PRISM identifies simplex vertices from noisy data.
problem Identifying vertices of a simplex from noisy data.
method Probabilistic simplex model with maximum likelihood inference.
result Vertices are identifiable under certain assumptions.
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Proposes an accuracy-preserving calibration method for DNNs.
problem Calibration of deep neural networks (DNNs) to measure prediction reliability.
method Uses Concrete distribution on the probability simplex to calibrate DNNs without accuracy loss.
result The proposed method outperforms previous methods in accuracy-preserving calibration tasks.
We propose Dirichlet Simplex Nest, a class of probabilistic models suitable for a variety of data types, and develop fast and provably accurate inference algorithms by accounting for the model's convex geometry and low dimensional simplicial structure. By exploiting the connection to Voronoi tessellation and properties…
Develops MIS, a probabilistic model for multi-industry classification.
problem GICS's limitation of assigning each firm to exactly one industry, especially for diversified firms.
method Topic modeling to probabilistically assign firms to multiple industries based on business descriptions.
result Demonstrates MIS's ability to flexibly assign firms to multiple industries with relevance probabilities.
New ABC method improves Bézier simplex fitting for noisy data.
problem Overfitting in Bézier simplex fitting when sample points are not on the Pareto set.
method Extended Bézier simplex model to a probabilistic one and proposed a new learning algorithm based on approximate Bayesian computation (ABC) with Wasserstein distance.
result The new algorithm converges on a finite sample and outperforms deterministic methods on noisy instances.
Simplex-valued data appear throughout statistics and machine learning, for example in the context of transfer learning and compression of deep networks. Existing models for this class of data rely on the Dirichlet distribution or other related loss functions; here we show these standard choices suffer systematically fr…
Researchers propose better probabilistic models for deep learning.
problem Using cross-entropy loss for non-categorical data.
method Introducing continuous-categorical distribution and proposing probabilistic alternatives.
result Potential for outperformance in deep learning models with proper probabilistic treatment.
New framework uses cohomology to analyze probabilistic distortions and arbitrage.
problem Analyzing probabilistic distortions and arbitrage in categorical filtrations.
method Transport cohomological framework, simplicial structure, loop effects, holonomy.
result Nontrivial probabilistic distortions and obstructions generated by loops.
PolyILR: A Tree-Structured Orthonormal Decomposition of Compositional Data
problem Representing compositional data with hierarchical structure
method PolyILR: A canonical orthonormal decomposition of the Aitchison tangent space aligned with any tree topology
result PolyILR yields stable, interpretable features and enables inference at multiscale tree resolution
The paper triangulates Heisenberg groups with horizontal and straight simplexes.
problem Triangulating Heisenberg groups with specific regularity properties.
method Constructing triangulations with horizontal and straight simplexes on a polyhedral structure and extending to the whole Heisenberg group.
result Explicit examples of grid and triangulations provided.
Study classifies submanifolds in probability simplex.
problem Classifying submanifolds in the probability simplex.
method Complete classification through geometric analysis.
result Doubly totally-umbilical submanifolds identified and classified.
Study optimal transport on simplex boundary, proving transport map and potential regularity.
problem Regularity of transport map and potential on simplex boundary.
method Boundary regularity results for optimal transport maps, exploiting simplex symmetries.
result Regularity properties of transport map and its convex potential.
The Bezier simplex fitting is a novel data modeling technique which exploits geometric structures of data to approximate the Pareto front of multi-objective optimization problems. There are two fitting methods based on different sampling strategies. The inductive skeleton fitting employs a stratified subsampling from e…
A new optimization method for probability simplex problems.
problem Optimizing convex problems over the probability simplex.
method Cauchy-Simplex iteration scheme, mapping to sphere, gradient descent, and back-mapping.
result Convergence results and faster convergence in high dimensions.
We establish the second part of Milnor's conjecture on the volume of simplexes in hyperbolic and spherical spaces. A characterization of the closure of the space of the angle Gram matrices of simplexes is also obtained.
A hyperbolic 3-simplex reflection group is a Coxeter group arising as a lattice in the isometry group of hyperbolic 3-space, with fundamental domain a geodesic simplex (possibly with some ideal vertices). The classification of these groups is known, and there are exactly 9 cocompact examples, and 23 non-cocompact examp…
Improves industry classification for diversified companies.
problem Traditional industry classification struggles with multi-sector conglomerates.
method Bayesian Non-Parametrics, Markov Updating, and hierarchical modeling.
result MIS-2 provides a measurable improvement over GICS in predicting future correlations.
We introduce the non-pure versions of simplicial balls and spheres with minimum number of vertices. These are a special type of non-homogeneous balls and spheres (NH-balls and NH-spheres) satisfying a minimality condition on the number of maximal simplices. The main result is that minimal NH-balls and NH-spheres are pr…
In 1973, J. Cheeger and J. Simons raised the following question that still remains open and is known as the Rational Simplex Problem: Given a geodesic simplex in the spherical 3-space so that all of its interior dihedral angles are rational multiples of , is it true that its volume is a rational multiple of the volu…
A method for diffusion on probability simplex for generative models.
problem Tension between continuous and discrete data in diffusion models.
method Proposes using softmax function applied to Ornstein-Uhlenbeck Process on probability simplex.
result Method extends to bounded image generation.
New forms generalize Whitney forms with rational coefficients for numerical analysis.
problem Numerical problems with singularities near simplex faces.
method Introduce shadow forms and degrees of freedom for integration over faces of blow-up simplices.
result Obtain isomorphism between shadow forms cohomology and cellular cohomology of blow-up simplices.
Concrete distribution properties examined on simplex.
problem Properties of Concrete distribution on simplex.
method Reflection and location-scale transformation of uniform distribution; explicit parameterization to Poincaré half-space.
result Fisher information and information metric are hyperbolic space; Fisher-Rao geodesic distance computed.
A new method for SSMF improves upon existing algorithms.
problem Identify identifiable solutions in simplex-structured matrix factorization.
method Dual simplex volume maximization approach.
result The proposed method outperforms state-of-the-art SSMF algorithms.
A faster Wasserstein k-means algorithm for histogram data reduces computation and maintains clustering quality.
problem Efficiently clustering histogram data with reduced computation time.
method Sparse simplex projection to reduce data samples, centroids, and ground cost matrix, dynamically removing lower-valued samples.
result Significant reduction in computational complexity without compromising clustering quality.
On the probability simplex, we can consider the standard information geometric structure with the e- and m-affine connections mutually dual with respect to the Fisher metric. The geometry naturally defines submanifolds simultaneously autoparallel for the both affine connections, which we call {\em doubly autoparallel s…
Given a convex body, the -Busemann Random Simplex Inequality is closely related to the centroid body for and , and only in these cases it can be proved using the -Busemann-Petty centroid inequality. We define a convex body and prove an isoperimetric inequality for …
The paper is devoted to modeling optimal exercise strategies of the behavior of investors and issuers working with convertible bonds. This implies solution of the problems of stock price modeling, payoff computation and min-max optimization. Stock prices (underlying asset) were modeled under the assumption of the geome…
We show an efficient algorithm for the following problem: Given uniformly random points from an arbitrary n-dimensional simplex, estimate the simplex. The size of the sample and the number of arithmetic operations of our algorithm are polynomial in n. This answers a question of Frieze, Jerrum and Kannan [FJK]. Our resu…
Algorithm learns latent simplex from perturbed points in input-sparsity time.
problem Learning a latent -vertex simplex from noisy data.
method Input-sparsity time algorithm using low-rank approximation and adaptive selection.
result Algorithm achieves time complexity, avoiding .
We provide an elementary proof of a simple, efficient algorithm for computing the Euclidean projection of a point onto the probability simplex. We also show an application in Laplacian K-modes clustering.
New framework estimates staged tree models using hierarchical clustering on the probability simplex.
problem Estimating staged tree models with context-specific dependencies.
method Hierarchical clustering on the probability simplex, using simplex-based divergences and linkage methods.
result Total Variation divergence with Ward.D2 linkage produces staged trees with better model fit, structure recovery, and computational efficiency.
CAST predicts distribution-valued time series by stabilizing and transporting simplex-supported successors.
problem Forecasting distribution-valued time series with structural failure modes.
method CAST (Causal Anchored Simplex Transport) uses successors retrieved from causal context, stabilized with a persistence anchor, and locally transported on ordered supports.
result CAST outperforms baselines on eleven public and simulated benchmarks, achieving best average rank on both one-step KL and autoregressive rollout JSD.
Timelike geometry of spherical simplices is shown to be isometric to vector spaces.
problem Characterizing the geometry of spherical simplices.
method Proved isometry to vector spaces with a timelike norm.
result Timelike spherical Hilbert geometry of simplices is isometric to a union of six copies of vector spaces.
Injective flows for star-like manifolds improve variational inference efficiency.
problem Efficiently modeling densities on star-like manifolds with exact Jacobian computation.
method Proposed injective flows for star-like manifolds with exact Jacobian computation.
result Exact Jacobian computation for star-like manifolds reduces computational cost to NFs.
Paper solves graph matching problem using convex relaxation to the simplex.
problem Finding the best alignment between two graphs.
method Introduces a new convex relaxation onto the unit simplex and uses mirror descent scheme.
result Shows exact recovery of ground truth permutation with high probability.
In the present paper we calculate the Gromov-Hausdorff distance between an arbitrary simplex (a metric space all whose non-zero distances are the same) and a finite metric space whose non-zero distances take two distinct values (so-called -distance spaces). As a corollary, a complete solution to generalized Borsuk p…
clusterBMA combines clustering results from multiple models using Bayesian model averaging.
problem Uncertainty in model selection for clustering.
method Bayesian model averaging to combine results from multiple clustering algorithms.
result ClusterBMA offers probabilistic cluster allocations and quantifies model-based uncertainty.
We present two identities (contiguity relation and variation formula) concerning the volume of a spherically faced simplex in the Euclidean space. These identities are described in terms of Cayley-Menger determinants and their differentials involved with hypersphere arrangements. They are derived as a limit of fundamen…
Investigates VaR behavior for sums of one-sided random variables, showing impossibilities and conditions for super-additivity.
problem Investigates the behavior of Value-at-Risk (VaR) for sums of one-sided random variables.
method Analyzes the extremal aggregation behavior of VaR, introduces structural conditions for super-additivity.
result Characterizes when VaR is fully super-additive and provides unified framework for various dependence structures.
We study a natural intrinsic definition of geometric simplices in Riemannian manifolds of arbitrary dimension , and exploit these simplices to obtain criteria for triangulating compact Riemannian manifolds. These geometric simplices are defined using Karcher means. Given a finite set of vertices in a convex set on t…
Principal circle bundle over a PL polyhedron can be triangulated and thus obtains combinatorics. The triangulation is assembled from triangulated circle bundles over simplices. To every triangulated circle bundle over a simplex we associate a necklace (in combinatorial sense). We express rational local formulas for all…
Paper studies weighted Fermat-Frechet problem for simplex edge lengths.
problem Finding optimal edge lengths for simplex deformations.
method Isometric embedding techniques for -Space.
result New variational method to solve weighted Fermat-Frechet problem.
Researchers correct earlier work on surgeries of Gieseking's hyperbolic simplex manifold.
problem Incorrectly identified Gieseking's manifold as orbifolds, leading to a conflict with known theorems.
method Revised and completed the analysis of Dehn surgeries on Gieseking's manifold, identifying them as cone manifolds.
result Corrected the understanding of Gieseking's manifold, identifying it as cone manifolds and derived new orbifold series.
Study shows asymptotic behavior of metric near singular points of a Monge-Ampère equation.
problem Analyzing singularities of a metric defined by a Monge-Ampère equation.
method Using the tropical Monge-Ampère equation and asymptotic analysis.
result The solution is not across singular points and asymptotic to the Gross-Wilson metric.
The paper sets sample complexity bounds for learning high-dimensional simplices in noisy data.
problem Learning high-dimensional simplices from noisy data.
method Sample compression techniques and Fourier-based method for noisy observations.
result Established sample complexity bounds for simplex learning in noisy regimes.
Log-Ratio Propagation on the Simplex: A Theory of Cellwise Contamination for Compositional Datastat.ML
A theory of cellwise contamination for compositional data using log-ratios.
problem Contamination in compositional data analysis.
method Develops a theory combining contamination model and propagation theorem.
result Reduction in cellwise breakdown value by for certain estimators.
Stochastic gradient Markov chain Monte Carlo (SGMCMC) has become a popular method for scalable Bayesian inference. These methods are based on sampling a discrete-time approximation to a continuous time process, such as the Langevin diffusion. When applied to distributions defined on a constrained space the time-discret…
Neural networks exhibit simplex symmetry in their final and penultimate layers.
problem Understanding the symmetry in neural network layers.
method Analytical and numerical studies of toy models and deep neural networks.
result Neural networks map data points from the same class to a single point in a high-dimensional space, forming a simplex.