We prove a central limit theorem for the components of the largest eigenvectors of the adjacency matrix of a finite-dimensional random dot product graph whose true latent positions are unknown. In particular, we follow the methodology outlined in \citet{sussman2012universally} to construct consistent estimates for the …
Graph-based method ranks features using Eigenvector Centrality for feature selection.
problem Feature selection in high-dimensional data.
method Mapping features onto an affinity graph and ranking nodes based on Eigenvector Centrality.
result The method identifies effective features for classification, outperforming other methods in accuracy, stability, and speed.
Novel risk matrix for optimal portfolio choice with tail risk considerations.
problem Optimal portfolio choice with tail risk events.
method Risk matrix with Value-at-Risk and Delta-CoVaR measures, derived conditions for closed-form solution, examination of portfolio risk and centrality, demonstration of asset centrality's impact on optimal weight allocation.
result Portfolio risk is not necessarily increasing with stock centrality and can be improved by high connectivity.
A new method for streaming PCA provides confidence intervals for eigenvector entries.
problem Uncertainty quantification for individual entries in streaming PCA.
method Oja's algorithm, Bernstein-type concentration bound, Central Limit Theorem, subsampling algorithm.
result Sharp concentration bound and Central Limit Theorem for streaming PCA entries.
Spectral clustering is widely used to partition graphs into distinct modules or communities. Existing methods for spectral clustering use the eigenvalues and eigenvectors of the graph Laplacian, an operator that is closely associated with random walks on graphs. We propose a new spectral partitioning method that exploi…
New algorithm updates eigenvectors of evolving graphs efficiently.
problem Updating eigenvectors of dynamic graphs.
method Subspace projection based on Rayleigh-Ritz projections.
result Strong performance in eigenvector approximation and downstream tasks.
Proposes a new algorithm to estimate invariant subspaces across multilayer networks.
problem Estimating invariant subspaces across heterogeneous multiple networks.
method Bias-corrected joint spectral embedding algorithm that recursively calibrates diagonal bias and iteratively updates the subspace estimator.
result Established entrywise subspace perturbation bound and entrywise eigenvector central limit theorem for the algorithm.
We prove a central limit theorem for the components of the eigenvectors corresponding to the d largest eigenvalues of the normalized Laplacian matrix of a finite dimensional random dot product graph. As a corollary, we show that for stochastic blockmodel graphs, the rows of the spectral embedding of the normalized La…
We quantify uncertainty in Oja's algorithm's leading eigenvector estimation.
problem Estimating the error of Oja's algorithm's leading eigenvector from streaming data.
method Combining U-statistics, high-dimensional central limit theorems, and multiplier bootstrap.
result Established a weighted χ² approximation for the error between the eigenvector and algorithm output.
Complex network analysis reveals dominant stocks in financial stock returns correlations.
problem Inferring financial stock returns correlations from complex network analysis.
method Simulated geometric Brownian motion for stocks, complex network analysis, eigenvector centrality, clustering.
result Returns correlation matrix is dominated by stocks with high eigenvector centrality and clustering.
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.
Improved portfolio optimization using Kendall-like correlation coefficients.
problem Accurate estimation of eigenvectors in data-poor regimes for portfolio optimization.
method Developed generalized correlation coefficients based on Kendall's rank correlation.
result Markowitz portfolios with lower out-of-sample risk using these coefficients.
A new algorithm reduces data dimensionality and decorrelation in a distributed setting.
problem Distributed PCA for decorrelated features in big data.
method Feedforward neural network-based one time-scale algorithm for estimating eigenvectors of distributed data covariance matrix.
result DSA converges linearly to the true solution.
New centrality measures for uncertain graphs using graphon theory.
problem Uncertainty in graph-based datasets hinders traditional centrality measures.
method Introducing centrality measures for graphons, a statistical approach based on graphon theory.
result Graphon centrality functions are robust to stochastic variations and provide uncertainty bounds.
Many pattern recognition methods rely on statistical information from centered data, with the eigenanalysis of an empirical central moment, such as the covariance matrix in principal component analysis (PCA), as well as partial least squares regression, canonical-correlation analysis and Fisher discriminant analysis. R…
New sampling methods improve node embedding efficiency.
problem Efficiency and scalability in node embedding methods.
method Sampling approaches to node embedding, modeling eigenvectors and feature vectors.
result Improved computational efficiency and scalability.
The interbank market is considered one of the most important channels of contagion. Its network representation, where banks and claims/obligations are represented by nodes and links (respectively), has received a lot of attention in the recent theoretical and empirical literature, for assessing systemic risk and identi…
Graph embedding method captures both local and global network structure.
problem Representing and analyzing complex graph networks.
method Spectral embedding based on a generalized graph Laplacian.
result Significant improvement in data analysis tasks.
Network metrics form a fundamental part of the network analysis toolbox. Used to quantitatively measure different aspects of the network, these metrics can give insights into the underlying network structure and function. In this work, we connect network metrics to modern probabilistic machine learning. We focus on the…
New method finds community structure in networks via nonlinear modularity eigenvectors.
problem Finding a leading module in large networks is computationally infeasible.
method Proposes a nonlinear relaxation of the modularity measure using the spectrum of a nonlinear modularity operator.
result Extremal eigenvalues of the nonlinear modularity operator provide an exact relaxation of the modularity measure.
Study eigenvector overlaps in large Gaussian matrices, simplifying for GOE.
problem Investigate eigenvector overlaps in large Gaussian matrices.
method Analysis of eigenvector flow under Dyson Brownian motion.
result Explicit computation of limiting rescaled mean squared overlaps.
Machine learning models perform better with location coordinates alone, not Moran Eigenvectors.
problem Improving machine learning models for spatial data.
method Examined Moran Eigenvectors as additional spatial features in machine learning models using synthetic datasets.
result Machine learning models using only location coordinates achieve better accuracies than eigenvector-based approaches.
Paper addresses eigenvector perturbation in small eigen-gap scenarios.
problem Fine-grained behavior of eigenvectors in the presence of small eigen-gaps.
method Develops de-biased estimators for linear functions of an unknown eigenvector.
result Achieves minimax lower bounds for a family of scenarios, even with small eigen-gaps.
We calculate eigenvector overlaps between intersecting time periods of covariance matrices.
problem Analyzing overlapping time periods in covariance matrices.
method Girko linearisation and extended local laws.
result Computed eigenvector overlaps for intersecting time intervals.
In many applications, one has side information, e.g., labels that are provided in a semi-supervised manner, about a specific target region of a large data set, and one wants to perform machine learning and data analysis tasks "nearby" that prespecified target region. For example, one might be interested in the clusteri…
In spectral clustering, one defines a similarity matrix for a collection of data points, transforms the matrix to get the Laplacian matrix, finds the eigenvectors of the Laplacian matrix, and obtains a partition of the data using the leading eigenvectors. The last step is sometimes referred to as rounding, where one ne…
We study the problem asking if one can embed manifolds into finite dimensional Euclidean spaces by taking finite number of eigenvector fields of the connection Laplacian. This problem is essential for the dimension reduction problem in massive data analysis. Singer-Wu proposed the vector diffusion map which embeds mani…
New metric tensor field on symmetric matrices simplifies eigenvector computation.
problem Complex eigenvector computation for 2x2 symmetric matrices.
method Introducing a metric tensor field on the space of symmetric matrices, resulting in a curved manifold.
result Parallel transport simplifies eigenvector computation for one-parameter families of matrices.
Spectral clustering performance depends on eigenvector fluctuations, shown to be Gaussian.
problem Predicting the performance of spectral clustering.
method General spike random matrix model and rotational invariance of noise.
result Fluctuations of eigenvector entries are Gaussian in large-dimensional regime.
New neural architectures invariant to sign flips and basis symmetries for graph representation learning.
problem Learning invariant graph representations from eigenvectors.
method SignNet and BasisNet neural architectures that are invariant to sign flips and basis symmetries.
result Proven to be universal, approximating any continuous function of eigenvectors with desired invariances.
We demonstrate the existence of an empirical linkage between the nominal financial networks and the underlying economic fundamentals across countries. We construct the nominal return correlation networks from daily data to encapsulate sector-level dynamics and figure the relative importance of the sectors in the nomina…
How many samples are sufficient to guarantee that the eigenvectors and eigenvalues of the sample covariance matrix are close to those of the actual covariance matrix? For a wide family of distributions, including distributions with finite second moment and distributions supported in a centered Euclidean ball, we prove …
Estimating the leading principal components of data, assuming they are sparse, is a central task in modern high-dimensional statistics. Many algorithms were developed for this sparse PCA problem, from simple diagonal thresholding to sophisticated semidefinite programming (SDP) methods. A key theoretical question is und…
New algorithm consistently orients eigenvectors for machine learning.
problem Inconsistent eigenvector orientation in machine learning.
method Postprocesses well-established eigen calls to create consistently oriented eigenvectors.
result Interpretable time series of training weights in machine learning models.
New theory for eigenvectors of generalized Laplacian matrices, addressing dependency issues.
problem Dependency in random matrix theory hinders eigenvector analysis for latent embeddings.
method Introduces generalized Laplacian matrices and a new asymptotic theory framework.
result Established asymptotic normalities for spiked eigenvectors and eigenvalues.
Fast algorithm recovers principal eigenvector from noisy matrices.
problem Recovering the first principal eigenvector from noisy positive semidefinite matrices.
method Cone projected power iteration algorithm.
result Achieves polynomial time complexity and small error for certain convex cones.
The paper explores how kernel eigenalignments affect generalization in KRR.
problem Achieving robust generalization in kernel methods.
method Direct connection between generalization and matrix eigenvectors/eigenvalues, focusing on finite-sample settings.
result Strong generalization requires increasing eigenvector alignment, eigenvalue magnitude, or gaps between eigenvalues.
New method improves subspace iteration for eigenvectors in machine learning.
problem Computing eigenvectors for large-scale problems in machine learning.
method Subspace iteration with ℓ2o∞ norm convergence analysis. result Deterministic bounds and practical stopping criterion for improved performance.
This paper develops the exact linear relationship between the leading eigenvector of the unnormalized modularity matrix and the eigenvectors of the adjacency matrix. We propose a method for approximating the leading eigenvector of the modularity matrix, and we derive the error of the approximation. There is also a comp…
A new method approximates Laplacian eigenvectors for RL efficiently.
problem Efficiently learning state representations in RL.
method General and scalable approach to approximating Laplacian eigenvectors.
result Empirically shows improved performance in RL tasks.
The problem of estimating sparse eigenvectors of a symmetric matrix attracts a lot of attention in many applications, especially those with high dimensional data set. While classical eigenvectors can be obtained as the solution of a maximization problem, existing approaches formulate this problem by adding a penalty te…
Paper tackles small eigen-gap estimation and inference for noisy symmetric matrices.
problem Estimating eigenvectors with small eigen-gap and fine-grained statistical reasoning.
method Eigen-decomposition of asymmetric data matrix, distribution-free procedures, adaptive to heteroscedastic noise.
result Minimax optimal under Gaussian noise, confidence intervals for eigenvalues, small eigen-gap handling.
Improved spectral clustering with fewer eigenvectors performs better.
problem Improving spectral clustering performance under weaker conditions.
method Tighter analysis and using fewer eigenvectors for embedding.
result Spectral clustering can produce better results with fewer eigenvectors.
New insights into spectral clustering reveal strong connections within eigenvectors.
problem Clustering on graphs when there are two underlying clusters.
method Analyzes the eigenvector corresponding to the second largest eigenvalue of the adjacency matrix.
result Vertices with extreme values in the eigenvector are more reliably classified.
The original contributions of this paper are twofold: a new understanding of the influence of noise on the eigenvectors of the graph Laplacian of a set of image patches, and an algorithm to estimate a denoised set of patches from a noisy image. The algorithm relies on the following two observations: (1) the low-index e…
This paper proves the convergence rate of Krasulina's estimator for least eigenvalue and eigenvector.
problem Finding the least eigenvalue and eigenvector of an unknown covariance matrix.
method Developed a convergence proof for Krasulina's estimator.
result Established the convergence rate of Krasulina's estimator for the least eigenvalue and eigenvector.
Graph convolutional networks fail to use eigenvectors beyond the first, unlike spectral embedding.
problem Understanding when graph convolutional networks fail compared to spectral embedding.
method Presented a simple generative model to illustrate failure.
result Graph convolutional networks fail to use eigenvectors beyond the first in certain graphs.
We characterize the contractions that are similar to the backward shift in the Hardy space H2. This characterization is given in terms of the geometry of the eigenvector bundles of the operators.