In this paper, we formulate a new local move on virtual knot diagram, called arc shift move. Further, we extend it to another local move called region arc shift defined on a region of a virtual knot diagram. We establish that these arc shift and region arc shift moves are unknotting operations by showing that any virtu…
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Study on unknotting twisted knots using arc shift and region arc shift moves.
problem Unknotting twisted knots and finding bounds for region arc shift number.
method Introduced arc shift move and region arc shift move for twisted knots.
result Found families of twisted knots with specific arc shift and region arc shift numbers.
Study detects concept shift in online data using martingales.
problem Detecting concept shift in online datasets.
method Exchangeable martingales and conformal prediction techniques.
result Decomposes concept shift into detectable components.
Paper proposes SJS model to estimate model performance under covariate and label shifts.
problem Estimating model performance when both covariates and labels shift.
method Sparse Joint Shift (SJS) model and SEES algorithm.
result SEES achieves significant shift estimation error improvements over existing approaches.
Extends FJS analysis to general label spaces, including classification and regression.
problem Distribution shift in general label spaces, including covariate and label shifts.
method Proposes a framework for analyzing FJS in general label spaces and generalizes existing results.
result Generalizes FJS analysis to general label spaces, including classification and regression.
Paper tackles high-dimensional quantile regression with distribution shift using transfer learning.
problem Efficiency of knowledge transfer is severely impacted by distribution shift in high-dimensional regression.
method Proposes a novel transferable set and framework for three types of distribution shift: parameter, covariate, and residual.
result Establishes estimation error bounds and source detection consistency for the proposed method.
Unified learning bound for covariate and concept shifts.
problem Generalization under distribution shift in machine learning.
method Support-agnostic definitions of covariate and concept shifts using entropic optimal transport, leading to a unified error bound applicable to various loss functions and label spaces.
result Development of estimators for shifts with concentration guarantees and the DataShifts algorithm for quantifying and estimating the error bound.
Proposes SGShift to identify shifted features causing model performance degradation under concept shift.
problem Concept shift leading to miscalibration in ML models across domains.
method SGShift method for identifying sparse set of shifted features using feature selection and statistical tools.
result SGShift identifies shifted features more accurately than baseline methods, requires few samples in the shifted domain, and is robust to complex cases.
New contact structures defined on differentiable stacks.
problem Defining contact structures on differentiable stacks.
method Introducing -shifted and -shifted contact structures.
result Shifted contact structures provide new insights into geometry.
Graphs models are vulnerable to distribution shifts, which this work explains and mitigates.
problem Graph Neural Networks (GNNs) are susceptible to distribution shift, leading to performance degradation.
method Theoretical analysis quantifying conditional shift, proposing an approach to estimate and minimize it.
result The proposed approach demonstrates up to 10% absolute ROC AUC improvement under various distribution shifts.
RLSbench benchmarks domain adaptation under label proportion shifts, revealing widespread failures and proposing a two-step meta-algorithm.
problem Domain adaptation under label proportion shifts is poorly understood and inconsistent across methods.
method RLSbench introduces a large-scale benchmark with 500 distribution shift pairs. It proposes a two-step meta-algorithm to improve domain adaptation methods under label proportion shifts.
result The two-step meta-algorithm improves domain adaptation methods by 2-10% accuracy points under large label proportion shifts.
Unified framework certifies predictor performance under distribution shift.
problem Certifying predictor performance under distribution shift.
method Unified framework with explicit inequalities, sound verification, and identifiable structure.
result Explicit upper bound on excess risk under shift.
Paper tackles backwards-compatible data adaptation for confounded covariate and label shifts.
problem Adapt covariates to predict labels confounded with covariate shifts.
method Proposes confounded shift framework based on minimizing divergence between source and target conditional distributions, conditioning on confounders.
result Demonstrates approach on synthetic and real datasets, achieving backwards-compatible data adaptation.
A method to remove mean-shift noise from PCA using knockoffs.
problem High sensitivity of PCA to mean-shift contamination in high-dimensional data.
method Introducing knockoff mean-shift perturbation to separate and remove mean-shift components from PCA.
result The mean-shift spikes are spectrally separable from stable eigenvalues, allowing for robust PCA.
Compressive Shift Retrievaleess.SY
The classical shift retrieval problem considers two signals in vector form that are related by a shift. The problem is of great importance in many applications and is typically solved by maximizing the cross-correlation between the two signals. Inspired by compressive sensing, in this paper, we seek to estimate the shi…
Combines adversarial and interventional robustness for machine learning models.
problem Designing robust models for distribution shifts in machine learning.
method RISe formulation using distributionally robust optimization.
result Demonstrates efficacy of RISe approach with synthetic and real-world datasets.
This research examines how model explanations change under distribution shifts in tabular data.
problem Detecting distribution shifts in tabular data affecting model performance and explanations.
method Investigates the relationship between model performance and explanation characteristics under distribution shifts.
result Explanation shifts are a better indicator for detecting predictive performance changes than traditional distribution shift techniques.
The paper explores new algebraic structures and morphisms in graded settings.
problem Understanding new algebraic structures and morphisms in graded settings.
method Introducing and analyzing -, -, and -algebras, and thick morphisms in a -graded context.
result Shifted -thick morphisms induce -morphisms of shifted -structures.
In this paper, we study how the mean shift algorithm can be used to denoise a dataset. We introduce a new framework to analyze the mean shift algorithm as a denoising approach by viewing the algorithm as an operator on a distribution function. We investigate how the mean shift algorithm changes the distribution and sho…
Method identifies shifts leading to large model performance differences.
problem Detecting shifts in distribution that affect model performance.
method Parametric changes in causal mechanisms define robustness sets; worst-case optimization problem approximated as non-convex quadratic.
result Second-order approximation of worst-case loss for small shifts, leading to efficient algorithms.
Paper tackles efficient risk estimation under dataset shift conditions.
problem Limited data from target population; auxiliary data available.
method Semiparametric efficiency theory; efficient and multiply robust estimators.
result Developed estimators for various dataset shift conditions.
FSL-Net detects and localizes feature shifts in large, high-dimensional datasets.
problem Feature shifts between data sources lead to erroneous features in various applications.
method FSL-Net is a neural network trained on multiple datasets to localize feature shifts.
result FSL-Net accurately localizes feature shifts from unseen datasets without re-training.
DetectShift framework detects and quantifies dataset shifts in various data types.
problem Frequent dataset shifts decrease supervised learning performance.
method DetectShift framework quantifies and tests for multiple dataset shifts in various data types.
result DetectShift framework effectively detects dataset shifts even in higher dimensions.
Corrects distribution shift in target shift scenarios using importance weighting.
problem Analyzes importance weighting for correcting distribution shift under target shift.
method Analyzed importance-weighted kernel ridge regression under target shift.
result Shows that importance weighting corrects the train-test mismatch without altering input-space complexity.
Shifts are not type-preserving on surface graphs.
problem Understanding the type-preserving property of shift maps on surface graphs.
method Analyzing Dehn twists and shift maps on arc, curve, and relative arc graphs of surfaces.
result Shift maps are not type-preserving on surfaces with isolated punctures.
New approach models how explanations shift with distribution changes.
problem Model performance drops with changing input data distributions.
method Models explanation shifts and compares them to state-of-the-art techniques.
result Modeling explanation shifts better detects out-of-distribution behavior.
The mean-shift algorithm is a popular algorithm in computer vision and image processing. It can also be cast as a minimum gamma-divergence estimation. In this paper we focus on the "blurring" mean shift algorithm, which is one version of the mean-shift process that successively blurs the dataset. The analysis of the bl…
The paper classifies virtual links using the arc shift operation.
problem Classifying \( n \)-component virtual links up to arc shift equivalence.
method Established the arc shift operation as an unknotting tool for \( n \)-homogeneous proper virtual links, explored its connection to the odd writhe, and identified sequences with specific arc shift bounds.
result Identified sequences of virtual link diagrams \( L_n \) with an upper bound of arc shift number equal to \( n \).
Analysis of ridge regression under concept shift reveals nontrivial effects on generalization performance.
problem Understanding and mitigating the impact of distribution shift in machine learning models.
method Derivation of exact prediction risk expression in the thermodynamic limit for ridge regression under concept shift.
result Reveals a phase transition and nonmonotonic data dependence of test performance under concept shift.
Detects domain shifts in datasets using interpretable feature subspaces.
problem Detecting subtle differences in dataset probability distributions.
method Localised density anomaly detection in high-dimensional feature spaces.
result Extracts interpretable feature subspaces for domain shifts.
A new policy for contextual bandits adapts to reward vector shifts.
problem Learning under reward vector shifts with ordered rewards.
method Adaptive-discretization and optimistic elimination policy.
result Established upper bounds on preference-based regret.
New insights into how high-dimensional models handle covariate shifts.
problem Covariate shift in high-dimensional random feature regression.
method Exact high-dimensional asymptotics of random feature regression under covariate shift.
result Overparameterized models exhibit enhanced robustness to covariate shift.
This work uses adversarial learning to detect and correct feature shifts in various datasets.
problem Detecting and correcting feature shifts in real-world datasets.
method Adversarial learning applied to multiple discriminators to detect and correct feature shifts.
result Mainstream classifiers can effectively localize and correct feature shifts, outperforming existing techniques.
New method reduces label and data shifts between domains using optimal transport.
problem Label shift between source and target domains in domain adaptation.
method Developed theory and LDROT method to mitigate label and data shifts.
result Theoretical and experimental validation of LDROT's effectiveness.
Paper tackles robust classification under class-dependent domain shift.
problem Class-dependent domain shift in machine learning.
method Defined a simple optimization problem with an information theoretic constraint and solved it using neural networks.
result Demonstrated that the proposed method can learn robust classifiers that generalize well to unseen domains.
This work evaluates graph models' robustness to structural distributional shifts.
problem Evaluating graph models' robustness to structural distributional shifts.
method Proposes a general approach for inducing diverse distributional shifts based on graph structure.
result Simple models often outperform more sophisticated methods on structural distributional shifts.
STAD adapts models to evolving time-based data shifts.
problem Gradual distribution shifts over time challenge existing test-time adaptation methods.
method Bayesian filtering method that learns time-varying dynamics in hidden features.
result STAD excels in handling small batch sizes and label shift on real-world data.
FJS method improves multinomial classification accuracy.
problem Improving multinomial classification accuracy under dataset shift.
method Derive FJS representation and propose alternative methods.
result Factorizable joint shift is not fully identifiable without additional assumptions.
Paper proposes a framework to detect distribution shifts using embedding space geometry.
problem Detecting distribution shifts in candidate datasets to improve model generalizability.
method Non-parametric framework using embedding space geometry for two tests: robustness boundary and in-distribution/out-of-distribution classification.
result Both tests successfully detect distribution shifts in various scenarios for both synthetic and real-world datasets.
A feature-weighted mean shift algorithm improves clustering in high-dimensional data.
problem Clustering high-dimensional data with traditional mean shift algorithms.
method Feature-weighted mean shift algorithm.
result The algorithm outperforms conventional mean shift and preserves computational simplicity.
BREEDS benchmarks assess model robustness to subpopulation shifts.
problem Measuring model robustness to novel subpopulation shifts.
method Controlled synthesis of realistic distribution shifts using class structure.
result Validated model sensitivity and effectiveness of robustness interventions.
Study shows current image classification models lack robustness to real-world dataset shifts.
problem Robustness of current image classification models to natural distribution shifts in real datasets.
method Evaluation of 204 ImageNet models in 213 different test conditions.
result Little to no transfer of robustness from synthetic to natural distribution shifts.
New CPS model tackles conditional probability shift in machine learning.
problem Discrepancy between source and target distributions in machine learning.
method Conditional Probability Shift Model (CPSM) using multinomial regression and EM algorithm.
result Superior balanced classification accuracy on target data compared to existing methods.
New perspective on distribution shift helps make learning easier.
problem Learning with different training and target distributions.
method Formalizing and exploring Positive Distribution Shift (PDS).
result Distribution shift can be positive, making learning easier.
New framework identifies worst-case shifts for predictive resource allocation models.
problem Identifying harmful shifts in predictive models for resource allocation.
method Hierarchical model structure and submodular optimization for worst-case loss.
result Empirical evidence shows divergent worst-case shifts identified by different metrics.
Develops estimators for near-optimal linear regression under distribution shift.
problem Linear regression under distribution shift with scarce target domain data.
method Minimax linear risk estimators covering various transfer learning settings.
result Achieves near-optimal risk for linear regression problems under distribution shift.
Detects harmful shifts without labels for model performance.
problem Detecting distribution shifts without access to labels.
method Uses a proxy derived from predictions of an error estimator.
result High power and false alarm control under various shifts.
Adapts to shifts in latent subgroup distributions without labeled target data.
problem Adapting to domain shifts when latent subgroup distributions differ.
method Uses concept and proxy variables from source domain, and unlabeled target data.
result Optimal target predictor can be identified and estimated.