Two new undersampling methods improve classification accuracy for imbalanced datasets.
problem Class imbalance and distributional differences in large datasets lead to biased models and poor predictive performance.
method Mutual information-based stratified simple random sampling and support points optimization.
result Empirical results show higher balanced classification accuracy compared to traditional techniques.
A neural network approach for feature selection using mutual information.
problem Feature ranking and selection leading to sub-optimal solutions for class separability.
method Stochastic mutual information gradient estimation for dimensionality reduction.
result The network projects features onto an output space maximizing mutual information with class labels.
This paper improves multi-class calibration methods using mutual information maximization-based binning.
problem Calibration of deep neural network predictions, especially for small prior classes.
method I-Max concept for binning, shared class-wise calibration strategy.
result Improves multi-class ranking and calibration performance using a small calibration set.
New undersampling method reduces computational complexity for imbalanced datasets.
problem Data imbalance in machine learning datasets.
method Radial-Based Undersampling (RBO) using mutual class potential.
result Significantly reduced time complexity of the proposed algorithm.
The conditional mutual information I(X;Y|Z) measures the average information that X and Y contain about each other given Z. This is an important primitive in many learning problems including conditional independence testing, graphical model inference, causal strength estimation and time-series problems. In several appl…
Proposes a method to improve financial time series forecasting using compact representations and contrastive loss.
problem Financial time series forecasting with small datasets and overfitting issues.
method Class-conditioned latent variable model, mutual information maximization, contrastive loss, deep autoregressive models.
result Empirical experiments show improved performance compared to state-of-the-art methods.
Tensor networks reveal limitations for efficient text description but suggest potential for images.
problem Efficiently describing large text and image data sets using tensor networks.
method Investigation of mutual information scaling, introduction of mutual information estimators, and use of autoregressive and convolutional neural networks.
result Text data cannot be efficiently described by 1D tensor networks, while images may be better described by 2D tensor networks.
Proposes new feature transformation methods for brain interface models.
problem Sub-optimality of feature ranking and selection in brain interface models.
method Introduces maximum mutual information linear and nonlinear transformations.
result Significantly better performance in binary and multi-class decoding analyses.
Proposes a new framework for EEG-based BCIs without adversarial learning.
problem High intra- and inter-subject variabilities in EEG data.
method Mutual information-driven deep learning approach to learn class-relevant and subject-invariant feature representations.
result Effective in learning class-relevant and subject-invariant feature representations without adversarial learning.
DHOG improves unsupervised clustering accuracy on image benchmarks.
problem Local optima in mutual information maximisation lead to suboptimal representations.
method Deep hierarchical object grouping (DHOG) computes multiple discrete representations in a hierarchical order.
result DHOG achieves new state-of-the-art results on three main benchmarks.
New method bounds membership inference attack success using mutual information.
problem Vulnerability of deep neural networks to membership inference attacks.
method Extended Fano's inequality to measure mutual information between inputs and activations.
result Empirical evaluation shows strong correlation between mutual information and model susceptibility.
Deep nonlinear models pose a challenge for fitting parameters due to lack of knowledge of the hidden layer and the potentially non-affine relation of the initial and observed layers. In the present work we investigate the use of information theoretic measures such as mutual information and Kullback-Leibler (KL) diverge…
AMI framework improves text generation by optimizing mutual information between source and target.
problem Previous MI approaches ignored the backward network, leading to loose variational bounds.
method AMI is a saddle point optimization framework that iteratively promotes and demotes generated instances.
result AMI significantly outperforms baselines on various text generation tasks.
In this paper, we suggest a framework to make use of mutual information as a regularization criterion to train Auto-Encoders (AEs). In the proposed framework, AEs are regularized by minimization of the mutual information between input and encoding variables of AEs during the training phase. In order to estimate the ent…
While it is an important problem to identify the existence of causal associations between two components of a multivariate time series, a topic addressed in Runge et al. (2012), it is even more important to assess the strength of their association in a meaningful way. In the present article we focus on the problem of d…
New mutual information measure improves classification and community detection accuracy.
problem Standard mutual information measure can be inaccurate under real-world conditions.
method Corrected mutual information measure that accounts for all cases.
result Improved mutual information measure reduces errors in classification and community detection.
InfoQGAN uses mutual information to improve QGANs, overcoming mode collapse and feature disentanglement issues.
problem Mode collapse and lack of feature control in QGANs.
method Integrates InfoGAN principles with variational quantum circuit, classical discriminator, and MINE for mutual information optimization.
result InfoQGAN effectively mitigates mode collapse and achieves robust feature disentanglement.
Feature selection is a technique to screen out less important features. Many existing supervised feature selection algorithms use redundancy and relevancy as the main criteria to select features. However, feature interaction, potentially a key characteristic in real-world problems, has not received much attention. As a…
Comparative learning combines realizable and agnostic settings for two hypothesis classes, reducing sample complexity.
problem Learning with two hypothesis classes in a more general setting than single hypothesis classes.
method Introduces comparative learning, defines mutual VC dimension and Littlestone dimension, and applies insights to multiaccuracy and multicalibration.
result Sample complexity of comparative learning is characterized by mutual VC dimension and Littlestone dimension.
This paper proposes a method to learn graph representations without supervision.
problem Learning high-quality graph representations without external supervision.
method Graphical Mutual Information (GMI) to measure graph and hidden representation correlation.
result The proposed method outperforms state-of-the-art unsupervised counterparts and sometimes supervised ones.
Proposes mutual information for regression without prior knowledge.
problem Regression tasks without prior model knowledge.
method Mutual information learning formulation, SGD convergence analysis.
result High dimensionality can be beneficial with a threshold.
Softmax cross-entropy optimizes mutual information in neural networks.
problem Understanding the relationship between mutual information and classification neural networks.
method Demonstrated that optimizing softmax cross-entropy maximizes mutual information between inputs and labels.
result Softmax cross-entropy can approximate mutual information and highlight relevant image regions.
New bounds explain modern machine learning algorithms' generalization.
problem Explaining generalization behavior of modern machine learning algorithms.
method Proposes a new complexity measure based on empirical Rademacher complexity of an algorithm- and data-dependent hypothesis class.
result Obtains novel bounds with finite fractal dimension, simplifies proofs, and recovers known results.
Paper proposes a new method to optimize feature coordinates for better image classification.
problem Improving feature extraction for better machine learning classification.
method Mutual-energy inner product optimization method.
result The method enhances low-frequency features and suppresses high-frequency noise, leading to better classification results.
Feature selection is one of the most fundamental problems in machine learning. An extensive body of work on information-theoretic feature selection exists which is based on maximizing mutual information between subsets of features and class labels. Practical methods are forced to rely on approximations due to the diffi…
New framework improves multivariate time series forecasting by minimizing redundant information.
problem Improving multivariate time series forecasting with deep learning techniques.
method Cross-variable Decorrelation Aware feature Modeling (CDAM) and Temporal correlation Aware Modeling (TAM) to refine Channel-mixing and exploit temporal correlations.
result Significantly surpasses existing models in comprehensive tests.
Proposes Mutual Regression Distance for better distribution comparison.
problem Lack of effective distance measures for manifold data.
method Constrained mutual regression problem to exploit manifold properties.
result Mutual Regression Distance (MRD) is a pseudometric effective for manifold data.
Proposes a robust VIB approach using soft labels and mutual info estimation.
problem Improving robustness of VIB to adversarial perturbations.
method Refines categorical class information with soft labels from a reference network, relaxes Gaussian posterior assumption.
result Significantly outperforms benchmarked models on MNIST and CIFAR-10.
Paper formulates mutual information optimal control for discrete-time systems.
problem Optimal control of discrete-time linear systems with mutual information.
method Formulates MIOCP as an extension of MEOCP, derives optimal policy and prior, proposes alternating minimization algorithm.
result Proposes an alternating minimization algorithm for MIOCP.
Multivariate pattern analyses approaches in neuroimaging are fundamentally concerned with investigating the quantity and type of information processed by various regions of the human brain; typically, estimates of classification accuracy are used to quantify information. While a extensive and powerful library of method…
The paper introduces submodular information measures for machine learning applications.
problem Generalizing information-theoretic measures to non-random variables.
method Developing combinatorial information measures based on submodular functions.
result Submodular mutual information is submodular in one argument for certain submodular functions.
New algorithm selects relevant variables in high-dimensional graphical models.
problem Automatic selection of relevant variables in high-dimensional graphical models.
method Extends Chow and Liu's algorithm using mutual information and entropy coefficient of determination.
result Outperforms existing methods in selecting variables with explanatory power.
The k-nearest neighbor classification method (k-NNC) is one of the simplest nonparametric classification methods. The mutual k-NN classification method (MkNNC) is a variant of k-NNC based on mutual neighborship. We propose another variant of k-NNC, the symmetric k-NN classification method (SkNNC) based …
New bounds derived for machine learning algorithms using convex functions.
problem Bounding generalization error in machine learning.
method Using strongly convex functions and subgaussian loss tails, derived new generalization bounds.
result Generalization bounds can be derived using any strongly convex function of the joint input-output distribution.
KSG mutual information estimator, which is based on the distances of each sample to its k-th nearest neighbor, is widely used to estimate mutual information between two continuous random variables. Existing work has analyzed the convergence rate of this estimator for random variables whose densities are bounded away fr…
Study reveals mutual reinforcement between adversarial inputs and poisoned models.
problem Understanding and mitigating vulnerabilities of deep learning models.
method Developed a new attack model to jointly optimize adversarial inputs and poisoned models.
result Mutual reinforcement effects between adversarial inputs and poisoned models significantly amplify each other's effectiveness.
Unified bounds for random subset generalization error and improved SGD Langevin dynamics.
problem Generalization error bounds for random subsets and stochastic gradient Langevin dynamics.
method Unified framework based on Hellström and Durisi's work, extending bounds for Langevin dynamics.
result Unified and refined bounds for generalization error in stochastic gradient Langevin dynamics.
New bounds study class-specific generalization error in machine learning.
problem Existing generalization theories assume uniform class performance, but in practice, classes vary significantly.
method Developed novel information-theoretic bounds using KL divergence and CMI.
result Theoretical bounds accurately capture complex class-generalization error behavior.
A privacy-constrained information extraction problem is considered where for a pair of correlated discrete random variables (X,Y) governed by a given joint distribution, an agent observes Y and wants to convey to a potentially public user as much information about Y as possible without compromising the amount of …
New bounds for SGD generalize without mutual information terms.
problem Generalizing SGD's learning dynamics for heavy-tailed distributions.
method Introducing a geometric decoupling term and bounding it computably.
result Proved generalization bounds without mutual information terms.
MINIMALIST maximizes mutual information for likelihood estimation from simulated data.
problem Learning model parameters from likelihood functions that cannot be computed.
method Maximizes mutual information between simulated data and model parameters using neural networks.
result Different methods aiming at the same optimal energy form can be directly benchmarked.
A new multi-label CPC method improves mutual information estimation and representation learning.
problem Underestimation of mutual information in contrastive predictive coding.
method Introducing a multi-label classification problem to overcome the logm bound in mutual information estimation. result The new method exceeds the logm bound and leads to better mutual information estimation and improved unsupervised representation learning. Unified derivation of PAC-Bayes and MI bounds for general VC classes with fast rates.
problem Generalization bounds for machine learning models with VC classes.
method Unified derivation of conditional PAC-Bayesian and mutual information bounds, including MAC-Bayesian bounds.
result Nontrivial bounds for general VC classes and faster rates for specific conditions.
The paper explores how machine learning models generalize when the true distribution differs from the training distribution.
problem Understanding generalization beyond the training distribution in machine learning.
method Study through information measures, focusing on mutual information between input samples and representations.
result Bounding the testing gap with high probability using mutual information between input samples and representations.
Study categorizes mutual funds using natural language processing from unstructured data.
problem Categorizing mutual funds using unstructured data for financial analysis.
method Used natural language processing models to classify mutual funds from their investment strategy descriptions.
result High accuracy in categorizing mutual funds using NLP from unstructured data.
In this paper we consider the problem of semi-supervised learning with deep Convolutional Neural Networks (ConvNets). Semi-supervised learning is motivated on the observation that unlabeled data is cheap and can be used to improve the accuracy of classifiers. In this paper we propose an unsupervised regularization term…
Softmax emerges naturally in neural networks as a measure of conditional mutual information.
problem The artificial nature of softmax in neural networks.
method Information-theoretic perspective to derive log-softmax and evaluate conditional mutual information.
result Training deterministic neural networks through log-softmax maximises conditional mutual information.
We study the problem of supervised linear dimensionality reduction, taking an information-theoretic viewpoint. The linear projection matrix is designed by maximizing the mutual information between the projected signal and the class label (based on a Shannon entropy measure). By harnessing a recent theoretical result on…