We characterize the performance of sequential information guided sensing, Info-Greedy Sensing, when there is a mismatch between the true signal model and the assumed model, which may be a sample estimate. In particular, we consider a setup where the signal is low-rank Gaussian and the measurements are taken in the dire…
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Study addresses covariate mismatch in federated learning, improving model accuracy.
problem Learning from clients with different feature sets in federated learning.
method Developed two approaches for linear prediction under covariate mismatch: plug-in estimator and impute-then-regress strategy.
result Proposed methods provide asymptotic and finite-sample learning rates, improving model accuracy.
New similarity measure for covariate shift improves nonparametric regression rates.
problem Improving nonparametric regression under covariate shift.
method Introducing a new similarity measure based on probability ratios.
result Shows a sharper rate of convergence compared to transfer exponent.
New method improves spatial prediction validation accuracy.
problem Validation methods fail for spatial prediction tasks due to mismatch between validation and test locations.
method Proposes a new validation method that adapts existing covariate-shift ideas to spatial settings.
result Proves and demonstrates the new method's superiority in spatial prediction validation.
This paper considers the classification of linear subspaces with mismatched classifiers. In particular, we assume a model where one observes signals in the presence of isotropic Gaussian noise and the distribution of the signals conditioned on a given class is Gaussian with a zero mean and a low-rank covariance matrix.…
Better Together: Cross and Joint Covariances Enhance Signal Detectability in Undersampled Datacond-mat.dis-nn
Better signal detection in undersampled data using joint and cross covariances.
problem Detecting shared signals in high-dimensional data with limited samples.
method Analysis of three covariance matrices: individual, cross, and joint.
result Joint and cross covariance matrices detect signals earlier than individual covariances.
Unified learning bound for covariate and concept shifts.
problem Generalization under distribution shift in machine learning.
method Support-agnostic definitions of covariate and concept shifts using entropic optimal transport, leading to a unified error bound applicable to various loss functions and label spaces.
result Development of estimators for shifts with concentration guarantees and the DataShifts algorithm for quantifying and estimating the error bound.
Proposes a new method to adapt to covariate shifts in supervised learning.
problem Covariate shift in training and testing samples with different marginal distributions.
method Minimax risk classification (MRC) approach that weights both training and testing samples.
result Significantly enhanced classification performance in synthetic and empirical experiments.
S-VNNs improve VNNs by sparsifying covariance matrices.
problem Spurious correlations in covariance matrices degrade VNNs' performance and efficiency.
method Apply sparsification techniques on sample covariance matrix and integrate into VNN architecture.
result S-VNNs achieve improved performance, stability, and reduced computational time.
We study a Compressed Sensing (CS) problem known as Multiple Measurement Vectors (MMV) problem, which arises in joint estimation of multiple signal realizations when the signal samples have a common (joint) sparse support over a fixed known dictionary. Although there is a vast literature on the analysis of MMV, it is n…
Efficiently estimates covariance for sub-Weibull vectors with sub-Gaussian rate.
problem Outliers in high-dimensional covariance estimation.
method Cross-Fitted Norm-Truncated Estimator for Sub-Weibull distributions.
result Achieves optimal sub-Gaussian rate with operations.
New findings on optimization landscape of Toeplitz covariance estimation.
problem Understanding the geometry of the Gaussian maximum-likelihood objective for Toeplitz covariance estimation.
method Overparameterized Carathéodory representation of positive definite Toeplitz covariance matrices, focusing on both amplitudes and frequencies.
result Joint optimization of amplitudes and frequencies leads to a benign population landscape, allowing for global recovery of the true Toeplitz covariance.
Reverses simplification of risk measurement, focusing on portfolio covariance.
problem Risk measurement for unbenchmarkable global funds.
method Principal Component Analysis (PCA) with AI-generated labels, density-based clustering, and risk scores.
result Reveals true risk factors and identifies slow capital destroyers.
New federated method preserves privacy and estimates treatment effects.
problem Privacy-preserving causal inference for multi-site studies.
method Multiply robust nuisance function estimation, transfer learning.
result Efficient and optimal treatment effect estimation under different scenarios.
The paper analyzes covariate shift in nonparametric regression with Markovian data.
problem Covariate shift in regression problems with Markovian data.
method Extension of nonparametric convergence rates to Markovian dependence structures, using Hölder smoothness assumptions and similarity measures.
result Precise convergence rates for Nadaraya-Watson kernel estimators under specific Markovian conditions.
New algorithm reduces performance loss in IRL with mismatched transition dynamics.
problem Performance degradation in inverse reinforcement learning due to mismatched transition dynamics.
method Proposed a robust Maximum Causal Entropy (MCE) IRL algorithm leveraging robust reinforcement learning insights.
result Empirically demonstrated stable performance improvement under transition dynamics mismatches.
This paper establishes non-asymptotic learning bounds for the DR covariate shift adaptation.
problem Distribution shift between training and test domains in machine learning.
method Doubly-robust (DR) estimator combining density ratio estimation and pilot regression model.
result First non-asymptotic learning bounds for DR covariate shift adaptation.
Paper analyzes spectral algorithms under covariate shift, providing convergence rates.
problem Addressing distributional mismatch in regression models.
method Incorporates importance weights into spectral algorithms in RKHS.
result Establishes minimax-optimal convergence rates for misspecified cases.
The paper addresses score-mismatched diffusion models and zero-shot conditional samplers.
problem Theoretical guarantees for score-mismatched diffusion models in zero-shot conditional sampling.
method Theoretical analysis of score-mismatched diffusion models and zero-shot conditional samplers.
result Theoretical performance guarantees with explicit dimensional dependencies for score-mismatched diffusion samplers.
Paper identifies objective mismatch in MBRL, affecting control task performance.
problem Objective mismatch in MBRL framework affects control task performance.
method Proposes re-weighting dynamics model training to mitigate mismatch.
result Likelihood of one-step ahead predictions is not always correlated with control performance.
BinaryDuo: Reducing Gradient Mismatch in Binary Activation Network by Coupling Binary Activationscs.LG
BinaryDuo improves BNNs by coupling binary activations, outperforming state-of-the-art models.
problem Gradient mismatch in BNNs due to binarizing activations.
method Using gradient of smoothed loss function to estimate gradient mismatch, proposing BinaryDuo scheme with coupled ternary activations.
result BinaryDuo outperforms state-of-the-art BNNs on various benchmarks.
Thompson Sampling For Combinatorial Bandits: Polynomial Regret and Mismatched Sampling Paradoxstat.ML
Thompson Sampling shows polynomial regret for combinatorial semi-bandits with subgaussian rewards.
problem Finding optimal solutions in combinatorial semi-bandits with suboptimal sampling.
method Proposes Thompson Sampling with polynomial regret for linear combinatorial semi-bandits.
result Demonstrates 'mismatched sampling paradox' where knowing distributions can lead to worse performance.
New method addresses error bounds for PnP-ULA under mismatched models.
problem Error bounds for PnP-ULA under mismatched measurement and prior models.
method Posterior-L2 pseudometric to quantify error bounds.
result Explicit error bound for PnP-ULA under mismatched posterior distribution.
Paper addresses linear regression with partially mismatched data using local search with theoretical guarantees.
problem Linear regression with partially mismatched data.
method Optimization formulation and greedy local search algorithm with theoretical guarantees.
result Local search algorithm converges to nearly-optimal solution at a linear rate under certain conditions.
PACMAN provides bounds for classification tasks considering accuracy vs. negative log-loss mismatch.
problem Mismatch between accuracy and negative log-loss in classification tasks.
method Point-wise PAC approach over generalization gap, using likelihood ratio and concentration inequalities.
result PACMAN provides point-wise PAC bounds for the generalization problem.
Current approaches for Knowledge Distillation (KD) either directly use training data or sample from the training data distribution. In this paper, we demonstrate effectiveness of 'mismatched' unlabeled stimulus to perform KD for image classification networks. For illustration, we consider scenarios where this is a comp…
Study on LMMSE estimation with model mismatch, quantifying MSE trade-offs.
problem Model mismatch in LMMSE estimation with undermodeling.
method Analyzing the average MSE of LMMSE estimation with random regressors.
result Performance improvement depends on sufficient samples and model complexity.
We present an information-theoretic framework for sequential adaptive compressed sensing, Info-Greedy Sensing, where measurements are chosen to maximize the extracted information conditioned on the previous measurements. We show that the widely used bisection approach is Info-Greedy for a family of -sparse signals b…
We tackle permutation in linear regression with a new inference framework.
problem Statistical investigation of permutation in linear regression models.
method Localization step followed by conditional Monte Carlo test and coefficient inference.
result Valid statistical inference procedures for permutation and regression coefficients.
Supervised learning based on a deep neural network recently has achieved substantial improvement on speech enhancement. Denoising networks learn mapping from noisy speech to clean one directly, or to a spectrum mask which is the ratio between clean and noisy spectra. In either case, the network is optimized by minimizi…
Recently, there has been significant interest in linear regression in the situation where predictors and responses are not observed in matching pairs corresponding to the same statistical unit as a consequence of separate data collection and uncertainty in data integration. Mismatched pairs can considerably impact the …
Ensemble models improve prediction calibration for mismatched distributions.
problem Calibration issues in deep neural networks with mismatched train and test distributions.
method Simple data augmentation and mixing techniques for ensemble models.
result Improves calibration and accuracy on CIFAR10 and CIFAR100 benchmarks.
The dictionary-aided sparse regression (SR) approach has recently emerged as a promising alternative to hyperspectral unmixing (HU) in remote sensing. By using an available spectral library as a dictionary, the SR approach identifies the underlying materials in a given hyperspectral image by selecting a small subset of…
An Empirical Analysis of the Advantages of Finite- v.s. Infinite-Width Bayesian Neural Networksstat.ML
Empirical study compares finite- and infinite-width BNNs, revealing performance differences under model mismatch.
problem Comparing BNNs with different widths due to conflicting model properties and inference intractability.
method Empirical comparison of finite- and infinite-width BNNs, analyzing performance under model mismatch.
result Increasing width can hurt BNN performance when the model is mis-specified, and finite-width BNNs generalize better under model mismatch.
The performance of automatic speech recognition (ASR) systems can be significantly compromised by previously unseen conditions, which is typically due to a mismatch between training and testing distributions. In this paper, we address robustness by studying domain invariant features, such that domain information become…
Many sleep studies suffer from the problem of insufficient data to fully utilize deep neural networks as different labs use different recordings set ups, leading to the need of training automated algorithms on rather small databases, whereas large annotated databases are around but cannot be directly included into thes…
In this study, we consider classification problems based on neural networks in data-imbalanced environment. Learning from an imbalanced data set is one of the most important and practical problems in the field of machine learning. A weighted loss function based on cost-sensitive approach is a well-known effective metho…
Most of the existing studies on voice conversion (VC) are conducted in acoustically matched conditions between source and target signal. However, the robustness of VC methods in presence of mismatch remains unknown. In this paper, we report a comparative analysis of different VC techniques under mismatched conditions. …
New algorithm solves Schrödinger bridge problem with mismatched channels.
problem Solving Schrödinger bridge problem with input and noise channel mismatch.
method Design of a Sinkhorn recursion with memory for nonlinear PDEs.
result Demonstrates solving control-affine Schrödinger bridge problem.
Convolutional Bayesian filtering generalizes state estimation by incorporating inequality conditions.
problem Standard Bayesian filtering assumes exact conditional probabilities, limiting its applicability.
method Introducing inequality conditions transforms conditional probabilities into convolutional forms, expanding the filtering framework.
result Convolutional Bayesian filtering encompasses standard Bayesian filtering and allows for more nuanced model consideration.
SRRM improves recursive transport surrogates in the small-discrepancy regime.
problem Insufficient understanding of recursive partitioning methods' statistical behavior and resolution in the small-discrepancy regime.
method Introduced Selective Recursive Rank Matching (SRRM) to improve the resolution of Recursive Rank Matching (RRM).
result SRRM yields a higher-fidelity practical surrogate for the Wasserstein distance at moderate additional computational cost.
Probabilistic models analyze data by relying on a set of assumptions. Data that exhibit deviations from these assumptions can undermine inference and prediction quality. Robust models offer protection against mismatch between a model's assumptions and reality. We propose a way to systematically detect and mitigate mism…
We study the problem of off-policy policy optimization in Markov decision processes, and develop a novel off-policy policy gradient method. Prior off-policy policy gradient approaches have generally ignored the mismatch between the distribution of states visited under the behavior policy used to collect data, and what …
We study the estimation capacity of the generalized Lasso, i.e., least squares minimization combined with a (convex) structural constraint. While Lasso-type estimators were originally designed for noisy linear regression problems, it has recently turned out that they are in fact robust against various types of model un…
A new method improves data generation quality by correcting score mismatches.
problem Score mismatch issue in conditional score-based data generation methods.
method Denoising Likelihood Score Matching (DLSM) loss for classifier training.
result The proposed method outperforms previous methods on Cifar-10 and Cifar-100 benchmarks.
A new method for inventory control using in-context learning and generative models.
problem Inventory control with decision-dependent censoring, focusing on the censored newsvendor problem.
method In-context generative posterior sampling (ICGPS) combining modern generative models and in-context autoregressive generation.
result ICGPS achieves sublinear Bayesian regret for the censored newsvendor problem, outperforming existing methods.
Improves estimation under model misspecification with fake features.
problem Model misspecification with fake features.
method Proposes a framework to decompose output error into underlying, fake, and missing features.
result Fake features can significantly improve estimation performance, even when not correlated with underlying features.
The study optimizes wind farm yaw control using Gaussian process regression and high-fidelity simulations.
problem Improving yaw control inputs for maximum power production in wind farms.
method Gaussian process regression and modifier adaptation scheme based on high-fidelity simulation data.
result Both modifier adaptation and Bayesian optimization improve power production with smaller yaw misalignments.