A new resampling strategy, Importance Resampling, improves sample efficiency and reduces variance in off-policy prediction.
problem High variance updates in importance sampling for off-policy prediction.
method Importance Resampling (IR) resamples experience from a replay buffer and applies standard on-policy updates, avoiding importance sampling ratios.
result Importance Resampling (IR) shows improved sample efficiency and lower variance updates compared to other methods.
Paper presents a more accurate method for nonparametric density estimation using FMMPL and SIR.
problem Improving nonparametric density estimation for complex datasets.
method Finite mixture model of nonparametric density estimation using sampling importance resampling.
result FMMPL provides more accurate results with less space complexity.
DAIS improves AIS by resampling, avoiding gradient issues.
problem Low effective sample size in DAIS.
method DAIS with resampling step to improve efficiency.
result Resampling step avoids gradient variance issues.
Proposes a method combining CNFs and rejection-resampling for sampling from unnormalized densities.
problem Sampling from unnormalized probability densities, especially multimodal ones.
method Combines continuous normalizing flows with rejection-resampling steps based on importance weights.
result The method improves sampling accuracy and performance compared to state-of-the-art methods.
The estimation of normalizing constants is a fundamental step in probabilistic model comparison. Sequential Monte Carlo methods may be used for this task and have the advantage of being inherently parallelizable. However, the standard choice of using a fixed number of particles at each iteration is suboptimal because s…
Particle Markov chain Monte Carlo techniques rank among current state-of-the-art methods for probabilistic program inference. A drawback of these techniques is that they rely on importance resampling, which results in degenerate particle trajectories and a low effective sample size for variables sampled early in a prog…
BR-SNIS reduces bias in self-normalized IS without increasing variance.
problem Bias in self-normalized IS.
method Iterated sampling-importance resampling (ISIR) to form a bias-reduced estimator.
result Significant reduction in bias without increasing variance.
This chapter reviews ML resampling methods for cybersecurity.
problem Estimating ML performance in cybersecurity.
method Resampling techniques for error rate and AUC estimation.
result Established a theoretical framework for ML resampling methods.
Survival models predict component failures using neural networks and resampled data.
problem Accurately predicting component failure times for maintenance planning.
method Neural network-based survival models trained on non-independent, homogeneously sampled data.
result Random resampling during training reduces dataset size and improves efficiency.
Multi-sample, importance-weighted variational autoencoders (IWAE) give tighter bounds and more accurate uncertainty estimates than variational autoencoders (VAE) trained with a standard single-sample objective. However, IWAEs scale poorly: as the latent dimensionality grows, they require exponentially many samples to r…
Imputation method respects manifold structure for missing data.
problem Missing data imputation in high-dimensional data.
method Model-based imputation using mixture variational autoencoders and sampling-importance-resampling (SIR).
result Competitive performance and uncertainty quantification in imputations.
The paper uses Bayesian methods to infer hidden processes with unknown parameters.
problem Estimating hidden processes from noisy observations with unknown parameters.
method Variational Bayesian inference with autoregressive moving average (ARMA) and vector autoregressive (VAR) models, combined with sequential Monte Carlo (SMC) and importance sampling resampling (SISR).
result The proposed inference method accurately estimates hidden states from non-linear noisy observations.
Purpose: Malicious web domain identification is of significant importance to the security protection of Internet users. With online credibility and performance data, this paper aims to investigate the use of machine learning tech-niques for malicious web domain identification by considering the class imbalance issue (i…
A key limitation of sampling algorithms for approximate inference is that it is difficult to quantify their approximation error. Widely used sampling schemes, such as sequential importance sampling with resampling and Metropolis-Hastings, produce output samples drawn from a distribution that may be far from the target …
This paper addresses GE estimation in non-standard settings using various resampling methods.
problem Biased GE estimates in non-standard settings like clustered data and concept drift.
method Tailored resampling methods for clustered, spatial, unequal sampling, concept drift, and hierarchically structured outcomes.
result Standard resampling methods often yield biased GE estimates in non-standard settings.
We propose a sample-efficient alternative for importance weighting for situations where one only has sample access to the probability distribution that generates the observations. Our new method, called Geometric Resampling (GR), is described and analyzed in the context of online combinatorial optimization under semi-b…
Bayesian methods and their implementations by means of sophisticated Monte Carlo techniques have become very popular in signal processing over the last years. Importance Sampling (IS) is a well-known Monte Carlo technique that approximates integrals involving a posterior distribution by means of weighted samples. In th…
A new algorithm speeds up rerandomization for better experiment balance.
problem Achieving optimal covariate balance in randomized experiments.
method Metropolis-Hastings framework with sampling-importance resampling.
result PSRSRR achieves significant speedups while maintaining statistical guarantees.
This paper addresses the problem of filtering with a state-space model. Standard approaches for filtering assume that a probabilistic model for observations (i.e. the observation model) is given explicitly or at least parametrically. We consider a setting where this assumption is not satisfied; we assume that the knowl…
Differentiable resampling improves particle filter performance.
problem Non-differentiability of traditional resampling in particle filters.
method Introduced a neural network resampler (particle transformer) trained with a likelihood-based loss function.
result Learned resampling outperforms traditional methods on synthetic and real-world tasks.
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.
A new method for imbalanced binary classification without resampling.
problem Imbalanced binary classification tasks where majority class under-representation leads to information loss.
method Layered learning approach with two stages: clustering and classification.
result The method outperforms state-of-the-art methods in 100 benchmark data sets.
Adaptive sampling method improves efficiency in complex target distributions.
problem Efficiency of importance sampling in complex target distributions, especially multimodal distributions in high-dimensional spaces.
method Proposes an adaptive scheme combining global sampling with delayed weighting to promote efficient exploration of target distributions.
result The proposed algorithm is geometrically convergent under mild assumptions and demonstrates improved efficiency in various numerical experiments.
A training-free method for conditional sampling using flow matching.
problem Weight degeneracy in high-dimensional importance sampling.
method Sequential Monte Carlo with resampling and stochastic flow.
result Significantly outperforms existing methods on MNIST and CIFAR-10.
This work proves convergence of adaptive resampling for random Fourier features.
problem Sampling Fourier frequencies well for high-dimensional data.
method Data adaptive resampling of Fourier frequencies, asymptotically optimal.
result Proves convergence of adaptive resampling method for regression and classification problems.
Improved particle pricing methods for path-dependent options.
problem Efficient simulation of spot price and volatility for path-dependent options.
method Sequential Monte Carlo with branching and resampling.
result Branching algorithms improve pricing performance for path-dependent options.
OTSL improves structure learning accuracy with out-of-sample and resampling strategies.
problem Determining optimal hyperparameters for structure learning algorithms.
method Out-of-sample Tuning for Structure Learning (OTSL) using resampling strategies.
result Improves graphical accuracy of structure learning algorithms.
Regularization is an important component of predictive model building. The hybrid bootstrap is a regularization technique that functions similarly to dropout except that features are resampled from other training points rather than replaced with zeros. We show that the hybrid bootstrap offers superior performance to dr…
Improved particle filters for estimating model parameters using differentiable resampling.
problem Inability to differentiate sampling and resampling steps in particle filters.
method Extended reparameterisation trick to include stochastic input, enabling differentiation. Used p-MCMC and NUTS for parameter estimation.
result NUTS improves mixing of Markov chain and produces more accurate results in less time.
GANs generate samples from time series data.
problem Resampling dependent time series data.
method Generative Adversarial Networks (GANs) for time series resampling.
result GANs can outperform traditional bootstrapping methods in time series resampling.
An approximate method for conducting resampling in Lasso, the ℓ1 penalized linear regression, in a semi-analytic manner is developed, whereby the average over the resampled datasets is directly computed without repeated numerical sampling, thus enabling an inference free of the statistical fluctuations due to sam…
Develops inference combinators for probabilistic programs using neural networks.
problem Creating efficient proposals for probabilistic program inference.
method Inference combinators using neural network parameterization of proposals.
result Correct by construction variational methods tailored to specific models.
Study compares resampling methods for rare event prediction in longitudinal studies.
problem Predicting rare events in longitudinal follow-up studies.
method Comparison of resampling methods to improve standard regression models.
result Effect of sampling rate on model predictive performance.
Study shows resampling can drastically alter PCA results.
problem Stability and sensitivity of PCA under data resampling.
method Analyzed resampling sensitivity of high-dimensional PCA.
result PCA's principal components become asymptotically orthogonal when resampling is significant.
Enhanced Sampling Scheme improves masked generative modeling.
problem Limitations of existing sampling schemes in masked non-autoregressive generative modeling.
method ESS consists of three stages: Naive Iterative Decoding, Critical Reverse Sampling, and Critical Resampling.
result ESS achieves significant performance gains in unconditional and class-conditional sampling.
Study shows resampling labels improves classifier performance in noisy data.
problem Balancing sample size vs label reliability in noisy data.
method Comparing different validation strategies and analyzing MNIST database with varying noise levels.
result Classifier performance declines with high incorrect labels, highlighting the importance of resampling.
This paper investigates bias in resampled backtests for financial portfolios, finding it often negligible.
problem Bias in resampled backtests for financial portfolio evaluation.
method Investigation of bias in rolling-window mean-variance portfolios using resampling techniques.
result The bias in Sharpe Ratio estimates from IID resampling is often a fraction of estimation noise, making it tolerable.
Active Federated Learning selects clients to maximize efficiency.
problem Minimizing bandwidth usage and maximizing model accuracy in federated learning.
method Clients are selected with a probability conditioned on the current model and client data to maximize efficiency.
result Reduces the number of required training iterations by 20-70% while maintaining the same model accuracy.
VPR improves posterior uncertainty quantification by combining VI and predictive resampling.
problem Inaccurate posterior sampling with MCMC due to computational constraints.
method Variational predictive resampling (VPR) that uses VI's predictive strength and imputes future observations.
result VPR converges to the exact Bayesian posterior in a Gaussian location model and improves uncertainty quantification.
A new method estimates time-varying parameters in earth system models using offline and online data assimilation.
problem Estimating time-varying parameters in complex earth system models.
method Hybrid Offline Online Parameter Estimation with Particle Filtering (HOOPE-PF)
result HOOPE-PF outperforms existing methods, especially with small ensemble sizes.
HAIS improves importance sampling in high dimensions using HMC.
problem Improving importance sampling in high-dimensional problems.
method Two-step adaptive process with parallel HMC chains.
result Significant performance improvement in high-dimensional problems.
Simulation studies show resampling methods can be reliable for causal graph confidence.
problem Determining when causal discovery results can be trusted in real-world settings.
method Evaluation of subsampling and sampling with replacement methods.
result Subsampling and sampling with replacement performed well in indicating graph feature confidence.
Cheap methods improve uncertainty in SGD solutions.
problem Uncertainty quantification in SGD solutions.
method Two resampling-based methods: parallel resampling with replacement and online resampling.
result Significantly reduced computation effort in constructing confidence intervals.
Proposes a resampling method to compare uplift models with uncertainty.
problem Uncertainty in estimating uplift curves when full population data is unavailable.
method Two-step sampling procedure and resampling-based approach.
result Validates the proposed method through simulations and real data applications.
Many machine learning models have important structural tuning parameters that cannot be directly estimated from the data. The common tactic for setting these parameters is to use resampling methods, such as cross--validation or the bootstrap, to evaluate a candidate set of values and choose the best based on some pre--…
This review explores resampling techniques for imbalanced binary classification.
problem Imbalanced classes lead to poor prediction results in classification.
method Classical, cost-sensitive, and Neyman-Pearson paradigms with resampling techniques and classification methods.
result Complex dynamics among resampling techniques, base methods, metrics, and imbalance ratios.
Confidence measures for the generalization error are crucial when small training samples are used to construct classifiers. A common approach is to estimate the generalization error by resampling and then assume the resampled estimator follows a known distribution to form a confidence set [Kohavi 1995, Martin 1996,Yang…
A new method for sampling on manifolds reduces density estimation errors.
problem Sampling on implicitly defined manifolds in various applications.
method Polynomial-Maximization Moment (PMM) estimator replacing local k-nearest-neighbour density estimate.
result Reduces density estimation errors by 22--36% on asymmetric gamma and boundary-spacing regimes.