Transformers interpreted as probabilistic Laplacian Eigenmaps steps.
problem Improving transformer performance through probabilistic interpretation.
method Probabilistic Laplacian Eigenmaps model derivation and graph diffusion step.
result Subtracting identity from attention matrix improves transformer performance.
Paper analyzes convergence of Laplacian eigenmaps on submanifolds with singularities.
problem Analyzing convergence of Laplacian eigenmaps on submanifolds with singularities.
method Using ε-neighborhood graphs constructed from random points on the submanifold, the paper provides a spectral approximation result for the Laplacian.
result The convergence rate for the eigenvalue of the Laplacian is \( O\left(\left(\log n/n
ight)^{1/(m+2)}
ight) \), where \( m \) and \( n \) are the dimension of the manifold and the sample size, respectively.
Study shows rates for Laplacian-eigenmap methods in nonparametric regression.
problem Minimizing error in nonparametric regression using Laplacian-eigenmap.
method Adaptive and non-adaptive minimax rates using Sobolev space constraints.
result Extends minimax rates to various weighted Laplacian matrices.
Survey of Laplacian-based methods for data dimensionality reduction and embedding.
problem Efficiently reducing high-dimensional data to lower dimensions while preserving important features and structures.
method Laplacian-based methods including spectral clustering, Laplacian eigenmap, locality preserving projection, graph embedding, and diffusion map.
result Comprehensive overview of various optimization variants and applications of Laplacian-based techniques.
Manifold learning and dimensionality reduction techniques are ubiquitous in science and engineering, but can be computationally expensive procedures when applied to large data sets or when similarities are expensive to compute. To date, little work has been done to investigate the tradeoff between computational resourc…
Root Laplacian Eigenmaps help in spectral embedding of graphs.
problem Efficient spectral embedding of graphs.
method Square root of graph-Laplacian operator.
result Improved spectral embedding techniques.
The study uses unsupervised machine learning to identify top European football teams.
problem Selecting teams for the new European football Super League.
method Used Laplacian eigenmaps clustering on performance data.
result Successfully identified four clusters of teams based on performance metrics.
PCR-LE achieves optimal rates for nonparametric regression over Sobolev spaces.
problem Nonparametric regression over Sobolev spaces with random design.
method PCR-LE using Laplacian Eigenmaps on neighborhood graphs.
result PCR-LE achieves minimax rates of convergence for both estimation and goodness-of-fit testing.
Study Hodge Laplacians for manifold data, improving error bounds.
problem Approximating Laplace-Beltrami operator on differential forms.
method Higher-order graph Laplacians (Hodge Laplacians) as approximations.
result High-probability error bound for Dirichlet forms.
The paper extends manifold learning to arbitrary norms, improving molecular motion mapping.
problem Improving manifold learning for non-Euclidean norms.
method Determines the limiting differential operator for graph Laplacians using any norm.
result A modified Laplacian eigenmaps algorithm using Earthmover's distance outperforms Euclidean methods in molecular motion mapping.
Study spectral properties of graph Laplacian for manifold data.
problem Understanding spectral properties of graph Laplacian for manifold data.
method Non-asymptotic error bounds on spectral properties of empirical graph Laplacian.
result Eigenvalues and eigenspaces of empirical graph Laplacian are close to Laplace-Beltrami operator of manifold.
Study evaluates graph-based semi-supervised learning under noisy label conditions.
problem Evaluation of semi-supervised learning algorithms under noisy label conditions.
method Compared graph-based semi-supervised algorithms under varying labeled data and label noise conditions.
result Laplacian Eigenmaps performed better than label propagation under noisy conditions.
Introduces a probabilistic framework for dimension reduction methods.
problem Lack of clear probabilistic foundations for popular DR methods.
method A unifying statistical framework based on the coupling of hidden graphs using cross entropy.
result Existing DR methods suffer from a statistical deficiency that affects performance.
Neighbor embeddings balance attraction and repulsion to visualize data.
problem Visualizing high-dimensional datasets with trade-offs between continuous and discrete structures.
method Neighbor embeddings combine attractive and repulsive forces to visualize data.
result Changing the exaggeration parameter in t-SNE yields a spectrum of embeddings with a trade-off between continuous and discrete structures.
We consider the problem of estimating a function defined over n locations on a d-dimensional grid (having all side lengths equal to n1/d). When the function is constrained to have discrete total variation bounded by Cn, we derive the minimax optimal (squared) ℓ2 estimation error rate, parametrized by …
We analyze the performance of a class of manifold-learning algorithms that find their output by minimizing a quadratic form under some normalization constraints. This class consists of Locally Linear Embedding (LLE), Laplacian Eigenmap, Local Tangent Space Alignment (LTSA), Hessian Eigenmaps (HLLE), and Diffusion maps.…
In recent years, manifold learning has become increasingly popular as a tool for performing non-linear dimensionality reduction. This has led to the development of numerous algorithms of varying degrees of complexity that aim to recover man ifold geometry using either local or global features of the data. Building on t…
We present GraphTSNE, a novel visualization technique for graph-structured data based on t-SNE. The growing interest in graph-structured data increases the importance of gaining human insight into such datasets by means of visualization. Among the most popular visualization techniques, classical t-SNE is not suitable o…
We introduce {\em vector diffusion maps} (VDM), a new mathematical framework for organizing and analyzing massive high dimensional data sets, images and shapes. VDM is a mathematical and algorithmic generalization of diffusion maps and other non-linear dimensionality reduction methods, such as LLE, ISOMAP and Laplacian…
Paper proposes a new method for supervised manifold learning using random forest proximities.
problem Existing supervised manifold learning methods fail to uncover meaningful embeddings due to using class-conditional distances.
method Proposes a data-geometry-preserving variant of random forest proximities as an initialization for manifold learning methods.
result Local and global structure preservation is near universal across manifold learning approaches using diffusion-based algorithms.
Method reconstructs missing wind farm data using graph theory and nearest neighbors.
problem Missing data in wind farm records due to sensor failures.
method Combines spectral graph theory and k-Nearest Neighbors to estimate missing data.
result Significant improvement in data reconstruction over existing methods.
Develops nonparametric regression for non-smooth functions using fractional Laplacian.
problem Non-smooth regression functions in high dimensions.
method Fractional Laplacian eigenmaps for L2-fractional Sobolev spaces. result Upper bound on estimation error of $n^{- rac{2s}{2s+d}}$.
We introduce the concept of Hypoelliptic Diffusion Maps (HDM), a framework generalizing Diffusion Maps in the context of manifold learning and dimensionality reduction. Standard non-linear dimensionality reduction methods (e.g., LLE, ISOMAP, Laplacian Eigenmaps, Diffusion Maps) focus on mining massive data sets using w…
Spectral methods that are based on eigenvectors and eigenvalues of discrete graph Laplacians, such as Diffusion Maps and Laplacian Eigenmaps are often used for manifold learning and non-linear dimensionality reduction. It was previously shown by Belkin and Niyogi \cite{belkin_niyogi:2007} that the eigenvectors and eige…
Quantum computing improves graph neural network aggregation.
problem Limitations of classical GNNs in processing global graph features.
method Quantum computer-generated aggregation weights for graph neural networks.
result Quantum-enhanced GNN performs similarly to classical models on standard datasets.
Paper provides a performance guarantee for spectral clustering.
problem Finding the global solution to the minimum ratio cut problem.
method Two-step spectral clustering method with a rounding step, analyzed using two-to-infinity norm perturbation bounds.
result Spectral clustering is guaranteed to output the global solution under certain conditions.
Method detects trajectory outliers using Hodge Laplacian embeddings.
problem Detecting outliers in trajectory data on simplicial complexes.
method Flow-embeddings using Hodge 1-Laplacian of simplicial complexes.
result Classifies trajectories based on topological behavior.
The paper develops a new Laplacian for manifold learning from data.
problem Learning manifold structures from point cloud data.
method Constructs deformed Hodge Laplacians and proves their spectral convergence.
result Empirical operators converge to the classical Hodge Laplacian.
We introduce a new multi-dimensional nonlinear embedding -- Piecewise Flat Embedding (PFE) -- for image segmentation. Based on the theory of sparse signal recovery, piecewise flat embedding with diverse channels attempts to recover a piecewise constant image representation with sparse region boundaries and sparse clust…
Paper compares dimension reduction methods using topological analysis on EEG data.
problem Comparing dimension reduction methods on EEG data.
method Topological data analysis, including persistent homology, Wasserstein distance, and hypothesis tests.
result Different dimension reduction methods show significant qualitative differences across topological homologies.
Survey on geometric foundations of data reduction methods.
problem High-dimensional data with intrinsic nonlinear structure.
method Spectral manifold learning methods.
result Derivation and convergence analysis of spectral manifold learning.
For many machine learning tasks, the input data lie on a low-dimensional manifold embedded in a high dimensional space and, because of this high-dimensional structure, most algorithms are inefficient. The typical solution is to reduce the dimension of the input data using standard dimension reduction algorithms such as…
Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI) provides dynamical access into the complex functioning of the human brain, detailing the hemodynamic activity of thousands of voxels during hundreds of sequential time points. One approach towards illuminating the connection between fMRI and cognitive function is through dec…
Unified framework for SSL methods linking contrastive and non-contrastive approaches.
problem Lack of theoretical foundations and design guidelines for SSL methods.
method Spectral manifold learning framework to unify SSL methods.
result Theoretical bridge between contrastive and non-contrastive methods.
New algorithms for clustering and dimension reduction using relative von Neumann entropy.
problem Clustering and dimension reduction for complex data sets.
method Construct graphs from data points, select graph maximizing relative von Neumann entropy, use eigenvectors for dimension reduction.
result Outperforms existing methods on non-trivial data sets.
Proposes EOT eigenmaps for aligning and embedding multiple datasets.
problem Aligning and embedding multiple datasets with shared structures but individual distortions.
method Entropic Optimal Transport (EOT) eigenmaps, leveraging leading singular vectors of EOT plan matrix.
result Proves theoretical guarantees and favorable properties for aligning and embedding datasets.