Multitask Gaussian process (MTGP) is powerful for joint learning of multiple tasks with complicated correlation patterns. However, due to the assembling of additive independent latent functions, all current MTGPs including the salient linear model of coregionalization (LMC) and convolution frameworks cannot effectively…
Modeling continuous movement of entities in latent space for interaction timing.
problem Analyzing timing and frequency of instantaneous interactions.
method Latent position model with continuous trajectories.
result Individual trajectories estimated from interaction data.
New algorithm trains latent diffusion models using interacting particles.
problem Training latent diffusion models efficiently and accurately.
method Reformulate training as minimizing a free energy functional, then approximate with interacting particles.
result The new algorithm outperforms previous methods in experiments.
Perfect clustering achieved in hypergraphs with enough interactions.
problem Complexity and lack of tractable models for analyzing hypergraphs.
method Introduced an interaction hypergraph model for analyzing hypergraphs, defined latent embeddings, and analyzed spectral estimators.
result A spectral estimate of interaction latent positions can achieve perfect clustering with enough interactions.
LIT-LVM improves linear predictors by estimating interaction terms with latent vectors.
problem Accurately estimating coefficients for interaction terms in linear predictors.
method Structured regularization using latent vectors to represent features.
result LIT-LVM achieves superior prediction accuracy compared to other methods.
Modeling interacting objects with latent Gaussian process ODEs.
problem Time uncertainty-aware modeling of continuous-time dynamics of interacting objects.
method A new model using latent Gaussian process ordinary differential equations to infer independent dynamics and interactions.
result Our model improves long-term predictions and successfully encapsulates independent dynamics and interactions.
Ising models describe the joint probability distribution of a vector of binary feature variables. Typically, not all the variables interact with each other and one is interested in learning the presumably sparse network structure of the interacting variables. However, in the presence of latent variables, the convention…
We face network data from various sources, such as protein interactions and online social networks. A critical problem is to model network interactions and identify latent groups of network nodes. This problem is challenging due to many reasons. For example, the network nodes are interdependent instead of independent o…
Proposes MCCF to distinguish latent purchasing motivations in user-item interactions.
problem Difficulty in capturing fine-grained user preferences due to complex latent motivations.
method Introduces MCCF with decomposer and combiner modules to identify and recombine latent components.
result Significant performance gains and necessity of considering multiple components demonstrated.
This work discovers latent field effects governing interacting dynamical systems.
problem Discovering field effects governing interacting dynamical systems.
method Proposes neural fields to learn latent force fields from observed dynamics, disentangling local object interactions and global field effects.
result Accurately discovers latent field effects in various dynamical systems.
Much of the data being created on the web contains interactions between users and items. Stochastic blockmodels, and other methods for community detection and clustering of bipartite graphs, can infer latent user communities and latent item clusters from this interaction data. These methods, however, typically ignore t…
A new learning method for prosthetic arms without explicit rewards.
problem Learning a prosthetic arm to interact with users without explicit reward signals.
method Interaction-Grounded Learning, observing multidimensional context and feedback vectors, discovering latent reward signal.
result The algorithm can discover a latent reward signal and ground its policies for successful interaction.
Proposes a new model for explainable recommendation systems.
problem Developing predictive models that provide explanations for item recommendations.
method Generalized Additive Models with Manifest and Latent Interactions (GAMMLI).
result Advantages in both predictive performance and explainability.
Paper introduces TSSDMN for modeling dynamic multilayer networks.
problem Capturing temporal and cross-layer dynamics in multilayer networks.
method Tensor State Space Model (TSSDMN) using symmetric Tucker decomposition.
result TSSDMN uniquely captures temporal dynamics within and across layers.
New method learns latent energy models using particle algorithms.
problem Learning latent variable models with energy priors.
method Continuous-time SDEs for MMLE, particle-based discretization.
result Practical algorithm converges to solve MMLE problem.
DBRec discovers latent groups to improve recommendation.
problem Sparse user-item interaction data in recommender systems.
method Simultaneously discovers latent user/item groups and interacts them with users/items for bridging preferences.
result DBRec outperforms state-of-the-art models on real datasets.
KIPLMC methods improve statistical inference in latent variable models.
problem Statistical inference in latent variable models.
method Joint diffusion process in parameter and latent variable spaces, with two explicit discretizations.
result KIPLMC methods achieve accelerated convergence rates in Wasserstein-2 distance.
Proposes online learning for Hawkes processes with network structure and event interaction.
problem Modeling complex interactions and latent structures in network events.
method Online learning approach for mixture of multivariate Hawkes processes.
result Efficacy demonstrated on synthetic and real-world data.
HYVINT generates hypergraphs with intensity-driven incidence formation and variational learning.
problem Challenges in generating hypergraphs with mechanistic interpretation and limited latent space.
method HYVINT uses intensity-driven incidence formation and a lower-bound variational estimator for latent representations.
result HYVINT achieves strong fidelity and novelty on synthetic and real-world hypergraphs.
A semi-parametric, non-linear regression model in the presence of latent variables is applied towards learning network graph structure. These latent variables can correspond to unmodeled phenomena or unmeasured agents in a complex system of interacting entities. This formulation jointly estimates non-linearities in the…
Paper uncovers causal structures in Hawkes processes with latent subprocesses.
problem Tackles latent subprocesses in Hawkes processes with complex event-driven interactions.
method Proposes a two-phase iterative algorithm that infers causal relationships and identifies latent subprocesses.
result Successfully recovers causal structures in datasets with latent subprocesses.
Here we propose a novel model family with the objective of learning to disentangle the factors of variation in data. Our approach is based on the spike-and-slab restricted Boltzmann machine which we generalize to include higher-order interactions among multiple latent variables. Seen from a generative perspective, the …
Paper improves neural interaction modeling using nonlinear Hawkes processes.
problem Inability of classic Hawkes process to model inhibitory interactions.
method Augmented auxiliary latent variables and EM algorithm for efficient inference.
result Demonstrates accurate and efficient estimation of neural interaction dynamics.
We introduce Bayesian Poisson Tucker decomposition (BPTD) for modeling country--country interaction event data. These data consist of interaction events of the form "country i took action a toward country j at time t." BPTD discovers overlapping country--community memberships, including the number of latent com…
FLDCRF improves sequence labeling performance with latent dynamics interactions.
problem Sequence labeling with improved performance and latent dynamics interactions.
method Factored Latent-Dynamic Conditional Random Fields (FLDCRF) with multiple latent dynamics interactions.
result FLDCRF outperforms state-of-the-art models across multiple datasets.
The paper proposes a model to forecast traffic motion from sensor data.
problem Accurately predicting traffic motion for safe vehicle maneuvers.
method Implicit latent variable model using interaction graphs and graph neural networks.
result Achieves state-of-the-art motion forecasting and interaction understanding.
The paper tests for association between latent community memberships in multi-view network data.
problem Evaluating the independence of latent community memberships in multi-view network data.
method Extended stochastic block model for two-view network data, developed a new hypothesis test.
result Evidence of weak association between latent community memberships in binary interaction and co-complex association data.
Predicts multiple vehicle trajectories efficiently.
problem Predicting uncertain future motions of agents in dynamic scenes.
method Probabilistic framework learning latent variables for multi-step future modeling.
result State-of-the-art predictions on vehicle trajectory datasets.
Automated tests detect interactions in unstructured data.
problem Detecting interactions between latent variables in low-dimensional systems.
method Derive two interaction tests based on pairwise interventions and integrate them into an active learning pipeline.
result Tests can identify more known biological interactions than random search and standard active learning baselines.
A novel circuit motif uses sister cells for inference with correlated priors.
problem Structured priors in neural systems pose architectural challenges.
method Proposes a novel circuit motif using sister cells to implement correlated priors without direct interactions.
result Demonstrates the efficacy of correlated priors for inference in noisy environments.
Paper shows minimum observation time for network recovery.
problem Inferring latent networks from event-based observations.
method Two-stage estimator using clipped and binned event data.
result Observation time of order log(d) is sufficient and necessary.
The latent block model (LBM) is a flexible probabilistic tool to describe interactions between node sets in bipartite networks, but it does not account for interactions of time varying intensity between nodes in unknown classes. In this paper we propose a non stationary temporal extension of the LBM that clusters simul…
A new method captures higher-order interactions in data clusters.
problem Accurately characterizing complex higher-order variable interactions.
method Local Correlation Explanation (CorEx) method: clustering and total correlation.
result Captures higher-order interactions at a local scale.
Actors in realistic social networks play not one but a number of diverse roles depending on whom they interact with, and a large number of such role-specific interactions collectively determine social communities and their organizations. Methods for analyzing social networks should capture these multi-faceted role-spec…
New method predicts unobserved interactions between sets of elements.
problem Limited access to interactions between sets of elements.
method Generalized Synthetic Interventions (GSI) estimator.
result GSI estimator outperforms existing methods on synthetic and real data.
We propose a latent self-exciting point process model that describes geographically distributed interactions between pairs of entities. In contrast to most existing approaches that assume fully observable interactions, here we consider a scenario where certain interaction events lack information about participants. Ins…
New algorithms improve inference in non-differentiable models.
problem Inference and learning in latent variable models with non-differentiable densities.
method Proximal interacting particle Langevin algorithms (PIPLA).
result Nonasymptotic bounds and effectiveness demonstrated in various models.
Computer simulations have become a popular tool of assessing complex skills such as problem-solving skills. Log files of computer-based items record the entire human-computer interactive processes for each respondent. The response processes are very diverse, noisy, and of nonstandard formats. Few generic methods have b…
Model-based collaborative filtering analyzes user-item interactions to infer latent factors that represent user preferences and item characteristics in order to predict future interactions. Most collaborative filtering algorithms assume that these latent factors are static, although it has been shown that user preferen…
We characterize distributional equivalence in latent-variable models with cycles.
problem Lack of an equivalence characterization for latent-variable causal models with cycles.
method Established graphical criterion for distributional equivalence and developed edge rank constraints.
result First equivalence characterization without structural assumptions for latent-variable models with cycles.
Anomaly detection model for large networks identifies attacks with reduced false positives.
problem Detecting anomalies in large, sparse, directed networks.
method Dynamic logistic model with latent factors, variational Bayesian estimation, case-control approximation.
result Model reduces false positives by identifying red team attack with half the detection rate.
New approach learns latent motifs in networks for mesoscale structure analysis.
problem Understanding large-scale behavior in complex systems through mesoscale structures.
method Network dictionary learning (NDL) combining network sampling and nonnegative matrix factorization.
result Networks can be approximated using a small set of latent motifs.
Software helps teach latent variable methods in multivariate data analytics.
problem Challenges in understanding multivariate data analytics for students.
method Interactive software for comparing latent variable methods.
result Builds intuition on choosing methods and interpreting coefficients.
MoReL models multi-omics data to find hidden molecular interactions.
problem Heterogeneous multi-omics data with varying quality and structure.
method Fused Gromov-Wasserstein (FGW) regularization in a deep Bayesian generative model.
result Enhanced performance in inferring meaningful interactions from real-world datasets.
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.
Observations consisting of measurements on relationships for pairs of objects arise in many settings, such as protein interaction and gene regulatory networks, collections of author-recipient email, and social networks. Analyzing such data with probabilisic models can be delicate because the simple exchangeability assu…
Interactive learning is a process in which a machine learning algorithm is provided with meaningful, well-chosen examples as opposed to randomly chosen examples typical in standard supervised learning. In this paper, we propose a new method for interactive learning from multiple noisy labels where we exploit the disagr…
We present the Bayesian Echo Chamber, a new Bayesian generative model for social interaction data. By modeling the evolution of people's language usage over time, this model discovers latent influence relationships between them. Unlike previous work on inferring influence, which has primarily focused on simple temporal…