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48 results for Probability tensors

New method approximates high-dimensional probability densities efficiently.

problem Approximating high-dimensional probability densities accurately and efficiently.
method Hierarchical tensor-network approach using randomized SVD and linear equations.
result The method effectively approximates high-dimensional densities with linear complexity.

Estimates joint probability distribution from 1-way marginals using low-rank tensors and random projections.

problem Nonparametric estimation of joint probability mass function (PMF) from limited data.
method Low-rank tensor decomposition and random projections to link data to PMF estimation.
result Estimates joint density from 1-way marginals using transformed space and novel algorithm.

We show a general relation between the spatially disjoint product of probability density functions and the sum of their Fisher information metric tensors. We then utilise this result to give a method for constructing the probability density functions for an arbitrary Riemannian Fisher information metric tensor. We note…

2015-04-13abs ↗pdf ↗

Estimates the probability of a random symmetric tensor being close to rank-one.

problem Estimating the probability of a random symmetric tensor being close to rank-one.
method Using Weyl's tube formula and techniques from Random Matrix theory, we study metric invariants of the real Veronese variety.
result Explicit formula for the reach and curvature coefficients of the real Veronese variety with respect to the Bombieri-Weyl metric.

A new method estimates rare events using tensor trains.

problem Estimating rare event probabilities in high-dimensional problems.
method Approximating optimal importance distribution via tensor-train decompositions and compositions.
result Better variance reduction and efficient computation of rare event probabilities.

We consider the problem of low canonical polyadic (CP) rank tensor completion. A completion is a tensor whose entries agree with the observed entries and its rank matches the given CP rank. We analyze the manifold structure corresponding to the tensors with the given rank and define a set of polynomials based on the sa…

2017-03-31abs ↗pdf ↗

Novel approach for estimating joint probability densities using tensor decompositions and dictionaries.

problem Estimating joint probability densities of mixed discrete and continuous variables.
method Low-rank tensor decomposition combined with dictionary learning.
result Better classification and lower error rates compared to existing methods.

Recently, fundamental conditions on the sampling patterns have been obtained for finite completability of low-rank matrices or tensors given the corresponding ranks. In this paper, we consider the scenario where the rank is not given and we aim to approximate the unknown rank based on the location of sampled entries an…

2017-07-03abs ↗pdf ↗

Tensor-network techniques have enjoyed outstanding success in physics, and have recently attracted attention in machine learning, both as a tool for the formulation of new learning algorithms and for enhancing the mathematical understanding of existing methods. Inspired by these developments, and the natural correspond…

2019-07-08abs ↗pdf ↗

Unified approach to tensor PCA and related problems using tensor cumulants.

problem Statistical inference on invariant distributions, particularly tensor PCA.
method Definition and analysis of tensor cumulants to unify and extend previous results.
result Unified explanation of hardness and subexponential-time algorithms for tensor PCA.

In this paper, we develop the notion of entropy for uniform hypergraphs via tensor theory. We employ the probability distribution of the generalized singular values, calculated from the higher-order singular value decomposition of the Laplacian tensors, to fit into the Shannon entropy formula. We show that this tensor …

2019-12-20abs ↗pdf ↗

A new method for decomposing non-negative tensors using energy-based modeling.

problem Challenges in traditional tensor decomposition methods, especially global optimization and rank selection.
method Energy-based modeling of tensors, considering interactions between modes for global optimization.
result Demonstrates effectiveness in tensor completion and approximation, revealing a relationship between many-body and low-rank approximations.

Proposes a new method for high-dimensional density estimation.

problem Estimating high-dimensional probability density functions efficiently.
method Tensorizing flow method combining tensor-train and flow-based generative modeling.
result Efficiently constructs an approximate density in tensor-train form and trains a flow model to match empirical distribution.

Probability models have been proposed in the literature to account for "intelligent" behavior in many contexts. In this paper, probability propagation is applied to model agent's motion in potentially complex scenarios that include goals and obstacles. The backward flow provides precious background information to the a…

2020-03-05abs ↗pdf ↗

We investigate the sample size requirement for exact recovery of a high order tensor of low rank from a subset of its entries. In the Tucker decomposition framework, we show that the Riemannian optimization algorithm with initial value obtained from a spectral method can reconstruct a tensor of size $n\times n \times\c…

2019-06-12abs ↗pdf ↗

In this paper, we propose a general framework for sparse and low-rank tensor estimation from cubic sketchings. A two-stage non-convex implementation is developed based on sparse tensor decomposition and thresholded gradient descent, which ensures exact recovery in the noiseless case and stable recovery in the noisy cas…

2018-01-29abs ↗pdf ↗

A new tensor completion method handles missing data with missing not at random entries.

problem Handling missing data in tensors where the probability of observation depends on other entries.
method Estimate propensities using convex relaxation, then use higher-order SVD with inverse propensities weights.
result Finite-sample error bounds on the completed tensor are provided.

BRTR improves robust tensor completion with automatic rank detection.

problem Robust tensor completion from incomplete data with outliers.
method Bayesian robust tensor ring decomposition (BRTR) with variational Bayesian (VB) algorithm.
result Automatic detection of TR rank and improved performance over state-of-the-art methods.

A new tensor completion method using tensor networks with Tucker wrapper.

problem Low-rank tensor completion in various applications.
method Solving LRTC as a system of nonlinear equations using a two-level alternative least squares method.
result The method converges to the exact solution at a linear rate with high probability.

It is a significant challenge to design probabilistic programming systems that can accommodate a wide variety of inference strategies within a unified framework. Noting that the versatility of modern automatic differentiation frameworks is based in large part on the unifying concept of tensors, we describe a software a…

2019-10-23abs ↗pdf ↗

Method estimates joint probability density from samples using low-rank decomposition and random projections.

problem Estimating joint probability density from limited samples.
method Low-rank tensor decomposition, dictionaries, and Radon transforms.
result Algorithm outperforms previous methods in estimating synthetic probability densities.

This work proposes a new method to estimate joint probability from pairwise marginals, reducing sample complexity.

problem Direct nonparametric estimation of high-dimensional joint probability is infeasible due to the curse of dimensionality.
method Developed a coupled nonnegative matrix factorization (CNMF) framework using only pairwise marginals.
result The method provably recovers the joint probability mass function up to bounded error in finite iterations under reasonable conditions.

Tensor completion recovers a multi-dimensional array from a limited number of measurements. Using the recently proposed tensor ring (TR) decomposition, in this paper we show that a d-order tensor of dimensional size n and TR rank r can be exactly recovered with high probability by solving a convex optimization program,…

2019-03-08abs ↗pdf ↗

Estimates metric tensor on neuromanifolds using Fisher information and random methods.

problem Computing the metric tensor on high-dimensional neuromanifolds efficiently and accurately.
method Deterministic bounds and unbiased random estimators based on Hutchinson's trace method.
result An efficient random estimator with bounded standard deviation.

Paper uses algebraic signatures to identify probabilistic structures in empirical data.

problem Identifying probabilistic structure from observed binomials in empirical probability tensors.
method Treating vanishing binomials as algebraic signatures, matching signatures to identify models without parameter estimation.
result The method successfully identified rank-one structures in real language data, revealing interpretable sets of words.

We solve tensor balancing, rescaling an Nth order nonnegative tensor by multiplying N tensors of order N - 1 so that every fiber sums to one. This generalizes a fundamental process of matrix balancing used to compare matrices in a wide range of applications from biology to economics. We present an efficient balancing a…

2017-02-27abs ↗pdf ↗

Dynamic tensor data are becoming prevalent in numerous applications. Existing tensor clustering methods either fail to account for the dynamic nature of the data, or are inapplicable to a general-order tensor. Also there is often a gap between statistical guarantee and computational efficiency for existing tensor clust…

2017-08-24abs ↗pdf ↗

Maximum mean discrepancy (MMD), also called energy distance or N-distance in statistics and Hilbert-Schmidt independence criterion (HSIC), specifically distance covariance in statistics, are among the most popular and successful approaches to quantify the difference and independence of random variables, respectively. T…

2017-08-28abs ↗pdf ↗

In this paper we focus on the problem of completion of multidimensional arrays (also referred to as tensors) from limited sampling. Our approach is based on a recently proposed tensor-Singular Value Decomposition (t-SVD) [1]. Using this factorization one can derive notion of tensor rank, referred to as the tensor tubal…

2015-02-16abs ↗pdf ↗

This paper presents a Bayesian method for estimating the rank of a low-rank tensor model of joint PMF.

problem Estimating the rank of a low-rank tensor model of joint PMF from observed data.
method Bayesian framework for estimating low-rank components and rank simultaneously, using variational inference.
result Automatic rank detection and improved estimation accuracy compared to cross-validation methods.

This paper derives sufficient conditions for local recovery of coordinate dictionaries comprising a Kronecker-structured dictionary that is used for representing KKth-order tensor data. Tensor observations are assumed to be generated from a Kronecker-structured dictionary multiplied by sparse coefficient tensors that …

2017-12-10abs ↗pdf ↗