We present a new Riemannian metric, termed Log-Cholesky metric, on the manifold of symmetric positive definite (SPD) matrices via Cholesky decomposition. We first construct a Lie group structure and a bi-invariant metric on Cholesky space, the collection of lower triangular matrices whose diagonal elements are all posi…
New method for geodesics of multivariate normals, derived from a Toda lattice.
problem Computing geodesics of multivariate normal distributions.
method Using block Cholesky decomposition and a natural Riemannian submersion, a new Toda lattice type Lax pair is derived.
result A new Toda lattice type Lax pair derived from geodesics and block Cholesky decomposition.
The modified Cholesky decomposition is commonly used for precision matrix estimation given a specified order of random variables. However, the order of variables is often not available or cannot be pre-determined. In this work, we propose to address the variable order issue in the modified Cholesky decomposition for sp…
New SPD metrics improve stability and efficiency in neural networks.
problem Designing stable and efficient Riemannian metrics on SPD manifolds.
method Cholesky decomposition to derive SPD metrics.
result Proposed metrics provide closed-form operators, computational efficiency, and improved numerical stability.
The paper explores Cholesky decompositions for symmetric matrices and their geometric properties.
problem Understanding the structure and properties of symmetric matrices through Cholesky decompositions.
method Introducing cones of symmetric matrices, proving Cholesky-type factorizations, and showing geometric properties.
result Each symmetric matrix admits an uncountable family of Cholesky-type factorizations, and these cones are isometric Riemannian manifolds.
Accelerated RPCholesky speeds up kernel matrix approximations.
problem Efficiently approximating large kernel matrices.
method Accelerated randomly pivoted Cholesky (RPCholesky) with block matrix computations and rejection sampling.
result Approximates kernel matrices up to 40 times faster.
We propose an algorithmic framework for convex minimization problems of a composite function with two terms: a self-concordant function and a possibly nonsmooth regularization term. Our method is a new proximal Newton algorithm that features a local quadratic convergence rate. As a specific instance of our framework, w…
In this paper, we present a general, multistage framework for graphical model approximation using a cascade of models such as trees. In particular, we look at the problem of covariance matrix approximation for Gaussian distributions as linear transformations of tree models. This is a new way to decompose the covariance…
New heuristic selects fewer assets for efficient portfolios, reducing costs.
problem High transaction costs and fees from including many assets in portfolios.
method Surrogate formulation to select assets, re-optimizes portfolio with fewer assets.
result Effective in constructing portfolios with fewer assets, reducing costs.
Algorithm improves SVM classification in non-Euclidean spaces.
problem Limitations of traditional SVM in non-Euclidean spaces.
method Covariance-adjusted SVM using Cholesky Decomposition.
result Cholesky-SVM outperforms traditional SVM in non-Euclidean spaces.
New geometric framework for positive semidefinite matrices of fixed rank.
problem Statistical analysis of positive semidefinite matrices of fixed rank.
method Introducing a manifold S(n,p)∗ with Riemannian geometry and Lie group structure. result Analytical closed forms for geodesics and Fréchet means.
New method differentiates square-root Kalman filters robustly.
problem Gradient calculation issues in square-root Kalman filters.
method Closed-form chain rule derived from Gramian identity, resolves non-orthogonal and rank-deficient issues.
result Robust automatic differentiation for Kalman filters, resolving numerical stability and gradient issues.
New Krylov subspace methods speed up mixed-effects models with crossed random effects.
problem Slow computations for high-dimensional crossed random effects in mixed-effects models.
method Krylov subspace-based methods for generalized mixed-effects models with cross effects.
result Speedups by factors of up to 10,000 in computations for mixed-effects models.
Paper details Hilbert-curve for high-performance data mining.
problem Efficiently mapping multi-dimensional data to one dimension.
method Defines Hilbert-curve using finite automaton and context-free grammar.
result Cache-oblivious algorithms for matrix operations and clustering.
New quadrature method using randomly pivoted Cholesky outperforms existing techniques.
problem Efficiently approximating integrals of functions in reproducing kernel Hilbert spaces.
method Nodes drawn by randomly pivoted Cholesky algorithm.
result Randomly pivoted Cholesky quadrature is fast and achieves comparable accuracy to more computationally intensive methods.
Paper proposes a new method for sparse covariance Cholesky factor estimation.
problem Estimating sparse covariance matrices for ordered data.
method Matrix loss penalization approach for sparse Cholesky factor estimation.
result The proposed method outperforms existing regression-based approaches in simulations and real data.
Efficiently discovers causal DAG permutations without additional assumptions.
problem Learning a DAG up to Markov equivalence.
method Utilizing DAG-specific problem structure, introduces an efficient algorithm for sparse permutations.
result Significant improvement in permutation discovery compared to existing algorithms.
Method regularizes Cholesky factors to detect nonstationarity in longitudinal data.
problem Detecting nonstationarity in large covariance matrices of longitudinal data.
method Fused-Lasso regularization on Cholesky factors.
result Regularization leads to smooth subdiagonals, indicating nonstationarity.
Paper proposes a fast algorithm to recover causal DAGs with latent variables.
problem Discovering causal relationships in the presence of latent variables.
method Cholesky factorization of covariance matrix with optimization for latent variables.
result The algorithm significantly outperforms previous methods in synthetic and real-world datasets.
New method for robust fixed-point smoothing without state augmentation.
problem Estimating initial states in Gaussian smoothing algorithms.
method Cholesky-based formulation without state augmentation.
result Matches runtime and robustness of existing methods.
This paper develops a fast algorithm for solving nonlinear PDEs using sparse Cholesky factorization.
problem Efficiently solving nonlinear PDEs with Gaussian processes and kernel methods.
method Sparse Cholesky factorization for near-linear complexity.
result Near-linear complexity algorithm for working with kernel matrices of nonlinear PDEs.
The space of probability densities is an infinite-dimensional Riemannian manifold, with Riemannian metrics in two flavors: Wasserstein and Fisher--Rao. The former is pivotal in optimal mass transport (OMT), whereas the latter occurs in information geometry---the differential geometric approach to statistics. The Rieman…
A new method for efficient causal structure learning at scale.
problem Causal structure learning is computationally challenging at scale.
method Relaxed sparsest-permutation formulation with support-level relaxation and masked zero-fill incomplete Cholesky factorization.
result The method enables scalable comparison of candidate orderings and matches the accuracy of slower baselines.
Improved aircraft structure prediction using derivative-enhanced sparse Cholesky GP method.
problem Accurate real-time prediction of aircraft structure performance.
method Combining derivative data with a modified dynamic sparse Cholesky linear system solver.
result Improved prediction accuracy of aircraft structure performance.
We propose a method for explicit computation of the Chern character form of a holomorphic Hermitian vector bundle (E,h) over a complex manifold X in a local holomorphic frame. First, we use the descent equations arising in the double complex of (p,q)-forms on X and find explicit degree decomposition of the Cher…
A new method learns DAGs from Gaussian data without verifying acyclicity.
problem Learning DAGs from Gaussian data without verifying acyclicity.
method Relaxation technique for permutation matrix estimation and cyclic coordinatewise descent for sparse Cholesky factor estimation.
result The method recovers DAGs without verifying acyclicity constraints.
Determinantal point processes (DPPs) enable the modeling of repulsion: they provide diverse sets of points. The repulsion is encoded in a kernel K that can be seen as a matrix storing the similarity between points. The diversity comes from the fact that the inclusion probability of a subset is equal to the determinan…
RPCholesky approximates kernel matrices with few evaluations.
problem Approximating kernel matrices efficiently.
method Randomly pivoted partial Cholesky factorization.
result RPCholesky provides nearly optimal low-rank approximations.
Kernel-based clustering algorithm can identify and capture the non-linear structure in datasets, and thereby it can achieve better performance than linear clustering. However, computing and storing the entire kernel matrix occupy so large memory that it is difficult for kernel-based clustering to deal with large-scale …
New iterative methods improve Vecchia-Laplace approximations for large data sets.
problem Inaccurate and slow Vecchia-Laplace approximations for large data sets.
method Iterative methods to improve Vecchia-Laplace approximations, including preconditioners and novel methods for predictive variances.
result Order of magnitude speed-up and threefold increase in prediction accuracy compared to state-of-the-art methods.
Whitening, or sphering, is a common preprocessing step in statistical analysis to transform random variables to orthogonality. However, due to rotational freedom there are infinitely many possible whitening procedures. Consequently, there is a diverse range of sphering methods in use, for example based on principal com…
Multivariate volatility modeling and forecasting are crucial in financial economics. This paper develops a copula-based approach to model and forecast realized volatility matrices. The proposed copula-based time series models can capture the hidden dependence structure of realized volatility matrices. Also, this approa…
This paper proposes the recursive and square-root BLS algorithms to improve the original BLS for new added inputs, which utilize the inverse and inverse Cholesky factor of the Hermitian matrix in the ridge inverse, respectively, to update the ridge solution. The recursive BLS updates the inverse by the matrix inversion…
NGRC shows numerical instabilities with short lags and high-degree polynomials.
problem Numerical instabilities in NGRC feature matrix.
method Combining numerical linear algebra and dynamical systems theory, we study feature matrix conditioning. We evaluate different numerical algorithms for solving the regularized least-squares problem.
result SVD-based training achieves accurate forecasts without regularization, preferable for short lags and high-degree polynomials.
Scalable algorithm for sampling Gaussian processes using sparse grids and preconditioners.
problem Generating high-dimensional Gaussian random vectors for GP sampling is computationally challenging.
method Proposes a scalable algorithm using inducing points approximation with sparse grids and additive Schwarz preconditioners.
result Demonstrates the efficacy and accuracy of the proposed method through experiments and comparisons.
FLOP algorithm speeds up causal structure learning for linear models.
problem Efficiently learning causal structures from discrete data.
method FLOP algorithm combines fast parent selection and iterative score updates.
result FLOP finds highly accurate causal structures with near-perfect recovery.
Bayesian networks are a class of popular graphical models that encode causal and conditional independence relations among variables by directed acyclic graphs (DAGs). We propose a novel structure learning method, annealing on regularized Cholesky score (ARCS), to search over topological sorts, or permutations of nodes,…
New algorithm extends Greville's method for partitioned matrices efficiently and stably.
problem Efficiently compute pseudoinverse of partitioned matrices without retraining.
method Incorporates inverse Cholesky factorization to reduce computational complexity and improve stability.
result 1 iteration to compute pseudoinverse of whole matrix from first part, addressing all cases.
New pivoting strategy improves trace norm contraction in low-rank approximation.
problem Finding good low-rank approximations of symmetric, positive-definite matrices.
method Choosing rows with likelihood proportional to Aii2 for randomly pivoted partial Cholesky algorithm. result Same trace norm contraction result in Frobenius norm for improved pivoting strategy.
QMME balances cost and speed in convex optimization.
problem Slow convergence of first-order methods and high cost of second-order methods.
method Minimizing quadratic majorants with fixed curvature at each iteration.
result QMME framework achieves sequential convergence under standard assumptions.
We demonstrate an equivalence between reproducing kernel Hilbert space (RKHS) embeddings of conditional distributions and vector-valued regressors. This connection introduces a natural regularized loss function which the RKHS embeddings minimise, providing an intuitive understanding of the embeddings and a justificatio…
PEARL uses reinforcement learning to improve matrix preconditioners.
problem Learning effective preconditioners for iterative solvers is challenging.
method PEARL employs an actor-critic reinforcement learning framework to learn preconditioners dynamically.
result PEARL outperforms traditional and neural preconditioners in flexibility and solving speed.
Spike and Slab priors have been of much recent interest in signal processing as a means of inducing sparsity in Bayesian inference. Applications domains that benefit from the use of these priors include sparse recovery, regression and classification. It is well-known that solving for the sparse coefficient vector to ma…
We consider multi-task regression models where observations are assumed to be a linear combination of several latent node and weight functions, all drawn from Gaussian process (GP) priors that allow nonzero covariance between grouped latent functions. We show that when these grouped functions are conditionally independ…
New method trains sparse Gaussian processes without matrix inversion.
problem Costly training of Gaussian processes at scale.
method Inverse-free approach using matmul-only natural-gradient updates.
result Significantly improved stability and convergence in training.
A new method for efficient Gaussian process inference using sparse approximations.
problem Scalable and accurate inference for latent Gaussian processes.
method Variational approximation with sparse inverse Cholesky factors and double Kullback-Leibler minimization.
result The proposed method can achieve highly accurate approximations with polylogarithmic time complexity.
Development systems for deep learning (DL), such as Theano, Torch, TensorFlow, or MXNet, are easy-to-use tools for creating complex neural network models. Since gradient computations are automatically baked in, and execution is mapped to high performance hardware, these models can be trained end-to-end on large amounts…
This research simplifies Riemannian LBFGS for SPD manifolds.
problem Optimization on Riemannian manifolds, especially SPD.
method Two mappings for tangent space, making vector transports and adjoint vector transports identity.
result RLBFGS becomes less computationally expensive and easier to analyze.