Unified Pin-SVM improves accuracy over existing Pin-SVM model.
problem Difficulty in Pin-SVM model for −1≤τ<0. method Unified Pin-SVM model that solves a QPP for −1≤τ≤1. result Significant improvement in accuracy over existing Pin-SVM model.
GADGET SVM uses gossip-based distributed learning for scalable SVMs.
problem Scalability issues in traditional SVM algorithms for large datasets.
method Gossip-based distributed learning for the primal SVM formulation.
result Performance comparable to centralized and online SVM algorithms.
MU-SVM improves multiclass classification accuracy.
problem Multiclass classification problems.
method Proposes MU-SVM for multiclass learning and an analytic span bound for model selection.
result Achieves > 20% improvement in test accuracies compared to multi-class SVM.
Efficiently solves large-scale SVMs with sparse semismooth Newton method.
problem Numerical difficulties in solving large-scale SVMs.
method Sparse semismooth Newton based augmented Lagrangian method.
result Outperforms state-of-the-art solvers for large-scale SVMs.
Extends linear classification framework to nonlinear SVM-based ranking problems.
problem Maximizing performance on relevant samples in ranking problems.
method Dualization, kernel addition, componentwise dual ascent method.
result General framework for nonlinear classifiers in ranking problems.
Localized SVMs maintain SVM's consistency properties for large datasets.
problem Inefficient computational requirements of global SVMs for large data sets.
method Localized SVMs apply different hyperparameters to different regions of the input space.
result Localized SVMs inherit Lp- and risk consistency from global SVMs. This paper speeds up OCSSVM training using SMO.
problem Training One-Class Slab SVMs is slow.
method Uses updated SMO to divide large problems into smaller, analytically solvable subproblems.
result Training OCSSVMs scales better with large datasets.
Support Vector Machines, SVMs, and the Large Margin Nearest Neighbor algorithm, LMNN, are two very popular learning algorithms with quite different learning biases. In this paper we bring them into a unified view and show that they have a much stronger relation than what is commonly thought. We analyze SVMs from a metr…
When applying the support vector machine (SVM) to high-dimensional classification problems, we often impose a sparse structure in the SVM to eliminate the influences of the irrelevant predictors. The lasso and other variable selection techniques have been successfully used in the SVM to perform automatic variable selec…
In support vector machine (SVM) applications with unreliable data that contains a portion of outliers, non-robustness of SVMs often causes considerable performance deterioration. Although many approaches for improving the robustness of SVMs have been studied, two major challenges remain in robust SVM learning. First, r…
New solver for MKL-SVM with 0/1 loss function.
problem Optimizing MKL-SVM with (0,1)-loss function. method Developed an ADMM solver for nonconvex, nonsmooth optimization.
result Shows promise in simple numerical experiment.
Faster SVMs trained with multilevel approach.
problem Training time inefficiency for SVMs on large datasets.
method Label propagation algorithm to construct a hierarchy of smaller SVM problems.
result Up to orders of magnitude faster than previous fastest algorithm.
BAEN-SVM improves SVM robustness to noisy data.
problem Noise and geometric irrationalities in SVM.
method Bounded asymmetric elastic net loss combined with SVM.
result BAEN-SVM is robust to noise and geometrically well-defined.
A new SVM method using bagging and importance sampling.
problem Solving SVM problems efficiently in large databases.
method Bagging and importance sampling applied to SVM.
result Faster solution of SVM problem with minimal loss in prediction error.
Paper introduces MKL-L0/1-SVM for SVM with (0,1) loss.
problem Optimization of SVM with (0,1) loss function. method MKL framework combined with ADMM algorithm for solving the optimization problem.
result Performance of MKL-L0/1-SVM comparable to SimpleMKL. Prior knowledge can be used to improve predictive performance of learning algorithms or reduce the amount of data required for training. The same goal is pursued within the learning using privileged information paradigm which was recently introduced by Vapnik et al. and is aimed at utilizing additional information avai…
Tropical SVM tackles phylogenomics by classifying multi-locus data.
problem Classifying multi-locus data sets for phylogenetic analysis.
method Proposes tropical support vector machines (SVMs) for phylogenomics, formulated as linear programming problems.
result Developed methods for hard and soft margin tropical SVMs, proving necessary and sufficient conditions for separation.
We study the problem of learning with label proportions in which the training data is provided in groups and only the proportion of each class in each group is known. We propose a new method called proportion-SVM, or ∝SVM, which explicitly models the latent unknown instance labels together with the known group …
New SVM model balances sparsity and robustness in noisy data.
problem Noise sensitivity and lack of sparsity in traditional SVM models.
method Combines elastic net loss with robust loss framework, integrates with SVM, uses half-quadratic algorithm.
result Proves sparsity and robustness, outperforms traditional SVMs in noisy environments.
A new procedure for learning cost-sensitive SVM(CS-SVM) classifiers is proposed. The SVM hinge loss is extended to the cost sensitive setting, and the CS-SVM is derived as the minimizer of the associated risk. The extension of the hinge loss draws on recent connections between risk minimization and probability elicitat…
SVM predicts economic recessions in real-time.
problem Determining the onset and end of recessions quickly.
method Support Vector Machines (SVM) applied to nowcasting.
result SVM achieves excellent predictive performance for nowcasting recessions.
Paper proposes an ensemble SVM method for efficient VAD.
problem Efficient and accurate VAD for speech processing.
method Supervised learning with ensemble SVM on large datasets.
result Ensemble SVM outperforms stand-alone SVM in VAD accuracy.
Adaptive caching strategy improves SVM training efficiency.
problem Expensive SVM training for large datasets.
method Proposed EFU and HCST caching strategies for kernel value reuse.
result HCST achieves 20% more reduction in training time.
This work extends SVM error bounds to weighted SVM and introduces hyperparameter selection methods.
problem Improving SVM performance through effective hyperparameter selection.
method Extending span error bound theory to weighted SVM and introducing hyperparameter selection methods.
result The span rule is the most effective method for weighted SVM hyperparameter selection and provides the best predictor of test error.
This paper presents a unified framework to tackle estimation problems in Digital Signal Processing (DSP) using Support Vector Machines (SVMs). The use of SVMs in estimation problems has been traditionally limited to its mere use as a black-box model. Noting such limitations in the literature, we take advantage of sever…
We investigate the relation of two fundamental tools in machine learning and signal processing, that is the support vector machine (SVM) for classification, and the Lasso technique used in regression. We show that the resulting optimization problems are equivalent, in the following sense. Given any instance of an $\ell…
AdaGrad on linear problems converges to SVM direction.
problem Understanding AdaGrad's implicit bias on linear classification.
method Characterizing AdaGrad's convergence direction as a quadratic optimization problem.
result AdaGrad converges to a direction similar to SVM's solution.
Exact solver speeds up Weston-Watkins SVM subproblem significantly.
problem Improving performance of Weston-Watkins multiclass SVM.
method Novel reparametrization for exact subproblem solving.
result Significant speed-up over state-of-the-art solvers for large number of classes.
FDR-SVM improves classification robustness in federated learning with uncertain data.
problem Federated learning with uncertain and private client data.
method Develops FDR-SVM, a robust SVM approach using a mixture of Wasserstein balls ambiguity set.
result Establishes theoretical guarantees and derives algorithms with performance bounds.
This paper uses MIO to select features for kernel SVM classification.
problem Feature selection for kernel SVM classification.
method Mixed-integer optimization (MIO) for feature subset selection.
result The MIO approach can often outperform linear-SVM-based methods in prediction performance.
Single Class Universum-SVM uses additional data to improve single class learning.
problem Improving single class learning with limited positive data.
method Proposes Single Class Universum-SVM, incorporating additional data with different distribution.
result Empirical comparisons show the utility of the proposed approach.
Kernelized Support Vector Machines (SVMs) are among the best performing supervised learning methods. But for optimal predictive performance, time-consuming parameter tuning is crucial, which impedes application. To tackle this problem, the classic model selection procedure based on grid-search and cross-validation was …
The Support Vector Machine (SVM) has been used in a wide variety of classification problems. The original SVM uses the hinge loss function, which is non-differentiable and makes the problem difficult to solve in particular for regularized SVMs, such as with ℓ1-regularization. This paper considers the Huberized SV…
The support vector machine (SVM) is a widely used method for classification. Although many efforts have been devoted to develop efficient solvers, it remains challenging to apply SVM to large-scale problems. A nice property of SVM is that the non-support vectors have no effect on the resulting classifier. Motivated by …
Quantum SVMs outperform classical ones on limited data.
problem Classifying and regressing with limited training data.
method Trained SVMs on D-Wave quantum annealer and compared to classical SVMs.
result Quantum SVMs often generalize better to unseen data.
Efficiently trains SVM models on large datasets using coreset technology.
problem Training large-scale SVM models efficiently on Big Data.
method Developed an algorithm to create a coreset, a small representative subset of data.
result Proved the size of coreset required for SVM models and showed its applicability to streaming data.
System identifies power grid location from media recordings.
problem Identifying the origin of power distribution grid from media recordings.
method Cascaded SVM and pole-matching classifiers for grid identification.
result Cascaded system improves accuracy by 15.57%.
Distributed SVM algorithm improves performance in real-world applications.
problem Improving SVM performance in distributed computing environments.
method Proposes HPSVM, a distributed SVM algorithm that minimizes inter-machine communications.
result HPSVM achieves similar or better results than state-of-the-art SVM techniques.
Paper develops distributed inference for SVM binary classification.
problem Challenges in modern data size for existing statistical inference.
method Proposes MDL estimator for linear SVM, computationally efficient.
result MDL estimator achieves optimal statistical efficiency.
The paper improves SVM learning rates for anisotropic Gaussian kernels.
problem Nonparametric regression with anisotropic Gaussian kernels.
method Establishing almost optimal learning rates for functions in anisotropic Besov spaces.
result Optimal learning rates up to logarithmic factors, faster than Sobolev space-based rates.
Many problems that appear in biomedical decision making, such as diagnosing disease and predicting response to treatment, can be expressed as binary classification problems. The costs of false positives and false negatives vary across application domains and receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curves provide a visu…
New Frank-Wolfe algorithm speeds up SVM-type multi-category learning.
problem Improving pattern recognition performance in multi-category SVM learning.
method Developed a new optimization algorithm based on Frank-Wolfe framework for MC-SVM variants.
result Closed-form solutions for direction finding and line search in the Frank-Wolfe framework for MC-SVM.
Unified SVM algorithm for various losses with fast training.
problem Training SVM models with different convex or nonconvex losses.
method Introducing LS-DC loss, proposing DCA-based UniSVM algorithm.
result Unified algorithm solves SVM models with any convex or nonconvex LS-DC loss efficiently.
Extends quadratic loss for SVM and deep learning to improve pattern correlation.
problem Improving generalization in supervised binary classification and regression tasks.
method Extends quadratic loss, restarts from problem (8) in [3], proposes new algorithms, uses multiple kernel learning.
result Comparable results with standard losses and parameterized quadratic loss.
A novel feature selection method for SVM improves model accuracy and interpretability.
problem Feature selection in nonlinear SVM classification problems.
method Embedded min-max optimization problem, leveraging duality theory.
result Improves model accuracy and interpretability on benchmark data sets.
Algorithm improves SVM classification in non-Euclidean spaces.
problem Limitations of traditional SVM in non-Euclidean spaces.
method Covariance-adjusted SVM using Cholesky Decomposition.
result Cholesky-SVM outperforms traditional SVM in non-Euclidean spaces.
We present a streaming model for large-scale classification (in the context of ℓ2-SVM) by leveraging connections between learning and computational geometry. The streaming model imposes the constraint that only a single pass over the data is allowed. The ℓ2-SVM is known to have an equivalent formulation in …
New algorithms solve L1-regularized SVMs and related LPs, outperforming existing methods.
problem Solving large-scale L1-regularized SVMs and related linear programs.
method Combining column/constraint generation with first-order methods for non-smooth convex optimization.
result Our approach significantly outperforms commercial solvers and specialized implementations.