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48 results for least-squares

We compare the risk of ridge regression to a simple variant of ordinary least squares, in which one simply projects the data onto a finite dimensional subspace (as specified by a Principal Component Analysis) and then performs an ordinary (un-regularized) least squares regression in this subspace. This note shows that …

2011-05-04abs ↗pdf ↗

New algorithm improves online binary classification with constant time complexity.

problem Online binary classification with rebalancing.
method Non-iteratively reweighted recursive least-squares.
result Exacts converges to batch formulation and outperforms existing algorithms.

Reduced-rank method improves least-squares regression under output regularity.

problem Least-squares regression with infinite dimensional outputs.
method Reduced-rank method for solving least-squares problems with output regularity assumptions.
result Learning bounds and improved statistical performance compared to full-rank method.

ESNs trained with Tikhonov least squares approximate ergodic dynamical systems in L2(μ) norm.

problem Approximating ergodic dynamical systems using ESNs.
method Tikhonov least squares regression on ESNs trained on observations from an ergodic dynamical system.
result ESNs trained with Tikhonov least squares approximate the target function in the L2(μ) norm.

A new algorithm solves nonnegative least squares faster with nonnegative data.

problem Nonnegative least squares problems with nonnegative data.
method Primal-dual perspective accelerated algorithm with adaptive restart.
result Oracle complexity independent of matrix constants, solvable to multiplicative error.

The paper proposes a least squares method for binary compressive sampling with low intrinsic dimension signals.

problem Recovering signals from binary measurements with noise and sign flips.
method Least squares decoder for signals with low generative intrinsic dimension.
result The least squares decoder achieves a sharp estimation error of O(klog(Ln)m)O(\sqrt{\frac{k\log (Ln)}{m}}) under certain conditions.

Sparse linear regression, which entails finding a sparse solution to an underdetermined system of linear equations, can formally be expressed as an l0l_0-constrained least-squares problem. The Orthogonal Least-Squares (OLS) algorithm sequentially selects the features (i.e., columns of the coefficient matrix) to greedil…

2016-02-22abs ↗pdf ↗

We prove the statistical consistency of kernel Partial Least Squares Regression applied to a bounded regression learning problem on a reproducing kernel Hilbert space. Partial Least Squares stands out of well-known classical approaches as e.g. Ridge Regression or Principal Components Regression, as it is not defined as…

2009-02-25abs ↗pdf ↗

Randomized matrix compression techniques, such as the Johnson-Lindenstrauss transform, have emerged as an effective and practical way for solving large-scale problems efficiently. With a focus on computational efficiency, however, forsaking solutions quality and accuracy becomes the trade-off. In this paper, we investi…

2015-10-16abs ↗pdf ↗

The ratio of two probability densities can be used for solving various machine learning tasks such as covariate shift adaptation (importance sampling), outlier detection (likelihood-ratio test), and feature selection (mutual information). Recently, several methods of directly estimating the density ratio have been deve…

2009-12-15abs ↗pdf ↗

The least-squares support vector machine is a frequently used kernel method for non-linear regression and classification tasks. Here we discuss several approximation algorithms for the least-squares support vector machine classifier. The proposed methods are based on randomized block kernel matrices, and we show that t…

2017-03-22abs ↗pdf ↗

The paper identifies saddlepoints in unsupervised auto-encoding neural nets.

problem The risk landscape of unsupervised least squares in auto-encoding neural nets.
method Established an equivalence between unsupervised least squares and principal manifolds, discussed regularization strategies for auto-encoders.
result All non-trivial critical points in auto-encoding are saddlepoints, which are degenerate in overcomplete auto-encoding.

Efficiently estimates private least squares with linear error growth.

problem Private estimation of ordinary least squares with bounded residuals and leverage.
method Scaled noise added to a stable nonprivate estimator of the regression vector.
result Near-optimal accuracy guarantee with linear error growth in dimension.

Least squares estimator fails to achieve optimal risk in bounded distributions, but non-linear predictors can.

problem Optimal risk in bounded distributions for constrained least squares.
method Comparison of least squares and non-linear predictors.
result Non-linear predictors can achieve optimal risk O(d/n)O(d/n) in bounded distributions.

Consider Least Squares Monte Carlo (LSM) algorithm, which is proposed by Longstaff and Schwartz (2001) for pricing American style securities. This algorithm is based on the projection of the value of continuation onto a certain set of basis functions via the least squares problem. We analyze the stability of the algori…

2011-02-16abs ↗pdf ↗

We introduce a novel semi-supervised version of the least squares classifier. This implicitly constrained least squares (ICLS) classifier minimizes the squared loss on the labeled data among the set of parameters implied by all possible labelings of the unlabeled data. Unlike other discriminative semi-supervised method…

2015-07-24abs ↗pdf ↗

A recently introduced Importance Sampling strategy based on a least squares optimization is applied to the Monte Carlo simulation of Libor Market Models. Such Least Squares Importance Sampling (LSIS) allows the automatic optimization of the sampling distribution within a trial class by means of a quick presimulation al…

2007-11-01abs ↗pdf ↗

A new method for estimating large-scale linear models with improved precision.

problem Estimating large-scale linear statistical models efficiently.
method Sequential Least-Squares Estimators with Fast Randomized Sketching (SLSE-FRS), integrating Sketch-and-Solve and Iterative-Sketching methods.
result SLSE-FRS produces high-precision estimators, outperforming state-of-the-art methods.

Study identifies and validates a method for system identification of Markov jump linear systems.

problem System identification for autonomous Markov jump linear systems with complete state observations.
method Proposes switched least squares method for identification and derives rates of convergence.
result Data-independent rate of convergence is O(log(T)/T)\mathcal{O}\big(\sqrt{\log(T)/T} \big), showing strong consistency.

This paper optimizes sampling for least-squares approximation.

problem Optimizing sampling for least-squares approximation in arbitrary linear spaces.
method Introducing the Christoffel function to construct near-optimal random sampling strategies.
result The number of samples scales log-linearly in the dimension of the approximation space.

New algorithm reduces bias and variance in weighted least-squares solutions.

problem Inconsistent linear least-squares problems with rapidly decaying singular values.
method Regularized block Kaczmarz (ReBlocK) algorithm.
result ReBlocK outperforms RBK and minibatch SGD for inconsistent problems.

New algorithms estimate Jacobian matrices for large-scale machine learning.

problem Efficiently computing search directions for large nonlinear least squares.
method Exploit low-rank structure in Hessian to estimate Jacobian matrices.
result Two algorithms perform well compared to state-of-the-art methods.

The family of temporal difference (TD) methods span a spectrum from computationally frugal linear methods like TD(λ) to data efficient least squares methods. Least square methods make the best use of available data directly computing the TD solution and thus do not require tuning a typically highly sensitive learning r…

2016-11-28abs ↗pdf ↗

Ordinary least squares (OLS) is the default method for fitting linear models, but is not applicable for problems with dimensionality larger than the sample size. For these problems, we advocate the use of a generalized version of OLS motivated by ridge regression, and propose two novel three-step algorithms involving l…

2015-06-07abs ↗pdf ↗

Unified multi-view learning framework using OPLS with regularization and deep extensions.

problem Improving multi-view learning for classification and feature extraction.
method Orthonormalized Partial Least Squares (OPLS) with regularization and deep extensions.
result Unified multi-view learning framework with improved performance.

Efficient method for high-dimensional American option pricing and hedging.

problem High-dimensional American option pricing and hedging.
method Gradient-enhanced sparse Hermite polynomial expansions combined with least squares Monte Carlo.
result Outperforms state-of-the-art methods in high dimensions with comparable computational cost.

The paper tackles robust reinforcement learning with performance guarantees.

problem Finding a robust policy for RMDP with state space uncertainties.
method Proposes RLSPI algorithm for learning optimal robust policy with performance bounds.
result Demonstrates the performance of RLSPI on standard benchmark problems.

Optimal multiscale learning of linear operators

problem Statistical and computational limits of learning bounded linear operators between Sobolev spaces
method Reformulate as an infinite-dimensional matrix regression problem with heterogeneous multiscale structure
result Establish minimax rates and construct a finite-resolution blockwise least-squares estimator attaining these rates

We study distributed learning with the least squares regularization scheme in a reproducing kernel Hilbert space (RKHS). By a divide-and-conquer approach, the algorithm partitions a data set into disjoint data subsets, applies the least squares regularization scheme to each data subset to produce an output function, an…

2016-08-11abs ↗pdf ↗

We describe a simple Importance Sampling strategy for Monte Carlo simulations based on a least squares optimization procedure. With several numerical examples, we show that such Least Squares Importance Sampling (LSIS) provides efficiency gains comparable to the state of the art techniques, when the latter are known to…

2007-03-18abs ↗pdf ↗