Paper introduces data-dependent SSP for private linear and logistic regression.
problem Private linear and logistic regression with better performance.
method Data-dependent sufficient statistic perturbation (SSP) for linear and logistic regression.
result Data-dependent SSP outperforms state-of-the-art methods for linear and logistic regression.
Huber regression assessed for robustness in statistical learning.
problem Understanding Huber regression in nonparametric statistical learning.
method Assessment from statistical learning perspective, focusing on risk consistency, adaptive tuning, and convergence rates.
result Huber regression can be asymptotically mean regression calibrated under (1+ε)-moment conditions, justifying its robustness. Study GLS estimator properties in multivariate regression with heteroskedastic and autocorrelated errors.
problem Asymptotic properties of GLS estimator in multivariate regression with specific error structures.
method Derive Wald statistics for linear restrictions and assess their performance.
result Wald statistics remain robust to heteroskedasticity and autocorrelation.
SAR evaluates ML-based linear regression models for statistical significance.
problem Lack of formal statistical significance in ML-based regression models.
method Statistical Agnostic Regression (SAR) using concentration inequalities and worst-case scenario analysis.
result SAR provides a threshold for statistical significance without assuming underlying assumptions.
Linear regression models contaminated by Gaussian noise (inlier) and possibly unbounded sparse outliers are common in many signal processing applications. Sparse recovery inspired robust regression (SRIRR) techniques are shown to deliver high quality estimation performance in such regression models. Unfortunately, most…
A debiasing method improves nonparametric regression's statistical properties.
problem Lack of theoretical guarantees for modern nonparametric regression methods.
method Model-free debiasing method incorporating a correction term.
result Debiased estimator satisfies pointwise and uniform risk convergence, asymptotic normality.
Ordinal regression falls between discrete-valued classification and continuous-valued regression. Ordinal target variables can be associated with ranked random variables. These random variables are known as order statistics and they are closely related to ordinal regression. However, the challenge of using order statis…
A novel Bayesian framework for private linear regression with MCMC.
problem Private linear regression in a distributed setting.
method Generative statistical model, MCMC algorithms, fast Bayesian estimation.
result The proposed methods provide well-rounded estimation and prediction.
Improved estimator reduces bias in statistical learning models.
problem Asymptotic bias in classic WDRO estimator.
method Adjusted Wasserstein distributionally robust estimator.
result Asymptotic unbiased estimator with smaller MSE.
DRIFT uses neural flows to replace distributional regression models.
problem Lack of neural network representations for distributional regression models.
method Inverse flow transformations (DRIFT) for distributional regression.
result Neural representations in DRIFT match classical statistical methods in performance.
Isotonic regression binning affects calibration statistics of machine learning models.
problem Isotonic regression binning introduces aleatoric uncertainty in calibration statistics.
method Calibration error statistics are recalibrated using isotonic regression, which produces stratified uncertainties.
result Stratified uncertainties lead to significant differences in bin-based calibration statistics.
Overview of high-dimensional time series regression methods.
problem Estimation and inference with high-dimensional time series data.
method Limit theory for high-dimensional dependent data, asymptotic theory for time series regression, statistical learning methods.
result Main limit theory results and asymptotic theory for high-dimensional time series regression.
Flexible framework for deep distributional regression models.
problem Learning conditional distributions from semi-structured data.
method Combines additive regression models with deep networks using TensorFlow.
result State-of-the-art predictive performance with interpretability.
We propose an optimum mechanism for providing monetary incentives to the data sources of a statistical estimator such as linear regression, so that high quality data is provided at low cost, in the sense that the sum of payments and estimation error is minimized. The mechanism applies to a broad range of estimators, in…
Paper uses statistical depth to create DP estimators for regression.
problem Creating differentially private estimators in high dimensions.
method Uses halfspace and regression depth to analyze maximum influence and construct DP estimators.
result New DP estimators for location and regression show favorable performance.
Forward regression is a statistical model selection and estimation procedure which inductively selects covariates that add predictive power into a working statistical regression model. Once a model is selected, unknown regression parameters are estimated by least squares. This paper analyzes forward regression in high-…
Statistical boosting algorithms have triggered a lot of research during the last decade. They combine a powerful machine-learning approach with classical statistical modelling, offering various practical advantages like automated variable selection and implicit regularization of effect estimates. They are extremely fle…
Lecture notes on advanced linear regression methods.
problem Understanding the properties of linear regression estimators in high dimensions.
method Proposition-proof exploration of least squares, ridgeless, ridge, and lasso estimators.
result Detailed analysis of the existence, uniqueness, relations, computation, and non-asymptotic properties of these estimators.
Statistical Query lower bound shows difficulty in list-decodable linear regression.
problem List-decodable linear regression with adversarial corruption.
method Statistical Query (SQ) lower bound analysis.
result Lower bound of dpoly(1/α) for list-decodable linear regression. This paper studies statistical estimation in optional regression models.
problem Estimating parameters in regression models with optional semimartingale processes.
method Structural least squares (LS) estimates and their sequential versions.
result Strong consistency of LS-estimates and fixed accuracy of sequential LS-estimates.
The problems of outliers detection and robust regression in a high-dimensional setting are fundamental in statistics, and have numerous applications. Following a recent set of works providing methods for simultaneous robust regression and outliers detection, we consider in this paper a model of linear regression with i…
This chapter reviews classic regression methods and their evolution to physics-informed approaches.
problem Finding relationships between variables using regression.
method Introduces traditional and physics-informed regression methods, linking them to computational science.
result Regression methods have evolved from purely statistical to incorporating physical knowledge.
New algorithm for robust high-dimensional linear regression is both fast and statistically optimal.
problem Challenges in high-dimensional linear regression under heavy-tailed noise or outliers.
method Projected sub-gradient descent algorithm for sparse and low-rank regression problems.
result Algorithm achieves linear convergence and statistical optimality under various noise conditions.
Modern technologies are generating ever-increasing amounts of data. Making use of these data requires methods that are both statistically sound and computationally efficient. Typically, the statistical and computational aspects are treated separately. In this paper, we propose an approach to entangle these two aspects …
Improved ridge regression with Frequent Directions for large-scale tasks.
problem Improving performance of ridge regression for large-scale data.
method Combines Frequent Directions with iterative optimization schemes.
result Achieves high accuracy in estimating bias and variance for sketched ridge regression.
ParK efficiently solves kernel ridge regression for large datasets.
problem Large-scale kernel ridge regression efficiency and accuracy.
method Partitioning feature space with random projections and iterative optimization.
result Provably maintains statistical accuracy with reduced space and time complexity.
New methods solve tensor-on-tensor regression with unknown rank, revealing benefits of over-parameterization.
problem Connecting tensor responses to tensor covariates with unknown intrinsic rank.
method Riemannian gradient descent and Riemannian Gauss-Newton methods for tensor-on-tensor regression.
result Riemannian optimization methods converge linearly and quadratically to a statistically optimal estimate in rank over-parameterized settings.
Paper proposes a statistical test for transfer learning in linear regression.
problem Theoretical framework for parameter transfer in linear regression.
method Developed a statistical test to predict transfer quality.
result The test can predict if a fine-tuned model has lower prediction risk.
This paper analyzes RMR under Markov-dependent samples, improving understanding of its generalization error.
problem Understanding the generalization error of RMR in Markov-dependent settings.
method Established the upper bound for RMR estimator under Markov-dependent samples, providing a learning rate.
result Markov dependence affects the generalization error, reducing it by a multiplicative factor of the spectral gap.
In recent years, correntropy and its applications in machine learning have been drawing continuous attention owing to its merits in dealing with non-Gaussian noise and outliers. However, theoretical understanding of correntropy, especially in the statistical learning context, is still limited. In this study, within the…
Study enhances robustness of In-CVaR based regression models under perturbation and contamination.
problem Enhancing robustness of nonlinear regression models under perturbation and contamination.
method Introduces interval conditional value-at-risk (In-CVaR) and rigorously analyzes its robustness properties under both perturbation and contamination.
result The In-CVaR based estimator is qualitatively robust in terms of the Prokhorov metric if and only if the largest portion of losses is trimmed.
Proposes a method for differentially private linear regression and synthetic data generation.
problem Lack of valid inference and synthetic data generation methods for small-scale datasets in privacy-aware settings.
method Gaussian differentially private linear regression with bias-corrected estimator and SDG procedure.
result Improves accuracy and provides valid confidence intervals for downstream tasks.
Paper proposes differentially private quantile regression for high-dimensional data.
problem Privacy concerns in big data with heterogeneous sensitive personal information.
method Newton-type transformation for reformulating quantile regression into an OLS problem; iterative updates for estimation; debiased estimator for inference; communication-efficient bootstrap.
result Near-optimal statistical accuracy and formal privacy guarantees achieved.
Paper proposes an online sparse linear regression method for streaming data.
problem Sparse regression for variable selection and prediction accuracy.
method Online sparse linear regression framework with memory efficiency and relaxed assumptions.
result The ℓ2-norm statistical error of the estimator diminishes to zero with optimal order. Unified framework for statistical inference in gradient boosting regression.
problem Challenges in statistical inference and uncertainty quantification for gradient boosting.
method Integrates dropout or parallel training with regularization for CLT in boosting.
result Increasing dropout rate and parallel trees enhances signal recovery and performance.
This work analyzes Fréchet regression using comparison geometry, providing theoretical and practical insights.
problem Analyzing data on complex structures like manifolds and graphs.
method Theoretical analysis through comparison geometry, focusing on existence, uniqueness, and stability of the Fréchet mean.
result Key results on the existence, uniqueness, and stability of the Fréchet mean, along with statistical guarantees for nonparametric regression.
Bayesian symbolic regression automates model discovery from data.
problem Learning closed-form mathematical models from data using heuristic methods.
method Probabilistic approach to symbolic regression, connecting to information theory and statistical physics.
result Probabilistic approach provides model plausibility and performance guarantees.
Network-assisted regression uses conformal prediction for valid inference.
problem Predicting node attributes using network and conventional covariates with valid statistical inference.
method Network analog of conformal prediction under mild joint exchangeability assumption.
result Achieves finite sample validity and asymptotic conditional validity for various network covariates.
Develops statistical guarantees for image-to-image regression models.
problem Current image-to-image regression models lack statistical guarantees for model mistakes and hallucinations.
method Uncertainty quantification techniques with rigorous statistical guarantees for image-to-image regression problems.
result Derives uncertainty intervals around each pixel with formal mathematical guarantees.
New algorithm learns sparse GLMs for binary outcomes efficiently.
problem Sparse modeling of binary outcomes in high-dimensional data.
method Iterative hard thresholding algorithm (BIHT) for sparse GLMs.
result BIHT achieves statistical optimality for logistic regression.
A new model predicts race places using changeover-times and log-normal distributions.
problem Predicting race places in orienteering races.
method Fenton-Wilkinson Order Statistics model based on log-normal leg-times and changeover-times.
result The model accurately predicts race places with smaller root-mean-square-errors.
VEST automates feature engineering for time series forecasting.
problem Challenges in time series forecasting with improved performance.
method VEST combines auto-regression with statistical summarization of recent past dynamics.
result VEST significantly improves forecasting performance.
Gradient descent with random weights in linear regression analyzed for various noise types.
problem Analyzing the impact of random noise on gradient descent in linear regression.
method Gradient descent with randomly weighted data points, various weighting distributions, geometric moment contraction.
result Characterization of implicit regularization and non-asymptotic convergence bounds.
Fast detection of changepoints in linear regression models.
problem Early detection of changes in linear regression models.
method Heavy-weighted CUSUM statistics and composite statistics.
result Effective detection of changepoints regardless of their location.
Study on deleting user data in linear regression models to maintain limited memory.
problem Deleting user data in a limited time frame for statistical models.
method Proposed FIFD-OLS and FIFD-Adaptive Ridge algorithms for low-dimensional and online settings.
result Demonstrated effectiveness of FIFD-Adaptive Ridge in maintaining statistical efficiency.
Paper introduces methods to create fair and accurate regression models.
problem Creating fair and accurate regression models.
method Mixed-integer optimization methods, exact formulations, branch-and-bound algorithm, coordinate descent algorithm.
result Developed methods produce fair and accurate models with reduced training times.
Paper develops statistical tests for covariance matrix regression on manifold.
problem Regression with random covariance matrices in Fréchet space.
method Develops Wasserstein F-tests for Bures-Wasserstein manifold.
result Asymptotic null distribution and power of the test.
New method for scalable inference in large-scale regression models with complex error structures.
problem Challenges in statistical inference for large-scale regression models with dependent errors.
method Generalized Method of Wavelet Moments with Exogenous variables (GMWMX).
result Statistical validity and scalability of GMWMX for linear models with complex error structures.