Study reveals Data Shapley's inconsistent performance in data selection tasks.
problem Inconsistency of Data Shapley's performance in data selection across different settings.
method Hypothesis testing framework and identification of utility functions.
result Data Shapley's performance is no better than random selection without specific constraints.
ACS is an interactive framework for model-free selection with guaranteed error control.
problem Model-free selection with rigorous error control.
method Adaptive conformal selection with human-in-the-loop data exploration and new information incorporation.
result ACS provides concrete selection algorithms for various goals, including model update/selection, diversified selection, and incorporating new data.
Paper proposes a statistical test for feature selection pipelines using selective inference.
problem Assessing the significance of feature selection pipelines in data analysis.
method Selective inference technique applied to feature selection pipelines composed of various algorithms.
result The proposed statistical test controls false positive feature selection probabilities.
The paper addresses errors in online selective conformal prediction and proposes new strategies to ensure valid inference.
problem Online selective conformal prediction's exchangeability issues and false coverage rate control problems.
method Evaluation and correction of existing calibration selection strategies, proposing new ones that preserve exchangeability.
result Novel calibration selection strategies ensure both selection-conditional coverage and FCR control.
Proposes HSIC-Lasso for selective inference in non-linear data.
problem Detecting influential features in non-linear and high-dimensional data.
method Model-free HSIC-Lasso based on truncated Gaussians and polyhedral lemma.
result Tight control of type-I error even for small sample sizes.
DsDm selects data to improve model performance, avoiding handpicked notions of quality.
problem Selecting data for model training can lead to worse performance than random selection.
method Formulates dataset selection as an optimization problem, maximizing model performance.
result Selected datasets improve language model performance by 2x over baseline methods.
Flexible selective inference using flow-based transport maps.
problem Selective inference with complex selection events.
method Flow-based generative modeling for conditional distribution approximation.
result Valid p-values and confidence sets for adaptively selected hypotheses and parameters.
Cluster stability selection improves feature selection in correlated data.
problem Feature selection stability in correlated data.
method Cluster stability selection exploiting known cluster structure.
result Better predictive performance than lasso alone and stability selection.
Proposes PEMI for online selective conformal prediction with asymmetric rules.
problem Challenges of handling asymmetric selection mechanisms in online selective conformal prediction.
method PEMI: permutation-based framework for selective conformal prediction with arbitrary asymmetric selection rules.
result Achieves exact selection-conditional coverage for any asymmetric selection mechanism and any prediction model.
Data selection methods, such as active learning and core-set selection, are useful tools for machine learning on large datasets. However, they can be prohibitively expensive to apply in deep learning because they depend on feature representations that need to be learned. In this work, we show that we can greatly improv…
OptCS optimizes model selection after conformal inference, controlling FDR and power loss.
problem Challenges in model selection for conformal inference, especially when limited labeled data and many model choices are available.
method OptCS framework that allows valid statistical testing after flexible data-driven model optimization, using novel multiple testing procedures.
result Valid conformal p-values constructed despite substantial data reuse, maintaining FDR control.
Proposes a method for stable variable selection in high-dimensional data.
problem Challenges of variable selection in high-dimensional, correlated data.
method Resample-aggregate framework using diffusion models.
result Stable subset of predictors with calibrated stability scores.
New method stabilizes model selection with theoretical guarantees.
problem Stability of model selection methods in the face of noisy or incomplete data.
method Combines bagging with an 'inflated' argmax operation to select a stable set of models.
result Stable model selection with high probability of overlap after removing any data point.
We identify and analyze selection structure in sequential data.
problem Selection biases in sequential data can distort analysis and hide underlying generation processes.
method Nonparametric identifiability of selection structure without interventional experiments.
result Selection structure is identifiable in sequential data without parametric assumptions.
TAROT improves data selection for complex multimodal distributions.
problem Suboptimal data selection in multimodal distributions.
method TAROT uses optimal transport theory to select data, addressing greedy heuristics' limitations.
result TAROT outperforms state-of-the-art methods across various deep learning tasks.
Paper improves feature selection for predicting outcomes from observational data.
problem Feature selection for post-intervention outcome prediction from pre-intervention variables in healthcare settings.
method Extends Markov boundary concept to treatment-outcome pairs, uses observational and experimental data.
result Combining observational and experimental data improves feature selection and effect estimation.
New method corrects selection bias in post-selective inference for Group LASSO.
problem Inference after Group LASSO selection is unreliable.
method Develops a consistent, post-selective Bayesian method to adjust for selection bias.
result Corrects bias in recovering effects of selected variables.
Online method selects candidates from data streams, ensuring irreversible decisions.
problem Conformal selection's incompatibility with irreversible decisions in online scenarios.
method Online Conformal Selection with Accept-to-Reject Changes (OCS-ARC) incorporating online Benjamini-Hochberg procedure.
result OCS-ARC controls FDR at or below nominal level, improving selection power.
BWS selects best window subsets for efficient data pruning.
problem Challenges in selecting subsets of large datasets for neural network training.
method Best Window Selection (BWS) by choosing optimal window intervals from ordered sample scores.
result BWS outperforms other methods across various selection ratios and datasets.
New method selects features for big data efficiently.
problem Feature selection challenges in huge data.
method Minipatch learning with STAMPS and AdaSTAMPS.
result AdaSTAMPS outperforms other methods in accuracy and speed.
PEAKS selects key training examples incrementally based on prediction error and kernel similarity.
problem Dynamic data selection in deep learning models.
method Prediction Error Anchored by Kernel Similarity (PEAKS) for incremental data selection.
result PEAKS outperforms existing selection strategies and yields better performance returns as training data size grows.
Feature selection is a dimensionality reduction technique that selects a subset of representative features from high dimensional data by eliminating irrelevant and redundant features. Recently, feature selection combined with sparse learning has attracted significant attention due to its outstanding performance compare…
Feature selection methods are widely used in order to solve the 'curse of dimensionality' problem. Many proposed feature selection frameworks, treat all data points equally; neglecting their different representation power and importance. In this paper, we propose an unsupervised hypergraph feature selection method via …
New method estimates selection event for black-box models.
problem Infeasibility of conditional selective inference due to unavailable selection event.
method Bootstrapping to estimate selection event and conditional distribution.
result Feasibility of conditional selective inference for models without exact selection event.
Novel unsupervised feature selection method using multi-step Markov transition probability.
problem Neglected relationships between non-adjacent data points in feature selection.
method MMFS (Multi-step Markov transition probability for Feature Selection) approach, employing positive and negative viewpoints.
result MMFS effectively maintains data structure in unsupervised feature selection.
New framework selects high-quality pretraining data without training LLMs.
problem Slow progress in understanding pretraining data due to costly experiments.
method Statistical framework based on perplexity-benchmark correlations.
result Approach outperforms existing methods on multiple benchmarks.
A new algorithm removes unexpected correlations in biased data for better clustering.
problem Clustering with selection bias in data.
method Decorrelation regularized K-Means (DCKM) algorithm.
result DCKM achieves significant performance gains on real-world datasets.
Bayesian approach to selecting data for machine learning.
problem Iterative data selection in machine learning algorithms.
method Embedding data selection into decision theory and deriving Bayes-optimal criteria.
result Mitigates confirmation bias in data selection.
Feature selection, which searches for the most representative features in observed data, is critical for health data analysis. Unlike feature extraction, such as PCA and autoencoder based methods, feature selection preserves interpretability, meaning that the selected features provide direct information about certain h…
New scoring rule predicts causal relations from data with selection bias.
problem Discovering causal relations from independence constraints under selection bias and confounding.
method Local Y-Structure patterns and a scoring rule for Y-Structures.
result Y-Structure scoring rule successfully predicts causal relations in real-world data.
The paper explores how to select data points for optimal learning performance.
problem Optimizing data selection for empirical risk minimizers.
method Fixing a learning rule and focusing on optimizing the training data selection.
result Achieving performance comparable to training on the entire population with a small subset of data points.
Bayesian method tackles variable selection in high-dimensional data.
problem Challenges in Bayesian variable selection with large P.
method Efficient MCMC scheme with sublinear cost per iteration, extended to generalized linear models.
result Demonstrated effectiveness on cancer and maize genomic data.
DRCS selects a subset of data to minimize worst-case test error under covariate shift.
problem Selecting a subset of data that performs well across different deployment scenarios when data distributions differ.
method DRCS derives an upper bound for the worst-case test error assuming covariate shift and selects instances to minimize this bound.
result DRCS achieves distributionally robust training instance selection.
The paper explores effective data selection methods for weakly supervised learning.
problem Efficiently selecting a subset of unlabeled data for weakly supervised learning.
method Using a surrogate model to predict labels and selecting a subset of samples for training.
result Data selection can significantly improve model performance over training on the full dataset.
In the early history of positive-unlabeled (PU) learning, the sample selection approach, which heuristically selects negative (N) data from U data, was explored extensively. However, this approach was later dominated by the importance reweighting approach, which carefully treats all U data as N data. May there be a new…
Robust variable selection for high-dimensional data with missing and measurement errors.
problem Missing data and measurement errors confound data distribution.
method Exponential loss function with inverse probability weighting and additive error models.
result The Atan punishment method improves robust variable selection.
Selective inference for group lasso estimators across various distributions and covariates.
problem Developing selective inference methods for group lasso estimators.
method Randomized group-regularized optimization problem with post-selection likelihood.
result Selective point estimator and Wald-type confidence regions for regression parameters.
Study improves model estimation and variable selection using GANs with Lasso penalty.
problem Variable selection in high-dimensional data with deep networks.
method Conditional Wasserstein Generative Adversarial Networks with Group Lasso penalization.
result Established convergence rate for variable selection in censored survival data.
New framework combines semi-supervised data programming with subset selection for improved text classification.
problem Sub-optimal performance in data programming with noisy labelling functions.
method Introduces a framework \model for semi-supervised data programming that uses joint models and subset selection.
result Significantly outperforms state-of-the-art on seven datasets.
Efficient Bayesian variable selection for binomial and negative binomial data.
problem Computational challenges in Bayesian variable selection for complex models.
method Tempered Gibbs Sampling and MCMC scheme.
result Demonstrated effectiveness on cancer data with thousands of covariates.
This paper analyzes and improves convergence in federated learning with biased client selection.
problem Analyzing convergence in federated learning with biased client selection.
method First convergence analysis of federated optimization for biased client selection strategies, proposing Power-of-Choice framework.
result Power-of-Choice strategies converge up to 3 times faster and give 10% higher test accuracy than random selection.
Validates conformal prediction for network data under non-uniform sampling.
problem Validity of conformal prediction for network data under non-representative sampling.
method Interprets sampling mechanisms as selection rules, studies validity conditional on selection events, uses permutation invariance and joint exchangeability.
result Finite-sample validity of conformal prediction for certain selection events and asymptotic validity for random walk sampling.
We consider the problem of matrix column subset selection, which selects a subset of columns from an input matrix such that the input can be well approximated by the span of the selected columns. Column subset selection has been applied to numerous real-world data applications such as population genetics summarization,…
Proposes a two-stage method for selecting correlated predictors in high-dimensional data.
problem Selecting correlated predictors in high-dimensional data with unknown group structures.
method Two-stage approach: variable clustering followed by group selection.
result The two-stage method improves prediction accuracy and active predictor selection.
A new method selects important variables for clustering from dependency networks.
problem Variable selection for clustering in high-cost data scenarios.
method Create dependency networks, rank variables by centrality, select top-n variables.
result Top-n variables improve clustering performance compared to existing methods.
Develops a faster model selection method using influence functions.
problem Time-consuming and computationally inefficient model selection.
method Model-specific data subsampling guided by influence functions.
result Empirically shows improved selection of high-quality models.
Measuring domain relevance of data and identifying or selecting well-fit domain data for machine translation (MT) is a well-studied topic, but denoising is not yet. Denoising is concerned with a different type of data quality and tries to reduce the negative impact of data noise on MT training, in particular, neural MT…
As known, attribute selection is a method that is used before the classification of data mining. In this study, a new data set has been created by using attributes expressing overall satisfaction in Turkey Statistical Institute (TSI) Life Satisfaction Survey dataset. Attributes are sorted by Ranking search method using…