Dynamic systems linked to infinite permutation matrices.
problem Dynamic equivalence of control systems.
method Association of infinite permutation matrices.
result Relationship between dynamic equivalences and permutation matrices.
AutoShuffleNet learns permutation matrices in CNNs for improved accuracy.
problem Manual design of channel shuffling in ShuffleNet.
method Learning permutation matrices via an exact Lipschitz continuous penalty in deep learning.
result Improved classification accuracies on CIFAR-10 and ImageNet datasets.
We found a way to code meanders and show they are idempotent.
problem Understanding and coding meandric permutations.
method We established a bijection between meanders and Gauss diagrams, and used this to construct matrices that are idempotent.
result Meandric permutations are idempotent over the field GF(2).
Many matching, tracking, sorting, and ranking problems require probabilistic reasoning about possible permutations, a set that grows factorially with dimension. Combinatorial optimization algorithms may enable efficient point estimation, but fully Bayesian inference poses a severe challenge in this high-dimensional, di…
The paper models financial correlation matrices using permutation invariant Gaussian models and predicts market anomalies.
problem Modeling and predicting financial correlation matrices from high-frequency data.
method Constructing permutation invariant Gaussian matrix models with 4 parameters, using graph theory and polynomial functions.
result The permutation invariant Gaussian matrix model predicts the expectation values of cubic and quartic polynomials with strong evidence of fit.
New method connects neural networks to diagrammatic algebra.
problem Constructing permutation equivariant neural networks.
method Schur-Weyl duality between symmetric group and partition algebra.
result Simple diagrammatic method for calculating weight matrices.
π-GNN learns soft permutations for graph representations, improving graph classification and regression.
problem Limitations of MPNNs in graph neural networks.
method Proposes π-GNN, which learns a soft permutation matrix for each graph, projecting graphs into a common vector space.
result π-GNN achieves performance competitive with state-of-the-art models on graph classification and regression tasks.
Many problems at the intersection of combinatorics and computer science require solving for a permutation that optimally matches, ranks, or sorts some data. These problems usually have a task-specific, often non-differentiable objective function that data-driven algorithms can use as a learning signal. In this paper, w…
Kaleidoscope matrices improve model quality and inference speed.
problem Choosing structured linear transformations for efficiency and accuracy.
method Introduce kaleidoscope matrices that can capture any structured matrix with near-optimal space and time complexity. Learn these matrices automatically within end-to-end pipelines.
result Kaleidoscope matrices can improve model quality and inference speed.
Generates valid Euclidean distance matrices for molecular structures.
problem Generating point clouds in arbitrary rotations and translations is challenging.
method Developed a neural network architecture that produces valid Euclidean distance matrices invariant to rotations and translations.
result The architecture can generate molecular structures in a one-shot fashion by producing Euclidean distance matrices with a three-dimensional embedding.
The paper uses permutation representations to visualize group extensions and subgroups.
problem Visualizing and understanding group extensions and subgroups.
method Developing metaphoric rope-thread diagrams to represent semi-direct products and their constituents.
result Injective homomorphisms into semi-direct products are established.
The paper studies stochastic optimization on matrices and its limits as dimensions grow.
problem Optimizing functions on large symmetric matrices using stochastic gradient descent.
method Deterministic limits of random curves on matrices, using graphons and stochastic differential equations.
result The limit is a gradient flow on graphons, extending classical McKean-Vlasov limits.
Paper recovers multi-subspace matrices from permuted data.
problem Recovering a multi-subspace matrix from permuted data with corrupted columns.
method Four-stage algorithm pipeline: outlier identification, subspace reconstruction, outlier classification, unsupervised sensing.
result The pipeline provides theoretical guarantees for reliable multi-subspace matrix recovery.
Derives formulae for general permutation equivariant layers and presents a second order graph variational encoder.
problem Tackles the limitation of previous equivariant neural networks by considering permutations of matrices.
method Derives formulae for general permutation equivariant layers, including matrix permutations. Presents a second order graph variational encoder.
result Latent distribution of equivariant generative models must be exchangeable.
Graph alignment problem solved with convex relaxations for correlated matrices.
problem Recovering hidden vertex permutations from correlated Gaussian matrices.
method Convex relaxations of the quadratic assignment problem over doubly stochastic matrices.
result The solution of the convex relaxation concentrates around the ground-truth permutation matrix for certain correlation parameters.
NeuralSort optimizes sorting networks using continuous relaxations.
problem Non-differentiability of sorting operator hinders gradient-based optimization.
method Continuous relaxation of sorting operator to unimodal row-stochastic matrices, enabling gradient-based optimization.
result Gradient-based stochastic optimization over permutations is achieved.
Given a matrix the seriation problem consists in permuting its rows in such way that all its columns have the same shape, for example, they are monotone increasing. We propose a statistical approach to this problem where the matrix of interest is observed with noise and study the corresponding minimax rate of estimatio…
Study on estimating Monge matrices with statistical methods.
problem Estimating Monge matrices with additive noise.
method Viewing structure as a shape constraint, establishing minimax rates, proposing efficient estimators.
result Established minimax rates of estimation for Monge and pre-Monge matrices.
We consider the problem of noisy matrix completion, in which the goal is to reconstruct a structured matrix whose entries are partially observed in noise. Standard approaches to this underdetermined inverse problem are based on assuming that the underlying matrix has low rank, or is well-approximated by a low rank matr…
New algorithm finds sparse matrices on Stiefel manifold for optimisation.
problem Finding sparse matrices on Stiefel manifold for optimisation.
method Modified Orthogonal Iteration algorithm for sparse global optimality.
result Proposed method finds globally optimal sparse Stiefel matrices.
PiNet learns graph representations invariant to node permutations.
problem Graph classification and representation learning invariant to node permutations.
method Differentiable node attention pooling, permutation invariant graph neural network.
result Significant accuracy improvement in isomorphic graph classification with limited training data.
UPCA solves data matrix completion with permuted columns.
problem Data matrix completion with permuted columns.
method Algebraic geometry and two-stage algorithm.
result UPCA recovers the ground-truth matrix from corrupted data.
Develops a fast BMF approach for binary matrices.
problem Finding patterns in binary matrices for various applications.
method MEBF (Median Expansion for Boolean Factorization) using geometric segmentation and heuristic submatrix identification.
result Superior performance in reconstruction error and computational efficiency compared to existing methods.
It is of increasing importance to develop learning methods for ranking. In contrast to many learning objectives, however, the ranking problem presents difficulties due to the fact that the space of permutations is not smooth. In this paper, we examine the class of rank-linear objective functions, which includes popular…
A new bootstrapping method reduces key sizes and runtime in FHE.
problem Large plaintext evaluation in FHE increases bootstrapping complexity.
method New polynomial vector representation and monic monomial permutation matrices.
result Polynomial factor improvement in key size and constant factor in runtime.
Many applications, including rank aggregation, crowd-labeling, and graphon estimation, can be modeled in terms of a bivariate isotonic matrix with unknown permutations acting on its rows and/or columns. We consider the problem of estimating an unknown matrix in this class, based on noisy observations of (possibly, a su…
A new DNN structure reduces complexity for wireless tasks.
problem Reducing complexity in training deep neural networks for wireless tasks.
method Proposes a DNN with special structure using permutation invariant a priori information.
result The proposed DNN structure reduces training complexity and model parameters.
The crossing matrix of a braid on N strands is the N×N integer matrix with zero diagonal whose i,j entry is the algebraic number (positive minus negative) of crossings by strand i over strand j . When restricted to the subgroup of pure braids, this defines a homomorphism onto the additive subgroup of $N…
This work tackles Bayesian neural networks by addressing loss landscape symmetries.
problem Understanding and optimizing the loss landscape of Bayesian neural networks.
method The approach involves extending marginalized loss barrier formalism to BNNs, proposing a matching algorithm to search for linearly connected solutions using permutation matrices and combinatorial optimization.
result Nearly zero marginalized loss barriers for linearly connected solutions were found.
This paper tackles fitting multilevel low rank matrices by addressing three problems.
problem Fitting a given matrix by an MLR matrix in the Frobenius norm.
method Factor fitting, rank allocation, and hierarchical partitioning.
result The proposed methods can fit a given matrix by an MLR matrix in the Frobenius norm.
In the modern age, rankings data is ubiquitous and it is useful for a variety of applications such as recommender systems, multi-object tracking and preference learning. However, most rankings data encountered in the real world is incomplete, which prevents the direct application of existing modelling tools for complet…
Matching correlated VAR time series databases by recovering matching permutations.
problem Matching perturbed and permuted correlated VAR time series.
method Probabilistic framework modeling, maximum likelihood estimator (MLE), linear assignment, convex relaxations.
result Recovery guarantees for perfect or partial recovery of matching permutations, thresholds for σ. The paper explores how low-degree polynomials can detect shuffled linear regression models.
problem Detecting multivariate shuffled linear regression models from independent Gaussian random matrices.
method Investigates the effectiveness of low-degree polynomial algorithms for distinguishing the model from independent Gaussian random matrices.
result Establishes a phase transition phenomenon in the performance of low-degree polynomial algorithms for distinguishing the model.
Volume-preserving neural networks prevent gradient issues.
problem Vanishing and exploding gradients in deep neural networks.
method A new neural network architecture with volume-preserving sublayers.
result Volume-preserving neural networks maintain gradient stability.
New invariants derived from random matrices for words in free groups.
problem Defining and understanding new topological invariants for words in free groups.
method Defining and analyzing invariants from w-random matrices and permutations. result Presented new topological, combinatorial, and algebraic invariants of words.
Quandles with involutions that satisfy certain conditions, called good involutions, can be used to color non-orientable surface-knots. We use subgroups of signed permutation matrices to construct non-trivial good involutions on extensions of odd order dihedral quandles. For the smallest example of order 6 that is an ex…
ARCS learns Bayesian networks by optimizing a regularized Cholesky score over permutations.
problem Learning Bayesian networks from data.
method Annealing on regularized Cholesky score (ARCS) for topological sorting.
result ARCS outperforms existing methods in learning Bayesian networks.
Recent machine learning methods make it possible to model potential energy of atomic configurations with chemical-level accuracy (as calculated from ab-initio calculations) and at speeds suitable for molecular dynam- ics simulation. Best performance is achieved when the known physical constraints are encoded in the mac…
New bounds for CNNs show better generalization than previous models.
problem Improving understanding of CNNs' generalization ability.
method Proposed tighter generalization bounds for CNNs by exploiting the sparse and permutation structure of weight matrices and spectral norms of convolution operations.
result Theoretical and experimental results show tighter bounds for CNNs than existing bounds.
This paper presents a new method for estimating high dimensional covariance matrices. The method, permuted rank-penalized least-squares (PRLS), is based on a Kronecker product series expansion of the true covariance matrix. Assuming an i.i.d. Gaussian random sample, we establish high dimensional rates of convergence to…
ButterflyFlow uses butterfly matrices for efficient invertible layers in normalizing flows.
problem Building efficient invertible layers for complex probability distributions.
method Proposes butterfly layers for invertible linear layers, leveraging their ability to capture complex structures.
result ButterflyFlow achieves strong density estimation and significantly better log-likelihoods on various datasets.
New neural networks learn graph symmetries.
problem Learning from graph data without considering vertex relations.
method Constructs equivariant neural networks to Aut(G) group.
result Characterizes learnable, linear, Aut(G)-equivariant functions.
New statistics improve kernel independence testing efficiency.
problem Improving efficiency in kernel independence testing.
method Adapting martingale MMD construction to joint independence problem.
result Two new statistics achieve finite-sample consistency with linear per-test cost.
In this work we study convex relaxations of quadratic optimisation problems over permutation matrices. While existing semidefinite programming approaches can achieve remarkably tight relaxations, they have the strong disadvantage that they lift the original n×n-dimensional variable to an n2×n2-d…
Study of braid varieties and their Legendrian isotopy.
problem Understanding the geometric properties of braid varieties.
method Examined four types of braids and their Legendrian links.
result Each open positroid stratum can be represented as an augmentation variety.
Cheap permutation tests speed up distribution testing without sacrificing accuracy.
problem Efficiently testing distribution differences and independence.
method Group datapoints into bins and permute only these bins, using stored sufficient statistics.
result Cheap permutation tests maintain the accuracy and optimality of standard tests but are significantly faster.
C-OPH improves One Permutation Hashing by using a shorter circulant permutation.
problem Improving the accuracy of One Permutation Hashing (OPH) for Jaccard similarity estimation.
method Develops a new densification method using a shorter circulant permutation.
result Achieves the smallest estimation variance for Jaccard similarity.
Random permutations can offer faster convergence than with-replacement sampling for some functions.
problem Understanding when and how random permutations outperform with-replacement sampling in SGD convergence.
method Analyzing convergence rates for different function classes (1D strongly convex, general strongly convex, quadratic strongly convex).
result The optimal convergence gap between random and permutation-based SGD varies from exponential to nonexistent, depending on the function class.