We study the problem of learning to rank from multiple information sources. Though multi-view learning and learning to rank have been studied extensively leading to a wide range of applications, multi-view learning to rank as a synergy of both topics has received little attention. The aim of the paper is to propose a c…
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Rank-one measurements limit feasible sets for low-rank PSD matrices.
problem Feasibility of PSD matrices under rank-one measurements.
method Characterization of feasible sets for PSD matrices given rank-one projections.
result Radius of feasible sets determines singleton solution sets for low-rank matrices.
We analyze the structure of covariance matrices under graph constraints.
problem Analyzing the structure of covariance matrices under graph constraints.
method We explore the algebraic structure of the solution space of convex optimization problem Constrained Minimum Trace Factor Analysis (CMTFA) under a latent star topology.
result CMTFA can have either a rank 1 or a rank n-1 solution, with conditions for both.
We solve linear equations with tensors of any rank.
problem Solving linear equations involving tensors of arbitrary rank.
method Developed a systematic approach for tensors of rank 3 and generalized to arbitrary rank.
result Derived a solution for tensors of arbitrary rank.
The paper proves constant rank theorems for special Lagrangian equations.
problem Understanding saddle solutions and Liouville type results for special Lagrangian equations.
method Argument based on saddle solutions and Liouville type results for the special Lagrangian equation.
result Obtained constant rank theorems for saddle solutions to the special Lagrangian equation and the quadratic Hessian equation.
New algorithm for weighted low rank approximation with provable guarantees.
problem Weighted low rank approximation (WLRA) is computationally hard.
method Reweights the low rank solution using the weight matrix itself.
result Provably optimal approximation guarantees for WLRA.
This paper concerns a fundamental class of convex matrix optimization problems. It presents the first algorithm that uses optimal storage and provably computes a low-rank approximation of a solution. In particular, when all solutions have low rank, the algorithm converges to a solution. This algorithm, SketchyCGM, modi…
Semidefinite programs (SDP) are important in learning and combinatorial optimization with numerous applications. In pursuit of low-rank solutions and low complexity algorithms, we consider the Burer--Monteiro factorization approach for solving SDPs. We show that all approximate local optima are global optima for the pe…
New model reduces matrix factorization bias, yielding truly low-rank solutions.
problem Gradient descent's implicit bias in matrix factorization.
method Introducing a new factorization model with constrained factors and diagonal components.
result The new model consistently exhibits a strong implicit bias, yielding truly low-rank solutions.
Rank minimization has attracted a lot of attention due to its robustness in data recovery. To overcome the computational difficulty, rank is often replaced with nuclear norm. For several rank minimization problems, such a replacement has been theoretically proven to be valid, i.e., the solution to nuclear norm minimiza…
Bayesian method reduces misclassification errors in ranking Pareto-optimal solutions.
problem Identifying true Pareto-optimal solutions in noisy multiobjective optimization.
method Sequential allocation of extra samples using stochastic kriging to build predictive distributions.
result The proposed method outperforms existing algorithms in reducing misclassification errors.
This work analyzes two methods for combining multiple binary labels in bipartite ranking.
problem Combining multiple binary labels for optimal bipartite ranking.
method Loss aggregation vs. label aggregation approaches.
result Label aggregation is preferable to loss aggregation due to label dictatorship issues.
Simplifies solving noisy SDPs for low rank matrix recovery problems.
problem Solving SDPs with noisy data for low rank matrix recovery problems.
method Identifies conditions called simplicity to limit error in noisy SDP solutions.
result Simple SDPs can be efficiently solved and their approximate solutions trusted.
The Frank-Wolfe (FW) algorithm has been widely used in solving nuclear norm constrained problems, since it does not require projections. However, FW often yields high rank intermediate iterates, which can be very expensive in time and space costs for large problems. To address this issue, we propose a rank-drop method …
Study consumption-investment problem in markets with rank-based returns.
problem Consumption-investment problem in markets with rank-based returns.
method Derives an HJB equation with Neumann boundary conditions for the value function and proves a corresponding verification theorem.
result Explicit solutions for unconstrained, open market constraints, and fully invested cases.
Study shows how market firm capitalization models converge to stochastic PDE solutions.
problem Understanding convergence of rank-based models with common noise to stochastic PDE solutions.
method Analysis of mean field limit, martingale problem, and pathwise entropy solutions.
result Empirical cumulative distribution function converges to solution of a stochastic PDE under certain conditions.
Proposes a method for ranking items across multiple aspects based on user feedback.
problem No principled solution exists for generating multiple item rankings over different aspects.
method Developed a directional multi-aspect ranking criterion using probabilistic multivariate tensor factorization.
result Demonstrated effectiveness of the proposed method through comprehensive experiments on real datasets.
In this paper we consider general rank minimization problems with rank appearing in either objective function or constraint. We first establish that a class of special rank minimization problems has closed-form solutions. Using this result, we then propose penalty decomposition methods for general rank minimization pro…
In this present paper, we study geometric structures of rank two prolongations of implicit second-order partial differential equations (PDEs) for two independent and one dependent variables and characterize the type of these PDEs by the topology of fibers of the rank two prolongations. Moreover, by using properties of …
CoLoRA models predict PDE solutions quickly and accurately with minimal data.
problem Efficiently modeling PDE solutions with limited data.
method Continuous low-rank adaptation of neural networks trained on offline data.
result Predictions are orders of magnitude faster and more accurate than classical methods.
In this paper, we show that the bundle method can be applied to solve semidefinite programming problems with a low rank solution without ever constructing a full matrix. To accomplish this, we use recent results from randomly sketching matrix optimization problems and from the analysis of bundle methods. Under strong d…
This work studies the linear approximation of high-dimensional dynamical systems using low-rank dynamic mode decomposition (DMD). Searching this approximation in a data-driven approach is formalised as attempting to solve a low-rank constrained optimisation problem. This problem is non-convex and state-of-the-art algor…
Motivated principally by the low-rank matrix completion problem, we present an extension of the Frank-Wolfe method that is designed to induce near-optimal solutions on low-dimensional faces of the feasible region. This is accomplished by a new approach to generating ``in-face" directions at each iteration, as well as t…
Sign-RIP improves robust low-rank matrix recovery by preserving norms even with corrupted measurements.
problem Robust low-rank matrix recovery in the presence of corrupted measurements.
method Proposed Sign-RIP, a robust restricted isometry property.
result Sign-RIP guarantees uniform convergence of subdifferentials in robust low-rank matrix recovery.
When data is sampled from an unknown subspace, principal component analysis (PCA) provides an effective way to estimate the subspace and hence reduce the dimension of the data. At the heart of PCA is the Eckart-Young-Mirsky theorem, which characterizes the best rank k approximation of a matrix. In this paper, we prove …
BRTR improves robust tensor completion with automatic rank detection.
problem Robust tensor completion from incomplete data with outliers.
method Bayesian robust tensor ring decomposition (BRTR) with variational Bayesian (VB) algorithm.
result Automatic detection of TR rank and improved performance over state-of-the-art methods.
ReLU networks implicitly favor low-rank solutions, but not as strongly as linear networks.
problem Understanding implicit regularization in ReLU networks for rank minimization.
method Analysis of gradient flow on ReLU networks, empirical testing.
result Gradient flow on ReLU networks does not necessarily minimize ranks, unlike in linear networks.
Understanding Incremental Learning of Gradient Descent: A Fine-grained Analysis of Matrix Sensingcs.LG
GD learns matrix solutions incrementally, revealing insights into generalization.
problem Matrix sensing problem of recovering low-rank matrices from linear measurements.
method Fine-grained analysis of GD dynamics for matrix sensing.
result GD follows an incremental learning procedure, solving matrices of increasing ranks.
On the Partial Convexification for Low-Rank Spectral Optimization: Rank Bounds and Algorithmsmath.OC
Partial convexification improves tractability of low-rank spectral optimization problems.
problem Minimizing linear objectives subject to matrix inequalities and low-rank constraints.
method Partial convexification of the domain set, deriving rank bounds, and developing a column generation algorithm.
result The partial convexification LSOP-R is equivalent to the original LSOP under certain conditions and yields high-quality solutions.
The paper sorts big data by revealed preferences, improving consumer and policy decisions.
problem Sorting diverse consumer preferences for big data objects like colleges.
method Endogenous weighting of revealed preferences, considering spillover effects.
result Consistent steady-state solution to counterbalance equilibrium.
New examples of deformed Hermitian-Yang-Mills connections found.
problem Constructing deformed Hermitian-Yang-Mills connections on manifolds.
method Constructed first higher rank, irreducible deformed Hermitian-Yang-Mills connections in both small and large radius regimes.
result Existence of solutions with any possible angle and ruling out some stability conditions.
Necessary and Sufficient Conditions for Success of the Nuclear Norm Heuristic for Rank Minimizationmath.OC
Minimizing the rank of a matrix subject to constraints is a challenging problem that arises in many applications in control theory, machine learning, and discrete geometry. This class of optimization problems, known as rank minimization, is NP-HARD, and for most practical problems there are no efficient algorithms that…
Investigates portfolio selection for rank-dependent utilities in incomplete markets.
problem Portfolio selection for agents with rank-dependent utility in incomplete financial markets.
method Characterizes deterministic strict equilibrium strategies for constant-coefficient and time-invariant probability weighting functions. Addresses the issue of selecting an optimal strategy from multiple equilibrium strategies for time-variant probability weighting functions.
result Characterizes deterministic strict equilibrium strategies and identifies optimal strategies from multiple equilibrium strategies.
This method infers models from data with physical insights, minimizing model order.
problem Learning models from data while preserving physical insights.
method Structure preservation and rank minimization via Sylvester equations.
result Models of low order are obtained with fewer degrees of freedom.
Formulates a Dueling Bandits problem for eliciting Kemeny rankings.
problem Eliciting preferences to find a Kemeny ranking.
method Formulates the problem as a Dueling Bandits problem, considering sampling with and without replacement.
result Approximation bounds and algorithms for finding PAC solutions with sample complexity.
RSIC identifies multiple ranks of interest in NMF by analyzing residual sensitivity.
problem Determining the optimal rank in NMF.
method RSIC analyzes sensitivity of relative residuals to different initializations.
result RSIC identifies meaningful ranks consistent with data structure.
Solutions of Hitchin's self-duality equations corresponds to special real sections in the Deligne-Hitchin moduli space -- twistor lines. A question posed by Simpson in 1997 asks whether all real sections give rise to global solutions of the self-duality equations. An affirmative answer would allow for complex analytic …
One of the popular approaches for low-rank tensor completion is to use the latent trace norm regularization. However, most existing works in this direction learn a sparse combination of tensors. In this work, we fill this gap by proposing a variant of the latent trace norm that helps in learning a non-sparse combinatio…
We propose a sparse and low-rank tensor regression model to relate a univariate outcome to a feature tensor, in which each unit-rank tensor from the CP decomposition of the coefficient tensor is assumed to be sparse. This structure is both parsimonious and highly interpretable, as it implies that the outcome is related…
We propose a novel sparse preference learning/ranking algorithm. Our algorithm approximates the true utility function by a weighted sum of basis functions using the squared loss on pairs of data points, and is a generalization of the kernel matching pursuit method. It can operate both in a supervised and a semi-supervi…
Learning-to-rank techniques have proven to be extremely useful for prioritization problems, where we rank items in order of their estimated probabilities, and dedicate our limited resources to the top-ranked items. This work exposes a serious problem with the state of learning-to-rank algorithms, which is that they are…
In many applications that require matrix solutions of minimal rank, the underlying cost function is non-convex leading to an intractable, NP-hard optimization problem. Consequently, the convex nuclear norm is frequently used as a surrogate penalty term for matrix rank. The problem is that in many practical scenarios th…
In many applications that require matrix solutions of minimal rank, the underlying cost function is non-convex leading to an intractable, NP-hard optimization problem. Consequently, the convex nuclear norm is frequently used as a surrogate penalty term for matrix rank. The problem is that in many practical scenarios th…
Solves weakly supervised regression using low-rank approximations and manifold regularization.
problem Weakly supervised regression with known, unknown, and uncertain labels.
method Combines manifold regularization and low-rank matrix decomposition for optimization.
result Improves solution quality and stability for large datasets.
Paper studies asymmetric matrix sensing, proving gradient descent converges to low-rank solutions.
problem Reconstructing asymmetric low-rank matrices from linear measurements.
method Factorized gradient descent with coupling and regularization properties.
result Gradient descent from small random initialization converges to globally optimal and generalizing solutions.
We consider the matrix completion problem with a deterministic pattern of observed entries. In this setting, we aim to answer the question: under what condition there will be (at least locally) unique solution to the matrix completion problem, i.e., the underlying true matrix is identifiable. We answer the question fro…
In this article, we derive a Bayesian model to learning the sparse and low rank PARAFAC decomposition for the observed tensor with missing values via the elastic net, with property to find the true rank and sparse factor matrix which is robust to the noise. We formulate efficient block coordinate descent algorithm and …
We study the problem of rank aggregation: given a set of ranked lists, we want to form a consensus ranking. Furthermore, we consider the case of extreme lists: i.e., only the rank of the best or worst elements are known. We impute missing ranks by the average value and generalise Spearman's ρto extreme ranks. Our main …