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48 results for Gradient-based Calibration

Proposes efficient calibration method for LIBOR Market Model with stochastic volatility.

problem Calibrating LIBOR Market Model with stochastic volatility.
method Derives analytical gradient of swaptions prices for DDSVLMM and uses it for gradient-based optimization.
result Analytical gradient-based calibration is highly competitive and efficient for DDSVLMM.

We consider an online learning process to forecast a sequence of outcomes for nonconvex models. A typical measure to evaluate online learning algorithms is regret but such standard definition of regret is intractable for nonconvex models even in offline settings. Hence, gradient based definition of regrets are common f…

2018-11-13abs ↗pdf ↗

New framework ensures valid uncertainty estimates for any data stream changes.

problem Challenges of distribution shifts and adversarial actors in real-world data streams.
method Leveraging Blackwell approachability from game theory, the framework guarantees calibrated uncertainties for any compact space.
result Improves calibration and decision-making for energy systems.

New method improves parameter estimation in complex stochastic models.

problem Parameter calibration in stochastic models with unavailable analytical likelihood.
method Gradient-based simulated parameter estimation with multi-time scale stochastic approximation.
result Enhanced estimation accuracy and reduced computational costs.

SVI and GP surrogates improve calibration of ABMs in epidemiology.

problem Calibrating stochastic ABMs in epidemiology is computationally expensive.
method Stein Variational Inference (SVI) with Gaussian process (GP) surrogates.
result SVI maintains comparable predictive accuracy and calibration effectiveness to MCMC.

Paper presents a novel gradient-based method for training models and hyperparameters simultaneously.

problem Achieving generalization in machine learning models.
method A novel gradient-based framework that trains parameters and hyperparameters simultaneously.
result Significantly smaller runtime compared to benchmark methods for equivalent prediction scores.

Introduces new gradient-based methods for machine learning problems.

problem New challenges in machine learning due to decision-making and multi-agent problems.
method Gradient-based optimization and variational inequalities.
result Shifts focus from pattern recognition to decision-making and multi-agent problems.

Bayesian Neural Networks are robust to gradient-based attacks in the large-data limit.

problem Vulnerability of deep learning models to adversarial attacks.
method Analysis of adversarial attacks in the large-data, overparametrized limit for Bayesian Neural Networks.
result BNN posteriors are robust to gradient-based adversarial attacks in the limit.

Study improves Bayesian calibration of mechanical properties using active learning and MCMC.

problem Inference of spatially varying material parameters in computational mechanics.
method Comprehensive comparative study of surrogate models and MCMC algorithms.
result Active learning strategy outperforms a priori trained models in posterior estimation.

Gradient-based meta-RL fails with incorrect task distributions, leading to instability and poor performance.

problem Gradient-based meta-RL's sensitivity to task distributions causes instability and poor performance.
method Proposes meta Active Domain Randomization (meta-ADR) to learn task distributions for gradient-based meta-RL.
result Meta-ADR improves stability and generalization of MAML on simulated locomotion and navigation tasks.

Gradient-based methods can be biased by distributional asymmetries in bivariate categorical data.

problem Gradient-based causal discovery methods can be biased by distributional asymmetries in bivariate categorical data.
method Identified and examined two distributional biases: Marginal Distribution Asymmetry and Marginal Distribution Shift Asymmetry. Employed two simple models to demonstrate and control these biases.
result Gradient-based methods can be biased by distributional asymmetries, and these biases can be controlled.

New method creates universal perturbations to fool neural network interpretations.

problem Vulnerability of gradient-based saliency maps to adversarial perturbations.
method Gradient-based optimization and PCA-based approach to create UPI.
result Existence and successful application of Universal Perturbation for Interpretation (UPI).

Gradient-free method improves predictive accuracy for probabilistic models.

problem Balancing computational efficiency and robust predictive performance in deep learning.
method CAVI-CMN, a gradient-free variational method for conditional mixture networks.
result CAVI-CMN achieves competitive and often superior predictive accuracy compared to MLE with backpropagation.

Gradient-based MCMC for discrete spaces improves sampling performance.

problem Sampling in discrete spaces using traditional methods is challenging.
method Introduced new discrete Metropolis-Hastings samplers inspired by MALA, with a novel preconditioning technique.
result Demonstrated strong empirical performance across various challenging sampling problems.

Federated survival analysis outperforms local and centralized training, with RSF offering the best balance of discrimination, calibration, and robustness.

problem Survival analysis models require large, diverse cohorts but are limited by privacy regulations and lack of centralized data.
method Federated learning (FL) is used to train shared models without exchanging raw data.
result FL consistently outperforms local training and approaches, and occasionally exceeds centralized performance.

Bayesian framework improves robustness in nonlinear regression models.

problem Measurement error, model misspecification, and distributional misspecification in regression analyses.
method Joint Dirichlet process prior on latent covariate-response distribution, updating with posterior pseudo-samples.
result Improved stability and consistency in estimators under increasing measurement error.

Causal structure learning has been a challenging task in the past decades and several mainstream approaches such as constraint- and score-based methods have been studied with theoretical guarantees. Recently, a new approach has transformed the combinatorial structure learning problem into a continuous one and then solv…

2019-11-18abs ↗pdf ↗

In this work, we introduce the {\em average top-kk} (\atk) loss as a new aggregate loss for supervised learning, which is the average over the kk largest individual losses over a training dataset. We show that the \atk loss is a natural generalization of the two widely used aggregate losses, namely the average loss a…

2017-05-24abs ↗pdf ↗

GIT uses gradient estimators to target interventions for causal discovery.

problem Challenges in inferring causal structure from observational data.
method GIT uses gradient estimators to target interventions for causal discovery.
result GIT performs on par with competitive baselines, surpassing them in low-data regimes.

Meta learning works well with overparameterized models, a phenomenon called 'benign overfitting'.

problem Understanding why overparameterized models perform well in few-shot learning.
method Analyzed the generalization performance of gradient-based meta learning with an overparameterized meta linear regression model.
result Demonstrated that overparameterized meta learning can still generalize well, a phenomenon called 'benign overfitting'.

MGD with early stopping tends to ridge regularization in least squares regression.

problem Characterizing the implicit regularization of MGD with early stopping.
method Continuous-time view of MGD (momentum gradient flow) and comparison with explicit ridge regularization.
result Under optimal tuning, the risk of MGF is no more than 1.54 times that of ridge.

Fully automating machine learning pipelines is one of the key challenges of current artificial intelligence research, since practical machine learning often requires costly and time-consuming human-powered processes such as model design, algorithm development, and hyperparameter tuning. In this paper, we verify that au…

2018-06-11abs ↗pdf ↗

This work investigates how gradient-based learning performs with structured data, revealing issues and improvements.

problem Gradient-based learning under structured data, particularly with a spiked covariance structure.
method Investigates the effect of a spiked covariance structure on gradient-based feature learning and proposes weight normalization.
result Gradient-based dynamics may fail to recover the true direction in anisotropic settings, but weight normalization can improve performance.

A novel gradient-based method optimizes decision trees for complex tasks.

problem Training decision trees with arbitrary differentiable loss functions.
method Gradient-based optimization using first and second derivatives of loss functions.
result Improves accuracy and flexibility in decision tree optimization.

This paper surveys gradient-based multi-objective deep learning methods.

problem Balancing multiple conflicting objectives in deep learning models.
method Gradient-based techniques adapted from Multi-Objective Optimization.
result Comprehensive survey of gradient-based multi-objective deep learning algorithms.

Gradient-based training and pruning for radial basis function networks in materials physics.

problem Interpretable and robust machine learning for materials physics problems.
method Gradient-based training and pruning of radial basis function networks with closed-form optimization criteria.
result Pruned models provide compact and interpretable versions of larger models, offering insights into atom-level migration processes.

TrIM improves gradient-based dimension reduction and regression.

problem Efficiently identifying relevant feature subspace for high-dimensional regression.
method Introduced TrIM forest, an iterative approach using Mondrian forest and EGOP estimate.
result Consistency guarantees and convergence rates for EGOP matrix and random forest estimator.

We formulate a general framework for competitive gradient-based learning that encompasses a wide breadth of multi-agent learning algorithms, and analyze the limiting behavior of competitive gradient-based learning algorithms using dynamical systems theory. For both general-sum and potential games, we characterize a non…

2018-04-16abs ↗pdf ↗

Proposes an automatic cyclical scheduling for gradient-based discrete sampling.

problem Gradient-based sampling in high-dimensional models can get stuck in local modes.
method Cyclical step size and balancing schedules with automatic hyperparameter tuning.
result Proves non-asymptotic convergence and inference guarantees for general discrete distributions.

Differentiable pipeline replaces non-differentiable CAE components for shape optimization.

problem Gradient-based optimization is limited by non-differentiable components in CAE workflows.
method Surrogate models replace non-differentiable pipeline components, enabling gradient-based optimization.
result Gradient-based shape optimization possible without differentiable solvers.