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48 results for simple linear regression

The neural linear model is a simple adaptive Bayesian linear regression method that has recently been used in a number of problems ranging from Bayesian optimization to reinforcement learning. Despite its apparent successes in these settings, to the best of our knowledge there has been no systematic exploration of its …

2019-12-18abs ↗pdf ↗

Differential privacy for simple linear regression protects small datasets from individual data leaks.

problem Protecting sensitive personal information in small datasets from individual data leaks.
method Differential privacy algorithms for simple linear regression tailored for small datasets (tens to hundreds of datapoints).
result Robust estimators like Theil-Sen perform well on small datasets, but standard algorithms improve as dataset size increases.

Robust learning mixtures of linear regressions improve robustness.

problem Improving robustness in learning mixtures of linear regressions.
method Connecting mixtures of linear regressions and mixtures of Gaussians with thresholding for a quasi-polynomial time algorithm.
result The algorithm has significantly better robustness than previous results.

We detail distributed algorithms for scalable, secure multiparty linear regression and feature selection at essentially the same speed as plaintext regression. While the core geometric ideas are simple, the recognition of their broad utility when combined is novel. Our scheme opens the door to efficient and secure geno…

2019-01-28abs ↗pdf ↗

Paper presents a machine learning method to improve significance tests for misspecified linear models.

problem Misspecification of linear assumptions in social science models leads to inaccurate significance levels.
method Apply machine learning to fit ground truth function, calculate linear approximation, and adjust the estimator.
result The method significantly outperforms linear regression for non-linear ground truth functions.

Locally adaptive interpretable regression improves linear regression's predictability.

problem Linear regression's predictability is limited; it lacks adaptability.
method Locally adaptive interpretable regression (LoAIR) uses neural networks to predict percentile of a Gaussian distribution for regression coefficients.
result LoAIR achieves comparable or better predictive performance than state-of-the-art baselines.

We present a novel algorithm for non-linear instrumental variable (IV) regression, DualIV, which simplifies traditional two-stage methods via a dual formulation. Inspired by problems in stochastic programming, we show that two-stage procedures for non-linear IV regression can be reformulated as a convex-concave saddle-…

2019-10-27abs ↗pdf ↗

Study shows double descent curve in high-dimensional linear regression with random projections.

problem Understanding the generalization performance in high-dimensional settings with random projections.
method Fixed prediction problem, ridge regression estimator, minimum norm least-squares fit, random matrix theory, asymptotic equivalents.
result Exhibit a double descent curve for high-dimensional linear regression with random projections.

New insights into statistical and computational limits for mixed sparse linear regression.

problem Recovering two sparse signals from noisy linear measurements.
method Analysis of low-degree polynomials and a simple thresholding algorithm.
result Identification of a smooth information-computation tradeoff and order-optimality of the thresholding algorithm.

Paper introduces data-dependent SSP for private linear and logistic regression.

problem Private linear and logistic regression with better performance.
method Data-dependent sufficient statistic perturbation (SSP) for linear and logistic regression.
result Data-dependent SSP outperforms state-of-the-art methods for linear and logistic regression.

Discriminative latent-variable models are typically learned using EM or gradient-based optimization, which suffer from local optima. In this paper, we develop a new computationally efficient and provably consistent estimator for a mixture of linear regressions, a simple instance of a discriminative latent-variable mode…

2013-06-17abs ↗pdf ↗

The article describe the model, derivation, and implementation of variational Bayesian inference for linear and logistic regression, both with and without automatic relevance determination. It has the dual function of acting as a tutorial for the derivation of variational Bayesian inference for simple models, as well a…

2013-10-21abs ↗pdf ↗

Extends RRR to capture nonlinear interactions in multi-response regression.

problem Complex relationships in real-world data cannot be adequately modeled by linear interactions.
method Introduces Higher Order Reduced Rank Regression (HORRR) using tensor representations and Tucker decomposition.
result HORRR can capture nonlinear interactions in multi-response regression.

In this expository note we describe a surprising phenomenon in overparameterized linear regression, where the dimension exceeds the number of samples: there is a regime where the test risk of the estimator found by gradient descent increases with additional samples. In other words, more data actually hurts the estimato…

2019-12-16abs ↗pdf ↗

The paper explores robustness in linear regression models under adversarial attacks.

problem The impact of test-time adversarial attacks on linear regression models.
method Quantitative estimates and phase transitions analysis.
result Precise characterization of tradeoffs between adversarial robustness and accuracy.

We consider a discriminative learning (regression) problem, whereby the regression function is a convex combination of k linear classifiers. Existing approaches are based on the EM algorithm, or similar techniques, without provable guarantees. We develop a simple method based on spectral techniques and a `mirroring' tr…

2013-11-11abs ↗pdf ↗

Task shift from classification to regression is possible in overparameterized linear models with limited additional data.

problem Transferability of latent knowledge from classification to regression in overparameterized linear models.
method Investigation of task shift in overparameterized linear regression, zero-shot and few-shot cases, with a focus on minimum-norm interpolation.
result Minimum-norm interpolators can transfer latent knowledge from classification to regression with limited additional data.

We investigate the computational complexity of several basic linear algebra primitives, including largest eigenvector computation and linear regression, in the computational model that allows access to the data via a matrix-vector product oracle. We show that for polynomial accuracy, Θ(d)Θ(d) calls to the oracle are nece…

2019-11-06abs ↗pdf ↗

We consider the most common variants of linear regression, including Ridge, Lasso and Support-vector regression, in a setting where the learner is allowed to observe only a fixed number of attributes of each example at training time. We present simple and efficient algorithms for these problems: for Lasso and Ridge reg…

2012-06-18abs ↗pdf ↗

New scalable algorithm for non-negative linear regression with entropy-regularized OT loss.

problem Generalizing task-specific linear models to broader applications.
method Sinkhorn-like scaling iterations for convex penalty and datafit terms.
result Simple multiplicative updates for various penalty and datafit terms.

Paper addresses linear regression with partially mismatched data using local search with theoretical guarantees.

problem Linear regression with partially mismatched data.
method Optimization formulation and greedy local search algorithm with theoretical guarantees.
result Local search algorithm converges to nearly-optimal solution at a linear rate under certain conditions.

Optimal machine learning requires interpolating training data in high-dimensional linear regression.

problem Achieving optimal predictive risk in overparameterized linear regression models.
method Analyzing proportional asymptotics of random design and label noise variance.
result Optimal performance in linear regression requires fitting training data to higher accuracy than inherent noise.

We study the following three fundamental problems about ridge regression: (1) what is the structure of the estimator? (2) how to correctly use cross-validation to choose the regularization parameter? and (3) how to accelerate computation without losing too much accuracy? We consider the three problems in a unified larg…

2019-10-06abs ↗pdf ↗

Given a linear regression setting, Iterative Least Trimmed Squares (ILTS) involves alternating between (a) selecting the subset of samples with lowest current loss, and (b) re-fitting the linear model only on that subset. Both steps are very fast and simple. In this paper we analyze ILTS in the setting of mixed linear …

2019-02-10abs ↗pdf ↗

We propose a new algorithm called PLUTO for building logistic regression trees to binary response data. PLUTO can capture the nonlinear and interaction patterns in messy data by recursively partitioning the sample space. It fits a simple or a multiple linear logistic regression model in each partition. PLUTO employs th…

2014-11-25abs ↗pdf ↗

A simple approach to obtaining uncertainty-aware neural networks for regression is to do Bayesian linear regression (BLR) on the representation from the last hidden layer. Recent work [Riquelme et al., 2018, Azizzadenesheli et al., 2018] indicates that the method is promising, though it has been limited to homoscedasti…

2019-12-14abs ↗pdf ↗

Data analyses based on linear methods constitute the simplest, most robust, and transparent approaches to the automatic processing of large amounts of data for building supervised or unsupervised machine learning models. Principal covariates regression (PCovR) is an underappreciated method that interpolates between pri…

2020-02-12abs ↗pdf ↗

Corrects mismatch in consistency of nuisance estimators for doubly robust methods.

problem Mismatch in consistency of nuisance estimators in doubly robust methods.
method Calibrated debiased machine learning (calibrated DML) with isotonic regression adjustment.
result Calibrated DML yields doubly robust asymptotic normality with slower convergence of nuisance estimators.

Study compares random and learned features in deep Bayesian linear models.

problem Understanding how feature learning affects generalization in deep learning.
method Comparing deep random feature models to deep networks with trained layers.
result Random feature models can display double-descent behavior, while deep networks do not.

We show that fundamental learning tasks, such as finding an approximate linear separator or linear regression, require memory at least \emph{quadratic} in the dimension, in a natural streaming setting. This implies that such problems cannot be solved (at least in this setting) by scalable memory-efficient streaming alg…

2019-02-09abs ↗pdf ↗

Distributed sensors compress and send features to a fusion center for linear regression.

problem Efficiently compress and transmit features from distributed sensors to a fusion center under varying communication constraints.
method Designs a distributed and adaptive feature compression scheme using optimal quantizers and simple adaptive strategies.
result Demonstrates improved inference performance through simulated experiments.