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48 results for dissimilarity maximization

sCSC clusters data without prior assumptions, revealing natural groupings.

problem Clustering data without prior knowledge of its structure.
method sCSC performs binary splittings maximizing dissimilarity, producing a binary tree.
result Clusters emerge naturally from the binary tree, revealing data structure.

SQFA learns features maximizing Fisher-Rao distance for better classification.

problem Improving classification accuracy through feature learning.
method SQFA learns linear features maximizing Fisher-Rao distance between class-conditional distributions.
result SQFA-H features achieve the best classification accuracy.

FEALM learns features for better nonlinear DR of hidden patterns.

problem DR misses important patterns on distorted manifolds.
method FEALM generates optimized projections using an optimization algorithm and neighbor-shape dissimilarity.
result FEALM captures important patterns on hidden manifolds.

Topolow embeds dissimilarity data into Euclidean space robustly against non-metricity and sparsity.

problem Embedding dissimilarity data into Euclidean space when dissimilarities are non-metric or sparse.
method Topolow uses a physics-inspired, gradient-free optimization framework to maximize likelihood under a Laplace error model.
result Topolow outperforms standard MDS methods in reconstructing sparse and non-Euclidean data.

DNN-based cross-modal retrieval has become a research hotspot, by which users can search results across various modalities like image and text. However, existing methods mainly focus on the pairwise correlation and reconstruction error of labeled data. They ignore the semantically similar and dissimilar constraints bet…

2017-03-21abs ↗pdf ↗

New RDPC dissimilarity measure improves time series clustering.

problem Improving time series clustering methods for diverse data.
method Combining weighted Pearson correlation with largest element-wise differences.
result RDPC outperforms existing methods in complex datasets.

This paper considers networks where relationships between nodes are represented by directed dissimilarities. The goal is to study methods that, based on the dissimilarity structure, output hierarchical clusters, i.e., a family of nested partitions indexed by a connectivity parameter. Our construction of hierarchical cl…

2016-07-21abs ↗pdf ↗

Improves Gower's similarity for mixed-type variables with automatic weighting.

problem Handling missing values and unbalanced variable contributions in Gower's similarity for mixed-type data.
method Automatic weighting scheme minimizing differences in correlation between contributing dissimilarities and weighted Gower's dissimilarity.
result Improved performance in classification and imputation of missing values.

A method for classification using pairwise similarities and unlabeled data.

problem Handling pairwise similarities and unlabeled data for classification.
method Empirical risk minimization approach to create an unbiased risk estimator.
result Derives an unbiased risk estimator for handling both similarities and unlabeled data.

FPI methods compute barycenters of Gaussian sets for various dissimilarity measures.

problem Efficiently compute barycenters of Gaussian sets for multiple dissimilarity measures.
method Fixed-Point Iterations (FPI) for several dissimilarity measures.
result FPI provides a useful toolbox for fusion/reduction of Gaussian sets.

Paper proposes a new efficient transport-based dissimilarity measure for time series classification.

problem Classifying time series with warping distortions.
method Defining a problem statement, proposing an Optimal Transport-based dissimilarity measure.
result The proposed method can solve the time series classification problem with reduced computational cost.

Locality sensitive hashing (LSH) is a powerful tool for sublinear-time approximate nearest neighbor search, and a variety of hashing schemes have been proposed for different dissimilarity measures. However, hash codes significantly depend on the dissimilarity, which prohibits users from adjusting the dissimilarity at q…

2016-09-11abs ↗pdf ↗

Classification in the dissimilarity space has become a very active research area since it provides a possibility to learn from data given in the form of pairwise non-metric dissimilarities, which otherwise would be difficult to cope with. The selection of prototypes is a key step for the further creation of the space. …

2017-12-26abs ↗pdf ↗

Paper introduces a method for supervised hierarchical clustering with Exponential Linkage.

problem Discrepancy between training and clustering objectives in supervised clustering.
method Tightly couples supervised training of dissimilarity function with hierarchical clustering, using Exponential Linkage.
result Joint training procedure consistently matches or outperforms other methods, improving dendrogram purity by up to 8 points.

A new method improves fitting neural data with spiking network models.

problem Fitting spiking network models to neural activity does not produce realistic data.
method Augment log-likelihood with dissimilarity terms measured by summary statistics and optimized via back-propagation.
result The new method generates more realistic neural activity statistics and improves network connectivity inference.

The one-class classification problem is a well-known research endeavor in pattern recognition. The problem is also known under different names, such as outlier and novelty/anomaly detection. The core of the problem consists in modeling and recognizing patterns belonging only to a so-called target class. All other patte…

2014-07-28abs ↗pdf ↗

BERT improved for propaganda detection with imbalanced, dissimilar data.

problem BERT struggles with dissimilar imbalanced datasets in propaganda detection.
method Cost-sensitive BERT with dissimilarity measure for imbalanced, dissimilar datasets.
result Achieved second-highest score on sentence-level propaganda classification.

In this paper, we propose a Ward-like hierarchical clustering algorithm including spatial/geographical constraints. Two dissimilarity matrices D0D_0 and D1D_1 are inputted, along with a mixing parameter α[0,1]α\in [0,1]. The dissimilarities can be non-Euclidean and the weights of the observations can be non-uniform. The fi…

2017-07-12abs ↗pdf ↗

Method reveals dissimilarity in alloys' Curie temperatures.

problem Tackles the dissimilarity between rare-earth transition metal binary alloys.
method Ensemble learning with Kernel ridge regression.
result Reveals meaningful relations between alloys' structure and Curie temperature.

Quantitatively assessing relationships between latent variables and observed variables is important for understanding and developing generative models and representation learning. In this paper, we propose latent-observed dissimilarity (LOD) to evaluate the dissimilarity between the probabilistic characteristics of lat…

2016-03-30abs ↗pdf ↗

Multiple instance learning (MIL) is concerned with learning from sets (bags) of objects (instances), where the individual instance labels are ambiguous. In this setting, supervised learning cannot be applied directly. Often, specialized MIL methods learn by making additional assumptions about the relationship of the ba…

2013-09-22abs ↗pdf ↗

We introduce in this paper a new way of optimizing the natural extension of the quantization error using in k-means clustering to dissimilarity data. The proposed method is based on hierarchical clustering analysis combined with multi-level heuristic refinement. The method is computationally efficient and achieves bett…

2012-04-29abs ↗pdf ↗

A new weighted dissimilarity measure reduces positioning errors in feature-based systems.

problem Reducing errors in feature-based positioning systems, especially in areas with high variability.
method Iterative scheme using location-dependent standard deviations as weights.
result Maximum radial positioning error reduced by 40% using the weighted dissimilarity measure.

FedProx algorithm improved for non-smooth and heterogeneous data.

problem Theoretical understanding of FedProx for non-convex federated optimization.
method Local dissimilarity invariant convergence theory through algorithmic stability.
result Convergence guarantees for non-smooth FL problems and minibatch size.

Method identifies regions of maximum dissimilarity in stochastic processes.

problem Comparing local characteristics of two random processes to find periods of maximum dissimilarity.
method Bayesian inference with integrated nested Laplace approximation for stochastic processes.
result Identifies regions of maximum dissimilarity with a certain volume.

Paper develops a new kernel expansion method using entropic optimal features for sparse and efficient kernel approximation.

problem Efficient kernel approximation with reduced computational cost and feature dissimilarity.
method Develops a novel optimal design maximizing entropy among kernel features, resulting in a sparse kernel expansion.
result Achieves optimal statistical accuracy with only $O(N^{ rac{1}{4}})$ features, significantly reducing time and space costs.

A new method for graph node embeddings by discriminating similarity distributions.

problem Unsupervised learning of node embeddings in graphs.
method Maximizing the earth mover distance between distributions of similarities of similar and dissimilar nodes.
result Generates embeddings with state-of-the-art performance in link prediction.

In numerous applicative contexts, data are too rich and too complex to be represented by numerical vectors. A general approach to extend machine learning and data mining techniques to such data is to really on a dissimilarity or on a kernel that measures how different or similar two objects are. This approach has been …

2014-07-02abs ↗pdf ↗

A new method improves graph node embeddings by considering both nearby and distant node similarities.

problem Improving graph node embeddings by considering both nearby and distant node similarities.
method Distance-aware Negative Sampling (DNS) which maximizes cohesion at nearby node-pairs and separation at distant node-pairs.
result DNS outperforms baseline methods in downstream node classification tasks on various datasets and GRL algorithms.

With rapidly increasing data, clustering algorithms are important tools for data analytics in modern research. They have been successfully applied to a wide range of domains; for instance, bioinformatics, speech recognition, and financial analysis. Formally speaking, given a set of data instances, a clustering algorith…

2015-11-25abs ↗pdf ↗

Improved detection of brain tumours in MRIs using latent space dissimilarities.

problem Detecting tumours in brain MRIs using unsupervised learning.
method Slice-wise semi-supervised method based on dissimilarity between latent representations of images and their reconstructions.
result Improved detection results with higher resolution images and better reconstructions.

The Joint Optimization of Fidelity and Commensurability (JOFC) manifold matching methodology embeds an omnibus dissimilarity matrix consisting of multiple dissimilarities on the same set of objects. One approach to this embedding optimizes the preservation of fidelity to each individual dissimilarity matrix together wi…

2015-02-11abs ↗pdf ↗

Unified model for interactive estimation with improved learnability measure.

problem Improving learnability in interactive estimation models.
method Introducing a combinatorial measure (dissimilarity dimension) and a general algorithm with polynomial bounds.
result Unified model subsumes statistical-query learning and structured bandits.

This paper presents a distance-based discriminative framework for learning with probability distributions. Instead of using kernel mean embeddings or generalized radial basis kernels, we introduce embeddings based on dissimilarity of distributions to some reference distributions denoted as templates. Our framework exte…

2018-03-01abs ↗pdf ↗