator functions, typically neural networks. The discriminator set should be large enough to be able to uniquely identify the true distribution (discriminative), and also be small enough to …

2017-11-07abs ↗pdf ↗

We study Bayesian discriminative inference given a model family $p(c,\x, θ)$ that is assumed to contain all our prior information but still known to be incorrect. This falls in between "standard" Bayesian generative modeling and Bayesian regression, where the margin $p(\x,θ)$ is known to be uninformative about $p(c|\x,…

2008-07-22abs ↗pdf ↗

Paper introduces a new method to improve GANs by leveraging the discriminator's energy.

problem Improving the quality of generated samples in GANs.
method Discriminator Contrastive Divergence (DCD) method.
result Significant improvement in generation quality on synthetic and real-world data.

DFSOS improves sparse discriminant analysis for high-dimensional data.

problem Sparse discriminant analysis in high-dimensional settings with feature selection.
method Deflation-Free Sparse Optimal Scoring (DFSOS) using Bregman iteration and orthogonality-constrained optimization.
result DFSOS achieves comparable or better classification accuracy than deflation-based methods.

This paper focuses on the discrimination capacity of aggregation functions: these are the permutation invariant functions used by graph neural networks to combine the features of nodes. Realizing that the most powerful aggregation functions suffer from a dimensionality curse, we consider a restricted setting. In partic…

2019-05-31abs ↗pdf ↗

Discriminative Dictionary Learning (DL) methods have been widely advocated for image classification problems. To further sharpen their discriminative capabilities, most state-of-the-art DL methods have additional constraints included in the learning stages. These various constraints, however, lead to additional computa…

2019-03-07abs ↗pdf ↗

Domain adaptation is essential to enable wide usage of deep learning based networks trained using large labeled datasets. Adversarial learning based techniques have shown their utility towards solving this problem using a discriminator that ensures source and target distributions are close. However, here we suggest tha…

2019-07-24abs ↗pdf ↗

The paper addresses evaluating survival predictions using discrimination measures, finding a robust method to convert distributions to risks.

problem Evaluating survival distribution predictions with discrimination measures is challenging and often leads to unfair comparisons.
method The paper surveys existing methods and recommends summing over the predicted cumulative hazard as the most robust method to convert distributions to risks.
result Summing over the predicted cumulative hazard is the most robust method to convert distribution predictions to risk predictions.

In probabilistic classification, a discriminative model based on the softmax function has a potential limitation in that it assumes unimodality for each class in the feature space. The mixture model can address this issue, although it leads to an increase in the number of parameters. We propose a sparse classifier base…

2019-11-14abs ↗pdf ↗

Paper proposes a method to stabilize estimation of KL divergence using a discriminator in RKHS.

problem High variance and instability in estimating KL divergence using neural network discriminators.
method Developed a novel construction of the discriminator in RKHS, controlled its complexity, and proved the consistency of the estimator.
result Reduced variance and stabilized training of KL divergence estimates.

Discriminative classifier for compositional data using hierarchical mixture of Generalized Dirichlet models.

problem Classifying compositional data, especially in spam detection and color space identification.
method Hierarchical mixture of discriminative Generalized Dirichlet classifiers, using variational approximation for parameter learning.
result First time a variational upper-bound for Generalized Dirichlet mixture is proposed in literature.

A new method removes policy optimization in adversarial imitation learning.

problem Adversarial imitation learning's delicate alternated optimization.
method Explicitly condition discriminator on two policies, solving generator's optimization problem directly.
result Simpler approach competitive to prevalent methods.

PANDA improves linear discriminant analysis in high dimensions with minimal tuning.

problem Linear discriminant analysis in high-dimensional settings.
method PANDA: a tuning-insensitive method for linear discriminant analysis.
result PANDA achieves optimal convergence rates in estimation error and misclassification rate.

New method reduces indirect discrimination in insurance risk models.

problem Indirect discrimination in insurance risk models using machine learning.
method Mathematical concepts of linear algebra to reduce indirect discrimination.
result Demonstrated promising performance in a concrete case of risk selection in life insurance.