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Neural networks learn distance-based representations, not just intensity.

problem Understanding how neural networks interpret and learn from internal activations.
method Manipulated ReLU and Absolute Value activations to observe sensitivity to distance and intensity perturbations.
result Neural networks are highly sensitive to small distance-based perturbations, challenging the intensity-based interpretation.

We propose a new class of metrics on sets, vectors, and functions that can be used in various stages of data mining, including exploratory data analysis, learning, and result interpretation. These new distance functions unify and generalize some of the popular metrics, such as the Jaccard and bag distances on sets, Man…

2016-03-22abs ↗pdf ↗

Study stability of curvature-dimension condition for negative dimensions.

problem Stability of curvature-dimension condition with negative dimension parameters.
method Introduced CD(K, N)-condition for N < 0, defined distance d_{\mathsf{iKRW}}, proved convergence stability.
result Limit structure of converging metric measure spaces remains CD(K, N) for N < 0.

This work briefly explores the possibility of approximating spatial distance (alternatively, similarity) between data points using the Isolation Forest method envisioned for outlier detection. The logic is similar to that of isolation: the more similar or closer two points are, the more random splits it will take to se…

2019-10-27abs ↗pdf ↗

Nearest Neighbors Algorithm is a Lazy Learning Algorithm, in which the algorithm tries to approximate the predictions with the help of similar existing vectors in the training dataset. The predictions made by the K-Nearest Neighbors algorithm is based on averaging the target values of the spatial neighbors. The selecti…

2018-11-13abs ↗pdf ↗

Many modern data-intensive computational problems either require, or benefit from distance or similarity data that adhere to a metric. The algorithms run faster or have better performance guarantees. Unfortunately, in real applications, the data are messy and values are noisy. The distances between the data points are …

2017-10-29abs ↗pdf ↗

This paper studies clustering of data sequences using the k-medoids algorithm. All the data sequences are assumed to be generated from \emph{unknown} continuous distributions, which form clusters with each cluster containing a composite set of closely located distributions (based on a certain distance metric between di…

2018-07-31abs ↗pdf ↗

Study shows effective resistance distance yields more accurate network barycenter than Hamming distance.

problem Identifying the best metric for computing the Fréchet mean network.
method Compared the effectiveness of Hamming distance and effective resistance distance in capturing network topology.
result Effective resistance distance produces a more accurate Fréchet mean network.

PolyGraph Discrepancy improves graph generative model evaluation.

problem Inability of existing metrics to provide an absolute performance measure and comparability across different graph descriptors.
method Approximates Jensen-Shannon distance using binary classifiers trained to distinguish between real and generated graphs.
result PGD provides a more robust and insightful evaluation compared to MMD metrics.

A new distance metric derived from information theory and estimation theory.

problem Developing a robust distance metric for complex signal distributions.
method Information-Estimation Metric (IEM) derived from continuous probability density and denoising errors.
result The IEM is a valid global distance metric that adapts to the geometry of complex distributions.

Study evaluates synthetic data augmentation for small datasets, highlighting inconsistencies in traditional metrics.

problem Inconsistent validation of synthetic data generated for small sample sizes.
method Proposes a normalized Bottleneck distance metric to evaluate synthetic tabular data.
result Common metrics like propensity scoring and MMD fail for small datasets, showing instability and high variability.

The Wasserstein probability metric has received much attention from the machine learning community. Unlike the Kullback-Leibler divergence, which strictly measures change in probability, the Wasserstein metric reflects the underlying geometry between outcomes. The value of being sensitive to this geometry has been demo…

2017-05-30abs ↗pdf ↗

In this work we explore the use of metric index structures, which accelerate nearest neighbor queries, in the scenario where we need to interleave insertions and queries during deployment. This use-case is inspired by a real-life need in malware analysis triage, and is surprisingly understudied. Existing literature ten…

2018-01-12abs ↗pdf ↗

We bound the value of the Casson invariant of any integral homology 3-sphere MM by a constant times the distance-squared to the identity, measured in any word metric on the Torelli group $\T$, of the element of $\T$ associated to any Heegaard splitting of MM. We construct examples which show this bound is asymptotica…

2007-07-16abs ↗pdf ↗

The study connects lamination and orbit closures in hyperbolic manifolds.

problem Understanding the geometric and dynamical properties of horocycle orbit closures in Z\mathbb{Z}-covers of compact hyperbolic manifolds.
method Exposes connections between distance minimizing laminations and horospherical orbit closures in Z\mathbb{Z}-covers of compact hyperbolic manifolds. Provides novel constructions and explicit descriptions.
result Even slight perturbations to hyperbolic metrics can drastically change horocycle orbit closures.

We introduce a new metric to evaluate corruption robustness of ML classifiers.

problem Evaluating corruption robustness of machine learning classifiers.
method We propose a test data augmentation method using minimal class separation distance to derive a robustness distance ε and a metric MSCR.
result The MSCR metric allows interpretable comparison of classifier robustness on different datasets.

A new numerical framework simplifies elastic surface matching and comparison.

problem Challenging problem in surface comparison and matching in computer vision.
method Relaxing the geodesic boundary constraint using a varifold fidelity metric.
result Flexibility to deal with arbitrary topologies and sampling patterns, scalability to large meshes.

Kernel regression is a popular non-parametric fitting technique. It aims at learning a function which estimates the targets for test inputs as precise as possible. Generally, the function value for a test input is estimated by a weighted average of the surrounding training examples. The weights are typically computed b…

2017-12-25abs ↗pdf ↗

Paper calculates distances between strata in Teichmüller space, proving a constant separation.

problem Measuring distances in the Weil-Petersson metric on Teichmüller space.
method Analyzes distances between strata, proving a constant separation and providing bounds.
result Proves the optimal value for minimal separation between strata is a constant δ1,1δ_{1,1}.

FOCAL tackles offline meta-reinforcement learning with efficient task inference and behavior regularization.

problem Efficiently adapt RL algorithms to unseen tasks without interactions, addressing bootstrapping errors and robust task inference.
method FOCAL combines behavior regularization, a deterministic context encoder, and a negative-power distance metric for efficient task inference.
result FOCAL outperforms prior algorithms on meta-RL benchmarks, demonstrating computational efficiency.

Distance metric learning is an important component for many tasks, such as statistical classification and content-based image retrieval. Existing approaches for learning distance metrics from pairwise constraints typically suffer from two major problems. First, most algorithms only offer point estimation of the distanc…

2012-06-20abs ↗pdf ↗

Study robustness of polynomial neural networks using algebraic geometry.

problem Certify robustness radius of polynomial neural networks.
method Metric algebraic geometry, Euclidean distance degree, symbolic elimination, homotopy-continuation methods.
result Found decision boundaries with lower ED degree than generic cubic hypersurfaces.