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48 results for Normalized Similarity

Method measures weight similarity in neural networks using normalization and statistical inference.

problem Quantifying weight similarity in non-convex neural networks.
method Chain normalization rule and hypothesis-training-testing statistical inference.
result Weights of identical neural networks converge to similar local solutions.

GAN normalizes CT scans for consistent radiomic feature values.

problem Variations in dose levels and slice thickness affect radiomic features sensitivity.
method Used a 3D generative adversarial network (GAN) to normalize reduced dose, thick slice images to normal dose, thinner slice images.
result GAN-based approach led to significantly smaller error in radiomic features.

A major breakthrough in the theory of topological algorithms occurred in 1992 when Hyam Rubinstein introduced the idea of an almost normal surface. We explain how almost normal surfaces emerged naturally from the study of geodesics and minimal surfaces. Patterns of stable and unstable geodesics can be used to character…

2012-08-02abs ↗pdf ↗

A virtual link diagram is called normal if the associated abstract link diagram is checkerboard colorable, and a virtual link is normal if it has a normal diagram as a representative. Normal virtual links have some properties similar to classical links.In this paper, we introduce a method of converting a virtual link d…

2017-12-25abs ↗pdf ↗

A new method speeds up SoftMax normalization for embedding learning.

problem Efficiently learning distributed representations with SoftMax normalization.
method Proposes a linear-time heuristic approximation for mSoftMax(XYT){ m SoftMax}(XY^T), optimizing cross entropy.
result Achieves higher or comparable accuracy to existing methods with lower computational time.

Distance, normals, and double normals for real plane curves with singularities

problem Relation between normals and double normals and critical points of the squared distance function for real algebraic curves with singularities
method Investigate the topological discriminant of the distance function
result The topological discriminant consists of the evolute and distinguished normal lines at algebraic singular points

Topological normal generation proved for mapping class groups of certain surfaces.

problem Proving topological normal generation for mapping class groups of surfaces.
method Analyzing the end space of surfaces and using topological normal closure properties.
result Topological normal generation is equivalent to uniquely self-similar for surfaces with countable end space.

We propose a theoretical framework for thinking about score normalization, which confirms that normalization is not needed under (admittedly fragile) ideal conditions. If, however, these conditions are not met, e.g. under data-set shift between training and runtime, our theory reveals dependencies between scores that c…

2017-09-28abs ↗pdf ↗

The paper studies estimating the normalizing constant using queries to a black-box function in RKHS.

problem Estimating the normalizing constant of a function in a reproducing kernel Hilbert space.
method Combines Bayesian quadrature and Bayesian optimization approaches, considering different levels of difficulty based on the parameter λ.
result The difficulty of estimating the normalizing constant varies between Bayesian quadrature and Bayesian optimization, even with noisy function evaluations.

Feature normalization prevents collapse in non-contrastive learning dynamics.

problem Non-contrastive learning can collapse into a single point due to lack of repulsive force.
method Extended previous theory based on L2 loss to cosine loss, considering feature normalization.
result Cosine loss induces stable equilibrium, preventing collapse even with insufficient repulsive force.

From a sequence of similarity networks, with edges representing certain similarity measures between nodes, we are interested in detecting a change-point which changes the statistical property of the networks. After the change, a subset of anomalous nodes which compares dissimilarly with the normal nodes. We study a sim…

2016-12-05abs ↗pdf ↗

A 1-bridge torus knot in a 3-manifold of genus 1\le 1 is a knot drawn on a Heegaard torus with one bridge. We give two types of normal forms to parameterize the family of 1-bridge torus knots that are similar to the Schubert's normal form and the Conway's normal form for 2-bridge knots. For a given Schubert's normal f…

2001-12-11abs ↗pdf ↗

We propose a family of near-metrics based on local graph diffusion to capture similarity for a wide class of data sets. These quasi-metametrics, as their names suggest, dispense with one or two standard axioms of metric spaces, specifically distinguishability and symmetry, so that similarity between data points of arbi…

2017-07-21abs ↗pdf ↗

We introduce the anti-profile Support Vector Machine (apSVM) as a novel algorithm to address the anomaly classification problem, an extension of anomaly detection where the goal is to distinguish data samples from a number of anomalous and heterogeneous classes based on their pattern of deviation from a normal stable c…

2013-01-15abs ↗pdf ↗

Spectral clustering is a technique that clusters elements using the top few eigenvectors of their (possibly normalized) similarity matrix. The quality of spectral clustering is closely tied to the convergence properties of these principal eigenvectors. This rate of convergence has been shown to be identical for both th…

2013-10-05abs ↗pdf ↗

Recent seminal work at the intersection of deep neural networks practice and random matrix theory has linked the convergence speed and robustness of these networks with the combination of random weight initialization and nonlinear activation function in use. Building on those principles, we introduce a process to trans…

2019-05-03abs ↗pdf ↗

In this paper we introduce the fourth fundamental form for the hypersurfaces in Hn+1H^{n+1} and the space-like hypersurfaces in S1n+1S_{1}^{n+1} and discuss the conformality of the normal Gauss maps of the hypersurfaces in Hn+1H^{n+1} and S1n+1S_{1}^{n+1}. Particularly, we discuss the surfaces with conformal normal Gauss maps in…

2006-10-31abs ↗pdf ↗

We present a new approximation to the normal distribution quantile function. It has a similar form to the approximation of Beasley and Springer [3], providing a maximum absolute error of less than 2.51052.5 \cdot 10^{-5}. This is less accurate than [3], but still sufficient for many applications. However it is faster than …

2010-02-02abs ↗pdf ↗

The method of "random Fourier features (RFF)" has become a popular tool for approximating the "radial basis function (RBF)" kernel. The variance of RFF is actually large. Interestingly, the variance can be substantially reduced by a simple normalization step as we theoretically demonstrate. We name the improved scheme …

2016-05-18abs ↗pdf ↗

The paper argues that normalized mutual information is biased in clustering and community detection.

problem Bias in normalized mutual information for clustering and community detection.
method Introducing a modified version of mutual information to correct for information content and spurious dependence.
result The modified mutual information leads to different conclusions about which algorithms are best for community detection.

This paper uses linear rational splines for invertible modeling, offering a simpler inverse and similar costs.

problem Creating expressive invertible models with tractable Jacobian determinants.
method Replacing affine transformations with linear rational splines in coupling layers.
result Linear rational splines offer a simpler inverse and similar costs for inference and generation.

Using geodesic currents, we provide a theoretical justification for some of the experimental results regarding the behavior of Whitehead's algorithm on non-minimal inputs, that were obtained by Haralick, Miasnikov and Myasnikov via pattern recognition methods. In particular we prove that the images of "random" elements…

2005-11-19abs ↗pdf ↗

Laplace kernel and Neural Tangent Kernels are shown to be nearly identical for normalized data.

problem Understanding the similarity between Laplace and Neural Tangent Kernels.
method Theoretical analysis and experiments on normalized data.
result Laplace kernel and Neural Tangent Kernels have nearly identical eigenfunctions and RKHS for normalized data.

For option pricing models and heavy-tailed distributions, this study proposes a continuous-time stochastic volatility model based on an arithmetic Brownian motion: a one-parameter extension of the normal stochastic alpha-beta-rho (SABR) model. Using two generalized Bougerol's identities in the literature, the study sho…

2018-09-11abs ↗pdf ↗

The paper defines ηη-normality for contact and paracontact manifolds and explores their properties.

problem Defining and characterizing ηη-normality for contact and paracontact manifolds.
method Using the Levi-Civita covariant derivative and Tanaka-like connections.
result Existence and uniqueness of connections on ηη-normal manifolds.

Unified toolkit for comparing neural representations using SRTD and NTS.

problem Heuristic asymmetry and unbounded scores in existing divergences.
method Developed SRTD and NTS to address these issues.
result Unified, robust, and scale-invariant metric for comparing neural representations.

Stochastic approximation proves asymptotic normality for non-smooth problems.

problem Solving non-smooth stochastic approximation problems.
method Stochastic approximation algorithms for solving smooth equations, extended to non-smooth problems.
result Asymptotic normality and optimality in non-smooth stochastic approximation is proven.

Unified understanding of neural representation similarity measures.

problem Fragmented research landscape of neural network similarity measures.
method Observation and exploration of connections between shape distances and normalized Bures similarity.
result Cosine of the Riemannian shape distance equals normalized Bures similarity.

Fractal Lipschitz-Killing curvature measures C^f_k(F,.), k = 0, ..., d, are determined for a large class of self-similar sets F in R^d. They arise as weak limits of the appropriately rescaled classical Lipschitz-Killing curvature measures C_k(F_r,.) from geometric measure theory of parallel sets F_r for small distances…

2010-07-05abs ↗pdf ↗

Self Normalizing Flows improve normalizing flows by reducing computational complexity.

problem Efficient gradient computation in normalizing flows, especially in Jacobian determinant terms.
method Introducing Self Normalizing Flows that replace expensive terms with learned approximate inverses.
result Models can be trained more quickly and perform better than functionally constrained counterparts.

Normalized nonnegative models assign probability distributions to users and random variables to items; see [Stark, 2015]. Rating an item is regarded as sampling the random variable assigned to the item with respect to the distribution assigned to the user who rates the item. Models of that kind are highly expressive. F…

2015-11-20abs ↗pdf ↗

Firm size data usually do not show the normality that is often assumed in statistical analysis such as regression analysis. In this study we focus on two firm size data: the number of employees and sale. Those data deviate considerably from a normal distribution. To improve the normality of those data we transform them…

2015-11-23abs ↗pdf ↗

Study on self-similar surfaces and their mapping class groups generated by involutions.

problem When do big mapping class groups of self-similar surfaces generated by involutions?
method Investigation of self-similar surfaces with self-similar ends, focusing on infinite and one maximal ends.
result For self-similar surfaces with infinite maximal ends, their mapping class groups are generated by involutions and are uniformly perfect.

Most network-based protein (or gene) function prediction methods are based on the assumption that the labels of two adjacent proteins in the network are likely to be the same. However, assuming the pairwise relationship between proteins or genes is not complete, the information a group of genes that show very similar p…

2012-12-03abs ↗pdf ↗

Log-Normal Multiplicative Dynamics improves low-precision training of neural networks.

problem Training large neural networks with low precision is unstable.
method Derive a Bayesian learning rule with log-normal posterior distributions and multiplicative updates.
result LMD achieves stable and accurate training for Vision Transformer and GPT-2.

Doubly-stochastic normalization improves robustness to heteroskedastic noise.

problem Robustness to heteroskedastic noise in affinity matrix construction.
method Doubly-stochastic normalization of the Gaussian kernel.
result Doubly-stochastic normalization converges to clean matrix with rate m1/2m^{-1/2} under heteroskedastic noise.