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48 results for PCA estimator

EB-PCA reduces noise in high-dimensional PCA by estimating a joint prior distribution.

problem High-dimensional PCA noise in samples comparable to or larger than data.
method Empirical Bayes PCA using Kiefer-Wolfowitz MLE, random matrix theory, and AMP algorithm.
result EB-PCA achieves Bayes-optimal accuracy in spiked models and significantly improves over PCA in simulations and real data.

A new robust PCA estimator combining M-estimators and minimum divergence estimators.

problem Adverse effect of outlying observations in PCA for high-dimensional data.
method Minimum density power divergence estimator combined with a computationally efficient algorithm.
result High breakdown guarantee regardless of data dimension with theoretical support and practical applications.

Principal Component Analysis (PCA) has wide applications in machine learning, text mining and computer vision. Classical PCA based on a Gaussian noise model is fragile to noise of large magnitude. Laplace noise assumption based PCA methods cannot deal with dense noise effectively. In this paper, we propose Cauchy Princ…

2014-12-19abs ↗pdf ↗

Paper studies statistical-computational trade-offs in tensor PCA and related problems.

problem Statistical-computational gap in tensor PCA estimation.
method Derives computational lower bounds using communication complexity.
result Lower bounds specify trade-off among passes, sample size, and memory.

Low-precision streaming PCA estimates the leading eigenvector with limited precision.

problem Estimating the leading eigenvector in a streaming setting with limited precision.
method Oja's algorithm with linear and nonlinear stochastic quantization.
result A batched version of the quantized variants achieves the lower bound on quantization error up to logarithmic factors.

pPCA speeds up PCA by priming initial estimates for faster, more accurate results.

problem Improving the speed and accuracy of principal component analysis (PCA).
method pPCA is a two-step algorithm: first, an approximate-PCA method primes the data, then exact PCA is applied in the span of the initial estimate.
result pPCA improves accuracy significantly with a small computational cost, outperforming other methods across various datasets.

A new method for streaming PCA provides confidence intervals for eigenvector entries.

problem Uncertainty quantification for individual entries in streaming PCA.
method Oja's algorithm, Bernstein-type concentration bound, Central Limit Theorem, subsampling algorithm.
result Sharp concentration bound and Central Limit Theorem for streaming PCA entries.

New algorithm solves fair PCA, robust PCA, and sparse PCA problems efficiently.

problem Fair Principal Component Analysis (FPCA) to ensure fairness in PCA solutions.
method Iterative MM algorithm with SDP reformulation to quadratic program.
result Algorithm monotonically improves fairness objectives at each iteration.

GT-PCA improves PCA for image and time series data.

problem Lack of robustness to transformations in PCA.
method GT-PCA is a neural network that estimates components invariant to specific transformations.
result GT-PCA outperforms alternative methods in synthetic and real data experiments.

A new algorithm reduces data dimensionality and decorrelation in a distributed setting.

problem Distributed PCA for decorrelated features in big data.
method Feedforward neural network-based one time-scale algorithm for estimating eigenvectors of distributed data covariance matrix.
result DSA converges linearly to the true solution.

DP-PCA improves privacy in PCA computations with optimal statistical error.

problem Differentially private principal component analysis with sub-linear sample complexity.
method Private minibatch gradient ascent with private mean estimation.
result Achieves optimal statistical error rates for sub-Gaussian data with n=ildeO(d)n= ilde O(d) samples.

A new dynamical formulation of log-PCA captures local principal modes of geodesic variations.

problem Learning principal variations of random probability measures under Wasserstein geometry.
method Introducing a new dynamical formulation of log-PCA as a variational approach.
result Deriving a general statistical convergence rate for empirical WT-PCA.

Linear principal component analysis (PCA) can be extended to a nonlinear PCA by using artificial neural networks. But the benefit of curved components requires a careful control of the model complexity. Moreover, standard techniques for model selection, including cross-validation and more generally the use of an indepe…

2012-04-03abs ↗pdf ↗

Paper develops methods for PCA inference with missing data and heteroskedastic noise.

problem Constructing confidence regions for PCA in high dimensions with missing data and heteroskedastic noise.
method Proposes HeteroPCA and develops non-asymptotic distributional guarantees for valid inference.
result Valid inference on principal subspace and spiked covariance matrix with missing data.

Paper optimizes private PCA for covariance estimation in statistics.

problem Private estimation of covariance matrices and principal components.
method Developed differentially private estimators for spiked covariance model.
result Established minimax rates of convergence for principal components and covariance matrix estimation.

Unified framework for fast large-scale portfolio optimization.

problem Efficient portfolio optimization for large-scale financial data.
method Incorporates shrinkage and regularization techniques, addressing multiple objectives.
result AP-Trees and PCA-based factor models consistently outperform other approaches in out-of-sample portfolio performance.

The paper provides entrywise bounds for Sparse PCA, improving upon previous results.

problem Sparse Principal Component Analysis (PCA) recovery error characterization in spectral or Frobenius norms.
method Entrywise 2,\ell_{2,\infty} bounds for Sparse PCA under general high-dimensional subgaussian design, using sparsistent algorithms.
result Improved entrywise bounds for Sparse PCA, finer characterization of estimation error.

We study sparse principal components analysis in the high-dimensional setting, where pp (the number of variables) can be much larger than nn (the number of observations). We prove optimal, non-asymptotic lower and upper bounds on the minimax estimation error for the leading eigenvector when it belongs to an q\ell_q

2012-02-03abs ↗pdf ↗

The paper studies PCA of probability measures with varying sample sizes and finds optimal convergence rates.

problem PCA of multiple probability measures with varying sample sizes.
method Double asymptotic regime analysis with convergence rates n1/2+mαn^{-1/2} + m^{-α} for empirical covariance and PCA risk.
result Optimal convergence rates for empirical covariance and PCA risk in the dense regime are proven.

Principal Component Analysis (PCA) is a method for estimating a subspace given noisy samples. It is useful in a variety of problems ranging from dimensionality reduction to anomaly detection and the visualization of high dimensional data. PCA performs well in the presence of moderate noise and even with missing data, b…

2016-10-12abs ↗pdf ↗

Tensor PCA problem analyzed with statistical query lower bounds.

problem Estimating the expected value of a rank-1 tensor from Gaussian samples.
method Sharp analysis of optimal sample complexity in the Statistical Query model.
result SQ algorithms with polynomial query complexity fail in the conjectured hard phase and have sub-optimal sample complexity.

This paper tackles distributed estimation of the top-L eigenspace in PCA for large data sets.

problem Challenges in estimating the top-L eigenspace in principal component analysis for large data sets.
method Proposes a novel multi-round algorithm using shift-and-invert preconditioning and convex optimization.
result Achieves a fast convergence rate and covers the targeted top-L eigenspace without explicit eigengap assumption.

Study of Langevin dynamics for tensor PCA recovery in high dimensions.

problem Recovering hidden signal vectors (spikes) from noisy Gaussian tensor observations.
method Langevin dynamics approach for nonconvex optimization.
result Sample complexity matches the single-spike case but degrades for all spikes.

New theory for PCA under weak latent factors, improving inference and testing.

problem Statistical inference for PCA with weak latent factors and cross-sectional dependence.
method Comprehensive estimation and inference theory for PCA under nearly minimal factor strength, non-asymptotic.
result Asymptotic normality of PCA-based estimator for NTN\asymp T with SNR growth rate.