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48 results for asymmetric nearest-neighbor

Hashing has been widely used for large-scale approximate nearest neighbor search because of its storage and search efficiency. Recent work has found that deep supervised hashing can significantly outperform non-deep supervised hashing in many applications. However, most existing deep supervised hashing methods adopt a …

2017-07-26abs ↗pdf ↗

Inverted file and asymmetric distance computation (IVFADC) have been successfully applied to approximate nearest neighbor search and subsequently maximum inner product search. In such a framework, vector quantization is used for coarse partitioning while product quantization is used for quantizing residuals. In the ori…

2019-03-25abs ↗pdf ↗

Study of geometric analysis on asymmetric metric spaces, including heat flow and Sobolev spaces.

problem Analysis of geometric properties on asymmetric metric measure spaces.
method Introduction of upper gradients, qq-Laplacian, and qq-heat flow in asymmetric settings.
result Extension of concepts from symmetric to asymmetric metric measure spaces.

A new asymmetric correntropy method improves robust adaptive filtering for asymmetric error distributions.

problem Inadequate handling of asymmetric error distributions in adaptive filtering.
method Proposes asymmetric correntropy using an asymmetric Gaussian kernel and develops a robust adaptive filtering algorithm.
result The proposed algorithm shows better steady-state convergence performance for asymmetric error distributions.

Study nearest-neighbor radii under dependent sampling, finding they remain informative.

problem Analyzing nearest-neighbor radii under dependent sampling.
method Consider strong mixing dependent observations, establish distribution-free almost sure convergence and sharp non-asymptotic moment bounds.
result Nearest-neighbor geometry remains informative under dependence sampling.

Characterizes Lebesgue points using nearest neighbor methods.

problem Consistency of classification algorithms based on nearest neighbors.
method Characterization of Lebesgue points via 1-Nearest Neighbor regression.
result Proves convergence of 1-Nearest Neighbor classification algorithms in metric spaces.

This study examines asymmetric cross-correlations in cryptocurrency markets using fractal analysis.

problem Exploring asymmetric multifractal cross-correlations in cryptocurrency markets.
method Fractal analysis and MF-ADCCA method to investigate asymmetric volatility dynamics.
result Cross-correlations are stronger in downtrend markets than in uptrend markets for maturing BTC and ETH.

The paper explains how nearest neighbor methods succeed in prediction.

problem Explaining the success of nearest neighbor methods in prediction.
method The paper covers both theoretical and practical aspects of nearest neighbor methods, including statistical guarantees and practical algorithms.
result The paper provides nonasymptotic statistical guarantees and practical algorithms for nearest neighbor methods.

Theoretical justification for asymmetric actor-critic algorithms in reinforcement learning.

problem Lack of precise theoretical justification for asymmetric actor-critic algorithms in reinforcement learning.
method Adapting a finite-time convergence analysis to the asymmetric actor-critic setting with linear function approximators.
result A finite-time bound reveals that the asymmetric critic eliminates aliasing errors in the agent state.

AWNN improves matrix completion by adaptively weighting nearest neighbors.

problem Matrix completion with optimal nearest neighbor weights and radii selection.
method Adaptively weighted nearest neighbor method for matrix completion.
result Theoretical guarantees and synthetic experiments support the effectiveness of AWNN.

We consider the problem of designing locality sensitive hashes (LSH) for inner product similarity, and of the power of asymmetric hashes in this context. Shrivastava and Li argue that there is no symmetric LSH for the problem and propose an asymmetric LSH based on different mappings for query and database points. Howev…

2014-10-21abs ↗pdf ↗

Nearest neighbor methods are a popular class of nonparametric estimators with several desirable properties, such as adaptivity to different distance scales in different regions of space. Prior work on convergence rates for nearest neighbor classification has not fully reflected these subtle properties. We analyze the b…

2014-06-30abs ↗pdf ↗

Label embedding (LE) is an important family of multi-label classification algorithms that digest the label information jointly for better performance. Different real-world applications evaluate performance by different cost functions of interest. Current LE algorithms often aim to optimize one specific cost function, b…

2016-03-30abs ↗pdf ↗

The paper improves asymmetric causality tests by addressing inefficiencies and statistical significance issues.

problem Inefficiencies and statistical significance issues in asymmetric causality tests.
method Improved asymmetric causality tests via partial cumulative sums for positive and negative components, explicitly testing differences between causal parameters.
result Efficiently tested hypotheses on asymmetric causal interaction between financial markets.

We propose Deep Asymmetric Multitask Feature Learning (Deep-AMTFL) which can learn deep representations shared across multiple tasks while effectively preventing negative transfer that may happen in the feature sharing process. Specifically, we introduce an asymmetric autoencoder term that allows reliable predictors fo…

2017-08-01abs ↗pdf ↗

In this paper we show how the study of asymmetric R&D alliances, that are those between young and small firms and large and MNEs firms for knowledge exploration and/or exploitation, requires the adoption of a coopetitive framework which consider both collaboration and competition. We draw upon the literature on asymmet…

2012-05-13abs ↗pdf ↗

The estimation of optimal treatment regimes is of considerable interest to precision medicine. In this work, we propose a causal kk-nearest neighbor method to estimate the optimal treatment regime. The method roots in the framework of causal inference, and estimates the causal treatment effects within the nearest neig…

2017-11-22abs ↗pdf ↗

Bayesian VI copula models capture asymmetric intraday equity dependence.

problem Modeling asymmetric and extreme tail dependence in financial data.
method Bayesian variational inference for skew-t copula models in high dimensions.
result The copula captures substantial heterogeneity in asymmetric dependence over equity pairs and time.

The paper tackles time series data by applying conformal prediction with nearest neighbors.

problem Time series data violates the exchangeability assumption required for conformal prediction.
method The approach uses the nearest neighbors method with fast parameter tuning and weighted nearest neighbors (FPTO-WNN) to construct reliable prediction intervals.
result Data analysis shows the effectiveness of the proposed approach.

Extends multidimensional scaling to analyze three-way asymmetric proximities.

problem Analyzing asymmetric and three-way proximities in a Euclidean space.
method Unified h-plot methodology for three-way asymmetric proximities, including symmetric and conditional frameworks.
result Identification of archetypal profiles and clustering structures.

A new multilabel classification framework improves ANN search performance.

problem Efficiently finding approximate nearest neighbors in large datasets.
method Formulated ANN search as a multilabel classification problem, using partitioning classifiers.
result Natural classifier leads to strictly improved performance in ANN search.

K-Nearest neighbor classifier (k-NNC) is simple to use and has little design time like finding k values in k-nearest neighbor classifier, hence these are suitable to work with dynamically varying data-sets. There exists some fundamental improvements over the basic k-NNC, like weighted k-nearest neighbors classifier (wh…

2013-01-27abs ↗pdf ↗

The paper studies empirical processes from nearest neighbors in regression.

problem Estimating conditional cumulative distribution functions and local linear regression.
method Uniform central limit theorem and non-asymptotic bound under local bracketing entropy and uniform entropy numbers.
result Gaussian limit of empirical process with simple covariance.

This paper proposes a new hashing-based KNN technique for faster nearest neighbor selection.

problem Slowness of KNN in big datasets due to searching entire dataset.
method Divide data space into subcells, use hashing to map data points, and select nearest neighbors layer by layer.
result The proposed technique offers competitive performance with KNN and KDtree while significantly improving time efficiency.

This paper introduces constrained mixtures for continuous distributions, characterized by a mixture of distributions where each distribution has a shape similar to the base distribution and disjoint domains. This new concept is used to create generalized asymmetric versions of the Laplace and normal distributions, whic…

2015-03-22abs ↗pdf ↗

Enhances reinforcement learning with partial state information.

problem Improving learning under partial observability with limited privileged signals.
method Introduced informed asymmetric actor-critic framework that uses arbitrary state-dependent privileged signals.
result Unbiased policy gradient estimates with arbitrary privileged signals.

The nearest neighbor problem is defined as follows: Given a set PP of nn points in some metric space (X,D)(X,D), build a data structure that, given any point qq, returns a point in PP that is closest to qq (its "nearest neighbor" in PP). The data structure stores additional information about the set PP, which is th…

2018-06-26abs ↗pdf ↗

Paper defines saddle points in asymmetric Dynkin games using martingale theory.

problem Tackles saddle point conditions in asymmetric Dynkin games with partial information.
method Uses martingale theory to identify super and submartingales related to equilibrium payoffs.
result Characterizes saddle point strategies in terms of equilibrium payoffs' dynamics and Doob-Meyer decompositions.

Proposes a new OAL algorithm for imbalanced data with limited labels.

problem Handling imbalanced unlabeled datastream with limited query budget.
method Integrates asymmetric losses and queries strategies, uses second-order optimization, and applies sketching technique.
result Demonstrates improved performance and efficiency in class imbalance.

Study uncovers new phase transitions in asymmetric causal inference scenarios.

problem Understanding typical phase transitions in asymmetric causal inference.
method Combining Causal inference (C-inf) and Low-rank recovery (LRR) with Random duality - Free probability theory (RDT-FPT).
result Discovering a doubling low-rankness phenomenon in asymmetric scenarios.