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Derives adjoint formulas for matrix operations and applies them to specific cases.

problem Computing adjoints for matrix operations and specific matrix types.
method Derives adjoint formulas for matrix operations and applies them to specific cases.
result Closed-form expressions for adjoints in specific matrix types.

We apply random matrix theory to compare correlation matrix estimators C obtained from emerging market data. The correlation matrices are constructed from 10 years of daily data for stocks listed on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE) from January 1993 to December 2002. We test the spectral properties of C against ra…

2004-02-14abs ↗pdf ↗

Paper defines conditions for feasible correlation matrices from factor structures.

problem Feasibility of option implied correlation matrices in non-FX markets.
method Quantitative and economic approaches to solve the nearest correlation matrix problem.
result Introduces methods to ensure feasible correlation matrices from factor structures.

New method constructs graphs from data efficiently, suitable for large datasets.

problem Memory and runtime limitations of traditional TMFG for large datasets.
method Uses k-Nearest Neighbors Graphs and memory management for scalable graph construction.
result Provides a parsimonious way to construct graphs for learning tasks.

Estimates missing distributions using nearest neighbors with kernel methods.

problem Missing data and unobserved confounding in multivariate distributions.
method Distributional matrix completion framework with kernel nearest neighbors.
result Consistent recovery of underlying distributions with missing data.

AWNN improves matrix completion by adaptively weighting nearest neighbors.

problem Matrix completion with optimal nearest neighbor weights and radii selection.
method Adaptively weighted nearest neighbor method for matrix completion.
result Theoretical guarantees and synthetic experiments support the effectiveness of AWNN.

In this paper we consider general rank minimization problems with rank appearing in either objective function or constraint. We first establish that a class of special rank minimization problems has closed-form solutions. Using this result, we then propose penalty decomposition methods for general rank minimization pro…

2010-08-31abs ↗pdf ↗

Adaptive NN method improves matrix completion for non-smooth data.

problem Matrix completion with non-smooth non-linear functions under high missingness.
method Two-sided nearest neighbors with \Holder function class non-linearity.
result NN error rate matches oracle's for latent factors, non-trivial for wide range of missingness.

Canonical correlation analysis (CCA) is a classical representation learning technique for finding correlated variables in multi-view data. Several nonlinear extensions of the original linear CCA have been proposed, including kernel and deep neural network methods. These approaches seek maximally correlated projections …

2015-11-16abs ↗pdf ↗

We discuss some methods to quantitatively investigate the properties of correlation matrices. Correlation matrices play an important role in portfolio optimization and in several other quantitative descriptions of asset price dynamics in financial markets. Specifically, we discuss how to define and obtain hierarchical …

2008-09-26abs ↗pdf ↗

The problem of clustering noisy and incompletely observed high-dimensional data points into a union of low-dimensional subspaces and a set of outliers is considered. The number of subspaces, their dimensions, and their orientations are assumed unknown. We propose a simple low-complexity subspace clustering algorithm, w…

2013-07-18abs ↗pdf ↗

We propose improved methods to identify stock groups using the correlation matrix of stock price changes. By filtering out the marketwide effect and the random noise, we construct the correlation matrix of stock groups in which nontrivial high correlations between stocks are found. Using the filtered correlation matrix…

2005-03-09abs ↗pdf ↗

In this paper, we apply tools from the random matrix theory (RMT) to estimates of correlations across volatility of various assets in the S&P 500. The volatility inputs are estimated by modeling price fluctuations as GARCH(1,1) process. The corresponding correlation matrix is constructed. It is found that the distribut…

2013-10-06abs ↗pdf ↗

We simplify matrix computations for block matrices, especially useful for covariance and correlation matrices.

problem Complex computations for block matrices, especially for covariance and correlation matrices.
method Obtained a canonical representation for block matrices, facilitating computation of various matrix operations.
result Simplified computation of matrix operations for block matrices, particularly useful for covariance and correlation matrices.

kNN-MTS improves MTS forecasting by using nearest neighbor retrieval over a large dataset.

problem Limited ability of current MTS forecasting methods to identify similar patterns and handle sparsely distributed correlations.
method kNN-MTS framework using nearest neighbor retrieval over a large datastore of cached series, with representations from MTS model for similarity search.
result Significant improvement in forecasting performance on real-world datasets.

Using Random Matrix Theory one can derive exact relations between the eigenvalue spectrum of the covariance matrix and the eigenvalue spectrum of its estimator (experimentally measured correlation matrix). These relations will be used to analyze a particular case of the correlations in financial series and to show that…

2003-12-18abs ↗pdf ↗

We perform a comparative analysis of the Chinese stock market around the occurrence of the 2008 crisis based on the random matrix analysis of high-frequency stock returns of 1228 stocks listed on the Shanghai and Shenzhen stock exchanges. Both raw correlation matrix and partial correlation matrix with respect to the ma…

2016-01-30abs ↗pdf ↗

If we pick nn random points uniformly in [0,1]d[0,1]^d and connect each point to its kk-nearest neighbors, then it is well known that there exists a giant connected component with high probability. We prove that in [0,1]d[0,1]^d it suffices to connect every point to cd,1loglogn c_{d,1} \log{\log{n}} points chosen randomly among its $…

2017-11-13abs ↗pdf ↗

This paper compares imputation and direct parameter estimation methods for missing data in correlation matrix visualization.

problem Missing data challenges in estimating correlation coefficients for accurate visualization.
method Comparison of imputation and direct parameter estimation methods for handling missing data.
result Direct parameter estimation (DPER) outperforms imputation for accurate correlation matrix visualization.

Proposes a boundary detection method inspired by LLE for high-dimensional data.

problem Identifying boundary points from data on an embedded manifold.
method Inspired by locally linear embedding, uses nearest neighbor search schemes and spectral properties of local covariance matrix.
result Enhanced boundary detection in noisy data.

We analyse the structure of the distribution of eigenvalues of the stock market correlation matrix with increasing length of the time series representing the price changes. We use 100 highly-capitalized stocks from the American market and relate result to the corresponding ensemble of Wishart random matrices. It turns …

2005-05-10abs ↗pdf ↗

The paper reduces the complexity of financial market correlation matrices to a 2x2 matrix.

problem Reducing the complexity of financial market correlation matrices for easier analysis.
method Sectorial coarse graining followed by averaging over blocks of stocks.
result Averaging over blocks of stocks results in a reduced matrix with specific properties.

Study on eigenvalue distribution of correlated time series deforming the semi-circle law.

problem Eigenvalue distribution of correlated time series differs from the semi-circle law.
method Analysis of Wigner random matrix with temporal correlation.
result Eigenvalue distribution converges to a deformed semi-circle law with longer tail and higher peak.

Portfolio allocation and risk management make use of correlation matrices and heavily rely on the choice of a proper correlation matrix to be used. In this regard, one important question is related to the choice of the proper sample period to be used to estimate a stable correlation matrix. This paper addresses this qu…

2019-11-14abs ↗pdf ↗

This work optimizes induced correlation in joint graph embeddings.

problem Optimizing correlation across embedded networks in joint graph embeddings.
method Developed corr2Omni algorithm to estimate optimal Omnibus weights.
result corr2Omni algorithm improves inference fidelity compared to classical Omnibus construction.

Method predicts which high-dimensional correlation signs will change in the future.

problem Predicting which correlation matrix coefficients will change signs in high-dimensional data.
method Stability of correlation signs depends on three-by-three relationships, inspired by Heider social cohesion theory.
result The method accurately predicts the stability of correlation signs in high-dimensional data.

We analyze the spectral properties of correlation matrices between distinct statistical systems. Such matrices are intrinsically non symmetric, and lend themselves to extend the spectral analyses usually performed on standard Pearson correlation matrices to the realm of complex eigenvalues. We employ some recent random…

2012-01-31abs ↗pdf ↗

We describe a method to determine the eigenvalue density of empirical covariance matrix in the presence of correlations between samples. This is a straightforward generalization of the method developed earlier by the authors for uncorrelated samples. The method allows for exact determination of the experimental spectru…

2005-08-19abs ↗pdf ↗

We confirm universal behaviors such as eigenvalue distribution and spacings predicted by Random Matrix Theory (RMT) for the cross correlation matrix of the daily stock prices of Tokyo Stock Exchange from 1993 to 2001, which have been reported for New York Stock Exchange in previous studies. It is shown that the random …

2003-12-25abs ↗pdf ↗

Two methods are proposed to filter correlations in DCC-GARCH residuals for foreign exchange rates.

problem Filtering correlations in DCC-GARCH residuals for accurate foreign exchange rate prediction.
method Two approaches: estimating correlation matrix as a parameter and using eigenvalue decomposition.
result The DCC-GARCH residual can be almost independent using these methods.

This paper surveys various methods for dimensionality reduction and nearest neighbor search.

problem Efficiently reducing high-dimensional data to lower dimensions while preserving essential information.
method Linear and nonlinear random projections, including sparse random projections, random Fourier Features, and Random Kitchen Sinks.
result Various methods for dimensionality reduction and nearest neighbor search are explained and compared.

Method estimates sparse inverse covariance and partial correlation matrices efficiently.

problem Sparse high-dimensional inverse covariance and partial correlation matrix estimation.
method Two-stage estimation method using partial regression with positive semi-definiteness.
result Efficient estimation of inverse covariance and partial correlation matrices with derived non-asymptotic rates.

Unified framework for nonconvex matrix completion with linearly parameterized factors.

problem Matrix completion with improved accuracy using linearly parameterized factors.
method Unified nonconvex optimization framework with Correlated Parametric Factorization condition.
result Uniform upper bounds for low-rank estimation at any local minimum.

We propose an approximation algorithm for efficient correlation search in time series data. In our method, we use Fourier transform and neural network to embed time series into a low-dimensional Euclidean space. The given space is learned such that time series correlation can be effectively approximated from Euclidean …

2018-02-10abs ↗pdf ↗

Understanding and developing a correlation measure that can detect general dependencies is not only imperative to statistics and machine learning, but also crucial to general scientific discovery in the big data age. In this paper, we establish a new framework that generalizes distance correlation --- a correlation mea…

2017-10-26abs ↗pdf ↗