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48 results for Principal Component Networks

Conventional principal component analysis (PCA) finds a principal vector that maximizes the sum of second powers of principal components. We consider a generalized PCA that aims at maximizing the sum of an arbitrary convex function of principal components. We present a gradient ascent algorithm to solve the problem. Fo…

2019-10-29abs ↗pdf ↗

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.

We propose a new method for supervised learning, especially suited to wide data where the number of features is much greater than the number of observations. The method combines the lasso (1\ell_1) sparsity penalty with a quadratic penalty that shrinks the coefficient vector toward the leading principal components of …

2018-10-10abs ↗pdf ↗

Deep Neural Networks for image classification have been found to be vulnerable to adversarial samples, which consist of sub-perceptual noise added to a benign image that can easily fool trained neural networks, posing a significant risk to their commercial deployment. In this work, we analyze adversarial samples throug…

2019-12-07abs ↗pdf ↗

This paper develops GPCA for probability distributions using Otto-Wasserstein geometry.

problem Analyzing modes of variation in datasets of probability measures.
method Geodesic Principal Component Analysis (GPCA) on Wasserstein space with neural networks.
result Identification of geodesic curves that capture modes of variation in probability distributions.

Study on dynamics of non-linear autoencoders learning principal components.

problem Technical difficulty in studying non-linear autoencoders due to non-trivial correlations.
method Derive asymptotically exact equations for SGD training of shallow, non-linear autoencoders.
result Autoencoders learn principal components sequentially and tie weights are ineffective.

New simulations advise caution in choosing principal components for multivariate functional data.

problem Inaccurate selection of principal components in multivariate functional data.
method Extensive simulations investigating the reliability of percentage of variance explained thresholds.
result Conventional threshold methods may fail to accurately explain overall variance in multivariate functional data.

Principal component regression (PCR) is a two-stage procedure that selects some principal components and then constructs a regression model regarding them as new explanatory variables. Note that the principal components are obtained from only explanatory variables and not considered with the response variable. To addre…

2014-02-26abs ↗pdf ↗

A new GNN architecture called coVariance neural network (VNN) improves stability and transferability of covariance matrix analysis.

problem Stability and transferability issues in covariance matrix analysis.
method Developed coVariance neural network (VNN) that operates on sample covariance matrices.
result VNN is more stable and transferable than PCA-based approaches.

The paper introduces a method for interpretable principal component analysis of high-dimensional time series.

problem Inconsistent and difficult-to-interpret principal component estimates in high-dimensional regimes.
method Localized sparse principal component analysis of spectral density matrices in frequency domain.
result Efficient algorithm for sparse-localized estimates of principal subspaces.

We consider principal component analysis (PCA) in decomposable Gaussian graphical models. We exploit the prior information in these models in order to distribute its computation. For this purpose, we reformulate the problem in the sparse inverse covariance (concentration) domain and solve the global eigenvalue problem …

2008-08-18abs ↗pdf ↗

We show how to efficiently project a vector onto the top principal components of a matrix, without explicitly computing these components. Specifically, we introduce an iterative algorithm that provably computes the projection using few calls to any black-box routine for ridge regression. By avoiding explicit principal …

2016-02-22abs ↗pdf ↗

A new PCR method using SVD with sparse regularization.

problem Lack of response variable information in traditional PCR.
method One-stage SVD approach with two loss functions and sparse regularization.
result Obtains principal component loadings with response variable information.

Study evaluates financial anomaly detection methods on Canadian stock market.

problem Detecting financial anomalies in the Canadian stock market.
method Topological data analysis (TDA), principal component analysis (PCA), and neural network-based approaches.
result Neural network-based methods achieve the strongest performance in detecting financial anomalies.

Essential principal components simplify spectral analysis with minimal training data.

problem Accurate spectral quantification from complex mixtures.
method Identifying essential principal components and using molar extinction coefficients.
result Near one-to-one projection from principal components to mixture constituents.

New method finds smaller networks with similar performance to large models in fewer epochs.

problem Training large neural networks is computationally expensive and energy-intensive.
method Use PCA to identify a basis of hidden layer activations and reduce network parameters.
result Principal Component Networks (PCNs) can train faster and use less energy than overparameterized models without accuracy loss.

A new method for sparse PCA using orthogonal rotations and soft-thresholding.

problem Sparse PCA with a new basis using orthogonal rotations.
method Initialize with leading principal components, apply kimeskk imes k orthogonal rotation, and soft-threshold the rotated components.
result The proposed method is more stable and explains more variance compared to alternatives.

Principal component regression (PCR) is a widely used two-stage procedure: principal component analysis (PCA), followed by regression in which the selected principal components are regarded as new explanatory variables in the model. Note that PCA is based only on the explanatory variables, so the principal components a…

2016-09-28abs ↗pdf ↗

New supervised and unsupervised NFLTs for elliptical distributions.

problem Understanding unsupervised No Free Lunch Theorems for elliptical distributions.
method Proved two equally optimal strategies for elliptical distributions, inspired PRIM-based bump-hunting algorithms.
result Optimal strategies for selecting principal components based on variance or volume.

Proposes a method to detect anomalies in financial time series using PCA and neural networks.

problem Anomalies in financial time series lead to miscalibrated risk models.
method Extract features using PCA, define anomaly score with neural network, calibrate cutoff value.
result The proposed PCA NN approach outperforms other anomaly detection methods.

CPCR mitigates bias in PCR for overparameterized models.

problem Bias in Principal Component Regression (PCR) for overparameterized models.
method Calibrated Principal Component Regression (CPCR) learns a low-variance prior in the PC subspace and calibrates the model in the original feature space.
result CPCR outperforms standard PCR in overparameterized settings, improving prediction across multiple problems.

A new algorithm identifies interpretable network representations via subgraph count statistics.

problem Interpreting network-valued data samples.
method Principal Component Analysis for Networks (PCAN) and its fast sampling-based version (sPCAN).
result The PCAN and sPCAN methods provide informative and discriminatory features for network samples.

Bayesian SPCA method tackles orthogonality constraint with spike and slab prior.

problem Bayesian SPCA method for high-dimensional data with orthogonality constraint.
method Parameter-expanded coordinate ascent variational inference (PX-CAVI) with spike and slab prior.
result PX-CAVI algorithm outperforms existing SPCA approaches in performance.

The computation of the sparse principal component of a matrix is equivalent to the identification of its principal submatrix with the largest maximum eigenvalue. Finding this optimal submatrix is what renders the problem NP{\mathcal{NP}}-hard. In this work, we prove that, if the matrix is positive semidefinite and its …

2013-12-20abs ↗pdf ↗

The paper uses PCA and HMM to forecast stock returns outperforming buy-and-hold.

problem Predicting stock returns accurately.
method Applied PCA to covariance matrix of S&P 500 stocks, used HMM on principal components, and forecasted stock returns.
result The model outperforms buy-and-hold strategy in terms of annualized Sharpe ratio.

Study explores K-means clustering of variables and its relation to PCA.

problem Exploring the relationship between K-means clustering of variables and PCA.
method Apply PCA to original data and K-means to transposed data, quantify variable contributions to principal components.
result Identifies how variable clusters contribute to principal components identified by PCA.

Paper proposes SDDP for improving time series forecasting with high-dimensional predictors.

problem Improving time series forecasting with high-dimensional predictors.
method SDDP framework that incorporates target variable and lagged observations into factor extraction process.
result SDDP improves predictive accuracy in time series forecasting.

We introduce a variant of (sparse) PCA in which the set of feasible support sets is determined by a graph. In particular, we consider the following setting: given a directed acyclic graph GG on pp vertices corresponding to variables, the non-zero entries of the extracted principal component must coincide with vertice…

2015-06-08abs ↗pdf ↗

Develops a new tensor PCA method for analyzing multiple network data.

problem Analyzing multiple large networks for dimensionality reduction.
method Semi-Symmetric Tensor PCA (SS-TPCA) for principal components analysis.
result SS-TPCA achieves the same estimation accuracy as classical matrix PCA, with error proportional to the square root of the number of vertices.

A new method uses Gram matrix for efficient multivariate functional principal components.

problem Efficiently estimating eigencomponents of multidimensional functional datasets.
method Proposes using inner-product matrix to estimate eigenelements of multivariate and multidimensional functional datasets.
result Established relationship between eigenelements of covariance operator and inner-product matrix.