New method for estimating mean in SS inference with selection bias and decaying overlap.
problem Estimating mean in SS inference with selection bias and decaying overlap.
method Double Robust Semi-Supervised (DRSS) mean estimator.
result Consistent estimation of mean with correct specification of outcome or propensity score model.
Nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy exploits the magnetic properties of atomic nuclei to discover the structure, reaction state and chemical environment of molecules. We propose a probabilistic generative model and inference procedures for NMR spectroscopy. Specifically, we use a weighted sum of trigonometric…
The aim of this work is to propose a meta-algorithm for automatic classification in the presence of discrete binary classes. Classifier learning in the presence of overlapping class distributions is a challenging problem in machine learning. Overlapping classes are described by the presence of ambiguous areas in the fe…
Jointly tuning ensemble models improves performance and uncertainty calibration.
problem Improving both predictive performance and uncertainty calibration in deep ensembles.
method Investigated the impact of jointly tuning weight decay, temperature scaling, and early stopping.
result Jointly tuning ensemble models generally matches or improves performance, with significant variation across tasks.
Stochastic momentum methods trade compute efficiency for serial runtime.
problem Stochastic momentum methods trade compute efficiency for serial runtime.
method Stochastic HB and ASGD for consistent linear regression with Gaussian covariates.
result HB preserves SGD-level CE over a larger batch-size window, allowing larger batches to reduce serial runtime until HB reaches its deterministic accelerated scale.
We quantify forgetting in post-training models, distinguishing mass and drift.
problem Understanding and preventing forgetting in post-training generative models.
method Developed theoretical results under a two-mode mixture abstraction, formalizing mass and drift forgetting.
result Forgetting can be precisely quantified based on divergence direction, geometric overlap, and training regime.
One-pass SGD dynamics in overparameterized quadratic networks show slow escape from poor solutions.
problem Slow escape from poor generalization solutions in overparameterized neural networks.
method Analysis of one-pass SGD dynamics using ordinary differential equations for overlap matrices.
result Overparameterization only modestly accelerates escape from poor solutions.
Overlapping clustering problem is an important learning issue in which clusters are not mutually exclusive and each object may belongs simultaneously to several clusters. This paper presents a kernel based method that produces overlapping clusters on a high feature space using mercer kernel techniques to improve separa…
Deconfounding scores improve causal effect estimation with weak overlap.
problem Challenges in causal treatment effect estimation due to weak overlap in high-dimensional data.
method Propose deconfounding scores to preserve identification and target estimation while improving overlap.
result Prognostic scores are overlap-optimal under a broad family of generalized linear models with Gaussian features.
A new method speeds up overlapping group lasso computations.
problem Time-consuming optimization of overlapping group lasso on large-scale problems.
method Non-overlapping statistical approximation to overlapping group lasso.
result The proposed penalty is statistically equivalent to overlapping group lasso.
In medicine, visualizing chromosomes is important for medical diagnostics, drug development, and biomedical research. Unfortunately, chromosomes often overlap and it is necessary to identify and distinguish between the overlapping chromosomes. A segmentation solution that is fast and automated will enable scaling of co…
New method improves CATE estimation in low overlap regions.
problem Low overlap in CATE estimation leads to poor performance of meta-learners.
method Overlap-Adaptive Regularization (OAR) that regularizes models proportionally to overlap weights.
result OAR significantly improves CATE estimation in low-overlap settings.
Proposes a sensitivity framework to handle limited overlap in causal inference.
problem Limited overlap between treated and control groups in observational studies.
method Sensitivity framework based on worst-case confidence bounds on bias introduced by trimming.
result Protects against spurious findings by quantifying uncertainty in regions with limited overlap.
Producing overlapping schemes is a major issue in clustering. Recent proposed overlapping methods relies on the search of an optimal covering and are based on different metrics, such as Euclidean distance and I-Divergence, used to measure closeness between observations. In this paper, we propose the use of another meas…
The study simplifies assessing overlap in logistic regression models using empirical likelihood.
problem Assessing overlap in multidimensional logistic regression models.
method Translation of Silvapulle's condition to empirical likelihood maximization, mechanized with R code.
result Minimal overlapping structures are cataloged in dimensions less than four, providing rules for higher dimensions.
Recently, to solve large-scale lasso and group lasso problems, screening rules have been developed, the goal of which is to reduce the problem size by efficiently discarding zero coefficients using simple rules independently of the others. However, screening for overlapping group lasso remains an open challenge because…
Community detection is a fundamental problem in network analysis which is made more challenging by overlaps between communities which often occur in practice. Here we propose a general, flexible, and interpretable generative model for overlapping communities, which can be thought of as a generalization of the degree-co…
RISA improves VFL by using imputed samples with low uncertainty.
problem Limited overlapping samples constrain VFL performance.
method Imputing non-overlapping samples and using evidence theory to select reliable imputed samples.
result Significant performance gains achieved, especially with limited overlapping samples.
As research into community finding in social networks progresses, there is a need for algorithms capable of detecting overlapping community structure. Many algorithms have been proposed in recent years that are capable of assigning each node to more than a single community. The performance of these algorithms tends to …
Optimal CATE estimation with structured contrast functions using KRR.
problem Estimating CATEs with complex response functions in RKHS.
method Unified two-stage kernel ridge regression method for structured contrast functions.
result Minimax rates governed by contrast function complexity, enabling adaptation.
We present a principled approach for detecting overlapping temporal community structure in dynamic networks. Our method is based on the following framework: find the overlapping temporal community structure that maximizes a quality function associated with each snapshot of the network subject to a temporal smoothness c…
New mechanism detects overlap density for weak-to-strong generalization.
problem Understanding what aspects of data enable weak-to-strong generalization.
method Data-centric mechanism and overlap detection algorithm.
result Overlap density is a key factor in weak-to-strong generalization.
We calculate eigenvector overlaps between intersecting time periods of covariance matrices.
problem Analyzing overlapping time periods in covariance matrices.
method Girko linearisation and extended local laws.
result Computed eigenvector overlaps for intersecting time intervals.
Community detection is a task of fundamental importance in social network analysis that can be used in a variety of knowledge-based domains. While there exist many works on community detection based on connectivity structures, they suffer from either considering the overlapping or non-overlapping communities. In this w…
Unified approach for fair classification with overlapping groups.
problem Ensuring fairness across multiple overlapping groups in prediction problems.
method Probabilistic population analysis leading to Bayes-optimal classifier, unifying existing methods.
result Outperforms baselines in fairness-performance tradeoff on real datasets.
New LT-O-learners improve HLTE estimation with low overlap.
problem Challenges in estimating heterogeneous long-term treatment effects due to limited overlap.
method Introduces LT-O-learners that use custom overlap weights to downweight low-overlap samples.
result LT-O-learners provide robust HLTE estimates with lower variance in low-overlap regimes.
ION-C solves overlapping network integration problems efficiently.
problem Integrating overlapping networks with different datasets.
method Formulated as an ASP problem and solved with clingo.
result Significantly improved efficiency in runtime and solution graphs.
Overlap between treatment groups is required for non-parametric estimation of causal effects. If a subgroup of subjects always receives the same intervention, we cannot estimate the effect of intervention changes on that subgroup without further assumptions. When overlap does not hold globally, characterizing local reg…
Study on Langevin dynamics for recovering planted signals in spiked matrix models.
problem Recovering a planted signal in spiked matrix models.
method Path-wise characterization of overlap using integro-differential equations and explicit formula derivation.
result Sharp phase transition in limiting overlap: positive in one regime, zero in another due to injected noise.
New method detects overlapping communities in weighted graphs without pure nodes assumption.
problem Detect overlapping communities in weighted graphs without making pure nodes assumption.
method Convex optimization-based approach for weighted graphs.
result Success on artificial and real-world datasets.
K-fold Cross Validation is commonly used to evaluate classifiers and tune their hyperparameters. However, it assumes that data points are Independent and Identically Distributed (i.i.d.) so that samples used in the training and test sets can be selected randomly and uniformly. In Human Activity Recognition datasets, we…
Study on overlaps of singular vectors in Gaussian matrix submatrices.
problem Analyzing overlaps of singular vectors in submatrices of Gaussian matrices.
method Utilizes dynamics of singular vectors and specific resolvents for Brownian trajectories.
result Explicit forms for limiting rescaled mean squared overlaps in the bulk of spectra.
Deconfounding scores improve causal effect estimation with weak overlap.
problem Poor overlap in treatment and control groups makes causal effect estimators brittle.
method Introduces feature representations that improve overlap without introducing bias.
result Deconfounding scores satisfy a zero-covariance condition that is identifiable in observed data.
Develops asymptotic theory for deep Cox models to enable valid inference.
problem Theoretical gaps in deep neural network estimators for Cox models.
method Asymptotic distribution theory linking in-sample optimization error to population risk.
result Pointwise and multivariate asymptotic normality for subsampled ensemble estimators.
Improved off-policy evaluation for MDPs with weak distributional overlap.
problem Evaluation of policies when target and data-collection distributions are not strongly overlapping.
method Truncated Doubly Robust (TDR) estimators for off-policy evaluation in MDPs under weak distributional overlap.
result TDR estimators can recover large-sample behavior and are consistent even when distribution ratios are not square-integrable.
This paper presents a novel spectral algorithm with additive clustering designed to identify overlapping communities in networks. The algorithm is based on geometric properties of the spectrum of the expected adjacency matrix in a random graph model that we call stochastic blockmodel with overlap (SBMO). An adaptive ve…
A new overlapping space solves the configuration search problem for graph embeddings.
problem Configuring product spaces for graph embeddings is resource-intensive and impractical.
method Introducing overlapping spaces that share subsets of coordinates between different types of spaces (Euclidean, hyperbolic, spherical).
result Overlapping spaces achieve nearly optimal results without configuration tuning, reducing training time.
New metrics assess class overlap and imbalance in datasets.
problem Class overlap and imbalance make datasets hard to classify.
method Developed new metrics based on ball coverage by classes.
result Metrics correlate well with classifier performance.
Sliced inverse regression (SIR) is a pioneer tool for supervised dimension reduction. It identifies the effective dimension reduction space, the subspace of significant factors with intrinsic lower dimensionality. In this paper, we propose to refine the SIR algorithm through an overlapping slicing scheme. The new algor…
We prove isoperimetric inequalities for quotients of n-dimensional Affine buildings. We use these inequalities to prove topological overlapping for the 2-dimensional skeletons of these buildings.
We study one extremal problem on the product of power of generalized inner radii of non-overlapping domains in Cn.
CnGAN generates synthetic user preferences for non-overlapped users in cross-network recommender systems.
problem Cross-network recommender solutions ignore non-overlapped users, limiting their applicability.
method Multi-task learning, encoder-GAN architecture, user-based pairwise loss function.
result Generated user preferences improve recommendations for non-overlapped users, achieving superior performance.
A new method optimizes anomaly scoring from score distribution to improve AD performance.
problem Vulnerability to anomaly contamination and lack of adaptability in existing AD methods.
method Optimizes anomaly scoring function from score distribution perspective, using Overlap loss.
result Overlap loss-based AD models significantly outperform state-of-the-art methods.
A new method reduces communication costs in distributed learning.
problem Reduces communication bottlenecks in distributed learning.
method Local SGD with communication-computation overlap and delay-corrected sparse model averaging.
result Theoretical convergence guarantees for smooth non-convex objectives.
Statistical test verifies long-term rating system calibration with overlapping time windows.
problem Verifying supervisory requirements for overlapping time windows in rating systems.
method Analyzes long-run default rate distribution and correlation effects; presents conservative calibration test methods.
result Developed a test for individual and portfolio levels that can handle unknown variance.
The paper addresses causal estimation for text data with apparent overlap violations.
problem Estimating causal effects from text data with unknown confounders and apparent overlap.
method Uses supervised representation learning to create a representation that preserves confounding information while eliminating predictive information, satisfying overlap assumptions.
result Shows how to obtain robust causal estimation in the presence of apparent overlap violations.
This article introduces proximal planar vortex 1-cycles, resembling the structure of vortex atoms introduced by William Thomson (Lord Kelvin) in 1867 and recent work on the proximity of sets that overlap either spatially or descriptively. Vortex cycles resemble Thomson's model of a vortex atom, inspired by P.G. Tait's …
New model for detecting communities in weighted bipartite networks.
problem No model for community detection in overlapping bipartite weighted networks.
method Introduces BiMMDF model allowing any distribution with block structure.
result Efficient algorithm with theoretical guarantee of consistent estimation.