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48 results for limiting density

The study examines Fisher-Riemann geodesics for nonparametric probability densities.

problem Understanding nonparametric probability densities using Fisher-Riemann geometry.
method Obtaining Fisher-Riemann geodesics as a limit of parametric cases with increasing parameters.
result The weak limit approach for nonparametric probability densities.

Paper proposes MMC to avoid high-density bias in clustering.

problem High-density bias in density-based clustering.
method Introduces mass distribution as a better foundation for clustering, proposing mass-maximization clustering (MMC).
result MMC avoids high-density bias and discovers clusters of arbitrary shapes, sizes, and densities.

DAEDL improves EDL's OOD detection and classification performance by integrating feature space density.

problem Limited OOD detection and classification performance of EDL.
method Integrates feature space density with EDL's output and uses a novel parameterization.
result Demonstrates state-of-the-art performance across uncertainty estimation and classification tasks.

We define a stochastic model of a two-sided limit order book in terms of its key quantities \textit{best bid [ask] price} and the \textit{standing buy [sell] volume density}. For a simple scaling of the discreteness parameters, that keeps the expected volume rate over the considered price interval invariant, we prove a…

2015-01-05abs ↗pdf ↗

Study language generation with limited memory, showing different impacts on achievable densities and convergence.

problem Language generation with bounded memory constraints.
method Analyzed memoryless generators, sliding windows, and adaptive past examples; revisited identification in the limit.
result Achievable densities and convergence properties differ based on the size of the target language collection.

A new method inflates and deflates data manifolds to estimate densities without losing universality.

problem Density estimation on low-dimensional manifolds with non-Euclidean support.
method Inflation-deflation approach using Normalizing Flows with added noise.
result Exact estimation of densities on manifolds with sufficient conditions and Gaussian noise approximation.

Alternative model predicts health insurance reimbursement based on contract limitations.

problem Estimating the ratio of reimbursement to health care expenditures after deductibles and copayments.
method Proposes a Zero-One Inflated Beta regression model using GAMLSS.
result The model provides a dependency structure between reimbursement and contract limitations.

Samplets and multiwavelets constructed from scattered data converge to specific densities in the limit.

problem Constructing data-adapted multiresolution analyses and multiwavelets with flexible vanishing moments.
method Probabilistic framework for samplet construction; convergence to multiwavelets with broken polynomial densities.
result Samplet construction converges to multiwavelets in the infinite data limit.

Given a data set and a subset of labels the problem of semi-supervised learning on point clouds is to extend the labels to the entire data set. In this paper we extend the labels by minimising the constrained discrete pp-Dirichlet energy. Under suitable conditions the discrete problem can be connected, in the large da…

2019-09-23abs ↗pdf ↗

The density conjecture of Bers, Sullivan and Thurston predicts that each complete hyperbolic 3-manifold M with finitely generated fundamental group is an algebraic limit of geometrically finite hyperbolic 3-manifolds. We prove that the conjecture obtains for each complete hyperbolic 3-manifold with no cusps and incompr…

2002-12-13abs ↗pdf ↗

We define Type I singularities for the mean curvature flow associated to a density ψψ (ψψMCF) and describe the blow-up at singular time of these singularities. Special attention is paid to the case where the singularity come from the part of the ψψ-curvature due to the density. We describe a family of curves whose e…

2016-07-28abs ↗pdf ↗

We investigate the class of tempered stable distributions and their associated processes. Our analysis of tempered stable distributions includes limit distributions, parameter estimation and the study of their densities. Regarding tempered stable processes, we deal with density transformations and compute their pp-var…

2019-07-11abs ↗pdf ↗

Machine learning model predicts DFT total energy to complete basis set limit.

problem Finding a model to extrapolate DFT calculations to complete basis set limit.
method Quantile-random-forest model trained on binary solids data.
result Random-forest model achieves <25% symmetric MAPE for both DFT codes.

In this paper, a nonparametric maximum likelihood (ML) estimator for band-limited (BL) probability density functions (pdfs) is proposed. The BLML estimator is consistent and computationally efficient. To compute the BLML estimator, three approximate algorithms are presented: a binary quadratic programming (BQP) algorit…

2015-03-20abs ↗pdf ↗

Proposes a new feature preprocessing method using kernel density integral transformation.

problem Feature preprocessing for tabular data in machine learning and statistics.
method Kernel density integral transformation as a drop-in replacement or improved alternative to min-max scaling and quantile transformation.
result Frequently outperforms min-max scaling and quantile transformation with hyperparameter tuning.

MESSY estimation recovers symbolic density functions from samples using maximum entropy.

problem Estimating probability density functions from limited samples.
method Maximum-Entropy approach with gradient flow and symbolic regression.
result Efficiently finds optimal symbolic expressions for unknown distributions.

Proposes a neural density estimator that adapts to low-dimensional structures and integrates into generative models.

problem Challenges in implementing neural density estimators and lack of theoretical understanding.
method Structure-agnostic neural density estimator that is easy to implement and provably adaptive.
result Adapts to low-dimensional structures and achieves faster convergence rates.

Triangular map is a recent construct in probability theory that allows one to transform any source probability density function to any target density function. Based on triangular maps, we propose a general framework for high-dimensional density estimation, by specifying one-dimensional transformations (equivalently co…

2019-05-07abs ↗pdf ↗

Neural density estimators are flexible families of parametric models which have seen widespread use in unsupervised machine learning in recent years. Maximum-likelihood training typically dictates that these models be constrained to specify an explicit density. However, this limitation can be overcome by instead using …

2019-04-11abs ↗pdf ↗

The paper analyzes Kernel Density Estimation in high dimensions with varying data and dimensionality.

problem High-dimensional Kernel Density Estimation with growing data and dimensionality.
method Examines the behavior of Kernel Density Estimators in the regime where both data points and dimensionality grow with a fixed ratio.
result Three distinct statistical regimes are identified for Kernel-based density estimates, each with different statistical properties.

Proposes a new method for generating synthetic data using copula flows.

problem Challenges of current synthetic data generation methods, especially with mixed real and categorical variables.
method Uses normalizing flows to learn copula density and univariate marginals based on copula theory.
result Demonstrates improved synthetic data generation and density estimation.

Paper characterizes optimal graph clustering limits under a new model.

problem Graph clustering under varying edge density signals.
method Introduced Popularity-Adjusted Block Model (PABM) to address SBM and DCBM limitations.
result Cluster recovery possible even when edge density signals vanish, highlighting local connectivity differences.

Generative model prices basket options efficiently.

problem Real-time pricing of basket options with varying market inputs.
method Truncated path signatures and Mixture Density Networks (MDN) for learning the terminal density.
result The model produces small pricing errors and matches Monte Carlo simulations closely.

We prove that a minimal disc in a CAT(0) space is a local embedding away from a finite set of "branch points". On the way we establish several basic properties of minimal surfaces: monotonicity of area densities, density bounds, limit theorems and the existence of tangent maps. As an application, we prove Fary-Milnor's…

2018-08-20abs ↗pdf ↗

We investigate the position of the Buchen-Kelly density in a family of entropy maximising densities which all match European call option prices for a given maturity observed in the market. Using the Legendre transform which links the entropy function and the cumulant generating function, we show that it is both the uni…

2011-02-01abs ↗pdf ↗

Meta-learning improves relative density-ratio estimation from limited data.

problem Estimating relative density-ratios from few instances.
method Meta-learning using neural networks to extract and embed dataset information for relative DRE.
result Meta-learning enables efficient and effective adaptation to few instances for relative DRE.

Adaptive neural network approximates stochastic system densities.

problem Approximating high-dimensional stochastic dynamical systems.
method Temporal KRnet (tKRnet) trained with adaptive collocation points and temporal decomposition.
result Improves density approximation for stochastic systems without curse of dimensionality.

New examples of embeddings defy Anosov representation limits.

problem Examples of robust quasi-isometric embeddings not approximated by Anosov representations.
method Exhibited non-locally rigid, Zariski dense embeddings in SLm(K)\mathsf{SL}_m(\mathbb{K}).
result Higher rank Anosov representation theorems fail for m30m\geq 30.

Normalizing flows can now estimate densities on unknown manifolds.

problem Normalizing flows struggle with data on unknown low-dimensional manifolds.
method Conformal Embedding Flows, which combine standard flows with trainable conformal embeddings.
result Tractable density estimation on manifold-supported data is possible.

Symmetry of neural network densities can be determined from correlation functions.

problem Determining symmetries of neural network densities without knowing the density itself.
method Symmetry-via-duality approach using invariance properties of correlation functions.
result Symmetries of neural network densities can be determined via dual computations of correlation functions.

Transforms conditional density estimation into a nonparametric regression problem.

problem Conditional density estimation in high dimensions.
method Introduces auxiliary samples to transform into nonparametric regression.
result Estimator converges to true conditional density in data limit.

BMTI method estimates densities without bins, outperforming traditional estimators.

problem Nonparametric, robust, and data-efficient density estimation in high-dimensional spaces.
method BMTI integrates log-density differences between neighboring points, weighted by uncertainties, using a maximum-likelihood formulation.
result BMTI reconstructs smooth profiles in high-dimensional spaces, outperforming traditional estimators.

MBORE optimizes multi-objective problems using density-ratio estimation.

problem Optimizing complex, multi-objective functions with expensive evaluations.
method Extends BORE to multi-objective Bayesian optimisation, using density-ratio estimation.
result MBORE outperforms BO on high-dimensional and real-world problems.

BO method improved by density-ratio estimation for better efficiency and scalability.

problem Limitations in Bayesian optimization due to analytical tractability of predictive models.
method Reformulated Bayesian optimization by casting expected improvement as a binary classification problem.
result Improved efficiency and scalability of Bayesian optimization.

Kernel methods are popular in clustering due to their generality and discriminating power. However, we show that many kernel clustering criteria have density biases theoretically explaining some practically significant artifacts empirically observed in the past. For example, we provide conditions and formally prove the…

2017-05-16abs ↗pdf ↗