Synthetic construction of 3D complex bases.
problem Creating a complete set of unbiased bases in 3D complex space.
method Synthetic construction using complex projective trigonometry.
result Synthetic construction of mutually unbiased bases in C^3.
New framework for weakly supervised learning from label proportions.
problem Lack of consistent learning procedure and theoretical training criterion for LLP.
method Pose LLP as mutual contamination models (MCMs) and establish unbiased losses and generalization error bounds.
result Established novel technical results for MCMs and proposed a new experimental setting.
InfoBridge uses diffusion bridges to estimate mutual information accurately.
problem Estimating mutual information between random variables.
method Formulated mutual information estimation as a domain transfer problem using diffusion bridge models.
result Demonstrated unbiased estimator for various data types.
The paper argues that normalized mutual information is biased in clustering and community detection.
problem Bias in normalized mutual information for clustering and community detection.
method Introducing a modified version of mutual information to correct for information content and spurious dependence.
result The modified mutual information leads to different conclusions about which algorithms are best for community detection.
Conventional mutual information (MI) based feature selection (FS) methods are unable to handle heterogeneous feature subset selection properly because of data format differences or estimation methods of MI between feature subset and class label. A way to solve this problem is feature transformation (FT). In this study,…
FastAMI efficiently approximates AMI and SMI for large datasets.
problem Computational difficulty in comparing clusterings with an adjustment for chance.
method Monte Carlo-based approach to approximate AMI and SMI.
result FastAMI provides accurate results for large datasets.
CARMS improves gradient estimation for categorical variables.
problem Accurately backpropagating gradients through categorical variables.
method CARMS combines REINFORCE with antithetic sampling to create unbiased gradient estimators.
result CARMS outperforms competing methods on various tasks.
NNNH uses neural networks to model complex event patterns.
problem Analyzing multi-dimensional nonlinear Hawkes processes with mutual excitation and inhibition.
method NNNH employs feedforward neural networks to model individual kernels and base intensity, optimizing parameters via Stochastic Gradient Descent.
result NNNH accurately captures complexities of nonlinear Hawkes processes, as demonstrated by numerical experiments.
We present a variational renormalization group (RG) approach using a deep generative model based on normalizing flows. The model performs hierarchical change-of-variables transformations from the physical space to a latent space with reduced mutual information. Conversely, the neural net directly maps independent Gauss…
Testing for conditional independence is a core aspect of constraint-based causal discovery. Although commonly used tests are perfect in theory, they often fail to reject independence in practice, especially when conditioning on multiple variables. We focus on discrete data and propose a new test based on the notion of …
This paper presents a methodology and workflow that overcome the limitations of the conventional Generative Adversarial Networks (GANs) for geological facies modeling. It attempts to improve the training stability and guarantee the diversity of the generated geology through interpretable latent vectors. The resulting s…
Attention improves edge prediction in e-commerce graphs.
problem Predicting edges in graphs from node attributes in e-commerce.
method Used attention mechanism in simple feedforward networks, derived analytically tractable model AttEST.
result Attention network outperforms LSTM architectures by over 20% on F-1 score.
SUMO provides unbiased log marginal likelihood estimation for latent variable models.
problem Biased estimates of log marginal likelihood in latent variable models.
method Randomized truncation of infinite series for unbiased estimation.
result Models trained with SUMO give better test-set likelihoods than standard methods.
Improved bounds on learning algorithms' performance using conditional mutual information.
problem Bounding the generalization error of learning algorithms.
method Introducing conditional mutual information and disintegrated mutual information to tighten bounds.
result New bounds are tighter than previous ones, especially for noisy, iterative algorithms.
ARMS improves gradient estimation for binary variables using antithetic samples.
problem Estimating gradients for binary variables in discrete latent variable models.
method ARMS uses antithetic samples generated by a copula to estimate gradients more efficiently and unbiasedly.
result ARMS outperforms competing methods in training generative models and optimizing variational bounds.
Many machine learning problems can be characterized by mutual contamination models. In these problems, one observes several random samples from different convex combinations of a set of unknown base distributions. It is of interest to decontaminate mutual contamination models, i.e., to recover the base distributions ei…
Proposes unbiased estimators for training mixture of experts models.
problem Efficiently training large-scale mixture of experts models on modern hardware.
method Two unbiased estimators based on principled stochastic assignment procedures.
result Both estimators are more effective and robust than biased alternatives.
Neural estimator improves mutual information estimation in high dimensions.
problem Estimating mutual information in high dimensions is challenging.
method Parametrizing conditional densities with normalizing flows and using block autoregressive structure.
result Improved mutual information estimation on benchmark tasks.
New algorithm finds unbiased subnetworks in biased datasets.
problem Finding unbiased subnetworks in biased neural networks.
method Debiased Contrastive Weight Pruning (DCWP) algorithm.
result DCWP significantly outperforms state-of-the-art debiasing methods.
Paper proposes unbiased learning for recommendation causal effects.
problem Estimating the causal effect of recommendation when the ground truth is unobservable.
method Inverse propensity scoring technique to construct unbiased estimators, followed by empirical risk minimization with propensity capping.
result The proposed method outperforms other biased learning methods in various settings.
Paper describes profiles of multivariate normal distributions and novel estimators for mutual information.
problem Estimating mutual information for complex distributions.
method Analytical description of profiles, introduction of Bend and Mix Models, Monte Carlo estimation.
result Bend and Mix Models accurately estimate mutual information profiles and provide Bayesian estimates.
New theory of sensitivity for unbiased estimators using Wasserstein geometry.
problem Estimating the instability of estimators under small perturbations.
method Developed a new theory based on Wasserstein geometry, analogous to classical Cramér-Rao theory.
result Wasserstein-Cramér-Rao lower bound for sensitivity of unbiased estimators.
Study finds stock selection ability of Chinese mutual funds is better than asset allocation ability.
problem Evaluating the performance of actively managed mutual funds in China.
method Developed performance measures for asset allocation and selection using holding-based models and compared them with Fama-French and Treynor-Mazuy models.
result Stock selection ability from holding-based models is positively correlated with Fama-French model, while industry allocation is positively correlated with Treynor-Mazuy model.
The k-nearest neighbor classification method (k-NNC) is one of the simplest nonparametric classification methods. The mutual k-NN classification method (MkNNC) is a variant of k-NNC based on mutual neighborship. We propose another variant of k-NNC, the symmetric k-NN classification method (SkNNC) based …
New method for unbiased regression reduces excess risk.
problem Least squares regression with optimal solution and Hessian matrix.
method Averaged stochastic gradient descent with time-average estimator.
result Unbiased estimator with O(1/k) expected excess risk.
The paper introduces submodular information measures for machine learning applications.
problem Generalizing information-theoretic measures to non-random variables.
method Developing combinatorial information measures based on submodular functions.
result Submodular mutual information is submodular in one argument for certain submodular functions.
The recently proposed Unbiased Online Recurrent Optimization algorithm (UORO, arXiv:1702.05043) uses an unbiased approximation of RTRL to achieve fully online gradient-based learning in RNNs. In this work we analyze the variance of the gradient estimate computed by UORO, and propose several possible changes to the meth…
We apply both distance-based (Jin and Matteson, 2017) and kernel-based (Pfister et al., 2016) mutual dependence measures to independent component analysis (ICA), and generalize dCovICA (Matteson and Tsay, 2017) to MDMICA, minimizing empirical dependence measures as an objective function in both deflation and parallel m…
Deep learning model estimates mutual information with low bias and variance.
problem Estimating mutual information between continuous variables.
method Supervised deep learning approach using Linfoot informational correlation as labels.
result Lower bias and variance compared to other methods.
The paper proposes a method to learn structured representations from unlabeled data using mutual information maximization.
problem Learning structured representations from unlabeled data.
method Adversarial maximization of mutual information between a structured latent variable and a target variable.
result The proposed method outperforms current baselines in document hashing and yields highly compressed interpretable representations.
Paper develops unbiased gradient estimator for continuous-time models.
problem Estimating unbiased gradient of log-likelihood for continuous-time models.
method Doubly randomized scheme with coupled conditional particle filter (CCPF).
result Unbiased gradient estimate facilitates gradient-based algorithms.
New method estimates mutual information using normalizing flows.
problem Mutual information estimation in high-dimensional data.
method Normalizing flows to map data to target distributions with known MI.
result Theoretical guarantees and practical advantages demonstrated.
Proposes mutual information for regression without prior knowledge.
problem Regression tasks without prior model knowledge.
method Mutual information learning formulation, SGD convergence analysis.
result High dimensionality can be beneficial with a threshold.
Proposes a new bound on generalization error using conditional mutual information.
problem Improving the generalization error bound in machine learning.
method Combines error decomposition and conditional mutual information techniques.
result New bound is order-wise better than previous ones in a simple Gaussian setting.
Study examines Indian equity mutual funds' investment style and risk-shifting.
problem Understanding how Indian equity mutual funds' investment styles affect their returns.
method Estimating size and style beta coefficients, identifying breakpoints, analyzing investment styles, and assessing risk-shifting intensity.
result Funds can enhance returns by shifting to high-return styles like Small Value and Small Blend.
A new unbiased Hessian estimator for expectation-based objectives.
problem Estimating Hessian for objectives with non-reparameterizable nodes.
method GO Hessian estimator for expectation-based objectives.
result GO Hessian provides unbiased and low-variance estimation of Hessian.
A new method speeds up sampling of Boltzmann distribution in high-dimensional systems.
problem High computational cost of obtaining Jacobian of flow-based models in high dimensions.
method Flow perturbation method that incorporates stochastic perturbations and reweighting.
result Achieves unbiased sampling of Boltzmann distribution with orders of magnitude speedup.
A new method estimates mutual information using neural classifiers.
problem Estimating mutual information for high-dimensional data is challenging.
method Trains a classifier to estimate joint distribution probability.
result Demonstrates high accuracy and reduces variance compared to variational methods.
In this paper, we investigate the problem of learning disentangled representations. Given a pair of images sharing some attributes, we aim to create a low-dimensional representation which is split into two parts: a shared representation that captures the common information between the images and an exclusive representa…
Unbiased wealth exchanges always lead to inequality.
problem Understanding wealth distribution in unbiased binary exchange systems.
method Analytical demonstration of unbiased binary exchanges leading to perfect inequality.
result Any system driven by unbiased binary exchanges will reach perfect inequality and zero mobility.
A neural network approach for feature selection using mutual information.
problem Feature ranking and selection leading to sub-optimal solutions for class separability.
method Stochastic mutual information gradient estimation for dimensionality reduction.
result The network projects features onto an output space maximizing mutual information with class labels.
A new variational method for SSMs improves inference efficiency.
problem Hard variational inference for state space models.
method Proposes variational marginal particle filter (VMPF) based on Rao-Blackwellization.
result VMPF provides tighter variational bounds and sometimes benefits from unbiased reparameterization.
In applications of Gaussian processes where quantification of uncertainty is of primary interest, it is necessary to accurately characterize the posterior distribution over covariance parameters. This paper proposes an adaptation of the Stochastic Gradient Langevin Dynamics algorithm to draw samples from the posterior …
Enhances functional classifier performance with new tree-based methods and unbiased feature importance assessment.
problem Challenges of high-dimensional functional data and biased feature importance assessment.
method Augmented functional classification trees and random forests with ad-hoc conditional permutations for unbiased feature importance.
result Significant enhancement in predictive power of functional classifiers through new feature importance assessment.
Two pension funds mutually insure against longevity risk.
problem Mutual insurance against systematic longevity risk for pension funds.
method Mathematical demonstration and market clearing condition.
result Insurance provides little benefit when fund preferences are similar, but can be beneficial when preferences vary significantly.
MINIMALIST maximizes mutual information for likelihood estimation from simulated data.
problem Learning model parameters from likelihood functions that cannot be computed.
method Maximizes mutual information between simulated data and model parameters using neural networks.
result Different methods aiming at the same optimal energy form can be directly benchmarked.
Several methods of estimating the mutual information of random variables have been developed in recent years. They can prove valuable for novel approaches to learning statistically independent features. In this paper, we use one of these methods, a mutual information neural estimation (MINE) network, to present a proof…
Multivariate pattern analyses approaches in neuroimaging are fundamentally concerned with investigating the quantity and type of information processed by various regions of the human brain; typically, estimates of classification accuracy are used to quantify information. While a extensive and powerful library of method…