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48 results for Polynomial time algorithms

Investigates polynomial time algorithms for computing Khovanov homology of braids.

problem Computing Khovanov homology for general braids is intractable.
method Examines polynomial time algorithms for 3-braids and a variation of the scanning algorithm for more general braids.
result Shows that for 3-braids, Khovanov homology can be computed in polynomial time, while for more general braids, it can be computed in polynomial time for bounded homological degrees.

Polynomial time algorithm matches correlated Gaussian matrices without vanishing correlation.

problem Matching vertices in two correlated Erdős-Rényi graphs.
method Iterative matching algorithm for correlated Gaussian Wigner matrices.
result First polynomial time algorithm for graph matching with arbitrarily small constant correlation.

Polynomial-time algorithm matches correlated random graphs with non-vanishing correlation.

problem Matching correlated random graphs with non-vanishing edge correlation.
method Iterative algorithm for polynomial-time recovery of latent matching.
result Algorithm succeeds in recovering latent matching as long as edge correlation is non-vanishing.

Strongly polynomial algorithm for approximate Forster transforms and halfspace learning.

problem Computing approximate Forster transforms and halfspace learning.
method Strongly polynomial time algorithm for approximate Forster transforms and halfspace learning.
result First strongly polynomial time algorithm for distribution-free PAC learning of halfspaces.

Polynomial-time algorithm for near-optimal community detection in graphs.

problem Node-private community estimation in stochastic block models.
method Explicit Lipschitz surrogate and accept-reject algorithm for sampling community labels.
result Achieves minimax rates for exact recovery with polynomial-time runtime and logarithmic privacy parameter.

The paper provides an almost optimal learning and testing algorithm for sparse polynomials.

problem Learning and testing sparse multivariate polynomials efficiently.
method The paper presents an algorithm with sublinear query complexity in 1/ε1/ε and almost linear in ss for learning and testing ss-sparse polynomials.
result The algorithm achieves almost optimal query complexity, making it the first of its kind.

Polynomial-time algorithm learns MAP perturbation models for structured prediction.

problem Efficiently learning parameters for robust structured prediction models.
method Minimizes Rademacher-based generalization bound to learn parameters in polynomial time.
result Guaranteed generalization to unseen examples under certain conditions.

Polynomial-time algorithm for optimal stopping with fixed accuracy.

problem High-dimensional path-dependent optimal stopping problems.
method Efficient simulator of underlying information process, polynomial-time algorithm based on novel expansion.
result Polynomial-time solution for epsilon-optimal stopping policies and values.

Polynomial-time algorithm learns latent-state systems without spectral radius assumptions.

problem Learning latent-state linear dynamical systems without spectral radius assumptions.
method Spectral filtering technique with a novel convex relaxation.
result Efficient identification of phases for general transition matrices.

Polynomial-time algorithm estimates mean with bounded covariance using differential privacy.

problem Estimating mean of a d-variate distribution with differential privacy constraints.
method Sum of Squares (SoS) exponential mechanism for polynomial-time differentially private estimation.
result First polynomial-time algorithm with O(d)O(d) samples for mean estimation under pure differential privacy.

Polynomial-time DP algorithm for learning Gaussians with matching sample complexity.

problem Learning Gaussian distributions while maintaining privacy.
method General framework for reducing DP estimation to non-private, polynomial-time algorithm for Gaussian learning.
result Matching sample complexity to information-theoretic upper bound for Gaussian learning.

Polynomial-time algorithm learns high-dimensional halfspaces without labels.

problem Learning high-dimensional halfspaces with margins in polynomial time.
method Contrastive moments and polynomial-time algorithm.
result Establishes the unique and efficient identifiability of the hidden halfspace.

We describe a polynomial-time algorithm to compute a (tight) geodesic between two curves in the curve graph. As well as enabling us to compute the distance between a pair of curves, this has several applications to mapping classes. For example, we can use these geodesics to compute the asymptotic translation length, Ni…

2016-09-29abs ↗pdf ↗

We show that the standard stochastic gradient decent (SGD) algorithm is guaranteed to learn, in polynomial time, a function that is competitive with the best function in the conjugate kernel space of the network, as defined in Daniely, Frostig and Singer. The result holds for log-depth networks from a rich family of ar…

2017-02-27abs ↗pdf ↗

Polynomial-time method solves complex combinatorial semi-bandits.

problem Optimal strategies for combinatorial semi-bandits with uncorrelated Gaussian rewards.
method Proposes a polynomial-time method to solve the Graves-Lai optimization problem for various combinatorial structures.
result First known approach to implement asymptotically optimal algorithms in polynomial time for combinatorial semi-bandits.

SURF simplifies distribution estimation with simple, robust, and fast algorithms.

problem Efficient and accurate distribution estimation in statistics and machine learning.
method Piecewise polynomial approximation using empirical probability interpolation and divide-and-conquer merging.
result Surpassing state-of-the-art algorithms in efficiency and accuracy, SURF estimates distributions robustly and quickly.

Abstract reviews algorithms for multi-index models, focusing on polynomial-time methods and their limitations.

problem Estimating the index space in multi-index models efficiently and accurately.
method Polynomial-time algorithms in Gaussian space, nonparametric gradient estimation, and neural network fitting.
result A gap exists between computationally efficient methods and information-theoretical minimum.

Polynomial-time algorithms for identifying the best super arm in full-bandit feedback.

problem Finding the best super arm in a set of single arms with full-bandit feedback.
method Proposed polynomial-time bandit algorithms and an approximation algorithm for the 0-1 quadratic maximization problem.
result Polynomial-time algorithms for top-k selection problems.

New algorithms improve approximation of matrix norms, with applications in statistics and machine learning.

problem Improving approximation of matrix norms for 2ightarrowq2 ightarrow q in polynomial time.
method Polynomial-time multiplicative approximation algorithms for 2ightarrowq2 ightarrow q norm, leveraging sum-of-squares certificates.
result Achieved polynomially improved approximation factors, notably d1/8d^{1/8} for q=4q=4.

New algorithms for efficient inference and sampling in complex Ising models.

problem Efficiently computing partition functions and sampling configurations for complex Ising models.
method Equivalent linear transition to perfect matching counting and sampling on an expanded dual graph.
result Polynomial-time inference and sampling algorithms for K33K_{33}-free topologies.

Algorithm distinguishes Gaussian mixtures from pure Gaussians in quasi-polynomial time.

problem Distinguishing mixtures of Gaussian components from pure Gaussians, especially when components are well-separated.
method Sum-of-Squares method, quasi-polynomial time algorithm, bipartitioning sample to separate components.
result Algorithm can reliably distinguish between mixtures and pure Gaussians in quasi-polynomial time.

Algorithm learns polynomial transformations of Gaussian distributions.

problem Learning high-dimensional polynomial transformations of Gaussian distributions.
method Polynomial-time algorithms for smoothed settings, tensor ring decomposition.
result First end-to-end guarantees for learning pushforwards under neural networks.

Low-degree method fails to predict robust subspace recovery problem.

problem Predicting computational tractability of robust subspace recovery problem.
method Low-degree polynomial framework, anti-concentration properties.
result Low-degree method fails to predict computational tractability of robust subspace recovery problem even up to high degree.

New algorithm optimizes matrix reordering for noisy disordered matrices.

problem Optimizing matrix reordering for noisy disordered matrices in single-cell biology and metagenomics.
method Proposed a polynomial-time adaptive sorting algorithm to improve upon spectral seriation.
result Our algorithm achieves superior performance compared to existing methods in real datasets.