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48 results for Symmetric Jeffreys divergence

Jeffreys Flow improves robustness of Boltzmann generators for rare event sampling.

problem Rare events and metastable trapping in sampling physical systems with rough energy landscapes.
method Introduces Jeffreys Flow, a robust generative framework using Parallel Tempering distillation and symmetric Jeffreys divergence to mitigate mode collapse and improve mode coverage.
result Minimizing Jeffreys divergence suppresses mode collapse and corrects inaccuracies in multi-modal distributions.

Due to the success of the bag-of-word modeling paradigm, clustering histograms has become an important ingredient of modern information processing. Clustering histograms can be performed using the celebrated kk-means centroid-based algorithm. From the viewpoint of applications, it is usually required to deal with symm…

2013-03-29abs ↗pdf ↗

Automated feature selection is important for text categorization to reduce the feature size and to speed up the learning process of classifiers. In this paper, we present a novel and efficient feature selection framework based on the Information Theory, which aims to rank the features with their discriminative capacity…

2016-02-09abs ↗pdf ↗

Develops a statistical test for IV, improving feature selection reliability.

problem Lack of statistical justification in conventional IV-based feature selection.
method Establishes connection with Jeffreys divergence and proposes a nonparametric hypothesis test.
result The J-Divergence test provides rigorous guarantees and is more reliable than traditional IV thresholds.

This study investigates self-supervised learning with Wasserstein distance on tree structures.

problem Improving self-supervised learning methods using Wasserstein distance.
method Utilized Tree-Wasserstein distance (TWD) and Jeffrey divergence regularization for training.
result A simple combination of softmax function and Tree-Wasserstein distance outperforms cosine similarity-based methods.

MsIGN tackles high-dimensional Bayesian inference using multiscale structure.

problem High-dimensional Bayesian inference challenges due to the curse of dimensionality.
method MsIGN generates samples from coarse to fine scale, minimizing Jeffreys divergence.
result MsIGN outperforms previous approaches in posterior approximation and mode capture.

Thompson Sampling has been demonstrated in many complex bandit models, however the theoretical guarantees available for the parametric multi-armed bandit are still limited to the Bernoulli case. Here we extend them by proving asymptotic optimality of the algorithm using the Jeffreys prior for 1-dimensional exponential …

2013-07-12abs ↗pdf ↗

We compare two models of corporate default by calculating the Jeffreys-Kullback-Leibler divergence between their predicted default probabilities when asset correlations are either high or low. Our main results show that the divergence between the two models increases in highly correlated, volatile, and large markets, b…

2016-04-24abs ↗pdf ↗

Locally private methods detect changes in time series data.

problem Detecting distributional changes in time series data under local differential privacy.
method Proposed locally differentially private algorithms based on randomized response and binary mechanisms.
result Theoretical performance bounds and empirical validation of detection accuracy.

Jeffrey guidance extends diffusion-model control to more complex applications.

problem Controlling diffusion models beyond simple cases like conditional sampling.
method Leveraging Jeffrey's rule of conditioning to update marginal distributions towards a target distribution.
result Significant reductions in FID on CIFAR-10 and FFHQ with Inception embeddings as the target.

In the field of statistics, many kind of divergence functions have been studied as an amount which measures the discrepancy between two probability distributions. In the differential geometrical approach in statistics (information geometry), dually flat spaces play a key role. In a dually flat space, there exist dual a…

2018-08-16abs ↗pdf ↗

We propose a general framework to learn deep generative models via \textbf{V}ariational \textbf{Gr}adient Fl\textbf{ow} (VGrow) on probability spaces. The evolving distribution that asymptotically converges to the target distribution is governed by a vector field, which is the negative gradient of the first variation o…

2019-01-24abs ↗pdf ↗

This work improves understanding of symmetrizing Bregman divergences on positive definite matrices.

problem Understanding which mean to use for symmetrizing Bregman divergences on positive definite matrices.
method Axiomatic definition of mean functionals and variational principles over the cone of positive definite matrices.
result The arithmetic mean is canonical for forward symmetrization, and the arithmetic, log-Euclidean, and harmonic means for reverse symmetrization.

Bayesian neural networks update beliefs with soft evidence, improving accuracy and calibration.

problem Updating neural network weights with uncertain or soft evidence.
method Developed two algorithms to approximate Jeffrey's rule for updating neural network weights.
result Jeffrey-based methods outperform traditional approaches in accuracy and calibration, especially in noisy data.

DAIS minimizes symmetrized KL divergence between initial and target distributions.

problem Optimizing over initial distributions in importance sampling.
method Differentiable annealed importance sampling (DAIS) minimizing symmetrized KL divergence.
result DAIS minimizes symmetrized KL divergence between initial and target distributions.

Paper introduces symmetric divergence link models for probability distributions.

problem Symmetric divergence measures for probability distributions.
method Two general classes of link models: one for survival functions and another for cumulative probability distribution functions.
result Advantages of symmetric divergence measures over asymmetric measures for model averaging and feature assessment.

The article recovers tensor fields from partial data using weighted divergent ray transforms.

problem Recovering tensor fields from partial data.
method Weighted divergent ray transforms, unique continuation property of fractional Laplacian, explicit reconstruction formulas.
result Recovery of symmetric mm-tensor fields and unique continuation for vector fields and symmetric 2-tensor fields.

New divergence identity for scalar curvature helps prove rigidity of tensors.

problem Proving rigidity of Codazzi tensors under curvature and invariant conditions.
method Derived a divergence identity for a vector field and applied it to tensor rigidity.
result New proof of Tang-Yan theorem on constant eigenvalues for tensors.

Divergence functions play a key role as to measure the discrepancy between two points in the field of machine learning, statistics and signal processing. Well-known divergences are the Bregman divergences, the Jensen divergences and the f-divergences. In this paper, we show that the symmetric Bregman divergence can be …

2018-10-03abs ↗pdf ↗

Informative Bayesian priors are often difficult to elicit, and when this is the case, modelers usually turn to noninformative or objective priors. However, objective priors such as the Jeffreys and reference priors are not tractable to derive for many models of interest. We address this issue by proposing techniques fo…

2017-04-04abs ↗pdf ↗

A new Weyl prior is proposed for Bayesian statistics, offering a more canonical choice for parameter α.

problem Choosing a prior distribution for Bayesian inference.
method Proposed a new Weyl prior based on the Weyl structure on a statistical manifold.
result The Weyl prior is a special case of the α-parallel prior with α = -n, where n is the dimension of the statistical manifold.

Paper introduces a diagnostic for approximate inference methods.

problem Estimating errors in probabilistic inference algorithms, especially for approximate methods.
method Repeatedly simulate datasets from the prior and perform inference on each, estimating a symmetric KL-divergence.
result A diagnostic for approximate inference methods can be estimated using symmetric KL-divergence.

Optimality of TS with noninformative priors proven for Pareto model.

problem Optimality of Thompson Sampling with noninformative priors for Pareto bandits.
method Proved optimality of TS with certain probability matching priors, showed suboptimality with others, and found effectiveness of truncation procedures.
result TS with certain probability matching priors achieves optimal regret bound for Pareto model.

Consider the space RΔR_Δ of rational functions of several variables with poles on a fixed arrangement ΔΔ of hyperplanes. We obtain a decomposition of RΔR_Δ as a module over the ring of differential operators with constant coefficients. We generalize to the space RΔR_Δ the notions of principal part and of residue, and …

1999-03-30abs ↗pdf ↗

Let M be a globally Riemannian symmetric space. We prove a duality estimate between pairings of vector fields with divergence zero and and in L^1 with vector fields in a critical Sobolev space on M. As a consequence we get a sharp Calderon-Zygmund estimate for solutions to Poisson's equation on M, where the right side …

2016-10-03abs ↗pdf ↗

Unified toolkit for comparing neural representations using SRTD and NTS.

problem Heuristic asymmetry and unbounded scores in existing divergences.
method Developed SRTD and NTS to address these issues.
result Unified, robust, and scale-invariant metric for comparing neural representations.

On manifolds with an even Riemannian conformally compact Einstein metric, the resolvent of the Lichnerowicz Laplacian, acting on trace-free, divergence-free, symmetric 2-tensors is shown to have a meromorphic continuation to the complex plane, defining quantum resonances of this Laplacian. For higher rank symmetric ten…

2016-09-21abs ↗pdf ↗

New guarantees for VI in symmetric cases, extending previous results.

problem Symmetry in variational inference for complex distributions.
method Analysis of ff-divergences and their stationary points under symmetry.
result Symmetry-matching principles ensure recovery of mean and correlation matrix.

Unified framework connects credit risk metrics with information theory.

problem Disconnection between industry-standard metrics and statistical theory.
method Unified information-theoretic framework, proving IV equals PSI, deriving standard errors, formalizing trade-off, automated binning with XGBoost.
result Unified framework connects IV and PSI, providing statistical foundation for metrics.

We study in a uniform manner the properties of biconservative surfaces in arbitrary Riemannian manifolds. Biconservative surfaces being characterized by the vanishing of the divergence of a symmetric tensor field S2S_2 of type (1,1)(1,1), their properties will follow from general properties of a symmetric tensor field of …

2017-04-15abs ↗pdf ↗

The paper explores how to handle uncertain evidence in probabilistic models.

problem Handling uncertain evidence in probabilistic models and stochastic simulators.
method The paper considers distributional evidence, Jeffrey's rule, and virtual evidence as methods for interpreting uncertain evidence.
result The paper provides guidelines on how to account for uncertain evidence and highlights the importance of careful consideration.