We investigate the minimal number of links and knots in complete partite graphs. We provide exact values or bounds on the minimal number of links for all complete partite graphs with all but 4 vertices in one partition, or with 9 vertices in total. In particular, we find that the minimal number of links for K4,4,1…
Minimal partitions with minimal perimeter found in metric spaces.
problem Finding minimal partitions with minimal perimeter in metric spaces.
method Existence proof and regularity analysis of minimal domains.
result Existence and regularity of minimal partitions in various metric spaces.
New proof of a unique 3-part partition in 8D space.
problem Existence of a non-standard isoperimetric partition in high dimensions.
method Analytical proof showing existence of a specific partition.
result Existence of a non-standard isoperimetric partition in 8D space.
Minimal networks minimize length and mass in certain configurations.
problem Finding minimal networks that minimize length and mass.
method Global and local calibrations to prove minimization properties.
result Minimal networks minimize mass and interfaces in partitions.
Locally isoperimetric partitions minimize perimeter in space.
problem Finding minimal perimeter partitions in space.
method Proving closure theorem to limit sequences of isoperimetric clusters.
result Examples of isoperimetric partitions in various dimensions.
Survey on soap bubble partitions and their stability.
problem Characterizing and stabilizing soap bubble partitions.
method Survey and analysis of recent research.
result Recent advancements in multi-bubble isoperimetric minimizers and stability.
We find the minimal number of links in an embedding of any complete k-partite graph on 7 vertices (including K7, which has at least 21 links). We give either exact values or upper and lower bounds for the minimal number of links for all complete k-partite graphs on 8 vertices. We also look at larger complete bip…
ALMA improves clustering of multilayer networks.
problem Clustering multilayer networks with distinct layers and communities.
method Alternating minimization algorithm (ALMA) for simultaneous layer partition and community estimation.
result ALMA achieves higher accuracy than TWIST in clustering multilayer networks.
We prove the existence of a perimeter-minimizing partition of R^n into regions of unit volume. We conclude with a short tribute to the late Manuel A. Fortes.
WHOMP optimizes randomized controlled trials by minimizing subgroup bias.
problem Minimizing subgroup bias in randomized controlled trials.
method Wasserstein Homogeneity Partition (WHOMP) method.
result WHOMP optimally minimizes type I and type II errors in trials.
Paper recovers lattice signal partitions efficiently.
problem Estimating lattice partition from noisy data.
method Uses dyadic CART for computationally-efficient partition recovery.
result Consistently estimates partition with optimal error rate.
New partition designs reduce star discrepancy in high-dimensional sampling.
problem Improving the expected star discrepancy in high-dimensional sampling.
method Developed non-equal volume partitions to achieve lower expected star discrepancy.
result Explicit upper bounds for expected star discrepancy under non-equal volume partitions.
Hypergraph partitioning is an important problem in machine learning, computer vision and network analytics. A widely used method for hypergraph partitioning relies on minimizing a normalized sum of the costs of partitioning hyperedges across clusters. Algorithmic solutions based on this approach assume that different p…
We study the stability of partitions in convex domains involving simultaneous coexistence of three phases, viz. triple junctions. We present a careful derivation of the formula for the second variation of area, written in a suitable form with particular attention to boundary and spine terms, and prove, in contrast to t…
Study of Torelli groups of partitioned surfaces with bounds and asymptotic lengths.
problem Understanding Torelli groups of partitioned surfaces.
method Topological and dynamical analysis of Torelli groups of partitioned surfaces.
result Asymptotic translation lengths of Torelli groups of partitioned surfaces behave almost like the reciprocal of the Euler characteristic of the surface.
Graph partitioning is the problem of dividing the nodes of a graph into balanced partitions while minimizing the edge cut across the partitions. Due to its combinatorial nature, many approximate solutions have been developed, including variants of multi-level methods and spectral clustering. We propose GAP, a Generaliz…
We consider isotropic non lower semicontinuous weighted perimeter functionals defined on partitions of domains in Rn. Besides identifying a condition on the structure of the domain which ensures the existence of minimizing configurations, we describe the structure of such minima, as well as their regularity…
The MBO scheme for data clustering is analyzed in the large data limit, proving convergence to optimal partition problems.
problem Analyzing the MBO scheme for data clustering in the large data limit.
method Implicit gradient descent on the thresholding energy of a similarity graph.
result The MBO scheme outcomes converge to minimizers of a weighted optimal partition problem.
Standard bubbles and partitions are stable in various model spaces.
problem Stability of standard bubbles and partitions in different model spaces.
method New conjugated Brascamp-Lieb inequality and conformally flattening boundary potential.
result Stability of standard bubbles and partitions in Rn, Sn, and Hn. Partition Tree estimates conditional densities for mixed continuous and categorical variables.
problem Estimating conditional densities for mixed data types.
method Tree-based framework modeling conditional distributions as piecewise-constant densities on adaptive partitions, minimizing conditional negative log-likelihood.
result Improved probabilistic prediction compared to CART-style trees and state-of-the-art methods.
We study partition functions of random Bergman metrics, with the actions defined by a class of geometric functionals known as `stability functions'. We introduce a new stability invariant - the critical value of the coupling constant - defined as the minimal coupling constant for which the partition function converges.…
Study optimal partitions on spheres using fractional Q-curvature and variational methods.
problem Optimal partition problem on the sphere with fractional Q-curvature.
method Variational approach, symmetry analysis, Hölder regularity results.
result Existence of a symmetric minimal partition.
A lens cluster minimizes perimeter in the plane with given area constraints.
problem Minimizing perimeter in the plane with given area constraints.
method Analyzing lens clusters consisting of circular arcs with specific geometric properties.
result Lens clusters are local minimizers of the total perimeter functional.
Partition functions of probability distributions are important quantities for model evaluation and comparisons. We present a new method to compute partition functions of complex and multimodal distributions. Such distributions are often sampled using simulated tempering, which augments the target space with an auxiliar…
Improved neural network robustness certification through tighter convex relaxations.
problem Certifying neural network robustness to perturbed and adversarial inputs.
method Exploiting ReLU network structure, novel partition-based certification procedure.
result Tightens existing linear programming relaxations to achieve zero relaxation error asymptotically.
New spectral clustering method using LASSO regularization for robust graph partitioning.
problem Lack of theoretical guarantees for spectral clustering on general graph models.
method 1-spectral clustering on a new random model with LASSO regularization.
result Effective and robust to small noise perturbations, validated by simulations and real data.
A Dirichlet k-partition of a domain U⊆Rd is a collection of k pairwise disjoint open subsets such that the sum of their first Laplace-Dirichlet eigenvalues is minimal. A discrete version of Dirichlet partitions has been posed on graphs with applications in data analysis. Both versions admit va…
Motivated by a geometric problem, we introduce a new non-convex graph partitioning objective where the optimality criterion is given by the sum of the Dirichlet eigenvalues of the partition components. A relaxed formulation is identified and a novel rearrangement algorithm is proposed, which we show is strictly decreas…
Min-cut clustering, based on minimizing one of two heuristic cost-functions proposed by Shi and Malik, has spawned tremendous research, both analytic and algorithmic, in the graph partitioning and image segmentation communities over the last decade. It is however unclear if these heuristics can be derived from a more g…
FairGP uses graph partitioning to make Graph Transformers fair and scalable.
problem Fairness issues in Graph Transformers, especially against sensitive features.
method Graph partitioning to minimize the influence of higher-order nodes and optimize attention mechanisms.
result FairGP improves fairness in Graph Transformers while reducing computational complexity.
This study proposes a graph partitioning method to improve spatial prediction models.
problem Improving interpretability of spatial prediction models in industries.
method Graph partitioning problem to minimize within-segment variances, formulated as mixed-integer quadratic programming.
result Approximation scheme efficiently identifies spatial segments, improving computational efficiency.
Paper proposes a method to predict optimal data partitioning based on query execution costs.
problem Finding optimal data partitioning for improved system performance and scalability.
method Formal model abstraction of workload queries, genetic algorithm for optimization, evaluation using PostgreSQL's query optimizer.
result The approach effectively reduces workload execution cost and improves system performance.
New framework links fractal complexity to separation dimension.
problem Quantifying the complexity of fractal partitions.
method Introducing Separation Dimension ($\sepdim$) and Geometrically Regular Partitions (GRPs).
result Sharp upper bound for chromatic number of fractal partitions.
In this paper, we consider unsupervised partitioning problems, such as clustering, image segmentation, video segmentation and other change-point detection problems. We focus on partitioning problems based explicitly or implicitly on the minimization of Euclidean distortions, which include mean-based change-point detect…
In this paper we develop and analyze Hydra: HYbriD cooRdinAte descent method for solving loss minimization problems with big data. We initially partition the coordinates (features) and assign each partition to a different node of a cluster. At every iteration, each node picks a random subset of the coordinates from tho…
CwA optimizes search performance by jointly learning a balanced database partition and a neural probing function.
problem Suboptimal search performance due to mismatched database and query distributions.
method CwA jointly learns a balanced database partition and a neural probing function to optimize search performance directly for the query distribution.
result CwA achieves up to 4.7x throughput over state-of-the-art methods at equal recall.
This work proposes a robust ensemble method for decision trees that resists adversarial attacks.
problem Adversarial attacks on machine learning models, especially decision trees.
method Feature partitioning to train robust ensembles and approximate certification methods.
result The proposed ensemble method can resist evasion attacks by a majority of its models.
Hexagonal tilings minimize perimeter with unequal volumes.
problem Finding optimal tessellations with unequal cell volumes.
method Minimizing perimeter functionals for different classes of problems.
result Hexagonal tilings are optimal among partitions with almost equal areas.
MD-split+ creates locally valid prediction regions for complex data.
problem Localized prediction regions for complex data.
method Localized model performance-based partitioning of feature space X.
result MD-split+ creates valid prediction regions that scale to high dimensions.
Greedy training of recursive partitioning estimators faces a computational barrier when the true function doesn't satisfy a specific property.
problem Computational inefficiency of greedy training for recursive partitioning estimators.
method Analysis of greedy training for sparse regression functions over binary features.
result Greedy training requires exponential samples when the true function doesn't satisfy a specific property (MSP), but only logarithmic samples when it does.
Researchers found the first and second eigenvalues are Courant-sharp on a Möbius strip.
problem Determining Courant-sharp eigenvalues on a Möbius strip.
method Analyzing the eigenvalues and nodal patterns of the Möbius strip.
result Only the first and second eigenvalues are Courant-sharp on the Möbius strip.
New bounds for estimating partition functions under bounded f-divergence.
problem Estimating partition functions with limited sample access.
method Information-theoretic characterization using integrated coverage profile and f-divergences. result Sharp phase transitions in sample complexity under f-divergences. Study finds minimal hypersurfaces grow linearly in index, contrary to 3D.
problem Understanding index growth of minimal hypersurfaces.
method Partitioning methods for compact Lie groups, applied to hypersurfaces.
result Linear index growth for hypersurfaces of fixed topological type.
GRANITE unifies feature-based explanation methods to reduce disagreement.
problem Disagreement among feature-based explanation methods.
method GRANITE partitions feature space into regions minimizing interaction and distribution influences.
result Unified and consistent feature explanations.
Bayesian optimization sped up to linear time.
problem Expensive function evaluations and cubic computational complexity.
method Flexible binary partitioning of the search space.
result Linear computational complexity and superior optimization performance.
This paper establishes the consistency of spectral approaches to data clustering. We consider clustering of point clouds obtained as samples of a ground-truth measure. A graph representing the point cloud is obtained by assigning weights to edges based on the distance between the points they connect. We investigate the…
Algorithm clusters items by sequentially selecting features, minimizing observations.
problem Clustering items based on bandit feedback with many features.
method Sequential Halving algorithm for feature selection.
result Accurate recovery of item partition with minimal observations.
This work is done as part of a master's thesis project. The increase in the volume of data has given rise to various issues related to the collection, storage, analysis and exploitation of these data in order to create an added value. In this master, we are interested in the search of frequent closed patterns in the tr…