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48 results for Filtered Back-Projection

We study the weighted light ray transform LL of integrating functions on a Lorentzian manifold over lightlike geodesics. We analyze LL as a Fourier Integral Operator and show that if there are no conjugate points, one can recover the spacelike singularities of a function ff from its the weighted light ray transform …

2019-07-04abs ↗pdf ↗

The paper explores properties of the Radon transform in relation to neural networks and ridges.

problem Understanding the Radon transform and its application to neural networks and ridges.
method Investigates properties of the Radon transform, introduces new subspaces, and characterizes ridges for any distributional profile.
result Clarifies and simplifies results on the optimality of ReLU networks using the Radon transform.

We introduce a new unsupervised representation learning and visualization using deep convolutional networks and self organizing maps called Deep Neural Maps (DNM). DNM jointly learns an embedding of the input data and a mapping from the embedding space to a two-dimensional lattice. We compare visualizations of DNM with…

2018-10-16abs ↗pdf ↗

In this paper we introduce the deep kernelized autoencoder, a neural network model that allows an explicit approximation of (i) the mapping from an input space to an arbitrary, user-specified kernel space and (ii) the back-projection from such a kernel space to input space. The proposed method is based on traditional a…

2017-02-08abs ↗pdf ↗

The article studies mapping properties of Radon transform and backprojection on a unit ball.

problem Polyhomogeneous mapping properties of Radon transform and backprojection operator on the unit ball.
method Constructs a double b-fibration to desingularize the point-hyperplane relation, provides formulas and sharper estimates.
result Sharper estimates on polyhomogeneous mapping properties of Radon transform and backprojection compared to classic estimates.

This paper studies the problem of estimating the covariance of a collection of vectors using only highly compressed measurements of each vector. An estimator based on back-projections of these compressive samples is proposed and analyzed. A distribution-free analysis shows that by observing just a single linear measure…

2015-06-02abs ↗pdf ↗

This paper focuses on spectral filters on graphs, namely filters defined as elementwise multiplication in the frequency domain of a graph. In many graph signal processing settings, it is important to transfer a filter from one graph to another. One example is in graph convolutional neural networks (ConvNets), where the…

2019-01-29abs ↗pdf ↗

A new SOHP filter improves trend estimation in economic time series.

problem Improving trend estimation in nonlinear economic time series.
method Recursive application of one-sided HP filter on updated cyclical components, combined with an incremental HP filtering algorithm.
result Better performance of SOHP filter compared to other HP-type filters on real economic data.

Deep density methods improve filtering in high-dimensional systems.

problem Nonlinear filtering in high-dimensional systems.
method Two deep density methods based on Feynman-Kac formulas and neural networks.
result Logarithmic deep backward stochastic differential equation filter outperforms classical methods in high dimensions.

The sophisticated structure of Convolutional Neural Network (CNN) allows for outstanding performance, but at the cost of intensive computation. As significant redundancies inevitably present in such a structure, many works have been proposed to prune the convolutional filters for computation cost reduction. Although ex…

2018-10-12abs ↗pdf ↗

Gradient filters track moving parameters under noisy data and misspecification.

problem Tracking multidimensional time-varying parameters under noisy observations and model misspecification.
method Gradient-based filters update parameters using the gradient of a postulated objective function, evaluated at either the predicted or updated parameters.
result Novel sufficient conditions for exponential stability of the filtered parameter path, and finite-sample and asymptotic mean squared error bounds.

We simplify Bayesian filtering by framing it as optimization, making it practical for high-dimensional systems.

problem Bayesian filtering struggles in high-dimensional state spaces like neural networks.
method We frame Bayesian filtering as optimization, using gradient descent for nonlinear cases.
result Our method results in effective, robust, and scalable filters for high-dimensional systems.

Convolutional neural networks (CNNs) achieve state-of-the-art performance in a wide variety of tasks in computer vision. However, interpreting CNNs still remains a challenge. This is mainly due to the large number of parameters in these networks. Here, we investigate the role of compression and particularly pruning fil…

2017-11-07abs ↗pdf ↗

A novel method reduces dimensionality for filtering SRNs with observed variables.

problem Challenges in estimating hidden state variables in SRNs with limited observations.
method Filtered Markovian Projection (Filtered MP) for dimensionality reduction in filtering.
result Filtered MP guarantees consistency and superior computational efficiency in high dimensions.

New method filters large networks from financial data to reveal key subnetworks.

problem Filtering large dimensional networks to isolate key constituents.
method Exploits spectral properties of high-dimensional data networks, tuning for sparsity and consistency.
result Shows method can interpolate between zero and maximal filtering, preserving spectral properties.

Many nonlinear extensions of the Kalman filter, e.g., the extended and the unscented Kalman filter, reduce the state densities to Gaussian densities. This approximation gives sufficient results in many cases. However, this filters only estimate states that are correlated with the observation. Therefore, sequential esti…

2012-07-18abs ↗pdf ↗

Paper proves convergence of Kalman filter on Stiefel manifolds with measurement errors.

problem Filtering constant particle with measurement errors on Stiefel manifolds.
method Extended Kalman filter applied to Stiefel manifold-valued observations.
result Convergence of the extended Kalman filter proved for constant system process.

This work preserves linear invariants in ensemble filters for non-Gaussian data assimilation.

problem Maintaining critical invariants like mass, stoichiometric balance, and charge in non-Gaussian data assimilation.
method Introducing a novel class of nonlinear ensemble filters using measure transport theory.
result Recovery of a constrained Kalman filter for Gaussian settings and combination with regularization techniques.

Convolutional Bayesian filtering generalizes state estimation by incorporating inequality conditions.

problem Standard Bayesian filtering assumes exact conditional probabilities, limiting its applicability.
method Introducing inequality conditions transforms conditional probabilities into convolutional forms, expanding the filtering framework.
result Convolutional Bayesian filtering encompasses standard Bayesian filtering and allows for more nuanced model consideration.

EnSF improves accuracy in tracking high-dimensional nonlinear systems.

problem Low accuracy in high-dimensional, nonlinear filtering problems.
method Score-based diffusion model, mini-batch Monte Carlo estimator.
result EnSF outperforms state-of-the-art methods in tracking high-dimensional systems.

Latent FxLMS accelerates ANC by adapting along low-dimensional filter weights.

problem Improving active noise control with neural adaptive filters.
method Training an auto-encoder on filter coefficients, constraining weights to latent variables, and updating in latent space.
result Latent FxLMS converges in fewer steps with comparable error to standard FxLMS.

Recent work has suggested enhancing Bloom filters by using a pre-filter, based on applying machine learning to determine a function that models the data set the Bloom filter is meant to represent. Here we model such learned Bloom filters,, with the following outcomes: (1) we clarify what guarantees can and cannot be as…

2019-01-03abs ↗pdf ↗

Filtering data with a pre-trained model improves multimodal contrastive learning performance.

problem Improving the quality of internet-scale multimodal datasets.
method Characterized the performance of filtered contrastive learning under a bimodal data generation model.
result Data filtering using a pre-trained model reduces contrastive learning error by a factor of η\sqrt{η} in the large ηη regime.

A new ML-based filter improves data assimilation for nonlinear systems.

problem Improving data assimilation for nonlinear systems using ensemble methods.
method Developed a machine learning-based conditional mean filter (ML-EnCMF) integrating ANN and linear functions.
result ML-EnCMF outperforms EnKF and likelihood-based EnCMF in nonlinear systems.

NBF combines deep learning with classical filtering for better belief tracking.

problem Maintaining distributions over hidden states in partially observable systems.
method Trains neural networks to map beliefs to fixed-length vectors, updating them with incoming observations and dynamics.
result NBF efficiently tracks shifting, multimodal beliefs without particle impoverishment.

The paper develops a computational method for efficient online filtering of diffusion processes.

problem Online filtering of discretely observed nonlinear diffusion processes.
method The approach involves Doob's hh-transforms approximated by solving backward Kolmogorov equations using nonlinear Feynman-Kac formulas and neural networks.
result The proposed method can be orders of magnitude more efficient than state-of-the-art particle filters.