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48 results for spike-and-slab LASSO

In this article, we propose a new class of priors for Bayesian inference with multiple Gaussian graphical models. We introduce fully Bayesian treatments of two popular procedures, the group graphical lasso and the fused graphical lasso, and extend them to a continuous spike-and-slab framework to allow self-adaptive shr…

2018-05-18abs ↗pdf ↗

PliableBVS extends Bayesian lasso for modeling interactions with modifying variables.

problem Modeling interactions between large and small sets of variables, especially in omics studies.
method Bayesian variable selection with spike-and-slab priors and hierarchical structure.
result PliableBVS outperforms pliable lasso in identifying active main and interaction effects.

Bayesian GAMs improve predictive performance for high-dimensional data.

problem Sparse regularization in GAMs leads to excess shrinkage and difficulty in selecting nonlinear effects.
method Developed a novel spike-and-slab LASSO prior and scalable EM-Coordinate Descent algorithm.
result Improved predictive and computational performance compared to existing models.

Paper proposes new Bayesian neural network models for efficient learning.

problem Efficient learning and model compression in deep neural networks.
method Proposes Spike-and-Slab Group Lasso (SS-GL) and Spike-and-Slab Group Horseshoe (SS-GHS) priors for structured sparsity in Bayesian neural networks.
result Establishes competitive performance in prediction accuracy, model compression, and inference latency compared to baseline models.

Guided adaptive shrinkage uses co-data to improve feature selection in genomic studies.

problem Feature selection challenges in high-dimensional genomics data, especially in clinical settings.
method Guided adaptive shrinkage methods that use co-data to adapt shrinkage parameters.
result Improves feature selection in genomic studies, demonstrated through comparisons and examples.

Develops generic spike-and-slab priors for high-dimensional linear regression.

problem Bayesian high-dimensional linear regression challenges.
method Proposes a class of generic spike-and-slab priors and a unified framework for theoretical assessment.
result Achieves nearly-optimal posterior contraction rate and model selection consistency under general conditions.

Spike-and-slab priors are improved for high-dimensional Bayesian regression.

problem Prohibitive computational costs for existing samplers in high-dimensional settings.
method Proposes Scalable Spike-and-Slab (S3S^3) for high-dimensional Bayesian regression.
result Improves computational cost to max{n2pt,np}\max\{ n^2 p_t, np \} per iteration, demonstrating significant speed-ups and quality gains.

Paper proposes a new method for Bayesian linear regression using spike-and-slab priors.

problem Identifying predictors with similar relationships in linear regression models.
method Hierarchical Bayesian models with spike-and-slab priors and a Gibbs sampler.
result The proposed method outperforms previous methods in simulations and real data analysis.

New algorithms improve Bayesian linear regression with spike-and-slab priors.

problem Efficiently sampling from Bayesian linear regression models with sparsity-inducing priors.
method Design of two sampling algorithms: Gibbs sampling and Stochastic Localization.
result Stochastic Localization sampler shows significant advantage for poorly designed data matrices.

New algorithms sample spike-and-slab priors efficiently in high dimensions.

problem Sampling from spike-and-slab priors in high-dimensional settings.
method Provably efficient algorithms for posterior sampling with sublinear measurement count.
result First provable algorithms for spike-and-slab posterior sampling without strong SNR assumptions.

A fast and scalable method for variable selection in high-dimensional Gaussian processes.

problem Inefficient variable selection in high-dimensional Gaussian processes.
method Developed a fast and scalable variational inference algorithm for spike and slab Gaussian processes.
result Consistently outperforms vanilla and sparse variational GPs while retaining similar runtimes.

In this work, we address the problem of solving a series of underdetermined linear inverse problems subject to a sparsity constraint. We generalize the spike-and-slab prior distribution to encode a priori correlation of the support of the solution in both space and time by imposing a transformed Gaussian process on the…

2015-09-15abs ↗pdf ↗

We study inference and learning based on a sparse coding model with `spike-and-slab' prior. As in standard sparse coding, the model used assumes independent latent sources that linearly combine to generate data points. However, instead of using a standard sparse prior such as a Laplace distribution, we study the applic…

2012-11-15abs ↗pdf ↗

Improved VB algorithm for high-dimensional logistic regression with theoretical guarantees.

problem Sparse high-dimensional logistic regression model selection.
method Spike and slab variational Bayes approximation.
result Optimal convergence rates in 2\ell_2 and prediction loss for sparse truths.

A new method discovers equations from data using Bayesian and kernel techniques.

problem Discovering equations from data is hard due to sparsity and noise.
method Kernel regression for function estimation and Bayesian spike-and-slab prior for uncertainty quantification.
result KBASS method outperforms state-of-the-art methods on benchmark tasks.

Bayesian SPCA method tackles orthogonality constraint with spike and slab prior.

problem Bayesian SPCA method for high-dimensional data with orthogonality constraint.
method Parameter-expanded coordinate ascent variational inference (PX-CAVI) with spike and slab prior.
result PX-CAVI algorithm outperforms existing SPCA approaches in performance.

Bayesian l0l_0-regularized least squares is a variable selection technique for high dimensional predictors. The challenge is optimizing a non-convex objective function via search over model space consisting of all possible predictor combinations. Spike-and-slab (a.k.a. Bernoulli-Gaussian) priors are the gold standard f…

2017-05-31abs ↗pdf ↗

The paper extends and applies a new shrinkage prior in Bayesian factor analysis.

problem Estimating the number of factors in sparse Bayesian factor analysis.
method Introduces and extends a generalized cumulative shrinkage process (CUSP) prior.
result Exchangeable spike-and-slab shrinkage priors imply increasing shrinkage as the column index increases.

The Gaussian process latent variable model (GP-LVM) is a popular approach to non-linear probabilistic dimensionality reduction. One design choice for the model is the number of latent variables. We present a spike and slab prior for the GP-LVM and propose an efficient variational inference procedure that gives a lower …

2015-05-10abs ↗pdf ↗

We consider the problem of object recognition with a large number of classes. In order to overcome the low amount of labeled examples available in this setting, we introduce a new feature learning and extraction procedure based on a factor model we call spike-and-slab sparse coding (S3C). Prior work on S3C has not prio…

2012-06-27abs ↗pdf ↗

We consider the problem of using a factor model we call {\em spike-and-slab sparse coding} (S3C) to learn features for a classification task. The S3C model resembles both the spike-and-slab RBM and sparse coding. Since exact inference in this model is intractable, we derive a structured variational inference procedure …

2012-01-16abs ↗pdf ↗

The use of L1 regularisation for sparse learning has generated immense research interest, with successful application in such diverse areas as signal acquisition, image coding, genomics and collaborative filtering. While existing work highlights the many advantages of L1 methods, in this paper we find that L1 regularis…

2011-06-06abs ↗pdf ↗

Enhances FAVAR models with autoencoder for better economic forecasting and interpretability.

problem Limitations of linear FAVAR models in forecasting and structural analysis.
method Introduces Grouped Sparse autoencoder with time-varying parameters.
result The Grouped Sparse autoencoder produces more interpretable factors and superior forecasting performance.

IDS improves sparse linear bandits by balancing information and regret.

problem Sparse linear bandits in high-dimensional decision-making.
method Information-directed sampling (IDS) with Bayesian regret bounds and empirical Bayesian sparse posterior sampling.
result IDS nearly matches existing lower bounds and significantly reduces regret.

CONCERT improves transfer learning by borrowing partial information from auxiliary datasets.

problem Inefficiency of global similarity measures in transfer learning for high-dimensional data.
method Conditional spike-and-slab prior with covariate-specific priors for robust partial information transfer.
result CONCERT achieves variable selection and information transfer simultaneously, improving performance on the target.

DABS uses a policy network to select experiments in high-dimensional design spaces.

problem Adaptive factorial screening in high-dimensional discrete design spaces.
method DABS learns a policy network offline to sequentially select experiments, incorporating sparsity and interactions via a spike-and-slab prior.
result DABS achieves superior accuracy and scalability over classical and Bayesian baselines under tight experimental budgets.

Bayesian autoencoders discover physics from noisy data.

problem Challenges in identifying governing equations and coordinates from noisy, low-data real-world data.
method Bayesian SINDy autoencoders with hierarchical Bayesian sparsifying prior and adaptive empirical Bayesian method.
result Better physics discovery with lower data and fewer training epochs, along with valid uncertainty quantification.

Efficiently identifies important variables in binary outcomes using variational Bayes.

problem Bayesian variable selection for binary outcomes with computational challenges.
method Mean-field variational Bayes approximation with closed-form updates and efficient inference algorithm.
result Successfully identifies important variables and is orders of magnitude faster than MCMC.

In this paper a new Bayesian model for sparse linear regression with a spatio-temporal structure is proposed. It incorporates the structural assumptions based on a hierarchical Gaussian process prior for spike and slab coefficients. We design an inference algorithm based on Expectation Propagation and evaluate the mode…

2017-04-27abs ↗pdf ↗

Improves variational inference for sparse models using mixtures of exponential families.

problem Intractability of posterior distributions in Bayesian sparse models.
method Flexible mean field variational inference using mixtures of non-overlapping exponential families.
result Mixtures of exponential families with non-overlapping support form an exponential family, enabling analytical updates.

Proposes a Bayesian approach for automatic node selection in sparse neural networks.

problem Reduces structural complexity and computational speedup in large-scale predictive models.
method Uses spike-and-slab Gaussian priors and variational Bayes approach for node selection.
result Establishes variational posterior consistency and optimal contraction rates for sparse networks.

Paper develops efficient variational inference for sparse deep learning with theoretical guarantees.

problem Sparse deep learning's challenge of huge storage consumption and sparse structure recovery.
method Bayesian treatment with spike-and-slab priors and continuous relaxation of Bernoulli distribution for computationally efficient variational inferences.
result Provides variational posterior contraction rate, justifying consistency of the proposed method.

New bounds for Lasso and Group Lasso in high dimensions derived.

problem Estimation error bounds for Lasso and Group Lasso in high-dimensional settings.
method Recent advances in high-dimensional statistics to derive new L2 estimation upper bounds.
result Bounds match optimal minimax rate for Lasso and improve over existing results for Group Lasso.

PLS-Lasso integrates dimension reduction into regression for financial index tracking.

problem Dimension reduction and regression are traditionally treated separately in multivariate data analysis.
method PLS-Lasso integrates dimension reduction directly into the regression process, presenting two formulations: PLS-Lasso-v1 and PLS-Lasso-v2.
result PLS-Lasso-v1 and PLS-Lasso-v2 outperform Lasso in financial index tracking.

The paper examines Adaptive Lasso and Transfer Lasso, highlighting their differences and proposing a new method.

problem Comparing and contrasting Adaptive Lasso and Transfer Lasso.
method Theoretical analysis of asymptotic properties and introduction of a new method.
result The Transfer Lasso method reduces non-asymptotic estimation errors compared to Adaptive Lasso.

New method samples from piecewise smooth distributions using Hamiltonian Monte Carlo.

problem Sampling from distributions with discontinuous gradients.
method Generalized Randomized Hamiltonian Monte Carlo (GRHMC) for piecewise smooth targets.
result GRHMC processes sample from piecewise smooth target distributions with the desired distribution as the invariant distribution.

Bayesian model predicts phenotype effects from multi-environmental factors.

problem Predict phenotype effects from multi-environmental trials.
method Bayesian tensor regression with spike-and-slab structure.
result Model outperforms previous methods in simulation and real-world data.