A locally-built, LLM-digested index of recent arXiv papers in quant finance, geometry/topology, and statistical ML — keyword search served straight from SQLite on this machine.
Paper estimates differences in multi-attribute Gaussian graphical models using non-convex penalties.
The MM algorithm improves robust penalized estimation for outlier-contaminated data.
We develop a first order expansion for convex penalized estimators in high-dimensional regression.
In high-dimensional data analysis, penalized likelihood estimators are shown to provide superior results in both variable selection and parameter estimation. A new algorithm, APPLE, is proposed for calculating the Approximate Path for Penalized Likelihood Estimators. Both the convex penalty (such as LASSO) and the nonc…
Unified analysis of multi-attribute graph learning with non-convex penalties.
Recently, there has been focus on penalized log-likelihood covariance estimation for sparse inverse covariance (precision) matrices. The penalty is responsible for inducing sparsity, and a very common choice is the convex norm. However, the best estimator performance is not always achieved with this penalty. The …
The -penalized method, or the Lasso, has emerged as an important tool for the analysis of large data sets. Many important results have been obtained for the Lasso in linear regression which have led to a deeper understanding of high-dimensional statistical problems. In this article, we consider a class of weigh…
Paper introduces structured sparsity estimators for Generalized Linear Models.
A framework estimates multiple precision matrices with shared structures.
The problem of low-rank matrix estimation recently received a lot of attention due to challenging applications. A lot of work has been done on rank-penalized methods and convex relaxation, both on the theoretical and applied sides. However, only a few papers considered Bayesian estimation. In this paper, we review the …
In this work we establish the equivalence of algorithmic regularization and explicit convex penalization for generic convex losses. We introduce a geometric condition for the optimization path of a convex function, and show that if such a condition is satisfied, the optimization path of an iterative algorithm on the un…
A new method for nonparametric regression using mesh-based solutions.
Corrects GCV for inconsistent risk estimation in finite ensembles of penalized estimators.
Data-driven optimization improves mean-variance portfolios by penalizing norms.
In this paper we present nonparametric estimators for coefficients in stochastic differential equation if the data are described by independent, identically distributed random variables. The problem is formulated as a nonlinear ill-posed operator equation with a deterministic forward operator described by the Fokker-Pl…
Paper estimates differences in conditional independence graphs from time-dependent data.
This paper consider penalized empirical loss minimization of convex loss functions with unknown non-linear target functions. Using the elastic net penalty we establish a finite sample oracle inequality which bounds the loss of our estimator from above with high probability. If the unknown target is linear this inequali…
Proposes a new robust expectile regression method for high-dimensional data.
The abundance of high-dimensional data in the modern sciences has generated tremendous interest in penalized estimators such as the lasso, scaled lasso, square-root lasso, elastic net, and many others. In this paper, we establish a general oracle inequality for prediction in high-dimensional linear regression with such…
Sparse high dimensional graphical model selection is a popular topic in contemporary machine learning. To this end, various useful approaches have been proposed in the context of -penalized estimation in the Gaussian framework. Though many of these inverse covariance estimation approaches are demonstrably scala…
Estimation in generalized linear models (GLM) is complicated by the presence of constraints. One can handle constraints by maximizing a penalized log-likelihood. Penalties such as the lasso are effective in high dimensions, but often lead to unwanted shrinkage. This paper explores instead penalizing the squared distanc…
We consider the problem of sparse estimation in a factor analysis model. A traditional estimation procedure in use is the following two-step approach: the model is estimated by maximum likelihood method and then a rotation technique is utilized to find sparse factor loadings. However, the maximum likelihood estimates c…
A new algorithm speeds up sparse-penalized quantile regression solving non-convex penalties.
We consider the high-dimensional heteroscedastic regression model, where the mean and the log variance are modeled as a linear combination of input variables. Existing literature on high-dimensional linear regres- sion models has largely ignored non-constant error variances, even though they commonly occur in a variety…
A new method for high-dimensional classification using Bernstein polynomials.
Unified analysis for graph learning from multi-attribute Gaussian time series.
Range penalization enhances statistical accuracy and resource efficiency in federated learning.
In this paper we investigate panel regression models with interactive fixed effects. We propose two new estimation methods that are based on minimizing convex objective functions. The first method minimizes the sum of squared residuals with a nuclear (trace) norm regularization. The second method minimizes the nuclear …
Sparse-penalized deep neural networks improve performance in weakly dependent processes.
Derives error formula for convex regression in high dimensions.
New algorithms improve sampling from constrained distributions.
This paper addresses the problem of sparsity penalized least squares for applications in sparse signal processing, e.g. sparse deconvolution. This paper aims to induce sparsity more strongly than L1 norm regularization, while avoiding non-convex optimization. For this purpose, this paper describes the design and use of…
Convex clustering solves a stable optimization problem for clustering.
PEREGRiNN verifies safety of ReLU NNs by penalizing relaxation in a greedy manner.
We propose a general framework for reduced-rank modeling of matrix-valued data. By applying a generalized nuclear norm penalty we can directly model low-dimensional latent variables associated with rows and columns. Our framework flexibly incorporates row and column features, smoothing kernels, and other sources of sid…
We consider the problem of learning the inhomogeneous intensity of a counting process, under a sparse segmentation assumption. We introduce a weighted total-variation penalization, using data-driven weights that correctly scale the penalization along the observation interval. We prove that this leads to a sharp tuning …
Sparse estimation methods are aimed at using or obtaining parsimonious representations of data or models. They were first dedicated to linear variable selection but numerous extensions have now emerged such as structured sparsity or kernel selection. It turns out that many of the related estimation problems can be cast…
We extend the analysis of investment strategies derived from penalized quantile regression models, introducing alternative approaches to improve state\textendash of\textendash art asset allocation rules. First, we use a post\textendash penalization procedure to deal with overshrinking and concentration issues. Second, …
Unified framework for pattern recovery in penalized and thresholded estimation.
Consider a social network where only a few nodes (agents) have meaningful interactions in the sense that the conditional dependency graph over node attribute variables (behaviors) is sparse. A company that can only observe the interactions between its own customers will generally not be able to accurately estimate its …
Estimates error for robust M-estimators with convex penalties.
New method resolves inconsistency in learning directed acyclic graphs using penalized likelihood.
The paper analyzes LASSO penalization for high-dimensional Beta regression models.
Proposes a new feature selection method integrating feature relationships.
New method estimates neuronal connectivity from partially observed data.
Significant attention has been given to minimizing a penalized least squares criterion for estimating sparse solutions to large linear systems of equations. The penalty is responsible for inducing sparsity and the natural choice is the so-called norm. In this paper we develop a Momentumized Iterative Shrinkage Th…
Low-rank tensor completion problem aims to recover a tensor from limited observations, which has many real-world applications. Due to the easy optimization, the convex overlapping nuclear norm has been popularly used for tensor completion. However, it over-penalizes top singular values and lead to biased estimations. I…
In this paper, we study the performance of extremum estimators from the perspective of generalization ability (GA): the ability of a model to predict outcomes in new samples from the same population. By adapting the classical concentration inequalities, we derive upper bounds on the empirical out-of-sample prediction e…