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48 results for Kernel-based Passive Learning

Paper proposes Langevin dynamics for adaptive IRL of stochastic gradient algorithms.

problem Estimating reward functions from noisy gradient estimates of stochastic gradient agents.
method Generalized Langevin dynamics algorithm for IRL.
result Proposed algorithms asymptotically generate samples proportional to exp(R(θ)).

Paper introduces a new multi-kernel algorithm for better gradient approximation.

problem Improving gradient approximation in high-dimensional problems.
method Develops a multi-kernel passive stochastic gradient algorithm with variance reduction.
result The multi-kernel algorithm performs better in high-dimensional problems.

Active learning can't improve over passive in certain settings.

problem Active learning vs. passive learning in nonparametric settings.
method Analyzing margin conditions and their effects on active learning performance.
result Nuances in margin conditions determine whether active learning can outperform passive learning.

This paper aims to incorporate passive symmetries in machine learning for better generalization.

problem Machine learning's reliance on arbitrary choices leads to passive symmetries that can limit generalization.
method Translation among physics, mathematics, and machine learning to understand and implement passive symmetries.
result Respecting passive symmetries can improve machine learning's ability to generalize.

Stabilizes online learning by using weighted reservoir sampling.

problem Real-world deployment sensitivity to outliers causes low accuracy in final solutions.
method Weighted reservoir sampling to stabilize ensemble model without additional data passes.
result Risk of ensemble classifier is bounded with respect to the underlying online learning method's regret.

Study learns linear utility functions from comparisons, showing learnability gaps between passive and active learning.

problem Learn linear utility functions from pairwise comparison queries.
method Analyzes passive and active learning settings, considering noise-free and noisy query responses.
result Efficient learnability of linear utilities in passive learning, but not for utility parameters without strong assumptions.

This paper investigates the market impact of passive orders.

problem Understanding the market impact of passive orders executed through limit orders.
method Developed a microstructure model linking liquidity dynamics and price moves, replacing the constant information content assumption with a function dependent on available volume.
result Derived useful approximations for market impact curves, leading to closed-form formulas.

There is a large body of work on convergence rates either in passive or active learning. Here we outline some of the results that have been obtained, more specifically in a nonparametric setting under assumptions about the smoothness and the margin noise. We also discuss the relative merits of these underlying assumpti…

2019-02-08abs ↗pdf ↗

Actively sampled data can have very different characteristics than passively sampled data. Therefore, it's promising to investigate using different inference procedures during AL than are used during passive learning (PL). This general idea is explored in detail for the focused case of AL with cost-weighted SVMs for im…

2014-09-17abs ↗pdf ↗

There is a large body of work on convergence rates either in passive or active learning. Here we first outline some of the main results that have been obtained, more specifically in a nonparametric setting under assumptions about the smoothness of the regression function (or the boundary between classes) and the margin…

2020-01-17abs ↗pdf ↗

Mean representations of VAEs are correlated but still useful for tasks.

problem Correlation between mean and sampled representations of VAEs.
method Selective posterior collapse to identify active and passive variables.
result Passive variables in mean representations are correlated but uncorrelated in sampled ones.

Automata learning techniques automatically generate system models from test observations. These techniques usually fall into two categories: passive and active. Passive learning uses a predetermined data set, e.g., system logs. In contrast, active learning actively queries the system under learning, which is considered…

2019-06-28abs ↗pdf ↗

FeDXL tackles federated learning for X-risk optimization.

problem Optimizing a family of X-risks with federated learning, where existing algorithms are not applicable.
method Active-passive decomposition framework, federated averaging and merging, novel theoretical analysis.
result FeDXL algorithms for linear and nonlinear ff are developed, with established complexities and improved performance.

Kernel-based function approximation improves reinforcement learning performance.

problem Average reward reinforcement learning in infinite horizon settings.
method Optimistic algorithm based on kernel ridge regression.
result No-regret performance guarantees and confidence intervals for kernel-based predictions.

We study the role of active and passive investors in an investment market with uncertainties. Active investors concentrate on a single or a few stocks with a given probability of determining the quality of them. Passive investors spread their investment uniformly, resembling buying the market index. In this toy market …

2001-04-18abs ↗pdf ↗

In standard passive imitation learning, the goal is to learn a target policy by passively observing full execution trajectories of it. Unfortunately, generating such trajectories can require substantial expert effort and be impractical in some cases. In this paper, we consider active imitation learning with the goal of…

2012-10-16abs ↗pdf ↗

Active data collection improves convergence rates in operator learning.

problem Improving convergence rates in operator learning with linear target and stochastic input.
method Active data collection strategies with mean-zero stochastic process and continuous covariance kernels.
result Achieves arbitrarily fast error convergence rates with eigenvalue decay of covariance kernels.

In this work, we propose a novel framework for the labeling of entity alignments in knowledge graph datasets. Different strategies to select informative instances for the human labeler build the core of our framework. We illustrate how the labeling of entity alignments is different from assigning class labels to single…

2020-01-24abs ↗pdf ↗

Active learning is a type of sequential design for supervised machine learning, in which the learning algorithm sequentially requests the labels of selected instances from a large pool of unlabeled data points. The objective is to produce a classifier of relatively low risk, as measured under the 0-1 loss, ideally usin…

2012-07-16abs ↗pdf ↗

Model A outperforms passive investment in stock index prediction with less exposure.

problem Predicting short-term stock index movements with high accuracy.
method Dynamic Deep Neural Networks (DNN) for trading decisions.
result Model A outperforms passive investment and conventional ML methods.

Paper analyzes PSGLD for adaptive IRL with finite-sample bounds.

problem Estimating cost function of a forward learner using noisy gradients.
method Passive stochastic gradient Langevin dynamics (PSGLD) algorithm.
result Explicit bounds on 2-Wasserstein distance between PSGLD sample measure and stationary measure.

This paper studies graphical model selection, i.e., the problem of estimating a graph of statistical relationships among a collection of random variables. Conventional graphical model selection algorithms are passive, i.e., they require all the measurements to have been collected before processing begins. We propose an…

2014-04-13abs ↗pdf ↗

Novel confidence intervals improve convergence rates for sparse kernel-based models.

problem High computational cost in kernel-based learning models.
method Novel confidence intervals for Nyström method and sparse variational Gaussian process approximation.
result Improved performance bounds in regression and optimization problems.

We provide a new online learning algorithm which utilizes online passive-aggressive learning (PA) and total-error-rate minimization (TER) for binary classification. The PA learning establishes not only large margin training but also the capacity to handle non-separable data. The TER learning on the other hand minimizes…

2020-02-05abs ↗pdf ↗

Algorithm optimizes collaborative learning among distributed clients using kernel-based bandits.

problem Optimizing personalized objectives in a distributed system with limited global information.
method Kernel-based bandit framework with surrogate Gaussian process models, sparse approximations.
result Order-optimal regret performance (up to polylogarithmic factors) and reduced communication overhead.

Study shows big winner stocks significantly impact passive and active investment strategies.

problem Impact of big winner stocks on passive and active investment strategies.
method Numerical and analytical techniques applied to historical stock price data.
result Concentrated portfolios underperform equally weighted indexes due to missing big winner stocks.

In this paper we apply active learning algorithms for dynamic pricing in a prominent e-commerce website. Dynamic pricing involves changing the price of items on a regular basis, and uses the feedback from the pricing decisions to update prices of the items. Most popular approaches to dynamic pricing use a passive learn…

2018-02-08abs ↗pdf ↗

We propose a new active learning algorithm for parametric linear regression with random design. We provide finite sample convergence guarantees for general distributions in the misspecified model. This is the first active learner for this setting that provably can improve over passive learning. Unlike other learning se…

2014-10-22abs ↗pdf ↗

JIT liquidity providers can sometimes reduce overall market liquidity by crowding out passive LPs.

problem JIT liquidity providers can reduce overall market liquidity by crowding out passive LPs.
method Game-theoretic model with asymmetrically informed agents to analyze JIT liquidity provision in blockchain-based decentralized exchanges.
result JIT LPs only provide liquidity to uninformed orders and crowd out passive LPs when order volume is not sufficiently elastic to pool depth, potentially reducing overall market liquidity.

Finsler space is differentiable manifold for which Minkowski space is the fiber of the tangent bundle. To understand structure of the reference frame in Finsler space, we need to understand the structure of orthonormal basis in Minkowski space. In this paper, we considered the definition of orthonormal basis in Minkows…

2012-01-19abs ↗pdf ↗

In this paper we study a symmetry group of vector space. Basis manifold is a homogeneous space of a symmetry group. This concept leads us to the definition of active and passive transformations on basis manifold. Active transformation can be expressed as a transformation of vector space. Passive transformation gives ab…

2004-12-20abs ↗pdf ↗

This paper improves kernel-based regression using transfer learning.

problem Improving generalization performance in kernel-based regression.
method Two-step kernel-based estimator for known transferable sources and novel aggregation algorithm for unknown sources.
result Established statistical properties and validated effectiveness of proposed methods.