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AgFlow speeds up model selection in penalized PCA.
We consider the Willmore functional on graphs, with an additional penalization of the area where the curvature is non-zero. Interpreting the penalization parameter as a Lagrange multiplier, this corresponds to the Willmore functional with a constraint on the area where the graph is flat. Sending the penalization parame…
Sparse-penalized deep neural networks improve performance in weakly dependent processes.
Develops a method to predict stock returns with time-varying risk premia.
Paper develops a new method for optimal stopping in American options.
In high-dimensional data analysis, penalized likelihood estimators are shown to provide superior results in both variable selection and parameter estimation. A new algorithm, APPLE, is proposed for calculating the Approximate Path for Penalized Likelihood Estimators. Both the convex penalty (such as LASSO) and the nonc…
In this paper, we propose a one-pass algorithm on MapReduce for penalized linear regression \[f_λ(α, β) = \|Y - α\mathbf{1} - Xβ\|_2^2 + p_λ(β)\] where is the intercept which can be omitted depending on application; is the coefficients and is the penalized function with penalizing parameter . $f_λ(α, β…
In this work we establish the equivalence of algorithmic regularization and explicit convex penalization for generic convex losses. We introduce a geometric condition for the optimization path of a convex function, and show that if such a condition is satisfied, the optimization path of an iterative algorithm on the un…
New insights into balancing reward and fairness in stochastic MAB.
The paper classifies and analyzes the stability of elastic curves with fixed endpoints.
We extend the analysis of investment strategies derived from penalized quantile regression models, introducing alternative approaches to improve state\textendash of\textendash art asset allocation rules. First, we use a post\textendash penalization procedure to deal with overshrinking and concentration issues. Second, …
Unified framework for pattern recovery in penalized and thresholded estimation.
New method improves feature selection in tree-based models.
In this paper we purpose a blockwise descent algorithm for group-penalized multiresponse regression. Using a quasi-newton framework we extend this to group-penalized multinomial regression. We give a publicly available implementation for these in R, and compare the speed of this algorithm to a competing algorithm --- w…
In this paper, we study the performance of extremum estimators from the perspective of generalization ability (GA): the ability of a model to predict outcomes in new samples from the same population. By adapting the classical concentration inequalities, we derive upper bounds on the empirical out-of-sample prediction e…
Proposes a new robust expectile regression method for high-dimensional data.
Study on elastic curves pinned at the boundary, focusing on minimizers and their interaction with obstacles.
Improved DPO framework penalizes preference uncertainty to avoid overoptimization.
We prove that L2-Boosting lacks a theoretical property which is central to the behaviour of l1-penalized methods such as basis pursuit and the Lasso: Whereas l1-penalized methods are guaranteed to recover the sparse parameter vector in a high-dimensional linear model under an appropriate restricted nullspace property, …
New methods correct spectral distortions using known analyte concentrations.
A new robust regression method handles outliers in high-dimensional data.
This paper introduces a gradient analysis framework to improve language model performance by rewarding good examples and penalizing bad ones.
Algorithm samples from Wasserstein barycenter of measures.
In many applications, multivariate samples may harbor previously unrecognized heterogeneity at the level of conditional independence or network structure. For example, in cancer biology, disease subtypes may differ with respect to subtype-specific interplay between molecular components. Then, both subtype discovery and…
A new Branch-and-Bound solver tackles L0-penalized problems with flexible loss functions.
Develops a fast algorithm for high-dimensional LASSO penalized quantile regression.
The paper tackles pricing vulnerable options via generalized BSDEs and penalization schemes.
This paper optimizes portfolio selection by penalizing tracking error, improving Sharpe ratio.
Flexible empirical Bayes for large-scale multiple linear regression.
Paper estimates differences in multi-attribute Gaussian graphical models using non-convex penalties.
We introduce a new probabilistic method for solving a class of impulse control problems based on their representations as Backward Stochastic Differential Equations (BSDEs for short) with constrained jumps. As an example, our method is used for pricing Swing options. We deal with the jump constraint by a penalization p…
We theoretically and empirically study portfolio optimization under transaction costs and establish a link between turnover penalization and covariance shrinkage with the penalization governed by transaction costs. We show how the ex ante incorporation of transaction costs shifts optimal portfolios towards regularized …
We propose a penalized orthogonal-components regression (POCRE) for large p small n data. Orthogonal components are sequentially constructed to maximize, upon standardization, their correlation to the response residuals. A new penalization framework, implemented via empirical Bayes thresholding, is presented to effecti…
Researchers develop a method to learn CTBN structure using penalized maximum likelihood.
This paper deals with the problem of large-scale linear supervised learning in settings where a large number of continuous features are available. We propose to combine the well-known trick of one-hot encoding of continuous features with a new penalization called \emph{binarsity}. In each group of binary features comin…
We develop a maximum penalized quasi-likelihood estimator for estimating in a nonparametric way the diffusion function of a diffusion process, as an alternative to more traditional kernel-based estimators. After developing a numerical scheme for computing the maximizer of the penalized maximum quasi-likelihood function…
We consider the problem of unveiling the implicit network structure of node interactions (such as user interactions in a social network), based only on high-frequency timestamps. Our inference is based on the minimization of the least-squares loss associated with a multivariate Hawkes model, penalized by and t…
New priors improve robustness and interpretability in penalized regression.
Dynamic skewness models improve financial time series analysis.
Narendra-Shapiro (NS) algorithms are bandit-type algorithms that have been introduced in the sixties (with a view to applications in Psychology or learning automata), whose convergence has been intensively studied in the stochastic algorithm literature. In this paper, we adress the following question: are the Narendra-…
It has been shown that AIC-type criteria are asymptotically efficient selectors of the tuning parameter in non-concave penalized regression methods under the assumption that the population variance is known or that a consistent estimator is available. We relax this assumption to prove that AIC itself is asymptotically …
A new algorithm speeds up sparse-penalized quantile regression solving non-convex penalties.
The -penalized method, or the Lasso, has emerged as an important tool for the analysis of large data sets. Many important results have been obtained for the Lasso in linear regression which have led to a deeper understanding of high-dimensional statistical problems. In this article, we consider a class of weigh…
Corrects GCV for inconsistent risk estimation in finite ensembles of penalized estimators.
Paper discusses prediction errors for penalized regressions using GAMP and LOOCV.
We present an approach for penalized tensor decomposition (PTD) that estimates smoothly varying latent factors in multi-way data. This generalizes existing work on sparse tensor decomposition and penalized matrix decompositions, in a manner parallel to the generalized lasso for regression and smoothing problems. Our ap…
Study nonparametric density estimation via measure transport, achieving optimal rates.