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48 results for Linear time complexity

Near-optimal algorithms for mean estimation and linear regression with Gaussian covariates and Huber contamination.

problem Gaussian mean estimation and linear regression with Gaussian covariates in the presence of Huber contamination.
method Near-optimal algorithms with optimal error guarantees, achieving sample complexity n=ildeO(d/ε2)n = ilde{O}(d/ε^2) and almost linear runtime.
result First sample near-optimal and almost linear-time algorithms with optimal error guarantees for both problems.

Linformer reduces transformer complexity to linear, improving efficiency.

problem High cost of training and deploying large transformer models for long sequences.
method Approximates self-attention with low-rank matrix, proposing Linformer with O(n)O(n) complexity.
result Linformer performs similarly to standard transformers but is more memory- and time-efficient.

In this work, we propose a robust approach to design distributed controllers for unknown-but-sparse linear and time-invariant systems. By leveraging modern techniques in distributed controller synthesis and structured linear inverse problems as applied to system identification, we show that near-optimal distributed con…

2019-09-21abs ↗pdf ↗

This paper analyzes error in SKI for Gaussian Processes, providing conditions for linear time inference.

problem Lack of rigorous theoretical error analysis for SKI.
method Proved error bounds for SKI Gram matrix, examined error effects, provided practical guidelines.
result Identified two dimensionality regimes for SKI's scalability-accuracy trade-offs.

New method speeds up diffusion models inference to sub-linear time.

problem Efficient inference of diffusion models for high-dimensional data.
method Parallel sampling with Picard iterations within blocks.
result Achieves sub-linear time complexity of O~(polylogd)\widetilde{\mathcal{O}}(\mathrm{poly} \log d).

ALT improves TSC by capturing complex patterns in time series data.

problem Challenges in traditional TSC methods with time series complexity and variability.
method ALT incorporates variable-length shifted time windows to enhance LLT for better feature representation.
result ALT achieves state-of-the-art performance with few hyperparameters.

Ginger efficiently approximates curvature with linear complexity for neural networks.

problem Quadratic memory and cubic time complexity for computing curvature matrices in deep learning.
method Ginger uses eigendecomposition to maintain the inverse of the generalized Gauss-Newton matrix, achieving linear memory and time complexity.
result Ginger provides an effective and efficient curvature approximation for non-convex objectives.

Skeinformer accelerates self-attention for long sequences with linear complexity.

problem Efficiency of Transformer models in processing long sequences.
method Matrix sketching and column sampling to reduce quadratic complexity to linear.
result Skeinformer outperforms alternatives with smaller time/space footprint.

Linear time algorithm for random walk kernels on sparse graphs.

problem Efficient computation of general random walk kernels for large graphs.
method Sample dependent random walks to compute graph embeddings without direct graph product.
result Up to 27x faster and scalable to 128x larger graphs than previous methods.

Study shows long-term solutions for complex equations on curved spaces.

problem Long-term behavior of solutions to fully non-linear parabolic equations on Hermitian manifolds.
method Used general assumptions and derived a Harnack inequality for the linearized equation.
result Proved the long-time existence and convergence of solutions.

The OLS estimator optimally identifies stable linear systems with a finite number of samples.

problem Identifying stable linear systems with a finite number of samples.
method Finite-time analysis of the Ordinary Least Squares (OLS) estimator for stable linear systems.
result The OLS estimator achieves optimal sample complexity for stable systems, matching existing lower bounds up to universal factors.

Paper proposes an efficient causal discovery method with linear computational complexity.

problem Identifying causal relationships efficiently in large datasets.
method Approximate kernel-based generalized score function with low-rank technique and sampling algorithms.
result Significantly reduces computational costs while maintaining comparable accuracy.

We show that the genus problem for alternating knots with nn crossings has linear time complexity and is in Logspace(n)(n). Almost all alternating knots of given genus possess additional combinatorial structure, we call them standard. We show that the genus problem for these knots belongs to TC0TC^0 circuit complexity c…

2018-03-13abs ↗pdf ↗

Study shows efficient algorithms for noiseless linear regression require quadratic sample complexity in contamination rate.

problem Efficient algorithms for noiseless linear regression under Gaussian covariates with oblivious contamination.
method Formal evidence using Statistical Query complexity.
result Any efficient Statistical Query algorithm requires VSTAT complexity at least Ω(d^(1/2)/α^2).

Transformers with linear space and time complexity for accurate attention estimation.

problem Efficiently estimating attention in large-scale tasks without relying on priors.
method Performers use Fast Attention Via positive Orthogonal Random features (FAVOR+) for linear approximation of softmax attention.
result Performers achieve competitive results on various tasks, demonstrating the effectiveness of their attention-learning approach.

Polynomial-time reachability for LTI systems with TLL NN controllers is achieved.

problem Bounding the reachable set of LTI systems controlled by TLL NN controllers.
method Polynomial-time computation of exact one-step reachable set and tight bounding box via two methods.
result Exact reachability computation in polynomial time for TLL NN controllers.

We prove that stochastic gradient descent efficiently converges to the global optimizer of the maximum likelihood objective of an unknown linear time-invariant dynamical system from a sequence of noisy observations generated by the system. Even though the objective function is non-convex, we provide polynomial running …

2016-09-16abs ↗pdf ↗

Generalized Linear Bandits (GLBs), a natural extension of the stochastic linear bandits, has been popular and successful in recent years. However, existing GLBs scale poorly with the number of rounds and the number of arms, limiting their utility in practice. This paper proposes new, scalable solutions to the GLB probl…

2017-06-01abs ↗pdf ↗

LITE efficiently estimates Gaussian PoM with linear time and memory complexity.

problem Estimating the probability of maximality (PoM) of Gaussian vectors efficiently.
method LITE: entropy-regularized UCB approach for almost-linear time and memory complexity.
result Achieves state-of-the-art accuracy with significantly faster performance than existing methods.

Optimal unimodal fitting for linear loss functions in a sequential, efficient manner.

problem Optimal unimodal transformation of univariate model scores under linear loss functions.
method Proposes a sequential approach to estimate the optimal rectangular fit for observed samples with each new sample.
result Sequential approach achieves optimal efficiency with logarithmic time complexity per iteration.

New RL algorithm reduces deployment cost for linear function approximations.

problem Efficiently deploying new policies in RL with unknown rewards.
method Proposes an algorithm that minimizes trajectories needed for identifying optimal policies.
result Achieves optimal deployment complexity and sample complexity.

SASE improves attributed graph clustering for large graphs with linear time and space complexity.

problem Challenges in clustering large attributed graphs due to high computational and memory costs.
method SASE combines node features smoothing, scalable spectral clustering, and adaptive order selection.
result SASE achieves a 6.9% improvement in ACC and a 5.87x speedup on the ArXiv dataset.

This technical note extends recent results on the computational complexity of globally minimizing the error of piecewise-affine models to the related problem of minimizing the error of switching linear regression models. In particular, we show that, on the one hand the problem is NP-hard, but on the other hand, it admi…

2015-10-23abs ↗pdf ↗

First proper learning algorithm for Gaussian halfspaces with matching sample and computational complexity.

problem Agnostically learning halfspaces under Gaussian distribution.
method First proper learning algorithm with matching sample and computational complexity.
result First proper learning algorithm for agnostically learning halfspaces under Gaussian distribution with matching sample and computational complexity.