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Piecewise constant denoising can be solved either by deterministic optimization approaches, based on the Potts model, or by stochastic Bayesian procedures. The former lead to low computational time but require the selection of a regularization parameter, whose value significantly impacts the achieved solution, and whos…
We study online optimization of smoothed piecewise constant functions over the domain [0, 1). This is motivated by the problem of adaptively picking parameters of learning algorithms as in the recently introduced framework by Gupta and Roughgarden (2016). Majority of the machine learning literature has focused on Lipsc…
We consider stochastic volatility models using piecewise constant parameters. We suggest a hybrid optimization algorithm for fitting the models to a volatility surface and provide some numerical results. Finally, we provide an outlook on how to further improve the calibration procedure.
We develop closed-form approximations for European put options under stochastic volatility models.
problem Tackling the pricing of European put options under stochastic volatility models with time-dependent parameters.
method Using a second-order Taylor expansion around the mean of the argument, we write the option price as an expectation of a Black-Scholes formula. We then simplify the resulting expectations and derive closed-form pricing formulas under the assumption of piecewise-constant parameters.
result We derive closed-form pricing formulas and bounds on the remainder term generated by the Taylor expansion, showing that the errors are well within acceptable ranges for practical applications.
The fused lasso is analyzed for high-dimensional piecewise-constant regression coefficients.
problem Estimation of high-dimensional piecewise-constant regression coefficients.
method Formulated a restricted isometry condition for the fused lasso estimator and derived estimation bounds.
result The estimation error can be dominated by either the lasso or the fused lasso rate, depending on the number of non-zero coefficients and piece-wise constant segments.
We show that on a two-dimensional compact nontrapping manifold with strictly convex boundary, a piecewise constant function is determined by its integrals over geodesics. In higher dimensions, we obtain a similar result if the manifold satisfies a foliation condition. These theorems are based on iterating a local uniqu…
Smoothing graphons improve link prediction in Bayesian SBM without increasing computational complexity.
problem Accurate modeling of exchangeable relational data with flexible and computationally efficient graphons.
method Introducing smoothing procedures to piecewise-constant graphons to create smoothing graphons, which allow continuous intensity values for relations.
result Smoothing graphons improve AUC and precision for link prediction in real-world data sets.
This paper addresses the problem of segmenting a time-series with respect to changes in the mean value or in the variance. The first case is when the time data is modeled as a sequence of independent and normal distributed random variables with unknown, possibly changing, mean value but fixed variance. The main assumpt…
Piecewise Linear-Quadratic (PLQ) penalties are widely used to develop models in statistical inference, signal processing, and machine learning. Common examples of PLQ penalties include least squares, Huber, Vapnik, 1-norm, and their asymmetric generalizations. Properties of these estimators depend on the choice of pena…
In this paper we develop an approach to conformal geometry of piecewise flat metrics on manifolds. In particular, we formulate the combinatorial Yamabe problem for piecewise flat metrics. In the case of surfaces, we define the combinatorial Yamabe flow on the space of all piecewise flat metrics associated to a triangul…
The study provides a theory for deriving generalization guarantees for data-driven algorithm design.
problem Understanding the sufficient amount of data needed for high-performing algorithm design.
method Developed a broadly applicable theory for deriving generalization guarantees that bound the difference between average performance over a training set and expected performance.
result Uncovered a unifying structure to prove extremely general guarantees for various algorithm types.
We show that if g is a Riemannian metric on a closed piecewise locally symmetric manifold M, then the lift of g to the universal cover M has a discrete isometry group. We also show that the index $[\Isom(\widetilde{M}): π_1(M)]$ is bounded by a constant independent of g.
The paper proves a theorem for discretizing Gaussian curvature on surfaces.
problem Discretizing Gaussian curvature on surfaces with nonpositive Euler number.
method Discrete conformal theory and variational principles with constraints.
result Each decorated piecewise Euclidean metric on surfaces with nonpositive Euler number is discrete conformal to a metric with a specific discrete curvature constant.
A piecewise constant curvature manifold is a triangulated manifold that is assigned a geometry by specifying lengths of edges and stipulating that for a chosen background geometry (Euclidean, hyperbolic, or spherical), each simplex has an isometric embedding into the background geometry with the chosen edge lengths. Ad…
We prove a Gauss-Bonnet type formula for Riemann-Finsler surfaces of non-constant indicatrix volume and with regular piecewise smooth boundary. We give a Hadamard type theorem for N-parallels of a Landsberg surface.
Given iid observations from an unknown absolute continuous distribution defined on some domain Ω, we propose a nonparametric method to learn a piecewise constant function to approximate the underlying probability density function. Our density estimate is a piecewise constant function defined on a binary partition o…
A piecewise flat manifold is a triangulated manifold given a geometry by specifying edge lengths (lengths of 1-simplices) and specifying that all simplices are Euclidean. We consider the variation of angles of piecewise flat manifolds as the geometry varies in a particular way, which we call a conformal variation. This…
We study regularized estimation in high-dimensional longitudinal classification problems, using the lasso and fused lasso regularizers. The constructed coefficient estimates are piecewise constant across the time dimension in the longitudinal problem, with adaptively selected change points (break points). We present an…
We consider the generic regularized optimization problem β^(λ)=argminβL(y,Xβ)+λJ(β). Efron, Hastie, Johnstone and Tibshirani [Ann. Statist. 32 (2004) 407--499] have shown that for the LASSO--that is, if L is squared error loss and J(β)=∥β∥1 is the ℓ1 norm of β--the opti…
The double tetrahedron is the triangulation of the three-sphere gotten by gluing together two congruent tetrahedra along their boundaries. As a piecewise flat manifold, its geometry is determined by its six edge lengths, giving a notion of a metric on the double tetrahedron. We study notions of Einstein metrics, consta…