This paper connects ultrametric overlap gap properties to parametric RDT for symmetric binary perceptrons.
problem Characterizing statistical computational gaps in symmetric binary perceptrons.
method Developed an analytical union-bounding program to rigorously upper-bound constraint densities of ultrametric overlap gap properties.
result Obtained tightest bounds at the first two levels of ultrametric overlap gap properties, closely approaching parametric RDT estimates.
Tessellations cover planes without gaps or overlaps.
problem None explicitly stated, focuses on beauty and majesty of tessellations.
method Explains tessellations as tile coverings of a plane.
result Explains the beauty and majesty of tessellations and triangulation of surfaces.
We consider a sparse high dimensional regression model where the goal is to recover a k-sparse unknown vector β∗ from n noisy linear observations of the form Y=Xβ∗+W∈Rn where X∈Rn×p has iid N(0,1) entries and W∈Rn has iid N(0,σ2) entries. Under certa…
The paper derives upper bounds on eigenvalues of Laplace-Beltrami operator on hyperbolic surfaces.
problem Finding upper bounds on eigenvalues of Laplace-Beltrami operator on hyperbolic surfaces.
method Using spectral decompositions and consistency conditions derived from quadruple overlap integrals in terms of triple overlap integrals.
result Derives upper bounds on eigenvalues, nearly saturated by the Bolza surface.
New method for estimating mean in SS inference with selection bias and decaying overlap.
problem Estimating mean in SS inference with selection bias and decaying overlap.
method Double Robust Semi-Supervised (DRSS) mean estimator.
result Consistent estimation of mean with correct specification of outcome or propensity score model.
New model for detecting communities in weighted bipartite networks.
problem No model for community detection in overlapping bipartite weighted networks.
method Introduces BiMMDF model allowing any distribution with block structure.
result Efficient algorithm with theoretical guarantee of consistent estimation.
The study simplifies assessing overlap in logistic regression models using empirical likelihood.
problem Assessing overlap in multidimensional logistic regression models.
method Translation of Silvapulle's condition to empirical likelihood maximization, mechanized with R code.
result Minimal overlapping structures are cataloged in dimensions less than four, providing rules for higher dimensions.
New findings show that common optimization algorithms struggle with random problems.
problem Finding near-optimal solutions to random optimization problems.
method Low-degree polynomials, Boolean circuits, and Langevin dynamics.
result These algorithms fail to produce nearly optimal solutions with high probability.
This paper presents a novel spectral algorithm with additive clustering designed to identify overlapping communities in networks. The algorithm is based on geometric properties of the spectrum of the expected adjacency matrix in a random graph model that we call stochastic blockmodel with overlap (SBMO). An adaptive ve…
We give a detailed and easily accessible proof of Gromov's Topological Overlap Theorem. Let X be a finite simplicial complex or, more generally, a finite polyhedral cell complex of dimension d. Informally, the theorem states that if X has sufficiently strong higher-dimensional expansion properties (which generali…
Study potential computational gaps in symmetric binary perceptrons using fl-RDT.
problem Potential statistical-computational gaps in symmetric binary perceptrons.
method Parametric utilization of fully lifted random duality theory (fl-RDT).
result Observation of a computational gap SCG=αc−αa in SBP. CausalMix generates synthetic data with causal controls for mixed-type tables.
problem Synthetic data for causal inference with mixed-type and multimodal tabular data.
method CausalMix combines Gaussian latent priors with data-type-specific decoders for control over overlap, confounding, and treatment effect heterogeneity.
result CausalMix achieves state-of-the-art distributional metrics and stable causal control.
New GLPs split Lévy bridges into non-overlapping subprocesses.
problem Creating multivariate stochastic processes with specific properties.
method Defining GLPs by splitting Lévy bridges and using time changes.
result GLPs have terminal values and increments with generalised multivariate Liouville distributions.
New method detects overlapping communities in weighted graphs without pure nodes assumption.
problem Detect overlapping communities in weighted graphs without making pure nodes assumption.
method Convex optimization-based approach for weighted graphs.
result Success on artificial and real-world datasets.
AdaDEM decouples EM into two parts to improve class overlap and uncertainty.
problem Improper EM limits its effectiveness in various machine learning tasks.
method Decouple EM into CADF and GMC, and AdaDEM normalizes CADF reward and uses MEC.
result AdaDEM outperforms classical EM and improves performance in noisy and dynamic environments.
New LT-O-learners improve HLTE estimation with low overlap.
problem Challenges in estimating heterogeneous long-term treatment effects due to limited overlap.
method Introduces LT-O-learners that use custom overlap weights to downweight low-overlap samples.
result LT-O-learners provide robust HLTE estimates with lower variance in low-overlap regimes.
Deconfounding scores improve causal effect estimation with weak overlap.
problem Poor overlap in treatment and control groups makes causal effect estimators brittle.
method Introduces feature representations that improve overlap without introducing bias.
result Deconfounding scores satisfy a zero-covariance condition that is identifiable in observed data.
FCPCA fuzzy clusters high-dimensional time series data efficiently.
problem Ambiguous clustering of multivariate time series data with overlapping distributions.
method FCPCA based on common principal component analysis.
result FCPCA outperforms existing methods in fuzzy clustering of multivariate time series.
The availability of large microarray data has led to a growing interest in biclustering methods in the past decade. Several algorithms have been proposed to identify subsets of genes and conditions according to different similarity measures and under varying constraints. In this paper we focus on the exclusive row bicl…
New metrics assess class overlap and imbalance in datasets.
problem Class overlap and imbalance make datasets hard to classify.
method Developed new metrics based on ball coverage by classes.
result Metrics correlate well with classifier performance.
C-Learner improves stability of plug-in estimators for causal inference.
problem Limited overlap between treatment and control groups leads to unstable estimates.
method Constrained learning framework that achieves stability and asymptotic properties.
result Constrained learning produces stable estimates with desirable asymptotic properties.
QAOA matches classical tensor power iteration in spiked tensor model recovery.
problem Statistical estimation in spiked tensor model with computational gap.
method Analysis of QAOA performance on spiked tensor model.
result QAOA weak recovery threshold matches tensor power iteration.
In graph theory there are intimate connections between the expansion properties of a graph and the spectrum of its Laplacian. In this paper we define a notion of combinatorial expansion for simplicial complexes of general dimension, and prove that similar connections exist between the combinatorial expansion of a compl…
PAM models generate dependent random distributions across groups with overlapping clusters.
problem Generating dependent random distributions across multiple groups.
method Atom skipping in an infinite mixture model.
result Interpretable posterior inference of cluster exclusivity and sharing.
Paper presents new algorithms for causal discovery with latent variables and overlapping datasets.
problem Causal discovery with latent variables and overlapping datasets.
method Introduces tiered FCI and tIOD algorithms for constraint-based causal discovery.
result The tIOD algorithm is more efficient and informative than the IOD algorithm.
New survival learners estimate heterogeneous treatment effects from time-to-event data.
problem Estimating HTEs from time-to-event data with censoring outcomes.
method Orthogonal survival learners with theoretical guarantees and custom weighting functions.
result Orthogonal survival learners provide robust and model-agnostic HTE estimation.
The paper bounds eigenvalues and integrals of eigenfunctions on hyperbolic manifolds.
problem Eigenvalues and integrals of eigenfunctions on compact hyperbolic manifolds.
method Spectral decompositions and consistency conditions derived from quadruple overlap integrals.
result Upper bounds on Laplacian eigenvalues and triple overlap integrals.
Estimates set overlap and similarity using random samples.
problem Estimating set overlap and similarity with limited data.
method Binomial model for predicting set overlap, comparing to previous methods.
result Binomial model provides better estimates with small sample sizes.
Jointly tuning ensemble models improves performance and uncertainty calibration.
problem Improving both predictive performance and uncertainty calibration in deep ensembles.
method Investigated the impact of jointly tuning weight decay, temperature scaling, and early stopping.
result Jointly tuning ensemble models generally matches or improves performance, with significant variation across tasks.
The aim of this work is to propose a meta-algorithm for automatic classification in the presence of discrete binary classes. Classifier learning in the presence of overlapping class distributions is a challenging problem in machine learning. Overlapping classes are described by the presence of ambiguous areas in the fe…
Overlapping clustering problem is an important learning issue in which clusters are not mutually exclusive and each object may belongs simultaneously to several clusters. This paper presents a kernel based method that produces overlapping clusters on a high feature space using mercer kernel techniques to improve separa…
Deconfounding scores improve causal effect estimation with weak overlap.
problem Challenges in causal treatment effect estimation due to weak overlap in high-dimensional data.
method Propose deconfounding scores to preserve identification and target estimation while improving overlap.
result Prognostic scores are overlap-optimal under a broad family of generalized linear models with Gaussian features.
We study a norm for structured sparsity which leads to sparse linear predictors whose supports are unions of prede ned overlapping groups of variables. We call the obtained formulation latent group Lasso, since it is based on applying the usual group Lasso penalty on a set of latent variables. A detailed analysis of th…
Designs efficient factorial experiments for product design under budget constraints.
problem Designing effective experiments for product design with limited traffic and overlapping experiments.
method Two-stage design: first stage samples and infers performance, second stage selects a final policy.
result The method outperforms one-shot tensor completion and unstructured best-arm benchmarks.
A new method speeds up overlapping group lasso computations.
problem Time-consuming optimization of overlapping group lasso on large-scale problems.
method Non-overlapping statistical approximation to overlapping group lasso.
result The proposed penalty is statistically equivalent to overlapping group lasso.
In medicine, visualizing chromosomes is important for medical diagnostics, drug development, and biomedical research. Unfortunately, chromosomes often overlap and it is necessary to identify and distinguish between the overlapping chromosomes. A segmentation solution that is fast and automated will enable scaling of co…
New method improves CATE estimation in low overlap regions.
problem Low overlap in CATE estimation leads to poor performance of meta-learners.
method Overlap-Adaptive Regularization (OAR) that regularizes models proportionally to overlap weights.
result OAR significantly improves CATE estimation in low-overlap settings.
Proposes a sensitivity framework to handle limited overlap in causal inference.
problem Limited overlap between treated and control groups in observational studies.
method Sensitivity framework based on worst-case confidence bounds on bias introduced by trimming.
result Protects against spurious findings by quantifying uncertainty in regions with limited overlap.
The paper improves alignment methods for deep neural networks using geometric and spectral analysis.
problem Improving alignment methods for deep neural networks.
method Geometric and spectral analysis of residual Jacobian chains.
result Deterministic and margin-verified results on the transport of dominant singular subspaces across layers.
This work draws inspiration from three important sources of research on dissimilarity-based clustering and intertwines those three threads into a consistent principled functorial theory of clustering. Those three are the overlapping clustering of Jardine and Sibson, the functorial approach of Carlsson and Mémoli to par…
Producing overlapping schemes is a major issue in clustering. Recent proposed overlapping methods relies on the search of an optimal covering and are based on different metrics, such as Euclidean distance and I-Divergence, used to measure closeness between observations. In this paper, we propose the use of another meas…
The paper provides concentration inequalities for Markov chain variance estimators.
problem Estimating the variance of Markov chains with concentration properties.
method Martingale decomposition method for uniformly geometrically ergodic Markov chains.
result Explicit control of the p-th moment of the OBM estimator difference and dependence on p and mixing time.
We present two sets of theoretical results on the grouped lasso with overlap of Jacob, Obozinski and Vert (2009) in the linear regression setting. This method allows for joint selection of predictors in sparse regression, allowing for complex structured sparsity over the predictors encoded as a set of groups. This flex…
We consider peer review in a conference setting where there is typically an overlap between the set of reviewers and the set of authors. This overlap can incentivize strategic reviews to influence the final ranking of one's own papers. In this work, we address this problem through the lens of social choice, and present…
Characterizes Anosov representations and strongly convex cocompact groups with eigenvalue gaps.
problem Understanding Anosov representations and their properties.
method Characterizations via equivariant limit maps, Cartan property, and uniform gap summation.
result Characterizations of Anosov representations and strongly convex cocompact subgroups.
We construct finite-gap solutions to the modified Novikov-Veselov equations, describe their spectral properties and the reduction to the modified Korteweg--de Vries equation and explain its relation to soliton deformations of tori and the Willmore conjecture.
A new OOD detector using an overlap index improves accuracy without high computational costs.
problem Effective OOD detection for machine learning models in open-world scenarios.
method Proposes an overlap index-based confidence score function for OOD detection.
result The proposed method achieves competitive accuracy with lower computational costs compared to state-of-the-art detectors.
In this work we present a new local to global criterion for proving a form of high dimensional expansion, which we term cosystolic expansion. Applying this criterion on Ramanujan complexes, yields for every dimension, an infinite family of bounded degree complexes with the topological overlapping property. This answer …