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48 results for higher order linearization

Unified approach to discrete and smooth isoperimetric inequalities of arbitrary order.

problem Finding higher order isoperimetric inequalities for both discrete and smooth curves.
method Unified approach via Fourier analysis of linear operators.
result Unified upper and lower bounds for isoperimetric deficit in smooth curves.

Following the programme set out in Part I of this work, we develop a conceptual higher order differential calculus. The '' local linear algebra '' defined in Part I is generalized by '' higher order local linear algebra ''. The underlying combinatorial object of such higher algebra is the natural n-dimensional hyper-cu…

2015-10-12abs ↗pdf ↗

Paper proposes a new method to identify causal graphs with latent variables using higher-order cumulants.

problem Estimating causal directed acyclic graphs with latent confounders.
method Uses higher-order cumulants to identify causal structures among observed and latent variables.
result Validates the proposed algorithm through simulations and real-world data.

We compare two ways of interpreting higher order connections. The geometric approach lies in the decomposition of higher order tangent space into the horizontal and vertical structures while the jet--like approach considers a higher order connection as the section of a jet prolongation of a fibered manifold. Particular…

2012-06-25abs ↗pdf ↗

The paper identifies causal effects in latent variable models using higher-order cumulants.

problem Challenges in identifying causal effects in latent variable models with latent confounders.
method Using higher-order cumulants, the paper addresses two challenging setups: a single proxy variable and underspecified instrumental variables.
result Causal effects are identifiable with a single proxy or instrument.

Study solves inverse problems for equations with fractional nonlinearities.

problem Solving inverse problems for semilinear elliptic equations with fractional power nonlinearities.
method Higher order linearization method adapted for fractional order.
result Results of previous studies remain valid for general power nonlinearities.

We present an extension of the Kolmogorov-Smirnov (KS) two-sample test, which can be more sensitive to differences in the tails. Our test statistic is an integral probability metric (IPM) defined over a higher-order total variation ball, recovering the original KS test as its simplest case. We give an exact representer…

2019-03-24abs ↗pdf ↗

Proposes efficient sampling methods for solving linear inverse problems.

problem Solving linear inverse problems with computational efficiency and accuracy.
method Higher-order Langevin diffusion with pre-conditioning and annealing.
result Provable sampling from posterior distributions with accelerated convergence.

We study higher-order conservation laws of the non-linearizable elliptic Poisson equation 2uzzˉ=f(u) \frac{{\partial}^2 u}{\partial z \partial \bar{z}} = -f(u) as elements of the characteristic cohomology of the associated exterior differential system. The theory of characteristic cohomology determines a normal form for diffe…

2009-06-17abs ↗pdf ↗

We define the higher-order Alexander modules An,i(U)A_{n,i}(\mathcal{U}) and higher-order degrees δn,i(U)δ_{n,i}(\mathcal{U}) which are invariants of a complex hypersurface complement U\mathcal{U}. These invariants come from the module structure of the homology of certain solvable covers of the hypersurface complement. Such inv…

2015-10-12abs ↗pdf ↗

The reduction theorems for general linear and classical connections are generalized for operators with values in higher order gauge-natural bundles. We prove that natural operators depending on the s1s_1-jets of classical connections, on the s2s_2-jets of general linear connections and on the rr-jets of tensor fields …

2004-05-26abs ↗pdf ↗

A new probabilistic BTD method for tensor data.

problem Modeling higher-order tensors with robust inference.
method Probabilistic Block-Term Decomposition using variational Bayesian inference and von-Mises Fisher distribution.
result The proposed pBTD can quantify multi-linear structures robustly.

New Riemannian optimization improves variance estimation in mixed models.

problem Challenges in estimating variance parameters in linear mixed models due to constraints.
method Formulated as an optimization problem on a Riemannian manifold, using Riemannian gradient and Hessian.
result Yields higher quality variance parameter estimates compared to existing methods.

Extends RRR to capture nonlinear interactions in multi-response regression.

problem Complex relationships in real-world data cannot be adequately modeled by linear interactions.
method Introduces Higher Order Reduced Rank Regression (HORRR) using tensor representations and Tucker decomposition.
result HORRR can capture nonlinear interactions in multi-response regression.

Graded bundles are a class of graded manifolds which represent a natural generalisation of vector bundles and include the higher order tangent bundles as canonical examples. We present and study the concept of the linearisation of graded bundle which allows us to define the notion of the linear dual of a graded bundle.…

2014-09-01abs ↗pdf ↗

We introduce nonlinear higher-order label spreading for semi-supervised learning.

problem Efficient semi-supervised learning on graphs with complex label spreading.
method We add nonlinearity to label spreading through higher-order graph structures, proving convergence and demonstrating efficiency on various datasets.
result Our nonlinear higher-order label spreading algorithm converges to the global solution and performs favorably compared to classical methods.

Transformers can approximate Newton's method for logistic regression.

problem Implementing higher order optimization methods in Transformers.
method Linear attention Transformers with ReLU layers approximating second order optimization algorithms.
result Transformers can implement a single step of Newton's iteration for matrix inversion.

New method identifies latent variables with causal dependencies from observed data.

problem Identify latent variables with causal relationships from observed data.
method Linear causal disentanglement via higher-order cumulants, with perfect and soft interventions.
result Recovery of parameters via coupled tensor decomposition and polynomial equations.

Diffusion models learn simple statistics before complex ones, revealing a sample complexity exponent.

problem Understanding the learning dynamics of diffusion models.
method Empirical observations and theoretical analysis of diffusion models and denoisers.
result Diffusion models learn simple statistics (pair-wise correlations) at linear sample complexity, while higher-order statistics (e.g., fourth cumulant) require cubic sample complexity.

Enhances stock movement prediction using Higher Order Transformers for multimodal time-series data.

problem Predicting stock movements in financial markets with complex dynamics.
method Introduced Higher Order Transformers, extending self-attention and transformer architecture to capture complex market dynamics. Employed low-rank tensor decomposition and kernel attention to manage computational complexity. Integrated technical and fundamental analysis from historical prices and tweets.
result Demonstrated effectiveness of the method on the Stocknet dataset, improving stock movement prediction.

In this paper we extend Buchen's method to develop a new technique for pricing of some exotic options with several expiry dates(more than 3 expiry dates) using a concept of higher order binary option. At first we introduce the concept of higher order binary option and then provide the pricing formulae of nn-th order b…

2013-02-14abs ↗pdf ↗

We introduce the concept of a higher algebroid, generalizing the notions of an algebroid and a higher tangent bundle. Our ideas are based on a description of (Lie) algebroids as vector bundle comorphisms - differential relations of a special kind. In our approach higher algebroids are vector bundle comorphism between g…

2017-08-10abs ↗pdf ↗

Users form information trails as they browse the web, checkin with a geolocation, rate items, or consume media. A common problem is to predict what a user might do next for the purposes of guidance, recommendation, or prefetching. First-order and higher-order Markov chains have been widely used methods to study such se…

2017-04-20abs ↗pdf ↗

Study higher-order spin glass models for social network behavior with peer-group effects.

problem Modeling correlation phenomena on social networks with peer-group effects.
method Inference in higher-order Ising models to recover coefficients and peer-group effects.
result Strong concavity of log pseudo-likelihood implies statistical error rate of sqrt(d/n) for MPLE.

We consider higher-order linear-chain conditional random fields (HO-LC-CRFs) for sequence modelling, and use sum-product networks (SPNs) for representing higher-order input- and output-dependent factors. SPNs are a recently introduced class of deep models for which exact and efficient inference can be performed. By com…

2018-07-06abs ↗pdf ↗

Mixes higher-order simplicial complexes for data augmentation.

problem Lack of labeled data for complex systems with multiway interactions.
method Proposes mixup mechanisms for simplicial complexes, including linear and nonlinear mixup, and a convex clustering mixup.
result Synthetic simplicial complexes interpolate between existing data based on homomorphism densities.

We establish short-time existence and regularity for higher-order flows generated by a class of polynomial natural tensors that, after an adjustment by the Lie derivative of the metric with respect to a suitable vector field, have strongly parabolic linearizations. We apply this theorem to flows by powers of the Laplac…

2010-10-20abs ↗pdf ↗

A hybrid model combines piecewise linear and neural components for interpretable predictions.

problem Post-hoc interpretable methods lead to contradictory explanations and lower prediction accuracy.
method Hybrid model with piecewise linear and neural components.
result The model achieves good interpretability and state-of-the-art accuracy.

New methods improve estimation accuracy in noisy settings.

problem Estimating treatment effects in the presence of treatment noise.
method Developed new structure-agnostic cumulant estimators and practical procedures for higher-order robustness.
result Demonstrated that existing DML estimator is suboptimal for non-Gaussian treatment noise and introduced ACE procedures for improved accuracy.

We present a derivation and theoretical investigation of the Adams-Bashforth and Adams-Moulton family of linear multistep methods for solving ordinary differential equations, starting from a Gaussian process (GP) framework. In the limit, this formulation coincides with the classical deterministic methods, which have be…

2016-10-26abs ↗pdf ↗

New types of semi-Riemannian manifolds with linear curvature conditions identified.

problem Identifying new types of semi-Riemannian manifolds with linear curvature conditions.
method Analyzing semi-Riemannian manifolds that satisfy linear differential conditions on the curvature.
result Existence of new families of semi-Riemannian manifolds, including those with recurrent curvature and symmetric spaces.

Paper analyzes Scaffold algorithm for federated learning, proving linear speed-up with stochastic gradients.

problem Understanding the impact of stochastic gradients on the Scaffold algorithm's performance.
method Proved linear speed-up in the number of clients using a Markov chain analysis of global parameters and control variates.
result Scaffold achieves linear speed-up in the number of clients up to higher-order terms in the step size, but retains a higher-order bias.

Unified formula for higher traces of linear maps on finite-dimensional normed spaces.

problem Unified trace-average formula for higher traces of linear maps.
method Unified trace-average formula for the k-th higher trace of a linear operator A on a finite-dimensional normed space.
result Unified trace-average formula holds for all A if and only if the operator-valued average equals the identity.

Paper tackles stochastic control with mean and higher-order moments, finding Nash equilibria.

problem Time-inconsistent stochastic control problems with mean and higher-order moments.
method Developed closed-loop and open-loop Nash equilibrium controls using PDEs and maximum principles.
result Identical closed-loop and open-loop Nash equilibria controls, independent of state value and random path.

New method adds interactions to interpretable models for large-scale data.

problem Limited model complexity and lack of interactions in interpretable models.
method Factorization method to derive scalable higher-order tensor product spline models.
result Incorporates all higher-order interactions of non-linear feature effects without computational penalties.

Can we effectively learn a nonlinear representation in time comparable to linear learning? We describe a new algorithm that explicitly and adaptively expands higher-order interaction features over base linear representations. The algorithm is designed for extreme computational efficiency, and an extensive experimental …

2014-10-02abs ↗pdf ↗

CSD improves goodness-of-fit testing for higher-order dependence.

problem Insensitivity of standard KSDs to higher-order dependence features like tail dependence.
method Introduces Copula-Stein Discrepancy (CSD) that targets dependence geometry directly on copula density.
result CSD is sensitive to differences in tail dependence coefficients and metrizes weak convergence of copula distributions.

Paper characterizes equilibrium strategies for stochastic control with higher-order moments.

problem Stochastic control problems with higher-order moments.
method Novel characterization of time-consistent control problems, deriving equilibrium conditions via BSDEs.
result Derives sufficient and necessary conditions for an open-loop Nash equilibrium control (ONEC) in a novel way.