ALO-CV approximates leave-one-out error in proportional regime.
problem Estimating generalization error in high-dimensional settings.
method Developed new analysis for ALO-CV, showed consistency under strong convexity.
result ALO-CV approximates leave-one-out error up to negligible error.
The paper improves ALO for ℓ1-regularized models.
problem Estimating out-of-sample error for ℓ1-regularized models. method Developed a novel theory for ℓ1-regularized problems, bounding ALO error. result For ℓ1-regularized problems, ALO error goes to zero as p goes to infinity. A fast method for LOOCV in k-NN regression reduces computation time.
problem Efficient computation of LOOCV for k-NN regression.
method Identical LOOCV estimate to (k+1)-NN MSE on training data.
result LOOCV computation can be done with (k+1)-NN regression once.
Improved LOO cross-validation for function approximation.
problem Estimating the Integrated Squared Error (ISE) for function approximation.
method Weighted Leave-One-Out cross-validation based on Gaussian Process.
result Significantly more precise ISE estimation compared to unweighted LOO.
Weighted SVM (or fuzzy SVM) is the most widely used SVM variant owning its effectiveness to the use of instance weights. Proper selection of the instance weights can lead to increased generalization performance. In this work, we extend the span error bound theory to weighted SVM and we introduce effective hyperparamete…
The paper analyzes LOCV for high-dimensional risk estimation, proving error bounds.
problem Estimating out-of-sample prediction error in high-dimensional settings.
method Theoretical analysis of leave-one-out cross validation (LOCV) in penalized regression.
result Finite sample upper bounds on LOCV error, showing it converges to zero as n,p → ∞.
New methods improve anomaly detection with reduced false positives.
problem Effective anomaly detection with controlled error rates.
method Leave-one-out-, bootstrap-, and cross-conformal anomaly detection methods.
result Improved anomaly detection with reduced false positives.
Paper proposes diagnostics for error and variance estimation in randomized matrix computations.
problem Safe use of randomized matrix algorithms in applications.
method Leave-one-out error estimator and jackknife resampling method.
result Provides rapid diagnostics to assess quality of randomized matrix computations.
Optimizes Lasso hyperparameters using leave-one-out CV.
problem Finding optimal hyperparameters for Lasso regression.
method Develops an algorithm to compute exact or approximate leave-one-out CV.
result Algorithm finds optimal hyperparameters for Lasso.
Study improves understanding of non-differentiable penalties in high-dimensional settings.
problem Theoretical understanding of non-differentiable penalties like generalized LASSO and nuclear norm in high-dimensional settings.
method Proportional high-dimensional regime analysis with finite sample upper bounds on expected squared error.
result LO provides accurate estimation of out-of-sample risk in high-dimensional settings.
The paper introduces the Banzhaf value for robust data valuation in machine learning, addressing stochastic model performance.
problem Inconsistent data value rankings due to model performance noise.
method Introduces the Banzhaf value and Maximum Sample Reuse (MSR) principle for efficient estimation.
result The Banzhaf value outperforms other semivalues in robust data valuation.
Algorithm identifies and corrects noisy labels using Gaussian process regression.
problem Detecting and correcting real-valued noisy labels from mixed data.
method Gaussian process regression with heteroscedastic noise model and leave-one-out cross-validation.
result The method can pinpoint corrupted sample points and improve regression models.
Optimizes hyperparameter tuning for models using approximate leave-one-out cross-validation.
problem Finding optimal hyperparameters for regularized models using approximate leave-one-out cross-validation.
method Derive efficient formulas for gradient and hessian of approximate leave-one-out cross-validation, apply second-order optimization.
result Demonstrates the effectiveness of the approach on real-world data sets.
Study shows influence functions are poor for neural networks but useful for identifying influential examples.
problem Influence functions misalign with leave-one-out retraining in neural networks.
method Decomposed the discrepancy into five terms and studied their contributions across different architectures and datasets.
result Influence functions are a good approximation to the proximal Bregman response function (PBRF), useful for identifying influential examples.
The paper improves confidence intervals for test error using cross-validation.
problem Improving confidence intervals for test error in machine learning.
method Develops central limit theorems and consistent estimators for cross-validation.
result Provides asymptotically-exact confidence intervals and hypothesis tests.
Paper tackles robust matrix completion with heavy-tailed noise.
problem Estimating a low-rank matrix from noisy incomplete data.
method Adaptive Huber loss for robustness, nonconvex algorithm with spectral initialization.
result Achieves minimax-optimal statistical estimation error under bounded second moment condition.
Paper accelerates conformal prediction by using approximate leave-one-out estimators.
problem Limited computational cost for conformal prediction.
method Incorporates approximate leave-one-out estimators to accelerate conformal prediction.
result ALO-based methods achieve comparable coverage and efficiency to exact methods but with significantly reduced runtime.
New method optimizes hyperparameters for non-smooth problems efficiently.
problem Efficiently tuning hyperparameters for non-smooth cost functions.
method Combines hyperparameter search with proximal gradient updates.
result Method converges to local optimum of LOO validation error.
UDM reparameterization improves language model generation.
problem Mismatch between UDM training objective and denoising posterior.
method Leave-one-out denoising and absorbing state reformulation.
result Improved UDM generation through leave-one-out parameterization.
LOO prediction method improves generalization guarantees for arbitrary datasets.
problem Understanding LOO error guarantees in fully transductive settings for arbitrary datasets.
method Median of Level-Set Aggregation (MLSA) for empirical-risk level sets.
result Multiplicative oracle inequality for LOO error with complexity scaling.
Paper analyzes robust matrix completion with efficient nonconvex method and leave-one-out analysis.
problem Robust matrix completion with sparse noise.
method Alternates between projected gradient step for low-rank and thresholding step for sparse noise.
result Achieves linear convergence for general thresholding functions.
Improved rank aggregation via spectral method reduces sample complexity.
problem Ranking items from pairwise comparisons with corrupted data.
method Spectral ranking algorithms based on unnormalized and normalized data matrices.
result Sharper ℓ∞-norm perturbation bound and error bound on maximum displacement for each item. RECol generates error columns to improve outlier detection.
problem Outlier detection in data with complex relationships.
method Generates reconstruction error columns for leave-one-out feature sets.
result Improves ROC-AUC and PR-AUC values of common outlier detection methods.
The present paper provides a new generic strategy leading to non-asymptotic theoretical guarantees on the Leave-one-Out procedure applied to a broad class of learning algorithms. This strategy relies on two main ingredients: the new notion of Lq stability, and the strong use of moment inequalities. Lq stability e…
Enhances polynomial chaos models with uncertainty intervals.
problem Uncertainty quantification in surrogate models.
method Jackknife-based conformal prediction integrated into polynomial chaos expansions.
result Produces accurate predictive intervals for low-accuracy models.
Paper discusses prediction errors for penalized regressions using GAMP and LOOCV.
problem Prediction accuracy of penalized regression models.
method Derives prediction error estimators using GAMP and LOOCV.
result Information criteria and LOOCV error estimators differ in large parameter regions.
LOO-StabCP speeds up CP for multiple predictions.
problem Balancing computational efficiency and prediction accuracy in CP.
method Leave-One-Out Stable Conformal Prediction (LOO-StabCP) using algorithmic stability.
result LOO-StabCP is faster and more accurate than RO-StabCP.
The paper proves LOO CV is reliable under estimator stability.
problem Ensuring the reliability of leave-one-out cross validation.
method Using concentration inequalities based on logarithmic Sobolev inequality.
result LOO CV is a valid procedure under estimator stability.
Proposes DeGLIF to denoise graph data for label noise robustness.
problem Label noise in graph data makes node classification challenging.
method Uses leave-one-out influence function to denoise graph data.
result DeGLIF improves accuracy in node classification on noisy datasets.
Deep learning methods have predominantly been applied to large artificial neural networks. Despite their state-of-the-art performance, these large networks typically do not generalize well to datasets with limited sample sizes. In this paper, we take a different approach by learning multiple layers of kernels. We combi…
A filter detects and removes noisy labels in semi-supervised learning.
problem Label noise in semi-supervised learning reduces classifier accuracy.
method LGC_LVOF: leave-one-out filtering based on LGC algorithm.
result LGC_LVOF detects and removes noisy labels, improving SSL classifier performance.
In this article, we derive concentration inequalities for the cross-validation estimate of the generalization error for stable predictors in the context of risk assessment. The notion of stability has been first introduced by \cite{DEWA79} and extended by \cite{KEA95}, \cite{BE01} and \cite{KUNIY02} to characterize cla…
Cross-validation (CV) is a technique for evaluating the ability of statistical models/learning systems based on a given data set. Despite its wide applicability, the rather heavy computational cost can prevent its use as the system size grows. To resolve this difficulty in the case of Bayesian linear regression, we dev…
We investigate the issue of model selection and the use of the nonconformity (strangeness) measure in batch learning. Using the nonconformity measure we propose a new training algorithm that helps avoid the need for Cross-Validation or Leave-One-Out model selection strategies. We provide a new generalisation error boun…
Model inference, such as model comparison, model checking, and model selection, is an important part of model development. Leave-one-out cross-validation (LOO) is a general approach for assessing the generalizability of a model, but unfortunately, LOO does not scale well to large datasets. We propose a combination of u…
Quantifying the importance of each training point to a learning task is a fundamental problem in machine learning and the estimated importance scores have been leveraged to guide a range of data workflows such as data summarization and domain adaption. One simple idea is to use the leave-one-out error of each training …
Prevalidated ridge regression simplifies logistic regression for high-dimensional data.
problem Efficient probabilistic classification in high-dimensional data with logistic regression.
method Developed a prevalidated ridge regression model that matches logistic regression's performance but is more computationally efficient.
result Prevalidated ridge regression achieves similar classification error and log-loss to logistic regression for high-dimensional data.
A statistical model predicts generalization in few-shot learning.
problem Lack of validation sets in few-shot learning makes generalization estimation difficult.
method Introduced a Gaussian model of feature distribution and an unbiased estimator for class-conditional density distances.
result Our approach outperforms alternatives like leave-one-out cross-validation.
VarGrad reduces variance in ELBO gradient estimation for variational inference.
problem Improving the variance of gradient estimators in variational inference.
method VarGrad uses a new log-variance loss to estimate the ELBO gradient, achieving lower variance than the score function method.
result VarGrad offers a lower variance gradient estimator compared to other methods.
Analysis of cross-validation for early-stopped gradient descent in high-dimensional regression.
problem Inconsistency of GCV for early-stopped GD in high-dimensional least squares regression.
method Theoretical analysis of GCV and LOOCV applied to early-stopped GD in high-dimensional least squares regression.
result LOOCV converges uniformly to the prediction risk of early-stopped GD, while GCV is generically inconsistent.
The least squares Monte Carlo (LSM) algorithm proposed by Longstaff and Schwartz (2001) is widely used for pricing Bermudan options. The LSM estimator contains undesirable look-ahead bias, and the conventional technique of avoiding it requires additional simulation paths. We present the leave-one-out LSM (LOOLSM) algor…
A new method improves robustness and efficiency of Bayesian LOO-CV.
problem Computational expense and unreliability of classical LOO-CV in high-dimensional Bayesian models.
method Proposes a mixture estimator to compute Bayesian LOO-CV criteria with finite asymptotic variance.
result Improved robustness and efficiency in high-dimensional problems.
We show how to adjust the coefficient of determination (R2) when used for measuring predictive accuracy via leave-one-out cross-validation.
We present local discriminative Gaussian (LDG) dimensionality reduction, a supervised dimensionality reduction technique for classification. The LDG objective function is an approximation to the leave-one-out training error of a local quadratic discriminant analysis classifier, and thus acts locally to each training po…
In this article, we derive concentration inequalities for the cross-validation estimate of the generalization error for subagged estimators, both for classification and regressor. General loss functions and class of predictors with both finite and infinite VC-dimension are considered. We slightly generalize the formali…
The study evaluates different parameter selection methods for Gaussian process interpolation.
problem Choosing optimal parameters for Gaussian process interpolation.
method Empirical study using scoring rules and leave-one-out selection criteria.
result The choice of model family is often more important than the selection criterion.
KOLMOGOROV-OPTIMAL RESOLUTION ESTIMATION (KORE) solves spline regression without exhaustive search
problem Hyperparameter tuning in spline regression
method Solving for optimal resolution analytically
result KORE matches exhaustive cross-validation and outperforms tuned models
In this article, we derive concentration inequalities for the cross-validation estimate of the generalization error for empirical risk minimizers. In the general setting, we prove sanity-check bounds in the spirit of \cite{KR99} \textquotedblleft\textit{bounds showing that the worst-case error of this estimate is not m…