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48 results for higher-order dependence

Representation learning on networks offers a powerful alternative to the oft painstaking process of manual feature engineering, and as a result, has enjoyed considerable success in recent years. However, all the existing representation learning methods are based on the first-order network (FON), that is, the network th…

2019-08-15abs ↗pdf ↗

State-of-the-art methods in convex and non-convex optimization employ higher-order derivative information, either implicitly or explicitly. We explore the limitations of higher-order optimization and prove that even for convex optimization, a polynomial dependence on the approximation guarantee and higher-order smoothn…

2017-10-27abs ↗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 generalize the Lagrangian-Hamiltonian formalism of Skinner and Rusk to higher order field theories on fiber bundles. As a byproduct we solve the long standing problem of defining, in a coordinate free manner, a Hamiltonian formalism for higher order Lagrangian field theories. Namely, our formalism does only depend o…

2009-05-28abs ↗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.

We develop and implement a novel fast bootstrap for dependent data. Our scheme is based on the i.i.d. resampling of the smoothed moment indicators. We characterize the class of parametric and semi-parametric estimation problems for which the method is valid. We show the asymptotic refinements of the proposed procedure,…

2020-01-14abs ↗pdf ↗

Networks are a natural representation of complex systems across the sciences, and higher-order dependencies are central to the understanding and modeling of these systems. However, in many practical applications such as online social networks, networks are massive, dynamic, and naturally streaming, where pairwise inter…

2019-08-02abs ↗pdf ↗

Biological neurons learn tensor decompositions of higher-order correlations using nonlinear Hebbian plasticity.

problem Learning higher-order correlations in biological neurons.
method Introduce and study generalized nonlinear Hebbian learning rules.
result Neurons can learn tensor eigenvectors of higher-order input correlation tensors.

This work learns models for population dynamics using variational methods and higher-order quadrature.

problem Modeling population dynamics of physical systems with stochastic and mean-field effects.
method Variational problem to infer gradient fields, combining Monte Carlo sampling with higher-order quadrature rules.
result Accurate prediction of population dynamics over a wide range of parameters.

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 ↗

The paper defines and analyzes higher-order Yang-Mills-Higgs functionals and their gradient flows.

problem Analyzing the behavior of higher-order Yang-Mills-Higgs functionals and their gradient flows.
method Gauge fixing technique, L2L^2-bound of the Higgs field, local L2L^2-derivative estimates, energy estimates, blow-up analysis.
result Solutions to the gradient flow do not hit finite time singularities under certain conditions.

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 ↗

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.

Study quantifies how LLMs capture higher-order statistical structure using cumulant expansion.

problem Understanding how LLMs internalize statistical structure during next-token prediction.
method Cumulant-expansion framework treating softmax entropy as perturbation around center distribution.
result Cumulants reveal distinct signatures for mathematical vs. general text prompts, quantifying feature-learning dynamics.

Hypergraphs are used in machine learning to model higher-order relationships in data. While spectral methods for graphs are well-established, spectral theory for hypergraphs remains an active area of research. In this paper, we use random walks to develop a spectral theory for hypergraphs with edge-dependent vertex wei…

2019-05-20abs ↗pdf ↗

Paper proves higher-order flow matching preserves optimality in generative modeling.

problem Theoretical guarantees for higher-order flow matching in generative modeling.
method Neural network approximations with controlled depth, width, and sparsity.
result Proves worst case optimality for second-order flow matching.

We study underlying geometric structures for integral variational functionals, depending on submanifolds of a given manifold. Applications include (first order) variational functionals of Finsler and areal geometries with integrand the Hilbert 1-form, and admit immediate extensions to higher-order functionals.

2013-07-03abs ↗pdf ↗

Paper introduces models to discover complex structures in large hypergraphs.

problem Understanding dependency structures in complex systems represented as hypergraphs.
method Probabilistic models treating classes of similar units as nodes in a latent hypergraph, using low-rank representations.
result Improves link prediction and discovers interpretable structures in diverse real-world systems.

Improved estimation of higher order integrals using shrinkage techniques.

problem Estimating higher order Bochner integrals in non-parametric settings.
method Shrinkage of U-statistic towards a target element, considering kernel degeneracy.
result Consistent shrinkage estimators with fast rates of convergence, even for non-degenerate kernels.

SurvFD and SurvSHAP-IQ provide interpretable survival models by analyzing feature interactions.

problem Non-additivity of hazard and survival functions limits standard additive explanation methods.
method SurvFD decomposes higher-order effects into time-dependent and time-independent components, extending Shapley interactions to time-indexed functions.
result SurvFD and SurvSHAP-IQ offer a new perspective on survival explanations, explicitly characterizing feature interactions.

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.

Paper proposes a new tensor model for mixed memberships and provides error bounds.

problem Estimating mixed memberships in higher-order multiway data.
method Tensor mixed-membership blockmodel, higher-order orthogonal iteration algorithm (HOOI), simplex corner-finding algorithm.
result Consistency of estimation procedure with error bounds under specific conditions.

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 ↗

The paper examines higher moments in insurance, focusing on coskewness and its impact on actuarial quantities.

problem The impact of higher-order moments on actuarial applications, particularly expected shortfall and life annuity valuation.
method Derives analytical bounds for mixed moments under unspecified dependence structure, applies copula-based mixture model.
result Coskewness and odd-order mixed moments exhibit a monotonic relationship with expected shortfall and annuity premiums.

Bayesian method detects mesoscale structures in pathway data networks.

problem Mesoscale structures in pathway data networks are hard to detect due to dependencies between interactions.
method Bayesian approach modeling optimal partitioning and higher-order dynamics.
result Method can recover both proximity-based and role-based groupings of nodes.

SpeqNets improve graph neural networks by scaling and adapting to graph sparsity.

problem Graph neural networks struggle with permutation-equivariant functions and scalability to large graphs.
method Introducing sparsity-aware, permutation-equivariant graph networks with heuristics for graph isomorphism.
result Significantly improved predictive performance and reduced computation times compared to existing methods.

Deterministic bounds for tensor singular values and vectors, differing from matrix cases.

problem Spectral learning of higher-order orthogonally decomposable tensors.
method Deterministic perturbation bounds for singular values and vectors of orthogonally decomposable tensors.
result Perturbation affects each essential singular value/vector in isolation, independent of multiplicity and distance from other singular values.

Quantization techniques have been applied in many challenging finance applications, including pricing claims with path dependence and early exercise features, stochastic optimal control, filtering problems and efficient calibration of large derivative books. Recursive Marginal Quantization of the Euler scheme has recen…

2017-01-06abs ↗pdf ↗

We propose parametric copulas that capture serial dependence in stationary heteroskedastic time series. We develop our copula for first order Markov series, and extend it to higher orders and multivariate series. We derive the copula of a volatility proxy, based on which we propose new measures of volatility dependence…

2017-01-25abs ↗pdf ↗

This paper examines how Higher-Order Langevin Dynamics reduces memorization in diffusion models.

problem Memorization of training samples in diffusion models, violating copyright and privacy.
method Introduces Higher-Order Langevin Dynamics (HOLD) to regularize diffusion model trajectories.
result The dynamics of the data variable in HOLD are governed by a low-pass-filtered version of the learned score function, with smoothness increasing with model order.

Dynamic Vine Copulas detect and quantify time-varying higher-order interactions in multivariate systems.

problem Time-varying dependence in multivariate systems, including tail behavior, asymmetry, and conditional structure.
method Dynamic Vine Copulas (DVC) framework for estimating and diagnosing non-Gaussian dependence, using fixed-root-order C-vines and smooth parameter trajectories.
result DVC detects and quantifies time-varying higher-order interactions, distinguishing between pairwise and conditional dependence.

For certain classes of knots we define geometric invariants called higher-order genera. Each of these invariants is a refinement of the slice genus of a knot. We find lower bounds for the higher-order genera in terms of certain von Neumann ρρ-invariants, which we call higher-order signatures. The higher-order genera o…

2008-07-02abs ↗pdf ↗

Cross validation (CV) and the bootstrap are ubiquitous model-agnostic tools for assessing the error or variability of machine learning and statistical estimators. However, these methods require repeatedly re-fitting the model with different weighted versions of the original dataset, which can be prohibitively time-cons…

2019-07-28abs ↗pdf ↗

A fundamental property of complex networks is the tendency for edges to cluster. The extent of the clustering is typically quantified by the clustering coefficient, which is the probability that a length-2 path is closed, i.e., induces a triangle in the network. However, higher-order cliques beyond triangles are crucia…

2017-04-12abs ↗pdf ↗

We propose new positive definite kernels for permutations. First we introduce a weighted version of the Kendall kernel, which allows to weight unequally the contributions of different item pairs in the permutations depending on their ranks. Like the Kendall kernel, we show that the weighted version is invariant to rela…

2018-02-23abs ↗pdf ↗

A key feature of inductive logic programming (ILP) is its ability to learn first-order programs, which are intrinsically more expressive than propositional programs. In this paper, we introduce techniques to learn higher-order programs. Specifically, we extend meta-interpretive learning (MIL) to support learning higher…

2019-07-25abs ↗pdf ↗