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48 results for bandit phase retrieval

Improved regret bounds for bandit phase retrieval.

problem Minimizing cumulative and simple regret in a bandit phase retrieval problem.
method Proved minimax cumulative and simple regret bounds using adaptive algorithms.
result Minimax cumulative regret is ildeΘ(dn) ilde{\Theta}(d \sqrt{n}) and minimax simple regret is ildeΘ(d/n) ilde{\Theta}(d / \sqrt{n}).

New algorithms handle phase retrieval with rank d measurements, revealing phase transitions.

problem Phase retrieval with rank d measurements.
method Random duality theory (RDT) and descending phase retrieval algorithms (dPR).
result Minimal sample complexity ratio for dPR's success exhibits phase transitions.

Phase retrieval refers to the problem of recovering real- or complex-valued vectors from magnitude measurements. The best-known algorithms for this problem are iterative in nature and rely on so-called spectral initializers that provide accurate initialization vectors. We propose a novel class of estimators suitable fo…

2018-06-09abs ↗pdf ↗

Descending phase retrieval algorithms show a phase transition with increasing sample complexity.

problem Theoretical limits of descending phase retrieval algorithms.
method Utilizing Random duality theory (RDT), the study develops a generic program to characterize algorithm performance.
result As sample complexity increases, the parametric manifold transitions from multi to single funneling points, leading to a phase transition in algorithm success.

We consider the robust phase retrieval problem of recovering the unknown signal from the magnitude-only measurements, where the measurements can be contaminated by both sparse arbitrary corruption and bounded random noise. We propose a new nonconvex algorithm for robust phase retrieval, namely Robust Wirtinger Flow to …

2017-04-20abs ↗pdf ↗

Global stability bounds for matrix frames in phase retrieval problems.

problem Phase retrieval for matrix frames in various applications.
method Computable global stability bounds for the quasi-linear analysis map β, using Whitney stratification of positive semidefinite matrices of low rank.
result Novel conditions for a frame to be generalized phase retrievable.

Near-optimal sample complexity for phase retrieval with generative priors.

problem Phase retrieval with magnitude-only measurements and sparse signals.
method Near-optimal sample complexity with i.i.d. Gaussian measurements and generative models.
result O(k log L) samples suffice for phase retrieval with generative priors.

We propose a new algorithm to learn a dictionary for reconstructing and sparsely encoding signals from measurements without phase. Specifically, we consider the task of estimating a two-dimensional image from squared-magnitude measurements of a complex-valued linear transformation of the original image. Several recent …

2016-02-06abs ↗pdf ↗

Gradient descent variants improve phase retrieval accuracy.

problem Phase retrieval problem in high-dimensional spaces.
method Gradient descent, stochastic gradient descent, Langevin algorithm, dynamical mean-field theory.
result Stochastic variants of gradient descent achieve better generalization in phase retrieval.

Transformer models improve query-document retrieval efficiency and accuracy.

problem Efficiently retrieve relevant documents from large corpora for query matching.
method Designed paragraph-level pre-training tasks to optimize embedding-based Transformer models.
result Transformer models significantly outperform BM-25 and non-Transformer embedding models.

Continuous-time mirror descent solves sparse phase retrieval efficiently.

problem Recovering sparse signals from magnitude-only measurements.
method Continuous-time mirror descent applied to unconstrained empirical risk minimization problem.
result Mirror descent recovers kk-sparse vectors with minimum non-zero entry order of x2/k\| \mathbf{x}^\star \|_2/\sqrt{k} from k2k^2 Gaussian measurements.

Phase retrieval algorithms have become an important component in many modern computational imaging systems. For instance, in the context of ptychography and speckle correlation imaging, they enable imaging past the diffraction limit and through scattering media, respectively. Unfortunately, traditional phase retrieval …

2018-03-01abs ↗pdf ↗

Study shows how anisotropic data affects learning dynamics in phase retrieval.

problem Understanding learning dynamics in phase retrieval with anisotropic Gaussian inputs.
method Developed a tractable reduction to reveal a three-phase trajectory and derived scaling laws.
result Found that anisotropy leads to a three-phase trajectory: fast escape, slow convergence, and spectral-tail learning.

Study phase retrieval under misspecified models using generative priors.

problem Estimating signals from phase measurements with model misspecification.
method Two-step approach: spectral initialization followed by iterative refinement.
result Statistical rate of order (klogL)(logm)/m\sqrt{(k\log L)\cdot (\log m)/m} under suitable conditions.

In this paper we study the property of phase retrievability by redundant sysems of vectors under perturbations of the frame set. Specifically we show that if a set $\fc$ of mm vectors in the complex Hilbert space of dimension n allows for vector reconstruction from magnitudes of its coefficients, then there is a pertu…

2013-08-25abs ↗pdf ↗

In this paper, we consider the problem of low-rank phase retrieval whose objective is to estimate a complex low-rank matrix from magnitude-only measurements. We propose a hierarchical prior model for low-rank phase retrieval, in which a Gaussian-Wishart hierarchical prior is placed on the underlying low-rank matrix to …

2018-11-05abs ↗pdf ↗

Optimal spectral initializers impact phase retrieval phase transitions.

problem Understanding the limits of phase retrieval algorithms.
method Developed Random duality theory (RDT) to characterize optimal spectral initializers.
result Optimal spectral initializers can fall into flat regions of the phase retrieval manifold, making phase retrieval difficult.

SpecGD mitigates misalignment in phase retrieval models with anisotropic inputs.

problem Misalignment during gradient descent in phase retrieval models with anisotropic inputs.
method Spectral gradient descent modifies gradient updates to preserve directional information and remove spike amplification.
result SpecGD removes spike amplification, leading to stable alignment and accelerated noise contraction.

Gradient flow in phase retrieval escapes spurious minima with high probability.

problem Understanding gradient-based optimization in high-dimensional non-convex functions.
method Analytical and numerical study of gradient dynamics in phase retrieval.
result Gradient flow avoids spurious minima by drifting along unstable directions.

Paper studies early-stopped mirror descent for noisy sparse phase retrieval.

problem Recovering a sparse signal from noisy quadratic measurements.
method Early-stopped mirror descent with hyperbolic entropy mirror map.
result Achieves nearly minimax-optimal rate of convergence for kk-sparse signals.

In this paper, we propose the application of conditional generative adversarial networks to solve various phase retrieval problems. We show that including knowledge of the measurement process at training time leads to an optimization at test time that is more robust to initialization than existing approaches involving …

2019-12-10abs ↗pdf ↗

We study Generalised Restricted Boltzmann Machines with generic priors for units and weights, interpolating between Boolean and Gaussian variables. We present a complete analysis of the replica symmetric phase diagram of these systems, which can be regarded as Generalised Hopfield models. We underline the role of the r…

2016-12-09abs ↗pdf ↗

This paper considers the noisy sparse phase retrieval problem: recovering a sparse signal xRpx \in \mathbb{R}^p from noisy quadratic measurements yj=(ajx)2+εjy_j = (a_j' x )^2 + ε_j, j=1,,mj=1, \ldots, m, with independent sub-exponential noise εjε_j. The goals are to understand the effect of the sparsity of xx on the estimation prec…

2015-06-10abs ↗pdf ↗

Two-stage risk control for ranked retrieval systems.

problem Assessing prediction uncertainty and risk control in sequential machine learning systems.
method Developed two-stage risk control methods based on LTT and CRC frameworks, leveraging sequential nature of retrieval and ranking phases.
result The proposed methods provide theoretical guarantees and reduce computational burden compared to prior work.

New error bounds for noisy phase retrieval problems using empirical risk minimization.

problem Estimating signals in noisy phase retrieval problems.
method Empirical 2\ell_2 risk minimization (ERM) with new error bounds for different noise patterns.
result Established new error bounds for NPR and NGPR, showing improved performance under various noise conditions.

Existing nonconvex statistical optimization theory and methods crucially rely on the correct specification of the underlying "true" statistical models. To address this issue, we take a first step towards taming model misspecification by studying the high-dimensional sparse phase retrieval problem with misspecified link…

2017-12-18abs ↗pdf ↗

Detects anomalies in product health metrics at eBay for better alerts.

problem Detecting anomalies in unsupervised product health metrics at eBay.
method Developed a Moving Metric Detector (MMD) for anomaly detection and a point-wise ranking model for alert retrieval.
result Improves alert precision and avoids alert spamming in eBay production.

A bandit algorithm reduces regret in noisy, communication-constrained feedback.

problem Distributed stochastic multi-armed bandit with noisy, communication-constrained feedback.
method Proposes a multi-phase bandit algorithm, UE-UCB++, that matches an information-theoretic lower bound.
result Matches an information-theoretic lower bound of Ω(√(KT/σ²)) on the minimax regret.