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48 results for near-linear time complexity

Efficiently designs distributed controllers for sparse systems with sub-linear sample complexity.

problem Designing robust distributed controllers for unknown-but-sparse linear systems.
method Combining distributed controller synthesis and structured linear inverse problems for system identification.
result Near-optimal distributed controllers can be learned with sub-linear sample complexity and near-linear time complexity.

Improved Sinkhorn algorithm for UOT with near-linear complexity.

problem Solving the entropic regularized Unbalanced Optimal Transport problem efficiently.
method Geometric convergence analysis of Sinkhorn updates and primal solution properties.
result Near-linear time complexity for finding ε\varepsilon-approximate UOT solutions.

Unified method for estimating properties of large domain distributions efficiently.

problem Estimating properties of distributions over large domains efficiently.
method Piecewise-polynomial approximation technique for constructing sample- and time-efficient estimators.
result Near-linear-time computable estimators with optimal and highly-concentrated approximation values.

Improved efficient robust regression with near-linear time and subquadratic samples.

problem Robust linear regression with unknown covariance matrix under Gaussian covariates.
method Near-linear time algorithm using subquadratic samples, complemented by SQ and polynomial lower bounds.
result Achieves prediction error O(εκ)O(\sqrt{εκ}) for εκ1εκ\lesssim 1, improving over prior works.

New algorithms for approximating multimarginal optimal transport with near-linear time complexity.

problem Approximating the multimarginal optimal transport distance between multiple discrete probability distributions.
method Proposed two deterministic algorithms: multimarginal Sinkhorn and accelerated multimarginal Sinkhorn, achieving near-linear time complexity.
result Achieved near-linear time complexity bounds for approximating the MOT problem, matching best known bounds for classical OT.

This paper develops a fast algorithm for solving nonlinear PDEs using sparse Cholesky factorization.

problem Efficiently solving nonlinear PDEs with Gaussian processes and kernel methods.
method Sparse Cholesky factorization for near-linear complexity.
result Near-linear complexity algorithm for working with kernel matrices of nonlinear PDEs.

New algorithm approximates distributions with near-linear time and optimal sample efficiency.

problem Approximating distributions from samples efficiently and accurately.
method Near-linear-time estimator for distributions using universal polynomial approximation.
result Establishes ct,d=2c_{t,d}=2 for all (t,d)e(1,0)(t,d) e(1,0), achieving optimal approximation.

Algorithm finds frequencies, amplitudes, and phases of sinusoids in noisy data.

problem Finding frequencies, amplitudes, and phases of sinusoids in noisy data.
method Maximum likelihood approach to estimate tone parameters from contaminated observations. Successively estimates frequencies and jointly optimizes amplitudes and phases.
result Near-linear computational complexity (O(N)) for estimating MM number of sinusoidal sources.

Compress++ speeds up distribution compression to near-linear time.

problem Accurately summarize a probability distribution using a small number of points efficiently.
method Introduces Compress++, a meta-procedure to speed up any thinning algorithm.
result Achieves n\sqrt{n} points with O(logn/n)\mathcal{O}(\sqrt{\log n/n}) integration error in O(nlog3n)\mathcal{O}(n \log^3 n) time and O(nlog2n)\mathcal{O}( \sqrt{n} \log^2 n ) space.

Matrix completion is the problem of recovering a low rank matrix by observing a small fraction of its entries. A series of recent works [KOM12,JNS13,HW14] have proposed fast non-convex optimization based iterative algorithms to solve this problem. However, the sample complexity in all these results is sub-optimal in it…

2014-11-04abs ↗pdf ↗

New algorithm trains neural networks in near-linear time, overcoming slow convergence issues.

problem Slow convergence and computational overhead in training deep neural networks.
method Reformulates Gauss-Newton iteration as an ℓ2-regression problem and uses Fast-JL dimension reduction.
result Achieves an O(mn)-time algorithm for training ReLU networks, near-linear in dimension.

A new algorithm estimates mean adaptively to covariance, faster and more flexible than existing methods.

problem Estimating mean of a distribution with unknown covariance efficiently and privately.
method Adaptive differentially private algorithm with optimal convergence rates and near-linear sample complexity.
result Achieves optimal rates of convergence with respect to the Mahalanobis norm Σ||\cdot||_Σ.

A nonparametric method for time series analysis extracts envelopes, detects peaks, and clusters data.

problem Extracting envelopes, detecting peaks, and clustering in time series data.
method Iterative procedure that minimizes L1L_1 drift to create upper and lower bounding signals, using Viterbi-like path tracking and optimal elimination rules.
result Efficiently calculated solution with near-linear time complexities for various applications.

Improved sketching for logistic and 1\ell_1 regression with near-linear dimensions.

problem Efficiently approximate 1\ell_1 and logistic regression problems.
method New sketching techniques achieving near-linear dimensions for both problems.
result Achieved near-linear sketching dimensions for 1\ell_1 and logistic regression.

SAMBA predicts stock returns efficiently using Mamba and graph neural networks.

problem Accurate stock price predictions for financial returns.
method SAMBA integrates Mamba architecture with graph neural networks to achieve near-linear computational complexity.
result SAMBA significantly outperforms state-of-the-art models in prediction accuracy.

Lapse improves parameter servers by dynamically allocating parameters, achieving near-linear scaling.

problem Efficiently managing distributed training with reduced communication overhead.
method Integrate dynamic parameter allocation into parameter servers, proposing Lapse.
result Lapse provides near-linear scaling and can be orders of magnitude faster than existing parameter servers.

This work generalizes transformer attention to capture higher-order correlations efficiently.

problem Detecting triple-wise connections that were impossible for transformers.
method Developed a generalized attention scheme using Kronecker computation, showing near-linear time algorithms for bounded entries.
result A near-linear time algorithm for generalized attention computation in the bounded-entry setting.

New insights into variable selection with different model assumptions.

problem Sparse recovery with \ell_\infty error guarantees in variable selection.
method Separation between oblivious and adaptive models of \ell_\infty sparse recovery.
result Proves a surprising contrast between oblivious and adaptive models in \ell_\infty sparse recovery.

Near-logarithmic regret per switch achieved for mixable/exp-concave losses.

problem Online optimization of mixable loss functions with dynamic environments.
method Online mixture framework using static solvers and hyper-expert creations.
result Near-logarithmic regret per switch with sub-polynomial complexity.

WildCat efficiently compresses neural network attention mechanisms.

problem Expensive quadratic runtime of attention mechanisms in neural networks.
method Uses a weighted coreset with a fast subsampling algorithm to approximate attention with near-linear time complexity.
result Approximates exact attention with super-polynomial error decay and near-linear runtime.

We consider the problem of Robust PCA in the fully and partially observed settings. Without corruptions, this is the well-known matrix completion problem. From a statistical standpoint this problem has been recently well-studied, and conditions on when recovery is possible (how many observations do we need, how many co…

2016-05-25abs ↗pdf ↗

Paper proposes FedQ-Advantage for federated Q-learning with near-optimal regret and low communication cost.

problem Near-optimal federated Q-learning with low communication cost.
method Reference-advantage decomposition for variance reduction, synchronization between agents and server, policy update.
result Achieves almost optimal regret and near-linear regret speedup compared to single-agent learning.

SOR-Mamba improves Mamba for robust time series forecasting by minimizing channel order bias.

problem Robust time series forecasting with Mamba's sequential order bias.
method SOR-Mamba incorporates regularization to minimize channel order discrepancy and introduces CCM for channel correlation preservation.
result SOR-Mamba enhances robustness to channel order and improves forecasting accuracy.

We study three fundamental statistical-learning problems: distribution estimation, property estimation, and property testing. We establish the profile maximum likelihood (PML) estimator as the first unified sample-optimal approach to a wide range of learning tasks. In particular, for every alphabet size kk and desired…

2019-06-10abs ↗pdf ↗

Direct proof shows adaptive gradient descent converges near-linearly for convex functions.

problem Proving near-linear convergence of adaptive gradient descent for convex functions.
method Direct Lyapunov-based argument for convex functions with unique minimizer.
result Direct proof of near-linear convergence for convex functions.

Clustering consists of grouping together samples giving their similar properties. The problem of modeling simultaneously groups of samples and features is known as Co-Clustering. This paper introduces ROCCO - a Robust Continuous Co-Clustering algorithm. ROCCO is a scalable, hyperparameter-free, easy and ready to use al…

2018-02-14abs ↗pdf ↗

New MCMC method speeds up quantum physics simulations by a factor of 100.

problem Simulating quantum many-body systems with high computational complexity.
method FFT-accelerated MCMC with coupled particle and auxiliary variables.
result Achieves O(NlogN)O(N \log N) scaling, significantly faster than traditional O(N3)O(N^3) methods.

A new model predicts discrete events with flexible, nonparametric baseline and excitation.

problem Limited flexibility in discrete Hawkes models for event prediction.
method Gaussian Process Discrete Hawkes Process (GP-DHP) with collapsed latent representation.
result Improves predictive log-likelihood for diverse event patterns.

New framework models non-conservative stochastic processes without energy conservation constraints.

problem Existing Schrödinger Bridge methods are limited by energy-conservation assumptions.
method Introduces non-conservative generalized Schrödinger bridge (NCGSB) based on contact Hamiltonian mechanics.
result Contact Wasserstein geodesic (CWG) provides a broader class of real-world stochastic processes.

New method computes affine normal directions efficiently for sparse polynomials.

problem Computing affine normal directions is computationally expensive in high dimensions.
method Reduces third-order tensor contraction to matrix-free formulation using log-determinant gradient.
result Scalable implementations with near-linear scaling in dimension and sparsity.

If learning methods are to scale to the massive sizes of modern datasets, it is essential for the field of machine learning to embrace parallel and distributed computing. Inspired by the recent development of matrix factorization methods with rich theory but poor computational complexity and by the relative ease of map…

2011-07-05abs ↗pdf ↗

AverageTime uses simple averaging to enhance long-term time series forecasting.

problem Long-term time series forecasting with improved intra-sequence and cross-channel dependencies.
method Proposes AverageTime, a simple, efficient, and scalable forecasting model that reframes channel extraction as a stackable architecture.
result AverageTime surpasses state-of-the-art models in forecasting performance with near-linear complexity.

Computable Stein discrepancies have been deployed for a variety of applications, ranging from sampler selection in posterior inference to approximate Bayesian inference to goodness-of-fit testing. Existing convergence-determining Stein discrepancies admit strong theoretical guarantees but suffer from a computational co…

2018-06-20abs ↗pdf ↗