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48 results for sparse complexity

Self-attention prefers sparse functions of input sequences, reducing sample complexity.

problem Understanding the inductive biases of self-attention in modeling long-range dependencies.
method Theoretical analysis and synthetic experiments to probe sample complexity of learning sparse functions with Transformers.
result Bounded-norm Transformer networks can represent sparse functions of the input sequence with logarithmic sample complexity.

Study analyzes feedback complexity for sparse feature retrieval in deep networks.

problem Learning sparse superposed features with feedback.
method Analysis of feedback complexity in sparse settings, including triplet comparisons.
result Establishes tight bounds and strong upper bounds for feature recovery.

Novel algorithm learns sparse signal representations over topological spaces.

problem Sparse representation of signals over combinatorial topological spaces.
method Leveraging Hodge theory, the paper embeds topology into a dictionary structure via concatenated sub-dictionaries, each as a polynomial of Hodge Laplacians, and optimizes the dictionary coefficients and sparse signal representation via iterative alternating algorithms.
result Efficiently learned sparse representations and underlying relational structure of topological signals.

We analyze the computational complexity of Quantum Sparse Support Vector Machine, a linear classifier that minimizes the hinge loss and the L1L_1 norm of the feature weights vector and relies on a quantum linear programming solver instead of a classical solver. Sparse SVM leads to sparse models that use only a small fr…

2019-02-05abs ↗pdf ↗

New algorithm reduces sample complexity for sparse linear regression.

problem Sparse linear regression with correlated covariates and approximate dependencies.
method Polynomial-time algorithm that adapts the Lasso to tolerate approximate dependencies.
result Achieves near-optimal sample complexity for constant sparsity and ill-conditioned covariates.

This paper investigates the computational complexity of sparse label propagation which has been proposed recently for processing network structured data. Sparse label propagation amounts to a convex optimization problem and might be considered as an extension of basis pursuit from sparse vectors to network structured d…

2018-04-25abs ↗pdf ↗

New method reduces SBL complexity from cubic to linear, improving scalability.

problem Sparse Bayesian Learning's high computational complexity for large feature spaces.
method DQN-SBL, a diagonal Quasi-Newton method for SBL.
result DQN-SBL achieves competitive generalization with sparse models, scaling well to large-scale problems.

In this paper, we present new results on using orthogonal matching pursuit (OMP), to solve the sparse approximation problem over redundant dictionaries for complex cases (i.e., complex measurement vector, complex dictionary and complex additive white Gaussian noise (CAWGN)). A sufficient condition that OMP can recover …

2012-06-11abs ↗pdf ↗

Paper optimizes privacy-preserving distribution estimation for sparse data.

problem Sparse distribution estimation under local differential privacy constraints.
method Compressive sensing approaches for privacy-preserving estimation.
result Significant reduction in sample complexity for approximately sparse distributions.

Efficient sparse attention reduces self-attention complexity and improves model performance.

problem Quadratic compute and memory requirements of self-attention for long sequences.
method Content-based sparse attention with dynamic routing module.
result Routing Transformer achieves state-of-the-art performance on various benchmarks.

Improved sample complexity for Gaussian process approximations.

problem Efficiently approximating Gaussian processes with sparse spectrum.
method Improved sample complexity analysis and auto-encoding algorithm.
result Gaussian process predictions and model evidence can be well-approximated with low sample complexity.

Paper solves k-sparse parity problem with sign SGD, matching SQ lower bound.

problem Solving k-sparse parity problems efficiently.
method Sign stochastic gradient descent on neural networks.
result Matches Statistical Query lower bound for solving k-sparse parity problems.

Sparse Transformers degrade semantic information first, with early layers encoding more.

problem Understanding how sparse Transformers affect learned representations and semantic information.
method Probed Transformers with progressively pruned weights to observe changes in semantic information and model behavior.
result Complex semantic information is first to degrade in sparse Transformers, with early layers encoding more.

We give a reduction from {\sc clique} to establish that sparse PCA is NP-hard. The reduction has a gap which we use to exclude an FPTAS for sparse PCA (unless P=NP). Under weaker complexity assumptions, we also exclude polynomial constant-factor approximation algorithms.

2015-02-19abs ↗pdf ↗

SP-SPCA improves sparse PCA by adaptively adjusting variable penalties, enhancing interpretability and stability.

problem Poor interpretability and variable redundancy in PCA for high-dimensional data.
method Introduces a single equilibrium parameter to adaptively adjust variable penalties in the L2 regularization framework.
result Consistently outperforms standard sparse PCA methods in identifying sparse loading patterns and preserving cumulative variance.

We provide a novel -- and to the best of our knowledge, the first -- algorithm for high dimensional sparse regression with constant fraction of corruptions in explanatory and/or response variables. Our algorithm recovers the true sparse parameters with sub-linear sample complexity, in the presence of a constant fractio…

2018-05-29abs ↗pdf ↗

New method integrates sparse parametric and nonparametric techniques for complex system modeling.

problem Lack of accurate modeling for complex biological systems due to nonlinearities.
method Sparse nonparametric estimation framework combining parametric and nonparametric techniques.
result Accurately captures nonlinearities in complex systems without prior information.

SAIL learns from sub-optimal demonstrations to improve sample efficiency in sparse reward tasks.

problem Reducing sample complexity in sparse-rewarded tasks.
method Self-Adaptive Imitation Learning (SAIL) that exploits sub-optimal demonstrations and efficient exploration.
result Significantly improved sample efficiency and better final performance across various tasks.

Sparse additive modeling is a class of effective methods for performing high-dimensional nonparametric regression. In this work we show how shape constraints such as convexity/concavity and their extensions, can be integrated into additive models. The proposed sparse difference of convex additive models (SDCAM) can est…

2017-05-01abs ↗pdf ↗

Parsimonious Dynamic Mode Decomposition selects sparse modes robustly.

problem Manual tuning of sparsity parameters in traditional DMD.
method Time-delay embedding and Orthogonal Matching Pursuit.
result Autonomously determines optimally sparse subset of modes.

We propose a parallelizable sparse inverse formulation Gaussian process (SpInGP) for temporal models. It uses a sparse precision GP formulation and sparse matrix routines to speed up the computations. Due to the state-space formulation used in the algorithm, the time complexity of the basic SpInGP is linear, and becaus…

2016-10-25abs ↗pdf ↗

We consider the classical sparse regression problem of recovering a sparse signal x0x_0 given a measurement vector y=Φx0+wy = Φx_0+w. We propose a tree search algorithm driven by the deep neural network for sparse regression (TSN). TSN improves the signal reconstruction performance of the deep neural network designed for sp…

2019-04-01abs ↗pdf ↗

Proposes efficient Bayesian logistic regression for large sparse datasets.

problem Infeasibility of theoretical Bayesian methods for large sparse feature sets.
method Low complexity analytical approximations for sparse online logistic and probit regressions.
result Empirical results show superior performance compared to more complex methods.

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.

The paper provides an almost optimal learning and testing algorithm for sparse polynomials.

problem Learning and testing sparse multivariate polynomials efficiently.
method The paper presents an algorithm with sublinear query complexity in 1/ε1/ε and almost linear in ss for learning and testing ss-sparse polynomials.
result The algorithm achieves almost optimal query complexity, making it the first of its kind.

We consider high-dimensional binary classification by sparse logistic regression. We propose a model/feature selection procedure based on penalized maximum likelihood with a complexity penalty on the model size and derive the non-asymptotic bounds for the resulting misclassification excess risk. The bounds can be reduc…

2017-06-26abs ↗pdf ↗

New matrix reveals cluster info in sparse directed graphs.

problem Analyzing cluster information in directed graphs.
method Proposed complex non-backtracking matrix integrating Hermitian adjacency matrix and non-backtracking matrix properties.
result The complex non-backtracking matrix holds cluster information, especially for sparse directed graphs.

Sparse Gaussian processes with compact kernels for faster inference.

problem Efficient Gaussian process inference with high computational complexity.
method Parametric families of compactly-supported kernels for sparse matrix representations.
result Sub-quadratic inference complexity and improved performance on real-world tasks.

Adaptive regularization prevents overfitting in large-scale sparse feature models.

problem Overfitting in models with large-scale sparse categorical features.
method Adaptive regularization of embedding layers' norm budget.
result Improves model performance within a single epoch and prevents multi-epoch performance degradation.

We present an extension of sparse PCA, or sparse dictionary learning, where the sparsity patterns of all dictionary elements are structured and constrained to belong to a prespecified set of shapes. This \emph{structured sparse PCA} is based on a structured regularization recently introduced by [1]. While classical spa…

2009-09-08abs ↗pdf ↗

Reinforcement learning usually uses the feedback rewards of environmental to train agents. But the rewards in the actual environment are sparse, and even some environments will not rewards. Most of the current methods are difficult to get good performance in sparse reward or non-reward environments. Although using shap…

2020-01-01abs ↗pdf ↗

Study shows inefficiency of sparse linear regression learning with fewer than Ω(k^2) samples.

problem Efficiency of sparse linear regression learning with minimal samples.
method Reduction to sparse PCA problems and lower bounds.
result Efficient algorithms for sparse linear regression require at least Ω(k^2) samples.

We present a comprehensive framework for structured sparse coding and modeling extending the recent ideas of using learnable fast regressors to approximate exact sparse codes. For this purpose, we develop a novel block-coordinate proximal splitting method for the iterative solution of hierarchical sparse coding problem…

2012-06-18abs ↗pdf ↗

Efficient algorithms for sparse parameter recovery in mixture models.

problem Support recovery of high-dimensional sparse latent vectors in mixture models.
method Efficient algorithms with logarithmic sample complexity dependence on dimensionality.
result First guarantees on support recovery for various mixture models.

DFR reduces the computational cost of sparse-group lasso and adaptive sparse-group lasso.

problem Sparse-group lasso's computational expense and need for tuning.
method Dual Feature Reduction (DFR) using strong screening rules and dual norms.
result DFR drastically reduces computational cost without affecting solution optimality.