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48 results for Neural Estimation

Graph neural networks extend neural Bayes estimators to irregular spatial data.

problem Estimating parameters from irregular spatial data with computational efficiency.
method Employing graph neural networks to approximate Bayes estimators for irregular spatial data.
result Extending neural Bayes estimation to irregular spatial data with computational benefits.

Deep neural networks with adversarial training achieve sup-norm convergence for nonparametric regression.

problem Achieving sup-norm convergence for deep neural network estimators in nonparametric regression.
method Developed an adversarial training scheme to address the sup-norm convergence issue.
result Deep neural network estimators achieve optimal sup-norm convergence with the proposed adversarial training.

Neural point estimators improve parameter estimation from replicated data.

problem Making inference from replicated data in weakly-identified and highly-parameterised models.
method Permutation-invariant neural networks for likelihood-free parameter estimation.
result Neural point estimators can quickly and optimally estimate parameters.

New method uses sparse deep neural networks for high-dimensional regression with improved parameter estimation.

problem Improving parameter estimation in high-dimensional sparse regression models.
method Proposes nonparametric estimation of partial derivatives in sparse deep neural networks.
result Established convergence rate of nonparametric estimation of partial derivatives as O(n1/4)\mathcal{O}(n^{-1/4}).

BENK estimates treatment effects with neural kernels for censored data.

problem Estimating heterogeneous treatment effects with censored time-to-event data.
method Proposes a method using the Beran estimator with neural kernels for survival functions.
result Shows improved accuracy compared to existing methods in various scenarios.

Quantum method improves neural density estimation in high dimensions.

problem High-dimensional density estimation with poor performance and high computational complexity.
method Adaptive Fourier features based on quantum density matrices, integrated with neural networks.
result Competitive performance compared to state-of-the-art methods in various datasets.

Estimates neural drift for stochastic equations, improving inference on noisy data.

problem Estimating drift in stochastic differential equations with neural networks.
method Non-parametric estimation using ReLU neural networks, enforcing theoretical bounds.
result Practical method for inference on noisy and rough functional data.

Neural Empirical Bayes estimates source distributions from noisy simulations.

problem Estimating source distributions from noisy, simulated data.
method Uses neural density estimators to estimate a prior or source distribution over uncorrupted samples, then performs posterior inference.
result Recovering ground truth source distributions up to symmetries.

Robust deep neural networks estimate multi-dimensional functional data robustly.

problem Estimating location function from multi-dimensional functional data robustly.
method Deep neural networks with ReLU activation, robust to outliers and model misspecification.
result Uniform convergence rates for robust deep neural network estimators.

New research shows common ID estimators in neural representations are inaccurate.

problem Inaccurate estimation of intrinsic dimensions in neural representations.
method Theoretical and empirical investigation of ID estimators in neural representations.
result Common ID estimators do not accurately reflect the true underlying ID of neural representations.

Neural networks improve loss reserving with case estimates and transaction data.

problem Improving loss reserving accuracy using neural networks.
method Comparison of feed-forward and recurrent neural networks trained on case estimates and transaction data.
result Case estimates significantly improve predictions, but memory-equipped neural networks offer minimal additional benefit.

Integrates nearest neighbors with neural networks for more accurate treatment effect estimation.

problem Inaccurate causal effect estimations from observational data.
method NNCI methodology integrating nearest neighbors with neural network models.
result Improves treatment effect estimations on various benchmarks.

New method improves sample-efficiency in neural posterior estimation using simulator gradients.

problem High-fidelity posterior estimation with complex physical simulations is time-consuming.
method Neural Posterior Estimation (NPE) with differentiable simulators and gradient information.
result Improves sample-efficiency in posterior density estimation.

An important class of distance metrics proposed for training generative adversarial networks (GANs) is the integral probability metric (IPM), in which the neural net distance captures the practical GAN training via two neural networks. This paper investigates the minimax estimation problem of the neural net distance ba…

2018-11-02abs ↗pdf ↗

Study uses neural networks for fast Hawkes model parameter estimation in finance.

problem Estimating parameters of Hawkes models from high-frequency financial data.
method Recurrent neural networks for parameter estimation.
result Significantly faster computational performance compared to traditional methods.

Proposes a new method to estimate Bayesian neural network depth.

problem Estimating the depth of Bayesian neural networks.
method Uses a discrete truncated normal distribution to learn depth mean and variance, inferring posterior distributions by minimizing variational free energy.
result Improves test accuracy and reduces posterior depth variance on the spiral dataset.

Paper proposes a neural network for non-parametric Hawkes process kernel estimation.

problem Estimating non-parametric Hawkes process kernels efficiently and interpretably.
method Single hidden layer neural network for unbiased log-likelihood estimation of Hawkes processes.
result Proposed neural network achieves comparable or better performance than existing methods.

New variational formula for Rényi divergences improves neural network estimation in high dimensions.

problem Estimating Rényi divergences in high-dimensional systems.
method Derive and apply a variational formula for Rényi divergences over various function spaces.
result Neural network estimators of Rényi divergences are consistent under certain conditions.

Deep neural networks estimate long memory parameters efficiently.

problem Estimating long memory parameters in stochastic processes.
method Scale-invariant 1D Convolutional Neural Networks (CNNs) and Long Short-Term Memory (LSTM) models trained with synthetic data.
result Neural models outperform conventional methods in precision, speed, consistency, and robustness.

Two Fisher information matrix estimators are analyzed for neural networks, focusing on their variances and trade-offs.

problem Estimating the Fisher information matrix in neural networks due to its high computational cost.
method Examined two popular diagonal Fisher information matrix estimators and their variances in neural networks for regression and classification.
result The variances of the estimators depend on the non-linearity with respect to different parameter groups and should not be neglected.

Proposes a neural density estimator that adapts to low-dimensional structures and integrates into generative models.

problem Challenges in implementing neural density estimators and lack of theoretical understanding.
method Structure-agnostic neural density estimator that is easy to implement and provably adaptive.
result Adapts to low-dimensional structures and achieves faster convergence rates.

Neural networks estimate statistical divergences with performance guarantees.

problem Estimating statistical divergences with theoretical performance guarantees.
method Parametrizing empirical variational form by a neural network and optimizing over parameter space.
result Established non-asymptotic absolute error bounds for neural estimators of four f\mathsf{f}-divergences.

Sparse-penalized deep neural networks improve performance in weakly dependent processes.

problem Nonparametric regression and classification under weak dependence.
method Sparse-penalized deep neural networks with oracle inequalities and convergence rates established.
result The proposed estimators outperform non-penalized ones in simulations.

A neural network method estimates entropy production from system trajectories.

problem Estimating entropy production from system trajectories without detailed dynamics.
method Developed a neural estimator (NEEP) for entropy production (EP).
result NEEP rigorously proves to provide stochastic EP by optimizing an objective function.

The paper proposes a method for better uncertainty estimation in neural networks.

problem Estimating predictive uncertainty in neural networks is crucial but challenging.
method The paper proposes a function-space variational inference method to infer a posterior distribution over functions.
result The proposed method leads to state-of-the-art uncertainty estimation and predictive performance.

DeepBayes uses neural networks to efficiently estimate parameters in complex dynamical models.

problem Estimating parameters in stochastic, nonlinear dynamical models is challenging.
method DeepBayes leverages deep recurrent neural networks to learn an estimator that minimizes mean-squared error.
result DeepBayes achieves asymptotically equivalent performance to Bayesian estimation methods.

A new differential entropy estimator for neural networks training.

problem Lack of effective differential entropy estimators for neural network training.
method KNIFE: a fully parameterized, differentiable kernel-based estimator of differential entropy.
result KNIFE effectively estimates differential entropy and improves neural network training.

Efficient neural Bayes estimators for censored peaks-over-threshold models improve inference speed and accuracy.

problem Computational burden in inference with spatial extremal dependence models due to intractable or censored likelihoods.
method Developed neural Bayes estimators using data augmentation techniques to encode censoring information.
result Significant gains in computational and statistical efficiency compared to traditional methods.

A new method optimizes a generalized Kullback-Leibler divergence for better simulation-based inference.

problem Optimizing likelihood functions when they are only known implicitly.
method Optimizes a generalized Kullback-Leibler divergence that accounts for normalization constants in unnormalized distributions.
result Unified approach that combines Neural Posterior Estimation and Neural Ratio Estimation.

In target tracking, the estimation of an unknown weaving target frequency is crucial for improving the miss distance. The estimation process is commonly carried out in a Kalman framework. The objective of this paper is to examine the potential of using neural networks in target tracking applications. To that end, we pr…

2018-06-13abs ↗pdf ↗

New methods estimate point-wise dependency from neural MI models.

problem Estimating point-wise dependency between different events.
method Developed two methods: Probabilistic Classifier and Density-Ratio Fitting.
result Demonstrated effectiveness in MI estimation, self-supervised representation learning, and cross-modal retrieval.