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48 results for linear PCA

Proposes σσ-PCA to learn identifiable linear transformations without whitening.

problem Cannot identify axes with equal variances in PCA.
method Unified model for linear and nonlinear PCA, introducing a missing piece to eliminate rotational indeterminacy.
result Eliminates subspace rotational indeterminacy in PCA.

KAN-PCA improves asset return analysis by capturing more variance than classical PCA during market crises.

problem Inefficient classical PCA during market crises when correlations between assets change dramatically.
method KAN-PCA uses KAN (Kolmogorov-Arnold Networks) with B-spline functions to learn nonlinear projections.
result KAN-PCA achieves a higher reconstruction R^2 (66.57%) compared to classical PCA (62.99%) on 20 S&P 500 stocks.

This work connects LLE, factor analysis, and probabilistic PCA through a stochastic perspective.

problem Exploring the theoretical connection between LLE, factor analysis, and probabilistic PCA.
method Solving the stochastic linear reconstruction of LLE using expectation maximization.
result LLE, factor analysis, and probabilistic PCA are shown to be connected through a stochastic perspective.

Theoretical validation of linear PCA and ICA for accurate nonlinear BSS.

problem Blind source separation for high-dimensional nonlinear source mixtures.
method Theoretical validation of a cascade of linear PCA and ICA.
result Zero-element-wise-error nonlinear BSS is achieved under certain conditions.

This paper reviews and compares supervised linear dimension-reduction techniques.

problem Lack of information in the response during unsupervised PCA reduces predictive performance.
method Review and comparison of supervised linear dimension-reduction techniques.
result PLS and LSPCA consistently outperform other techniques in simulations.

Principal components analysis (PCA) is the optimal linear auto-encoder of data, and it is often used to construct features. Enforcing sparsity on the principal components can promote better generalization, while improving the interpretability of the features. We study the problem of constructing optimal sparse linear a…

2015-02-23abs ↗pdf ↗

Auto-Associative models cover a large class of methods used in data analysis. In this paper, we describe the generals properties of these models when the projection component is linear and we propose and test an easy to implement Probabilistic Semi-Linear Auto- Associative model in a Gaussian setting. We show it is a g…

2012-09-20abs ↗pdf ↗

One-shot algorithm for feature-distributed kernel PCA reduces communication costs.

problem Efficiently perform kernel PCA in distributed computing environments.
method Inspired by dual relationship between sample-distributed and feature-distributed scenarios, proposes a one-shot algorithm for feature-distributed kernel PCA.
result The algorithm provides high-quality results with low communication costs, especially when eigenvalues decay fast.

A new dynamical formulation of log-PCA captures local principal modes of geodesic variations.

problem Learning principal variations of random probability measures under Wasserstein geometry.
method Introducing a new dynamical formulation of log-PCA as a variational approach.
result Deriving a general statistical convergence rate for empirical WT-PCA.

Linear principal component analysis (PCA) can be extended to a nonlinear PCA by using artificial neural networks. But the benefit of curved components requires a careful control of the model complexity. Moreover, standard techniques for model selection, including cross-validation and more generally the use of an indepe…

2012-04-03abs ↗pdf ↗

We solve a high-dimensional model where nonlinear autoencoders detect hidden structure missed by PCA.

problem Hidden structure in high-dimensional data not detected by PCA.
method Tractable spiked model with two latent factors, one visible and one uncorrelated.
result Nonlinear autoencoders can extract hidden structure missed by PCA, even if reconstruction loss is higher.

SDSPCA improves PCA for disease diagnosis using sparse components and discriminative information.

problem Class ambiguity and low interpretability in traditional PCA.
method Incorporates discriminative information and sparsity into PCA, focusing on sparse components.
result SDSPCA outperforms other methods in gene selection and tumor classification on multi-view biological data.

Uncertainty-aware PCA preserves data uncertainty during dimensionality reduction.

problem Uncertainty in data affects traditional PCA methods, leading to inaccurate results.
method Generalizes PCA for multivariate probability distributions, respecting uncertainty.
result Uncertainty-aware PCA maintains data characteristics after projection.

Attention learns PCA on Gaussian data, proving its connection to principal component analysis.

problem Principal component analysis on Gaussian data.
method Analysis of attention mechanisms through PCA, covering finite and infinite prompt regimes.
result Attention aligns with principal eigenvectors of covariance matrices, converging to optimal solutions in the infinite-prompt limit.

This paper investigates the generalization of Principal Component Analysis (PCA) to Riemannian manifolds. We first propose a new and general type of family of subspaces in manifolds that we call barycentric subspaces. They are implicitly defined as the locus of points which are weighted means of k+1k+1 reference points.…

2016-07-11abs ↗pdf ↗

A neural network model tackles high-dimensional data with latent structures.

problem Modeling high-dimensional data with latent low-dimensional structures.
method Integrates PCA and Soft PCA layers into neural network architecture for factor modeling and non-linear transformations.
result Demonstrates improved performance in forecasting and nowcasting with real-world data.

We consider the problem of learning a linear factor model. We propose a regularized form of principal component analysis (PCA) and demonstrate through experiments with synthetic and real data the superiority of resulting estimates to those produced by pre-existing factor analysis approaches. We also establish theoretic…

2011-11-26abs ↗pdf ↗

Low-precision streaming PCA estimates the leading eigenvector with limited precision.

problem Estimating the leading eigenvector in a streaming setting with limited precision.
method Oja's algorithm with linear and nonlinear stochastic quantization.
result A batched version of the quantized variants achieves the lower bound on quantization error up to logarithmic factors.

PCA-based dimensionality reduction improves robustness in overparameterized linear models.

problem Improving robustness in overparameterized linear models.
method PCA-based dimensionality reduction (PCA-OLS)
result PCA-OLS can achieve better generalization than ordinary least squares (OLS) in the overparameterized regime.

The paper analyzes L2L_2-regularized linear autoencoders and their loss landscapes.

problem Understanding the loss landscapes of L2L_2-regularized linear autoencoders.
method Smoothly parameterizing the critical manifold and relating minima to the MAP estimate of probabilistic PCA.
result Proves that L2L_2-regularized LAEs learn principal directions as left singular vectors of the decoder.

New method connects Sparse PCA and Sparse Linear Regression.

problem Sparse Principal Component Analysis and Sparse Linear Regression.
method Transforming a solver for Sparse Linear Regression into an algorithm for Sparse Principal Component Analysis.
result The derived SPCA algorithm achieves near state-of-the-art guarantees for testing and support recovery.

Paper proposes PCA-GMM for efficient superresolution of material images.

problem Efficiently handling large and high-dimensional data sets.
method PCA-GMM combining Gaussian Mixture Model and PCA for dimensionality reduction.
result PCA-GMM improves superresolution of material images with moderate dimensionality reduction.

Principal component regression (PCR) is a widely used two-stage procedure: principal component analysis (PCA), followed by regression in which the selected principal components are regarded as new explanatory variables in the model. Note that PCA is based only on the explanatory variables, so the principal components a…

2016-09-28abs ↗pdf ↗

Efficiently approximates Sparse PCA with significant speedups and minor error.

problem Sparse Principal Component Analysis (Sparse PCA) is NP-hard and computationally expensive.
method Approximates the covariance matrix with block-diagonal form, solves sub-problems in each block, and reconstructs the solution.
result Significant computational speedups with minor additive error.

Proposes a new PCA method that balances Euclidean and angle distances.

problem PCA's loss minimization often uses Euclidean distance, but angle distance is more critical in some fields.
method Introduces a method with constraints to unify Euclidean and angle distances, solving the nonconvex optimization problem with an alternating linearized minimization approach.
result Demonstrates the effectiveness and advantages of the new method over state-of-the-art clustering methods on synthetic and real-world datasets.