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48 results for probabilistic spheres

ManifoldMind uses adaptive-curvature probabilistic spheres for trustworthy recommendations in semantic hierarchies.

problem Sparse and abstract recommendation domains where users explore diverse conceptual paths.
method Adaptive-curvature probabilistic spheres, soft multi-hop inference, and curvature-aware semantic kernel.
result Superior NDCG, calibration, and diversity compared to baselines on public benchmarks.

Probabilistic theory counts intersections in Riemannian spaces.

problem Counting intersections in Riemannian homogeneous spaces.
method Introduces probabilistic intersection ring HE(M)\mathrm{H}_{\mathbb E}(M), a graded commutative and associative real Banach algebra.
result Probabilistic intersection ring structure defined for spheres, real projective space, and complex projective space.

Dimensionality reduction on Riemannian manifolds is challenging due to the complex nonlinear data structures. While probabilistic principal geodesic analysis~(PPGA) has been proposed to generalize conventional principal component analysis (PCA) onto manifolds, its effectiveness is limited to data with a single modality…

2019-09-03abs ↗pdf ↗

Variational Auto-Encoder (VAE) has been widely applied as a fundamental generative model in machine learning. For complex samples like imagery objects or scenes, however, VAE suffers from the dimensional dilemma between reconstruction precision that needs high-dimensional latent codes and probabilistic inference that f…

2019-12-21abs ↗pdf ↗

A novel 3D shape registration method using spectral graph embedding and probabilistic matching.

problem Challenges in 3D shape analysis and registration, especially with large variability.
method Combining spectral graph matching with Laplacian embedding for large graphs, using commute-time embedding and PCA.
result A method to register shapes with different samplings and isometric deformations.

Uncertainty in economics still poses some fundamental problems illustrated, e.g., by the Allais and Ellsberg paradoxes. To overcome these difficulties, economists have introduced an interesting distinction between 'risk' and 'ambiguity' depending on the existence of a (classical Kolmogorovian) probabilistic structure m…

2011-05-09abs ↗pdf ↗

Extends probabilistic approach for Kahler-Einstein metrics on Fano manifolds.

problem Constructing Kahler-Einstein metrics on log Fano manifolds with non-discrete automorphism groups.
method Introduces Gibbs polystability and uses moment map constraint to break symmetry.
result Gibbs polystability conjectured to be equivalent to existence of Kahler-Einstein metric.

Probabilistic deep learning uses neural networks and models to handle uncertainty.

problem Handling uncertainty in deep learning models.
method Two approaches: probabilistic neural networks and deep probabilistic models.
result TensorFlow Probability library supports both approaches.

There is a widely-accepted need to revise current forms of health-care provision, with particular interest in sensing systems in the home. Given a multiple-modality sensor platform with heterogeneous network connectivity, as is under development in the Sensor Platform for HEalthcare in Residential Environment (SPHERE) …

2017-02-04abs ↗pdf ↗

We consider vector valued, unit variance Gaussian processes defined over stratified manifolds and the geometry of their excursion sets. In particular, we develop an explicit formula for the expectation of all the Lipschitz--Killing curvatures of these sets. Whereas our motivation is primarily probabilistic, with statis…

2006-12-20abs ↗pdf ↗

Recent discussion in the public sphere about algorithmic classification has involved tension between competing notions of what it means for a probabilistic classification to be fair to different groups. We formalize three fairness conditions that lie at the heart of these debates, and we prove that except in highly con…

2016-09-19abs ↗pdf ↗

We introduce the notion of a stochastic probabilistic program and present a reference implementation of a probabilistic programming facility supporting specification of stochastic probabilistic programs and inference in them. Stochastic probabilistic programs allow straightforward specification and efficient inference …

2020-01-08abs ↗pdf ↗

Unified framework for Brownian motion distances on specific geometric manifolds.

problem Understanding Brownian motion distances on radially isoparametric manifolds.
method Developed a geometric framework and derived drift-window inequalities.
result Unified framework for coadapted Brownian couplings on RIM.

Recent advances in statistical inference have significantly expanded the toolbox of probabilistic modeling. Historically, probabilistic modeling has been constrained to (i) very restricted model classes where exact or approximate probabilistic inference were feasible, and (ii) small or medium-sized data sets which fit …

2019-08-09abs ↗pdf ↗

We propose design guidelines for a probabilistic programming facility suitable for deployment as a part of a production software system. As a reference implementation, we introduce Infergo, a probabilistic programming facility for Go, a modern programming language of choice for server-side software development. We argu…

2019-06-20abs ↗pdf ↗

A new distribution addresses scalability and numerical stability issues of the vMF.

problem Scalability and numerical stability issues in sampling from the von Mises-Fisher (vMF) distribution.
method Proposes the Power Spherical distribution, retaining vMF's properties but addressing its drawbacks.
result Demonstrates the stability of Power Spherical distributions and applies it to a variational auto-encoder.

VJE learns latent representations without contrastive learning, providing probabilistic semantics.

problem Learning latent representations without contrastive signals.
method VJE maximizes a symmetric conditional evidence lower bound (ELBO) on paired encoder embeddings, using a Student-t distribution on a polar representation.
result VJE outperforms standard non-contrastive baselines in ImageNet-1K, CIFAR-10/100, and STL-10.

In a range of fields including the geosciences, molecular biology, robotics and computer vision, one encounters problems that involve random variables on manifolds. Currently, there is a lack of flexible probabilistic models on manifolds that are fast and easy to train. We define an extremely flexible class of exponent…

2015-05-17abs ↗pdf ↗

Probabilistic programming allows specification of probabilistic models in a declarative manner. Recently, several new software systems and languages for probabilistic programming have been developed on the basis of newly developed and improved methods for approximate inference in probabilistic models. In this contribut…

2013-06-02abs ↗pdf ↗

We present a new algorithm for approximate inference in probabilistic programs, based on a stochastic gradient for variational programs. This method is efficient without restrictions on the probabilistic program; it is particularly practical for distributions which are not analytically tractable, including highly struc…

2013-01-07abs ↗pdf ↗

We unify kernel density estimation\textit{kernel density estimation} and empirical Bayes\textit{empirical Bayes} and address a set of problems in unsupervised learning with a geometric interpretation of those methods, rooted in the concentration of measure\textit{concentration of measure} phenomenon. Kernel density is viewed symbolically as XYX\rightharpoonup Y where the rand…

2019-03-06abs ↗pdf ↗

Forward inference techniques such as sequential Monte Carlo and particle Markov chain Monte Carlo for probabilistic programming can be implemented in any programming language by creative use of standardized operating system functionality including processes, forking, mutexes, and shared memory. Exploiting this we have …

2014-03-03abs ↗pdf ↗

The paper extends calibration to sets of probabilistic classifiers, finding many ensembles are poorly calibrated.

problem Evaluating the validity of epistemic uncertainty in sets of probabilistic classifiers.
method Proposed a novel nonparametric calibration test for sets of probabilistic classifiers.
result Ensembles of deep neural networks are often not well calibrated.

D2PCCA integrates deep learning and probabilistic modeling for nonlinear dynamical systems.

problem Analyzing nonlinear dynamical systems with probabilistic understanding.
method Combines deep learning and probabilistic modeling, using KL annealing and normalizing flows.
result Captures latent dynamics in sequential datasets with improved convergence and flexibility.

PGBM creates probabilistic predictions efficiently.

problem Creating probabilistic predictions for large-scale data.
method Approximates leaf weights as random variables, learns moments via stochastic tree ensemble update equations.
result PGBM offers significant speedup and accuracy improvements over existing methods.

We develop a technique for generalising from data in which models are samplers represented as program text. We establish encouraging empirical results that suggest that Markov chain Monte Carlo probabilistic programming inference techniques coupled with higher-order probabilistic programming languages are now sufficien…

2014-07-09abs ↗pdf ↗

We introduce an approximate search algorithm for fast maximum a posteriori probability estimation in probabilistic programs, which we call Bayesian ascent Monte Carlo (BaMC). Probabilistic programs represent probabilistic models with varying number of mutually dependent finite, countable, and continuous random variable…

2015-04-26abs ↗pdf ↗

Probabilistic techniques are central to data analysis, but different approaches can be difficult to apply, combine, and compare. This paper introduces composable generative population models (CGPMs), a computational abstraction that extends directed graphical models and can be used to describe and compose a broad class…

2016-08-18abs ↗pdf ↗

Probabilistic programming is a powerful abstraction for statistical machine learning. Applying static analysis methods to probabilistic programs could serve to optimize the learning process, automatically verify properties of models, and improve the programming interface for users. This field of static analysis for pro…

2019-09-10abs ↗pdf ↗

Probabilistic modeling enables combining domain knowledge with learning from data, thereby supporting learning from fewer training instances than purely data-driven methods. However, learning probabilistic models is difficult and has not achieved the level of performance of methods such as deep neural networks on many …

2017-05-15abs ↗pdf ↗

This work offers a broad perspective on probabilistic modeling and inference in light of recent advances in probabilistic programming, in which models are formally expressed in Turing-complete programming languages. We consider a typical workflow and how probabilistic programming languages can help to automate this wor…

2018-10-02abs ↗pdf ↗

Proposes a method to reconcile count time series forecasts.

problem No formal framework for probabilistic reconciliation of count time series.
method Generalizes Bayes' rule for reconciling real-valued and count variables.
result Improves forecast accuracy for count variables compared to Gaussian reconciliation.