The study investigates noise effects on parameter estimation for Ornstein-Uhlenbeck processes.
problem Impact of noise on parameter fitting for Ornstein-Uhlenbeck processes.
method Proposed algorithms to distinguish between thermal and multiplicative noise.
result Effective methods to estimate parameters even when multiplicative noise dominates.
Multiplicative noise models are often used instead of additive noise models in cases in which the noise variance depends on the state. Furthermore, when Poisson distributions with relatively small counts are approximated with normal distributions, multiplicative noise approximations are straightforward to implement. Th…
Multiplicative noise, including dropout, is widely used to regularize deep neural networks (DNNs), and is shown to be effective in a wide range of architectures and tasks. From an information perspective, we consider injecting multiplicative noise into a DNN as training the network to solve the task with noisy informat…
Study optimizes resource allocation in noisy systems for better control.
problem Limited attention in stochastic systems with multiplicative noise.
method Analytical and numerical methods for optimal attention allocation.
result Effective resource allocation enhances noise estimation and control decisions.
Study on deep learning for speckle noise reduction in imaging modalities.
problem Multiplicative speckle noise challenges conventional deep learning methods for speckle denoising.
method Likelihood-based deep neural network (DNN) estimators for nonparametric regression under speckle noise.
result Established minimax rates for speckle denoising, matching those for additive Gaussian noise alone.
Bayesian method improves forecasting of nonseparable Hamiltonian systems with noise.
problem Forecasting nonseparable Hamiltonian systems with multiplicative noise.
method Bayesian approach using deep learning and reduced-order modeling.
result Bayesian method yields up to 724 times improvement in forecasting accuracy.
The paper identifies generators of linear SDEs with noise types.
problem Identifying the generator of linear SDEs from their solution distribution.
method Deriving sufficient and necessary conditions for additive noise, and sufficient conditions for multiplicative noise.
result Generic conditions for identifying the generator of linear SDEs with both types of noise.
Meta framework generates noise to improve multi-attack robustness.
problem Extraneous defense against single type of adversarial perturbation.
method Meta-learning framework with Meta Noise Generator (MNG).
result Significantly outperforms baselines across multiple perturbations.
Corrupting the input and hidden layers of deep neural networks (DNNs) with multiplicative noise, often drawn from the Bernoulli distribution (or 'dropout'), provides regularization that has significantly contributed to deep learning's success. However, understanding how multiplicative corruptions prevent overfitting ha…
In high-dimensional data, structured noise caused by observed and unobserved factors affecting multiple target variables simultaneously, imposes a serious challenge for modeling, by masking the often weak signal. Therefore, (1) explaining away the structured noise in multiple-output regression is of paramount importanc…
New method handles complex systems with discontinuous, heavy-tailed noise.
problem Handling discontinuous, heavy-tailed Lévy noise in stochastic systems.
method Developed nonlocal Kramers-Moyal formulas for SDEs with multiplicative Lévy noise.
result Validated framework for discovering interpretable SDE models from data.
Stochastic optimization's success linked to heavy-tailed noise.
problem Understanding stochastic optimization's success mechanisms.
method Modeling stochastic optimization as random recurrence relations, analyzing multiplicative noise and heavy-tailed behavior.
result Multiplicative noise leads to heavy-tailed stationary behavior in optimization parameters.
Most real life systems have a random component: the multitude of endogenous and exogenous factors influencing them result in stochastic fluctuations of the parameters determining their dynamics. These empirical systems are in many cases subject to noise of multiplicative nature. The special properties of multiplicative…
New BO method optimizes multiple objectives under input noise.
problem Optimizing multiple performance metrics in manufacturing processes subject to random input noise.
method Formalizes optimization of multivariate value-at-risk (MVaR) using random scalarizations.
result Significantly outperforms alternative methods in identifying robust designs.
Deep learning approximates SPDE solutions from noise trajectories.
problem Approximating solutions to stochastic partial differential equations (SPDEs).
method Uses neural networks to approximate SPDE solutions based on noise realizations.
result Accurately estimates SPDE solutions and functionals like mean and variance.
Optimizes control of noisy discrete systems without system matrix knowledge.
problem Optimal control of discrete-time systems with additive and multiplicative noises.
method Stochastic Lyapunov and Riccati equations, model-free reinforcement learning.
result Model-free reinforcement learning algorithm converges to optimal control policy.
LAAT detects multiple low-density manifolds in noisy data.
problem Detecting multiple low-density manifolds in noisy data.
method Locally Aligned Ant Technique (LAAT) based on Ant Colony Optimization.
result LAAT recovers multiple manifolds in extremely noisy data.
Logistic regression can handle noisy labels effectively when labels are imperfectly assigned by multiple experts.
problem Label noise in supervised classification due to manual labelling by multiple experts.
method Using approximate posterior probabilities of class membership from multiple experts to train logistic regression models.
result Logistic regression can be robust to label noise when classification difficulty is the only source of errors.
The linear quadratic regulator (LQR) problem has reemerged as an important theoretical benchmark for reinforcement learning-based control of complex dynamical systems with continuous state and action spaces. In contrast with nearly all recent work in this area, we consider multiplicative noise models, which are increas…
Proposes a new model for noisy labels considering multiple labelers and adversarial attacks.
problem Real-world noisy label models with multiple labelers and adversarial attacks.
method Labeler-dependent noise model with adversarial attack vectors.
result State-of-the-art approaches for learning from noisy labels are defeated by adversarial label attacks.
Stochastic regularisation is an important weapon in the arsenal of a deep learning practitioner. However, despite recent theoretical advances, our understanding of how noise influences signal propagation in deep neural networks remains limited. By extending recent work based on mean field theory, we develop a new frame…
This work extracts stochastic dynamical systems with α-stable Lévy noise.
problem Extracting data-driven governing laws of dynamical systems with non-Gaussian noise.
method End-to-end deep learning approach for learning drift and diffusion coefficients for α-stable Lévy noise. result Effectiveness of the method confirmed by numerical experiments.
This paper identifies and estimates the label noise transition matrix without ground truth labels.
problem Learning with noisy labels and identifying the noise transition matrix.
method Building on Kruskal's identifiability results, the paper characterizes the identifiability of the label noise transition matrix for the generic case at the instance level.
result The necessity of multiple noisy labels in identifying the noise transition matrix for the generic case at the instance level.
SGD's escape rate depends on log loss barrier, not linear loss barrier.
problem Understanding the escape rate of SGD from local minima.
method Derived a stochastic differential equation (SDE) with additive noise from SGD's multiplicative noise property.
result The log loss barrier determines the escape rate of SGD, not the linear loss barrier.
In Deep Learning, Stochastic Gradient Descent (SGD) is usually selected as a training method because of its efficiency; however, recently, a problem in SGD gains research interest: sharp minima in Deep Neural Networks (DNNs) have poor generalization; especially, large-batch SGD tends to converge to sharp minima. It bec…
Improved Fréchet regression tackles noise and multicollinearity.
problem Addressing noise and multicollinearity in multi-label regression.
method Implicit regularization framework for explicit modeling of relationships.
result Effective modeling of complex dependencies without introducing biases.
New framework for learning with class-conditional multi-label noise.
problem Class labels corrupted with conditional probabilities for multiple labels.
method Formalized as CCMN framework, established unbiased estimators, proved consistency with multi-label loss functions, implemented partial multi-label learning method.
result Effectiveness validated on multiple datasets and metrics.
We study the dynamics of a version of the batch minority game, with random external information and with different types of inhomogeneous decision noise (additive and multiplicative), using generating functional techniques à la De Dominicis. The control parameters in this model are the ratio α=p/N of the number p o…
Improved PINNs for solving PDEs with unknown measurement noise.
problem Handling non-Gaussian noise in physics-informed neural networks.
method Jointly train an EBM to learn the correct noise distribution.
result Improved performance in solving PDEs with non-Gaussian noise.
WaveletGAN improves GANs by homogenizing noise through multi-channel wavelet filtering.
problem Current noise generation models in GANs struggle with homogenizing noise, leading to low-fidelity samples.
method Proposes a multi-channel wavelet-based filtering method to homogenize noise in GANs.
result WaveletGAN generates high-fidelity samples with the smallest FIDs on Fashion-MNIST, KMNIST, and SVHN datasets.
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.
Study on sample complexity of policy gradient for stabilizing linear systems under multiplicative noise.
problem Learning optimal feedback gain for stabilizing linear systems with multiplicative noise.
method Analyzes the sample complexity of policy gradient methods, addressing the cusp obstruction and using symmetry to control divergent parts of the gradient.
result Proves that projected mini-batch policy gradient attains total sample complexity of O(1/η) when noise density is known and O(η^(-(2s+1)/(2s))) when estimated, for C^s noise densities with s ≥ 2.
We present a noise-injected version of the Expectation-Maximization (EM) algorithm: the Noisy Expectation Maximization (NEM) algorithm. The NEM algorithm uses noise to speed up the convergence of the EM algorithm. The NEM theorem shows that injected noise speeds up the average convergence of the EM algorithm to a local…
We develop model free PAC performance guarantees for multiple concurrent MDPs, extending recent works where a single learner interacts with multiple non-interacting agents in a noise free environment. Our framework allows noisy and resource limited communication between agents, and develops novel PAC guarantees in this…
Study shows multi-distribution learning has slower rates than single-task learning.
problem Understanding the statistical complexity of learning from heterogeneous sources.
method Structured hypothesis-testing framework to capture the statistical cost of certifying near-optimality under bounded noise.
result Learning across multiple distributions incurs slow rates scaling with k/ε2, even under constant noise levels. ALPCAHUS clusters data from multiple subspaces with varying noise.
problem Heteroscedastic data with varying noise levels.
method Develops a heteroscedastic PCA method for subspace clustering.
result Improves subspace clustering by accounting for sample-wise noise variances.
We develop a novel method for detection of signals and reconstruction of images in the presence of random noise. The method uses results from percolation theory. We specifically address the problem of detection of multiple objects of unknown shapes in the case of nonparametric noise. The noise density is unknown and ca…
New methods for handling time-varying label noise in time series classification.
problem Temporal label noise in time series classification tasks.
method Proposed methods to estimate temporal label noise function directly from data.
result Our methods lead to state-of-the-art performance under diverse types of temporal label noise.
Neural networks solve SPDEs using Wiener chaos expansion.
problem Solving stochastic partial differential equations (SPDEs) numerically.
method Using neural networks in the truncated Wiener chaos expansion.
result Approximation rates for learning SPDE solutions with noise.
End-to-end Sinkhorn Autoencoder reduces data simulation time with noise generation.
problem Efficiently simulating data collection processes with high fidelity and speed.
method End-to-end Sinkhorn Autoencoder with noise generator.
result Outperforms competing methods on various datasets.
In learning with noisy labels, for every instance, its label can randomly walk to other classes following a transition distribution which is named a noise model. Well-studied noise models are all instance-independent, namely, the transition depends only on the original label but not the instance itself, and thus they a…
This paper connects noise injection to Bayesian inference for neural networks, improving model uncertainty.
problem Improving the reliability and confidence of neural network predictions through uncertainty quantification.
method Introducing noise into neural network parameters during training and inference to estimate prediction uncertainty.
result The MCNI method outperforms baseline models in regression and classification tasks.
Simultaneous orthogonal matching pursuit (SOMP) and block OMP (BOMP) are two widely used techniques for sparse support recovery in multiple measurement vector (MMV) and block sparse (BS) models respectively. For optimal performance, both SOMP and BOMP require \textit{a priori} knowledge of signal sparsity or noise vari…
A new method combines synthetic data analysis and DP generation to produce accurate uncertainty estimates.
problem Invalid inferences from DP synthetic data analysis.
method Combining synthetic data analysis techniques from MI and NA Bayesian modeling with a novel noise-aware synthetic data generation algorithm.
result Accurate confidence intervals from DP synthetic data are produced, wider with tighter privacy.
A new method for Gaussian filtering using gradient flows and Wasserstein metrics.
problem Approximating Gaussian and mixture-of-Gaussians filtering for complex systems.
method Variational approximation via gradient-flow representation on Wasserstein metric space.
result Competitive performance in posterior representation and parameter estimation for systems with multiplicative noise and multi-modal distributions.
Method recovers complex-valued signals from speckle-noised measurements.
problem Recovering complex-valued signals from speckle-noised measurements.
method Bagged Deep Image Priors integrated with projected gradient descent and Newton-Schulz algorithm.
result Achieves state-of-the-art performance in MSE reduction.
The gradient noise of SGD is considered to play a central role in the observed strong generalization abilities of deep learning. While past studies confirm that the magnitude and the covariance structure of gradient noise are critical for regularization, it remains unclear whether or not the class of noise distribution…
New method identifies causal graphs with limited data and noise.
problem Identifying causal graphs from observational data is generally impossible.
method Using additional data from two environments with different noise statistics, and assuming Gaussian noise.
result The entire causal graph can be uniquely identified with a constant number of environments.