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48 results for Low rank approximation

Low-rank approximation is an effective model compression technique to not only reduce parameter storage requirements, but to also reduce computations. For convolutional neural networks (CNNs), however, well-known low-rank approximation methods, such as Tucker or CP decomposition, result in degraded model accuracy becau…

2019-05-24abs ↗pdf ↗

Matrix approximation is a common tool in machine learning for building accurate prediction models for recommendation systems, text mining, and computer vision. A prevalent assumption in constructing matrix approximations is that the partially observed matrix is of low-rank. We propose a new matrix approximation model w…

2013-01-15abs ↗pdf ↗

We develop an efficient algorithm for low-rank approximation with improved approximation guarantees.

problem Optimal low-rank approximation of matrices with 1\ell_1 norm constraints.
method Polynomial time column subset selection-based algorithm achieving ildeO(k1/2) ilde{O}(k^{1/2})-approximation.
result Improved approximation guarantees for 1\ell_1 low-rank approximation.

The study assesses low-rank approximations in Gaussian Process regression.

problem Improving Gaussian Process regression efficiency with low-rank approximations.
method Analyzes two low-rank approximations: random Fourier features and Mercer expansion truncation.
result Bounds on the divergence and error between exact and approximate GP models.

The study assesses low-rank approximations in Gaussian Process regression.

problem Improving the efficiency of Gaussian Process regression while maintaining accuracy.
method Analyzes two low-rank approximations: random Fourier features and Mercer expansion truncation, and bounds the divergence and error between exact and approximate models.
result Theoretical bounds on the divergence and error between exact and approximate Gaussian Process models are provided.

We accelerate the power method for strong low-rank approximation using fast sketching.

problem Efficiency bottleneck in power method for large target ranks.
method Developed an algorithmic and theoretical framework for accelerating the power method using fast sketching.
result Simple and provably efficient methods for singular value decomposition, low-rank factorization, and Nyström approximation.

Matrices of (approximate) low rank are pervasive in data science, appearing in recommender systems, movie preferences, topic models, medical records, and genomics. While there is a vast literature on how to exploit low rank structure in these datasets, there is less attention on explaining why the low rank structure ap…

2017-05-21abs ↗pdf ↗

New algorithm improves deep learning models' robustness without sacrificing accuracy.

problem Low-rank methods compromise model robustness against adversarial perturbations.
method Robust low-rank training via approximate orthonormal constraints.
result Ensures well-conditioning and better adversarial robustness without sacrificing model accuracy.

We propose a new framework for the analysis of low-rank tensors which lies at the intersection of spectral graph theory and signal processing. As a first step, we present a new graph based low-rank decomposition which approximates the classical low-rank SVD for matrices and multi-linear SVD for tensors. Then, building …

2016-11-15abs ↗pdf ↗

Unified error analysis for low-rank approximation improves data assimilation performance.

problem Analyzing the error in low-rank approximation methods for data assimilation.
method Unified stochastic analysis framework for Frobenius norm error bounds on centered and non-standard Gaussian matrices.
result Unified bounds provide clearer interpretations and enable better practical choices for covariance matrices.

We study the 0\ell_0-Low Rank Approximation Problem, where the goal is, given an m×nm \times n matrix AA, to output a rank-kk matrix AA' for which AA0\|A'-A\|_0 is minimized. Here, for a matrix BB, B0\|B\|_0 denotes the number of its non-zero entries. This NP-hard variant of low rank approximation is natural for pro…

2017-10-30abs ↗pdf ↗

New method reduces computational cost for nonnegative low rank matrix approximation.

problem Efficiently compute nonnegative low rank matrix approximation for nonnegative matrices.
method Alternating projections onto tangent spaces of fixed rank matrices manifold and nonnegative matrix manifold.
result Sequence converges linearly to optimal solutions, showing better performance in terms of computational time and accuracy.

The paper reviews Hankel low-rank methods for time series analysis and forecasting.

problem Developing efficient methods for time series analysis and forecasting.
method Hankel low-rank approximation and completion techniques.
result Discussion of methods and challenges in obtaining optimal solutions.

Paper improves tensor approximation for streaming data.

problem Challenges in finding accurate low-tubal-rank tensor approximations in streaming settings.
method Extends Frequent Directions for efficient low-tubal-rank tensor approximation.
result The new algorithm achieves arbitrarily small approximation error with linear sketch size growth.

We provide new approximation guarantees for greedy low rank matrix estimation under standard assumptions of restricted strong convexity and smoothness. Our novel analysis also uncovers previously unknown connections between the low rank estimation and combinatorial optimization, so much so that our bounds are reminisce…

2017-03-08abs ↗pdf ↗

The problem of low-rank approximation with convex constraints, which appears in data analysis, system identification, model order reduction, low-order controller design and low-complexity modelling is considered. Given a matrix, the objective is to find a low-rank approximation that meets rank and convex constraints, w…

2016-06-06abs ↗pdf ↗

Algorithm compresses large matrices by approximating them as low rank and low precision factors.

problem Efficiently storing and processing large matrices with billions of elements.
method Randomized sketching and quantization of matrix columns to achieve low rank and low precision factorization.
result Achieves compression ratios as low as one bit per matrix coordinate while maintaining or improving performance.

This work tackles sparse coding in DLRA for interpretable multiway data.

problem Sparse coding in DLRA for interpretable multiway data.
method Proposes a new sparse-coding subproblem (MSC) and several algorithms to solve it.
result DLRA extends low-rank approximations, reducing variance and enhancing interpretability.

PSI-LinUCB improves scalability for large recommender systems.

problem Efficiently training and inferring for large action spaces in recommender systems.
method Represent inverse design matrix as diagonal + low-rank correction, derive stable rank-1 and batched updates, use projector-splitting integrator.
result Demonstrated effectiveness on recommender system datasets, achieving scalable training and inference.

We simplify SSL by approximating redundant structural components with low-rank factorization.

problem Improving self-supervised learning performance with limited labeled data.
method Low-rank approximation of structural redundancy, introducing ε_s to measure approximation quality.
result The proposed method enhances SSL performance, as shown by theoretical and experimental validations.

New method finds efficient low-rank neural networks during training.

problem High memory and computational demands of neural networks.
method Restricts weight matrices to a low-rank manifold and updates low-rank factors.
result Significantly reduced time and memory resources required for training and evaluation.

This paper studies how to sketch element-wise functions of low-rank matrices. Formally, given low-rank matrix A = [Aij] and scalar non-linear function f, we aim for finding an approximated low-rank representation of the (possibly high-rank) matrix [f(Aij)]. To this end, we propose an efficient sketching-based algorithm…

2019-05-28abs ↗pdf ↗

Low-rank approximations of data matrices are an important dimensionality reduction tool in machine learning and regression analysis. We consider the case of categorical variables, where it can be formulated as the problem of finding low-rank approximations to Boolean matrices. In this paper we give what is to the best …

2018-03-13abs ↗pdf ↗

Kernel methods are widespread in machine learning; however, they are limited by the quadratic complexity of the construction, application, and storage of kernel matrices. Low-rank matrix approximation algorithms are widely used to address this problem and reduce the arithmetic and storage cost. However, we observed tha…

2015-05-03abs ↗pdf ↗

CALDERA compresses large language models by approximating weight matrices with low-rank, low-precision factors.

problem The large sizes of Large Language Models (LLMs) hinder deployment on edge devices.
method CALDERA approximates weight matrices W\mathbf{W} as Q+LR\mathbf{Q} + \mathbf{L}\mathbf{R}, where L\mathbf{L} and R\mathbf{R} are low-rank factors quantized to low precision.
result CALDERA achieves better zero-shot performance than existing techniques, especially with low bit precision.

PILNO uses neural operators to solve PDEs efficiently on point clouds.

problem Solving partial differential equations (PDEs) on point cloud data efficiently.
method Physics-informed low-rank neural operator framework combining low-rank kernel approximations and an encoder-decoder architecture.
result PILNO efficiently approximates solution operators of PDEs on point cloud data, satisfying PDE constraints and boundary conditions.

We consider the problem of approximately reconstructing a partially-observed, approximately low-rank matrix. This problem has received much attention lately, mostly using the trace-norm as a surrogate to the rank. Here we study low-rank matrix reconstruction using both the trace-norm, as well as the less-studied max-no…

2011-02-18abs ↗pdf ↗

Riemannian gradient descent escapes some spurious critical points on low-rank matrix manifold.

problem Spurious critical points on the boundary of low-rank matrix manifold.
method Riemannian gradient descent with dynamical low-rank approximation and rescaled gradient flow.
result Riemannian gradient descent escapes some spurious critical points on the boundary of the manifold.

We study the convergence of a variant of distributed gradient descent (DGD) on a distributed low-rank matrix approximation problem wherein some optimization variables are used for consensus (as in classical DGD) and some optimization variables appear only locally at a single node in the network. We term the resulting a…

2018-11-07abs ↗pdf ↗

Language models exhibit low-rank structure, which can be used for generation.

problem Understanding the low-dimensional structure of large language models.
method Empirical demonstration and theoretical analysis of the approximate rank of language models' logits.
result Language models can generate responses using linear combinations of unrelated prompts.

We address the problem of minimizing a convex function over the space of large matrices with low rank. While this optimization problem is hard in general, we propose an efficient greedy algorithm and derive its formal approximation guarantees. Each iteration of the algorithm involves (approximately) finding the left an…

2011-06-08abs ↗pdf ↗

Solves weakly supervised regression using low-rank approximations and manifold regularization.

problem Weakly supervised regression with known, unknown, and uncertain labels.
method Combines manifold regularization and low-rank matrix decomposition for optimization.
result Improves solution quality and stability for large datasets.