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48 results for geometric mismatch

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.

SAEs struggle with curved activation manifolds, revealing layer-dependent scaling laws.

problem Sparse autoencoders' reconstruction error varies across layers, not fitting existing scaling laws.
method Cross-layer study of 844 SAE checkpoints, fitting and regressing on manifold geometry.
result Manifold geometry predicts layer-dependent width exponents in SAEs, with transferable coefficients.

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 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 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.

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…

2017-03-21abs ↗pdf ↗

Model explains optical illusions using geometric sub-Riemannian geodesics.

problem Understanding and explaining geometrical optical illusions.
method Neuro-mathematical model based on sub-Riemannian geodesics in the Roto-Translation Group.
result Illusory contours are described as geodesics in a new metric.

Bayesian models for networks are often misspecified, leading to overconfident inference.

problem Real-world networks violate assumptions of geometry and link function in latent space models.
method Proposes a generalized posterior framework for random geometric graphs, using Link-Sequential R-SafeBayes to adaptively tune posterior regularization.
result Improved calibration and better link prediction performance demonstrated on synthetic and real-world networks.

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…

2019-01-26abs ↗pdf ↗

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.

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…

2015-01-26abs ↗pdf ↗

New scheme optimizes BMI through probabilistic and geometric shaping.

problem Optimizing bit-wise mutual information (BMI) for coded modulation.
method Joint optimization of BMI through probabilistic and geometric shaping.
result Joint optimization enables a continuum of constellation geometries and probability distributions.

Introduces optimization geometrodynamics for dynamic geometric optimization.

problem Gradient-based optimization methods struggle with changing geometric constraints.
method Optimization geometrodynamics separates invariant and improvable geometric mismatches.
result Dynamic geometric complexity measures the minimum geometric cost to reduce optimization difficulty.

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…

2019-11-25abs ↗pdf ↗

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. …

2016-12-22abs ↗pdf ↗

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.

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…

2016-06-13abs ↗pdf ↗

The family of f-divergences is ubiquitously applied to generative modeling in order to adapt the distribution of the model to that of the data. Well-definedness of f-divergences, however, requires the distributions of the data and model to overlap completely in every time step of training. As a result, as soon as the s…

2019-06-01abs ↗pdf ↗

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 …

2019-04-17abs ↗pdf ↗

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.

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.

This paper presents a method to obtain geometric registrations between high-genus (g1g\geq 1) surfaces. Surface registration between simple surfaces, such as simply-connected open surfaces, has been well studied. However, very few works have been carried out for the registration of high-genus surfaces. The high-genus t…

2013-05-10abs ↗pdf ↗

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.

Our study employs sentiment analysis to evaluate the compatibility of Amazon.com reviews with their corresponding ratings. Sentiment analysis is the task of identifying and classifying the sentiment expressed in a piece of text as being positive or negative. On e-commerce websites such as Amazon.com, consumers can subm…

2019-04-04abs ↗pdf ↗

KalmanNet uses neural networks to improve state estimation in systems with unknown dynamics.

problem State estimation of systems with non-linear dynamics and partial information.
method KalmanNet integrates a recurrent neural network with the Kalman filter to handle non-linearities and model mismatches.
result KalmanNet outperforms classic filtering methods in systems with both mismatched and accurate domain knowledge.

Co-PLNet combines point and line predictions to improve wireframe parsing accuracy and efficiency.

problem Separate line and point predictions lead to inconsistent wireframes.
method Co-PLNet uses a Point-Line Prompt Encoder to convert early point detections into spatial prompts, which guide line refinement.
result Co-PLNet achieves better accuracy and robustness in wireframe parsing compared to existing methods.

Subspace models play an important role in a wide range of signal processing tasks, and this paper explores how the pairwise geometry of subspaces influences the probability of misclassification. When the mismatch between the signal and the model is vanishingly small, the probability of misclassification is determined b…

2015-07-15abs ↗pdf ↗

MixMOOD improves SSDL by selecting unlabelled data based on deep feature similarity.

problem Class distribution mismatch in semi-supervised learning.
method MixMOOD uses deep dataset dissimilarity measures to select unlabelled data.
result MixMOOD selects unlabelled data based on strong correlation with MixMatch accuracy.

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.

We study the question of how to imitate tasks across domains with discrepancies such as embodiment, viewpoint, and dynamics mismatch. Many prior works require paired, aligned demonstrations and an additional RL step that requires environment interactions. However, paired, aligned demonstrations are seldom obtainable an…

2019-09-30abs ↗pdf ↗