Iteratively reweighted algorithm is a popular algorithm for solving a large class of optimization problems whose objective is the sum of a Lipschitz differentiable loss function and a possibly nonconvex sparsity inducing regularizer. In this paper, motivated by the success of extrapolation techniques in accele…
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Unified framework for accelerating DNNs on resource-limited platforms.
problem Accelerating DNN execution on resource-limited platforms.
method Block-based pruning framework with reweighted regularization.
result First universal framework for both CNNs and RNNs with real-time acceleration and no accuracy compromise.
Sparse Identification of Nonlinear Dynamical Systems via Reweighted -regularized Least Squaresstat.ML
Method improves SINDy for noisy nonlinear systems.
problem Recover nonlinear dynamical systems from noisy data.
method Reweighted -regularized least squares.
result Improved accuracy and robustness in noisy conditions.
The paper improves sample reweighting methods for adapting to covariate shifts.
problem Improving accuracy in reproducing kernel Hilbert spaces when data distributions differ.
method Combining known error bounds for reweighted kernel regression in RKHS to show reduced sample size needed for accuracy.
result Under weak smoothness conditions, fewer samples are needed for the same accuracy as standard supervised learning.
Adaptive dropout and regularization are shown to be dual in linear networks.
problem Sparsifying deep neural networks.
method Examining dropout in the linear case, revealing a duality with regularization.
result Adaptive dropout methods lead to sparse solutions with effective penalties similar to classical sparse optimization penalties.
Deep neural networks have been shown to be very powerful modeling tools for many supervised learning tasks involving complex input patterns. However, they can also easily overfit to training set biases and label noises. In addition to various regularizers, example reweighting algorithms are popular solutions to these p…
Iterative Reweighted Minimization Methods for Regularized Unconstrained Nonlinear Programmingmath.OC
In this paper we study general regularized unconstrained minimization problems. In particular, we derive lower bounds for nonzero entries of first- and second-order stationary points, and hence also of local minimizers of the minimization problems. We extend some existing iterative reweighted (IRL1) a…
Study statistical guarantees for DRO with OT and OT-regularized divergences.
problem Enhancing adversarial robustness in machine learning models.
method Derive concentration inequalities for supervised learning via DRO-based adversarial training.
result First to cover soft-constraint costs and reweighting mechanisms in adversarial training.
Rank minimization (RM) is a wildly investigated task of finding solutions by exploiting low-rank structure of parameter matrices. Recently, solving RM problem by leveraging non-convex relaxations has received significant attention. It has been demonstrated by some theoretical and experimental work that non-convex relax…
A new method improves adversarial robustness by optimizing importance weights.
problem Adversarial training's non-uniform robustness across different data points.
method Doubly-robust instance reweighted adversarial training using distributionally robust optimization.
result Improves robustness against attacks on the weakest data points.
Iterative Reweighted Algorithms for Sparse Signal Recovery with Temporally Correlated Source Vectorsstat.ML
Iterative reweighted algorithms, as a class of algorithms for sparse signal recovery, have been found to have better performance than their non-reweighted counterparts. However, for solving the problem of multiple measurement vectors (MMVs), all the existing reweighted algorithms do not account for temporal correlation…
Improved GAN training stability through clipping and reweighting.
problem Inconsistent GAN training leading to inferior performance.
method Proposes a variational GAN framework with probability ratio clipping and sample reweighting.
result Significantly improved performance across various GAN tasks.
This paper investigates tradeoffs among optimization errors, statistical rates of convergence and the effect of heavy-tailed errors for high-dimensional robust regression with nonconvex regularization. When the additive errors in linear models have only bounded second moment, we show that iteratively reweighted $\ell_1…
In this paper we study general Schatten- quasi-norm (SPQN) regularized matrix minimization problems. In particular, we first introduce a class of first-order stationary points for them, and show that the first-order stationary points introduced in [11] for an SPQN regularized minimization problem are equiva…
Improved fine-tuning with regularization and robustness for noisy labels.
problem Fine-tuning pre-trained models on small datasets can lead to overfitting and memorization.
method PAC-Bayes generalization bound analysis, layer-wise regularization, self-label-correction, label-reweighting.
result Improves performance by 1.76% on average for image classification tasks and 0.75% for few-shot classification.
A method removes treatment-covariate dependence for counterfactual prediction without adversarial training.
problem Counterfactual prediction under assignment bias.
method Information-theoretic approach learning a stochastic representation Z to minimize mutual information with outcomes.
result The method performs favorably in likelihood, counterfactual error, and policy evaluation compared to adversarial baselines.
Recent work shows GRW approaches do not improve over ERM in distributional shift.
problem Improving robustness to distributional shift in machine learning models.
method Generalized Reweighting (GRW) algorithms, which iteratively update model parameters based on reweighting of training samples.
result GRW approaches do not significantly improve over ERM in real applications with distribution shift.
This paper develops a novel deep recurrent neural network for sequential signal reconstruction.
problem Sequential signal reconstruction from low-dimensional measurements.
method Unfolding a reweighted - minimization algorithm to design a deep recurrent neural network.
result The proposed reweighted-RNN significantly outperforms existing RNN models in sequential frame reconstruction.
Improved matching for multiple objects using a novel reweighting method.
problem Current multi-object matching methods have limitations and are not robust.
method Proposes a novel iterative reweighting strategy using the graph connection Laplacian.
result Demonstrates superior performance over state-of-the-art methods.
Paper proves IRLS converges to subspace from any start, with practical benefits.
problem Robust subspace estimation in machine learning.
method Iteratively Reweighted Least Squares (IRLS) with dynamic smoothing regularization.
result IRLS converges linearly to the underlying subspace from any initialization under deterministic conditions.
Reweighted l1-algorithms have attracted a lot of attention in the field of applied mathematics. A unified framework of such algorithms has been recently proposed by Zhao and Li. In this paper we construct a few new examples of reweighted l1-methods. These functions are certain concave approximations of the l0-norm func…
Proposes a new method to improve regression models with reweighted samples.
problem Improves regression models' performance under low sample sizes and covariate perturbations.
method Reparametrizes sample weights using a doubly non-negative matrix and solves the reweighted estimate efficiently.
result Adversarial reweighting strategy delivers promising results on various datasets.
Improved learning to reweight using deep interactions between student and teacher models.
problem Limitation of existing learning to reweight methods in utilizing student model's internal states.
method Proposes an algorithm that uses the student model's internal states to the teacher model, which returns adaptive weights to enhance student model training.
result Significant improvement over previous methods in image classification and neural machine translation experiments.
Defending Collaborative Filtering Recommenders via Adversarial Robustness Based Edge Reweightingcs.LG
Defense against user shilling attacks in collaborative filtering using edge reweighting.
problem Vulnerability of collaborative filtering to profile injection attacks.
method Adversarial robustness based edge reweighting to attenuate non-robust edges.
result Effective defense against various types of attacks demonstrated through experiments.
We analyze a reweighted version of the Kikuchi approximation for estimating the log partition function of a product distribution defined over a region graph. We establish sufficient conditions for the concavity of our reweighted objective function in terms of weight assignments in the Kikuchi expansion, and show that a…
CurveRL optimizes large model reasoning by reweighting prompts based on their rank and density.
problem Improving large language model reasoning through context reweighting.
method Formulated prompt reweighting as a functional derivative, proposing CurveRL based on quantile coordinate transform.
result CurveRL consistently outperforms existing methods across multiple benchmarks.
Unified analysis of reweighted least-squares algorithms for linear models.
problem Recovering unknown signals from linear measurements using reweighted least squares.
method Unified asymptotic analysis of IRLS, lin-RFM, and alternating minimization algorithms.
result The algorithms can achieve favorable performance in a few iterations with appropriate reweighting.
Federated learning has a variety of applications in multiple domains by utilizing private training data stored on different devices. However, the aggregation process in federated learning is highly vulnerable to adversarial attacks so that the global model may behave abnormally under attacks. To tackle this challenge, …
New reweighted losses improve diffusion model training and image quality.
problem Training and improving diffusion models for image generation.
method Constructing a cascade of time-dependent variational lower bounds.
result Significant improvements in pixel-space image modeling quality.
Domain adaptation provides a powerful set of model training techniques given domain-specific training data and supplemental data with unknown relevance. The techniques are useful when users need to develop models with data from varying sources, of varying quality, or from different time ranges. We build CrossTrainer, a…
Reweighting improves GAN accuracy without sacrificing statistical power.
problem Improving the fidelity of generative models.
method Post-hoc reweighting function applied to generated examples.
result Weighted GAN examples significantly improve accuracy.
New algorithm improves online binary classification with constant time complexity.
problem Online binary classification with rebalancing.
method Non-iteratively reweighted recursive least-squares.
result Exacts converges to batch formulation and outperforms existing algorithms.
Recently, the paradigm of unfolding iterative algorithms into finite-length feed-forward neural networks has achieved a great success in the area of sparse recovery. Benefit from available training data, the learned networks have achieved state-of-the-art performance in respect of both speed and accuracy. However, the …
Optimally tackles covariate shift in RKHS-based nonparametric regression.
problem Covariate shift in nonparametric regression over RKHS.
method Two families of covariate shift problems defined using likelihood ratios. Minimax rate-optimal estimators for KRR and reweighted KRR.
result KRR is minimax rate-optimal and strictly sub-optimal compared to naive estimator under covariate shift.
Resampling outperforms reweighting for correcting biased data in machine learning models.
problem Correcting sampling bias in machine learning models trained on biased data sets.
method Compared resampling and reweighting techniques, focusing on their performance with stochastic gradient algorithms.
result Resampling outperforms reweighting when combined with stochastic gradient algorithms.
Toy model study shows resampling/reweighting can improve feature learning in imbalanced classification.
problem Improving feature learning in imbalanced classification problems.
method High-dimensional toy model with replica method, class-wise resampling/reweighting, and simplified model.
result No resampling/reweighting can sometimes give best feature learning performance.
Reweighting with Boosted Decision Treesphysics.data-an
Machine learning tools are commonly used in modern high energy physics (HEP) experiments. Different models, such as boosted decision trees (BDT) and artificial neural networks (ANN), are widely used in analyses and even in the software triggers. In most cases, these are classification models used to select the "signal"…
Proposes a new robust expectile regression method for high-dimensional data.
problem Heterogeneity in high-dimensional data with heteroscedastic variance or inhomogeneous covariate effects.
method Iteratively reweighted ℓ1-penalization for robust expectile regression (retire).
result Oracle convergence rate after log(log d) iterations in high-dimensional settings.
Precise scientific analysis in collider-based particle physics is possible because of complex simulations that connect fundamental theories to observable quantities. The significant computational cost of these programs limits the scope, precision, and accuracy of Standard Model measurements and searches for new phenome…
Using the -norm to regularize the estimation of the parameter vector of a linear model leads to an unstable estimator when covariates are highly correlated. In this paper, we introduce a new penalty function which takes into account the correlation of the design matrix to stabilize the estimation. This norm, ca…
Smoothed Low Rank and Sparse Matrix Recovery by Iteratively Reweighted Least Squares Minimizationcs.LG
This work presents a general framework for solving the low rank and/or sparse matrix minimization problems, which may involve multiple non-smooth terms. The Iteratively Reweighted Least Squares (IRLS) method is a fast solver, which smooths the objective function and minimizes it by alternately updating the variables an…
Algorithm samples polygons of fixed edge lengths in any dimension.
problem Sampling random closed polygons with fixed edge lengths in any dimension.
method Weighted edge vectors on unit sphere, Möbius transformation, reweighting factors.
result Algorithm samples polygons according to standard probability measures efficiently.
Principal component analysis (PCA) is often used to reduce the dimension of data by selecting a few orthonormal vectors that explain most of the variance structure of the data. L1 PCA uses the L1 norm to measure error, whereas the conventional PCA uses the L2 norm. For the L1 PCA problem minimizing the fitting error of…
A bilevel optimization method for reweighting data leads to suboptimal results.
problem Reweighting data for better model performance on a different distribution.
method Formalizes data reweighting as a bilevel optimization problem and analyzes the limitations of classical solvers.
result The final data weights are often very sparse, indicating suboptimal solutions.
Optimizes sample reweighting to match laws under covariate shift using Wasserstein distance.
problem Matching laws of samples with different distributions under covariate shift.
method Minimizes Wasserstein distance between empirical measures of samples using Nearest Neighbors weights.
result Consistent reweighting leads to asymptotic convergence of empirical measures.
Q-MMR evaluates policies using reweighted rewards and moment matching.
problem Off-policy evaluation in finite-horizon MDPs.
method Q-MMR learns scalar weights for data points via a moment matching objective against a value-function discriminator class.
result Data-dependent finite-sample guarantee with a dimension-free error bound.
Method reweights instances and classes to improve robustness in noisy data.
problem Improving deep learning performance in the presence of label noise.
method Formulates constrained optimization problems to assign importance weights to instances and class labels.
result Significant performance gains observed in benchmark datasets with label noise.
ARL improves fairness without protected features, showing AUC improvements for worst-case groups.
problem Training fairness in ML without known protected features.
method Adversarially Reweighted Learning (ARL) using non-protected features and task labels.
result ARL improves Rawlsian Max-Min fairness with notable AUC improvements for worst-case groups.