New diagnostic tool for assessing approximate Bayesian inference.
problem Assessing the trustworthiness of approximate Bayesian inference.
method Reframe the problem in terms of incompatible conditional distributions and use Gibbs priors.
result The diagnostic tool can discover the inductive bias in various Bayesian models and approximations.
The Gibbs algorithm's generalization error is bounded, improving with prior volume in low temperatures.
problem Bounding the generalization error of the Gibbs algorithm in low temperature regimes.
method Analyzes the Gibbs algorithm's performance, extending known high-temperature bounds to low-temperature scenarios.
result With high probability, the generalization error decreases with the total prior volume of similar hypotheses.
Paper shows how meta-learning can reduce prior learning cost.
problem Learning the prior in meta-learning with fast rates.
method Examined Gibbs algorithm in meta-learning context.
result Bernstein's condition holds at meta level, reducing prior learning cost.
A new method improves uncertainty quantification in Bayesian inference.
problem Poor uncertainty quantification in traditional Gibbs posteriors.
method Sequential Gibbs posteriors with a Bernstein-von Mises theorem.
result Sequential Gibbs posteriors provide better frequentist coverage.
Paper proposes a new method for Bayesian linear regression using spike-and-slab priors.
problem Identifying predictors with similar relationships in linear regression models.
method Hierarchical Bayesian models with spike-and-slab priors and a Gibbs sampler.
result The proposed method outperforms previous methods in simulations and real data analysis.
New algorithms improve Bayesian linear regression with spike-and-slab priors.
problem Efficiently sampling from Bayesian linear regression models with sparsity-inducing priors.
method Design of two sampling algorithms: Gibbs sampling and Stochastic Localization.
result Stochastic Localization sampler shows significant advantage for poorly designed data matrices.
Paper introduces a Gibbs sampler for Bayesian inversion of ill-posed problems.
problem Bayesian inversion of ill-posed problems with linear transformation and additive noise.
method Gibbs algorithm based on prior diffusion model.
result Gibbs algorithm offers a guarantee of convergence in a specific situation.
GDiff tackles blind denoising with Gibbs sampling and Monte Carlo inference.
problem Blind denoising of signals with unknown noise parameters.
method Gibbs Diffusion (GDiff) method that alternates sampling steps from a conditional diffusion model and a Monte Carlo sampler.
result GDiff achieves blind denoising of natural images and cosmic microwave background data.
Develops a Bayesian framework for portfolio choice with a new posterior distribution.
problem Estimation risk in parametric portfolio policies.
method Generalized Bayesian framework with Gibbs posterior, utility maximization, and KNEEDLE algorithm.
result Optimal scaling parameter λ controls the balance between prior and data. Bayesian inference for Levy density with Gibbs posterior in discrete sampling.
problem Inference on Levy density for financial models with jumps.
method Gibbs posterior framework using a loss function for intractable likelihood.
result Gibbs posterior achieves nearly optimal rate of convergence under certain conditions.
The study examines mixing times of data-augmentation Gibbs samplers for high-dimensional probit regression.
problem Investigating convergence properties of data-augmentation samplers for Bayesian probit regression.
method Using recent results on Gibbs samplers for log-concave targets, the study provides non-asymptotic bounds on mixing times.
result Explicit non-asymptotic bounds on mixing times depend on design matrix and prior precision, holding uniformly over responses.
New method reduces version space for CNNs, improving active learning performance.
problem Sampling bias in active learning hinders optimal hypothesis finding in neural networks.
method Version space reduction through prior mass reduction and diameter reduction, proposing a new Gibbs-vote disagreement method.
result Diameter-based querying method reduces version space more effectively than prior mass reduction and other methods.
Hyper-parameters play a major role in the learning and inference process of latent Dirichlet allocation (LDA). In order to begin the LDA latent variables learning process, these hyper-parameters values need to be pre-determined. We propose an extension for LDA that we call 'Latent Dirichlet allocation Gibbs Newton' (LD…
In the popular approach of "Bayesian variable selection" (BVS), one uses prior and posterior distributions to select a subset of candidate variables to enter the model. A completely new direction will be considered here to study BVS with a Gibbs posterior originating in statistical mechanics. The Gibbs posterior is con…
Decentralized learning achieves centralized performance via Gibbs measures.
problem Achieving centralized performance in decentralized machine learning.
method ERM-RER learning framework with Gibbs measures and relative-entropy regularization.
result Achieving centralized performance with Gibbs measures and specific scaling of regularization factors.
Bayesian inference in state-space models is challenging due to high-dimensional state trajectories. A viable approach is particle Markov chain Monte Carlo, combining MCMC and sequential Monte Carlo to form "exact approximations" to otherwise intractable MCMC methods. The performance of the approximation is limited to t…
New Bayesian matrix completion method using Stiefel manifolds.
problem Efficient Bayesian matrix completion with uncertainty quantification.
method Geodesic Hamiltonian Monte Carlo on Stiefel manifolds.
result Improved sampling performance and accuracy on real-world problems.
A new model separates persistence and transition priors in HDP-HMM.
problem Limitation of sticky HDP-HMM in expressing different persistence strengths.
method Developed a disentangled sticky HDP-HMM (DS-HDP-HMM) with novel Gibbs sampling algorithms.
result DS-HDP-HMM outperforms sticky HDP-HMM and HDP-HMM on synthetic and real data.
Bayesian NMF model improves predictions and avoids overfitting.
problem Predicting missing values and finding hidden patterns in nonnegative data.
method Flexible and hierarchical prior for Bayesian NMF with Gibbs sampling.
result The proposed model leads to better predictions and avoids overfitting.
We show that Entropy-SGD (Chaudhari et al., 2017), when viewed as a learning algorithm, optimizes a PAC-Bayes bound on the risk of a Gibbs (posterior) classifier, i.e., a randomized classifier obtained by a risk-sensitive perturbation of the weights of a learned classifier. Entropy-SGD works by optimizing the bound's p…
Bayesian pliable lasso with horseshoe prior models interactions in GLMs with missing data.
problem Modeling interactions in sparse regression problems with missing responses.
method Bayesian pliable lasso with hierarchical horseshoe prior for sparsity and uncertainty quantification.
result Advantages over existing methods in recovering complex interaction patterns under incomplete data.
This paper addresses the mapping problem. Using a conjugate prior form, we derive the exact theoretical batch multi-object posterior density of the map given a set of measurements. The landmarks in the map are modeled as extended objects, and the measurements are described as a Poisson process, conditioned on the map. …
R2D2-Net improves Bayesian neural networks by preventing over-shrinkage of important weights.
problem Bayesian neural networks struggle with choosing appropriate priors, leading to over-shrinkage or poor predictive performance.
method Proposes R2D2-Net with an R^2-induced Dirichlet Decomposition prior and variational Gibbs inference algorithm.
result R2D2-Net effectively shrinks irrelevant coefficients while preventing key features from over-shrinkage.
The standard Gibbs sampler of Mixed Multinomial Logit (MMNL) models involves sampling from conditional densities of utility parameters using Metropolis-Hastings (MH) algorithm due to unavailability of conjugate prior for logit kernel. To address this non-conjugacy concern, we propose the application of Pólygamma data a…
Nonparametric Bayesian approaches to clustering, information retrieval, language modeling and object recognition have recently shown great promise as a new paradigm for unsupervised data analysis. Most contributions have focused on the Dirichlet process mixture models or extensions thereof for which efficient Gibbs sam…
PAC-Bayes bounds for Gibbs posteriors derived via singular learning theory.
problem Generalization bounds for overparameterized models with data-dependent priors.
method Explicit non-asymptotic PAC-Bayes bounds using singular learning theory.
result Explicit posterior-averaged risk bounds for overparameterized models.
New algorithm improves mixing in Bayesian mixture models.
problem Slow mixing in Bayesian mixture models.
method A new Monte Carlo algorithm for sampling from the marginal posterior of a general integrable mixture.
result The new algorithm achieves excellent mixing times, outperforming standard Gibbs sampling in some cases.
Bayesian Tobit model tackles high-dimensional censored data with Horseshoe prior.
problem High-dimensional censored data with unknown bounds.
method Horseshoe prior for shrinkage, data augmentation for Gibbs sampling.
result Established posterior consistency and concentration rates for Bayesian Tobit models.
Paper introduces a new sampling method for Bayesian inference.
problem Efficiently sampling from complex posterior distributions.
method Plug-and-Play split Gibbs sampler using variable splitting and ADMM.
result The method allows for embedding deep generative priors in Bayesian inference.
We propose a generalized double Pareto prior for Bayesian shrinkage estimation and inferences in linear models. The prior can be obtained via a scale mixture of Laplace or normal distributions, forming a bridge between the Laplace and Normal-Jeffreys' priors. While it has a spike at zero like the Laplace density, it al…
Spike-and-slab priors are improved for high-dimensional Bayesian regression.
problem Prohibitive computational costs for existing samplers in high-dimensional settings.
method Proposes Scalable Spike-and-Slab (S3) for high-dimensional Bayesian regression. result Improves computational cost to max{n2pt,np} per iteration, demonstrating significant speed-ups and quality gains. In this work, we introduce a novel probabilistic representation of deep learning, which provides an explicit explanation for the Deep Neural Networks (DNNs) in three aspects: (i) neurons define the energy of a Gibbs distribution; (ii) the hidden layers of DNNs formulate Gibbs distributions; and (iii) the whole architec…
Proposes a new SPVM model for RVM with more flexible priors.
problem Improper priors on multiple penalty parameters in RVM lead to improper posteriors.
method Introduces a single penalty approach (SPRVM) and a semi-Bayesian fitting method.
result SPRVM allows for more flexible priors and has proven conditions for posterior propriety.
New model detects hidden group structures in criminal networks.
problem Challenges in identifying group structures in criminal networks with noisy data.
method Developed an extended stochastic block model (ESBM) to infer group structures.
result Unveiled complex block structures in an Italian mafia network.
Develops a more flexible HDP-HMM for temporal data segmentation.
problem Limited expressiveness of sticky HDP-HMM due to stationary self-persistence probability.
method Introduces recurrent sticky HDP-HMM with a novel Gibbs sampling strategy.
result RS-HDP-HMM outperforms other models in segmentation tasks.
New MCMC methods improve efficiency for large network inference.
problem Efficiency of Metropolis within Gibbs for large networks.
method Combination of split Hamiltonian Monte Carlo and Firefly Monte Carlo.
result New methods outperform Metropolis within Gibbs on synthetic and real networks.
Bayesian neural networks with nonparametric noise models for system identification.
problem Estimating parameters and noise processes in stochastic dynamic systems.
method Bayesian nonparametric approach using neural networks and Gibbs sampler.
result The method converges to full nonparametric Bayesian regression model.
A new method uses mixture approximations to improve diffusion models for Bayesian inverse problems.
problem Approximating posterior distributions in Bayesian inverse problems with intractable likelihoods.
method Proposes a mixture-based approximation of intermediate posterior distributions and uses Gibbs sampling for practical sampling.
result Validated the approach on image inverse problems and audio source separation, demonstrating improved performance.
Researchers estimate optimal PAC-Bayes bounds using Hamiltonian Monte Carlo.
problem Estimating tight PAC-Bayes bounds with restricted posterior families.
method Sampling from optimal Gibbs posterior using Hamiltonian Monte Carlo, estimating KL divergence, and proposing high-probability bounds.
result Significant tightness gaps in PAC-Bayes bounds, up to 5-6% in some cases.
We introduce a novel approach for estimating Latent Dirichlet Allocation (LDA) parameters from collapsed Gibbs samples (CGS), by leveraging the full conditional distributions over the latent variable assignments to efficiently average over multiple samples, for little more computational cost than drawing a single addit…
Low-rank matrix estimation from incomplete measurements recently received increased attention due to the emergence of several challenging applications, such as recommender systems; see in particular the famous Netflix challenge. While the behaviour of algorithms based on nuclear norm minimization is now well understood…
This article reviews the Author-Topic Model and presents a new non-parametric extension based on the Hierarchical Dirichlet Process. The extension is especially suitable when no prior information about the number of components necessary is available. A blocked Gibbs sampler is described and focus put on staying as clos…
Efficiently learns Ising model parameters with limited statistics.
problem Learning Ising model parameters with limited sample configurations.
method Examines trade-offs between computation and observation, using Ising model as example.
result Reconstructs model parameters with statistics up to order O(γ) for ℓ1 width γ. The Gibbs sampler is one of the most popular algorithms for inference in statistical models. In this paper, we introduce a herding variant of this algorithm, called herded Gibbs, that is entirely deterministic. We prove that herded Gibbs has an O(1/T) convergence rate for models with independent variables and for ful…
Bayesian Tensor Ring factorization improved for scalability and handling of discrete data.
problem Scalability issues and handling of discrete data in Bayesian Tensor Ring factorization.
method Proposes a novel Bayesian Tensor Ring model with a nonparametric Multiplicative Gamma Process prior and Pólya-Gamma augmentation for discrete data. Developed efficient Gibbs sampler and online EM algorithm for scalability.
result Significantly improved scalability and handling of discrete data compared to previous methods.
Sparse convex clustering is to cluster observations and conduct variable selection simultaneously in the framework of convex clustering. Although a weighted L1 norm is usually employed for the regularization term in sparse convex clustering, its use increases the dependence on the data and reduces the estimation acc…
Gibbs sampling is a Markov chain Monte Carlo method that is often used for learning and inference on graphical models. Minibatching, in which a small random subset of the graph is used at each iteration, can help make Gibbs sampling scale to large graphical models by reducing its computational cost. In this paper, we p…
Efficient Bayesian variable selection for binomial and negative binomial data.
problem Computational challenges in Bayesian variable selection for complex models.
method Tempered Gibbs Sampling and MCMC scheme.
result Demonstrated effectiveness on cancer data with thousands of covariates.