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48 results for pivotal quantities

Several techniques for domain adaptation have been proposed to account for differences in the distribution of the data used for training and testing. The majority of this work focuses on a binary domain label. Similar problems occur in a scientific context where there may be a continuous family of plausible data genera…

2016-11-03abs ↗pdf ↗

New pivoting strategy improves trace norm contraction in low-rank approximation.

problem Finding good low-rank approximations of symmetric, positive-definite matrices.
method Choosing rows with likelihood proportional to Aii2A_{ii}^2 for randomly pivoted partial Cholesky algorithm.
result Same trace norm contraction result in Frobenius norm for improved pivoting strategy.

The Bieberbach estimate, a pivotal result in the classical theory of univalent functions, states that any injective holomorphic function ff on the open unit disc DD satisfies f"(0)4f(0)|f"(0)|\leq 4 |f'(0)|. We generalize the Bieberbach estimate by proving a version of the inequality that applies to all injective smooth conf…

2009-05-15abs ↗pdf ↗

New quadrature method using randomly pivoted Cholesky outperforms existing techniques.

problem Efficiently approximating integrals of functions in reproducing kernel Hilbert spaces.
method Nodes drawn by randomly pivoted Cholesky algorithm.
result Randomly pivoted Cholesky quadrature is fast and achieves comparable accuracy to more computationally intensive methods.

The paper analyzes how much data points can be altered to change their rank in nearest neighbor searches.

problem Vulnerability of nearest neighbor search in high-dimensional data.
method Statistical analysis of perturbation needed to change neighbor rank.
result Derived statistical distribution of perturbation needed to modify neighbor rank.

Estimates proportions of LLM-generated text in mixed documents.

problem Estimating the proportion of text generated by a pre-specified LLM in mixed documents.
method Developed estimators for two observation regimes: full observation and pivotal reduction, and established sample complexity bounds.
result Full observation estimators require fewer samples than pivotal reduction estimators.

Study on estimating Gumbel--Max watermark proportions in edited documents.

problem Estimating the proportion of a document generated from a watermarked LLM.
method Comparison of full observation and pivotal reduction observation regimes; development of estimators and information-theoretic lower bounds.
result Full observation yields a substantially smaller sample complexity compared to pivotal reduction.

New construction of Turaev-Viro invariants invariant under Morita equivalence.

problem Constructing Turaev-Viro invariants invariant under Morita equivalence.
method Pivotal bicategory construction of spherical module categories.
result The invariant recovers the standard Turaev-Viro invariant and is independent of the skeleton.

New algorithm improves plant breeding by clustering soybean genotypes more accurately and efficiently.

problem Low accuracy and high computational complexity in clustering plant genotypes.
method Spectral Clustering with Pivotal Sampling for phenotypic data.
result Our algorithm achieves substantially more accuracy than existing methods.

We extend the notion of an ambidextrous trace on an ideal (developed by the first two authors) to the setting of a pivotal category. We show that under some conditions, these traces lead to invariants of colored spherical graphs (and so to modified 6j-symbols).

2011-03-08abs ↗pdf ↗

PiVoT improves real-time multi-object detection and tracking in clutter.

problem Challenges in multi-object detection and tracking from noisy point clouds.
method Variational inference for fast, clutter-resilient multi-object tracking.
result Substantial performance improvement over existing Bayesian trackers.

Exact selective inference with randomization for Gaussian regression models.

problem Exact selective inference in Gaussian regression models.
method Introduces a pivot for exact selective inference with randomization, reducing the problem to a bivariate truncated Gaussian distribution.
result Our pivot leads to exact inference and produces narrower confidence intervals than related methods.

A string-net model associates a vector space to a surface in terms of graphs decorated by objects and morphisms of a pivotal fusion category modulo local relations. String-net models are usually considered for spherical fusion categories, and in this case the vector spaces agree with the state spaces of the correspondi…

2019-07-29abs ↗pdf ↗

We study unsupervised multilingual alignment, the problem of finding word-to-word translations between multiple languages without using any parallel data. One popular strategy is to reduce multilingual alignment to the much simplified bilingual setting, by picking one of the input languages as the pivot language that w…

2020-01-28abs ↗pdf ↗

Estimates watermarked content proportions in mixed-source texts.

problem Optimally estimating the proportion of watermarked content in texts with mixed sources.
method Casting the problem as estimating a proportion parameter in a mixture model based on pivotal statistics.
result Proposes efficient estimators for watermark proportion and shows their accuracy through evaluations.

New 4-manifold invariant defined from trisection diagrams.

problem Defining a new 4-manifold invariant from trisection diagrams.
method Algebraic data from bimodule categories and spherical fusion categories, described diagrammatically.
result Includes Hopf algebraic invariants and modular fusion category invariants.

PIVOT bridges Black-Scholes price and implied volatility spaces via a differentiable layer.

problem Lack of a differentiable interface between price and implied volatility spaces.
method Develops PIVOT, a differentiable layer that preserves LBR's forward pass and avoids backpropagation through branch logic, addressing singularity issues.
result PIVOT achieves high performance and accuracy, reducing price and implied volatility errors by up to 43.4% and 21.3% respectively.

Novel framework uses synthetic data to quantify uncertainty in complex data.

problem Uncertainty quantification in complex, unstructured data.
method Perturbation-Assisted Sample Synthesis (PASS) and Perturbation-Assisted Inference (PAI) framework.
result Statistically guaranteed validity in inference, enhancing reliability of synthetic data.

Neural surrogates speed up 5D gyrokinetic simulations of plasma turbulence.

problem Expensive numerical simulations of plasma turbulence hinder fusion reactor design.
method Trained a hierarchical vision transformer in 5D to predict plasma quantities faster.
result Neural surrogates predict plasma quantities two orders of magnitude faster than numerical codes.

The paper constructs semistrict monoidal 2-categories from foam evaluations.

problem Creating examples of semistrict monoidal 2-categories.
method Using a closed foam evaluation formula as input, the paper rigorously constructs semistrict monoidal 2-categories.
result The constructed monoidal 2-categories are semistrict, have duals and adjoints, and carry a spatial duality structure.

PANDA improves linear discriminant analysis in high dimensions with minimal tuning.

problem Linear discriminant analysis in high-dimensional settings.
method PANDA: a tuning-insensitive method for linear discriminant analysis.
result PANDA achieves optimal convergence rates in estimation error and misclassification rate.

Develops an empirical likelihood framework for random forests and ensembles.

problem Quantifying the statistical uncertainty of random forests and ensembles.
method Empirical likelihood framework exploiting the incomplete UU-statistic structure of ensemble predictions.
result Modified empirical likelihood statistic achieves accurate coverage and practical reliability.

This paper develops methods for pricing American Parisian options under general Markov models.

problem Pricing American Parisian options with various types and payoff functions.
method General approaches using CTMC approximation for time-inhomogeneous Markov models, including state augmentation and variational inequalities.
result Efficient algorithms for pricing American Parisian options confirmed with numerical experiments.

Paper shows linear convergence of ISTA and FISTA for ill-conditioned images.

problem Solving linear inverse problems with sparse representation in signal and image processing.
method Revisits iterative shrinkage-thresholding algorithms (ISTA) and improves their convergence properties.
result Linear convergence of ISTA and FISTA for strongly convex smooth parts, even in ill-conditioned cases.

Study finds conserved quantities for two types of curves on conformal sphere.

problem Identifying conserved quantities for specific types of curves on a conformal sphere.
method Used parallel tractor and Lagrangian formalism to compute conserved quantities.
result Found relation between conserved quantities of two curve types.

Study on knotting in very long polymer chains, finding Poisson distribution for prime knot types.

problem Understanding knotting in very long polymer chains.
method Generated and analyzed 243k2^{43-k} polygons of size n=2kn=2^k using tree data structure and pivot algorithm. Used new knot diagram simplification and invariant-free classification.
result Number of prime summands of knot type KK in a random nn-gon is well described by a Poisson distribution.

This paper analyzes Local SGD for federated learning, achieving both statistical and communication efficiency.

problem Statistical estimation and inference in federated learning with decentralized data.
method Local SGD, a multi-round estimation procedure using intermittent communication.
result Local SGD achieves both statistical efficiency and communication efficiency.

A modular object in a symmetric monoidal bicategory is a Frobenius algebra object whose product and coproduct are biadjoint, equipped with a braided structure and a compatible twist, satisfying rigidity, ribbon, pivotality, and modularity conditions. We prove that the oriented 3-dimensional bordism bicategory of 1-, 2-…

2014-11-04abs ↗pdf ↗

Study on statistical inference for nonlinear stochastic approximation with Markovian data.

problem Statistical inference for nonlinear stochastic approximation algorithms with Markovian data.
method Established a functional central limit theorem for the partial-sum process of the target parameter estimate, providing asymptotic pivotal statistics for constructing confidence intervals.
result Valid and efficient asymptotic inference method for nonlinear stochastic approximation algorithms with Markovian data.

In this paper, we consider two different monotone quantities defined for the Ricci flow and show that their asymptotic limits coincide for any ancient solutions. One of the quantities we consider here is Perelman's reduced volume, while the other is the local quantity discovered by Ecker, Knopf, Ni and Topping. This es…

2009-04-06abs ↗pdf ↗

Given a vector field on a manifold M, we define a globally conserved quantity to be a differential form whose Lie derivative is exact. Integrals of conserved quantities over suitable submanifolds are constant under time evolution, the Kelvin circulation theorem being a well-known special case. More generally, conserved…

2016-10-18abs ↗pdf ↗

Derive monotone quantities for harmonic functions on asymptotically flat 3-manifolds with nonnegative scalar curvature.

problem Derive monotone quantities for harmonic functions on asymptotically flat 3-manifolds with nonnegative scalar curvature.
method Follow the strategy developed in Miao.
result Derive monotone quantities for harmonic functions on asymptotically flat 3-manifolds with nonnegative scalar curvature.

The paper introduces a method to incorporate expert opinion on observable quantities into statistical models.

problem Tackling the challenge of integrating expert knowledge on observable quantities into statistical models.
method The approach involves updating a prior belief using a loss function that reflects expert opinion on observable quantities.
result The method allows for a flexible specification of expert opinion and is straightforward to implement.