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New method detects causal relationships from noisy measurements.

problem Discover causal relationships from noisy, imperfect measurements.
method Transformed Independent Noise (TIN) condition and ordered group decomposition.
result Identifies causal graph structure without over-complete ICA.

Stein discrepancy improves UDA performance in low-data scenarios.

problem Improving model performance on unlabeled target domains with limited data.
method Proposes a novel UDA framework using Stein discrepancy, an asymmetric measure that depends on the target distribution through its score function.
result Consistently outperforms prior UDA approaches under limited target data across multiple benchmarks.

Bayesian nonparametric models improve tracking in cluttered environments.

problem Robust tracking of moving targets in high clutter environments.
method Employing Bayesian nonparametric models to estimate target and clutter measurements.
result Improved tracking performance and effectiveness in high clutter environments.

Stein's method for measuring convergence to a continuous target distribution relies on an operator characterizing the target and Stein factor bounds on the solutions of an associated differential equation. While such operators and bounds are readily available for a diversity of univariate targets, few multivariate targ…

2016-11-21abs ↗pdf ↗

Paper estimates EOT maps for non-compactly supported measures with subGaussian target.

problem Estimating EOT maps between non-compactly supported measures.
method Uses bias-variance decomposition, T1-transport inequalities, and concentration of measure results.
result Shows error decay rates for different cases of subGaussian measures.

The paper develops a theory for one-step Wasserstein-guided models for PDE-induced measures.

problem Theoretical understanding of generative models' accuracy in scientific computing.
method Regularity theory for optimal transport between doubling measures, excess-risk bounds.
result One-step Wasserstein-guided generative models can approximate PDE-induced measures with Hölder continuity.

The rate of convergence of weighted kernel herding (WKH) and sequential Bayesian quadrature (SBQ), two kernel-based sampling algorithms for estimating integrals with respect to some target probability measure, is investigated. Under verifiable conditions on the chosen kernel and target measure, we establish a near-geom…

2019-07-19abs ↗pdf ↗

Unified approach for sample aggregation in transfer learning across various divergence measures.

problem Optimizing sample aggregation from source to target distributions for improved target performance.
method Unified algorithmic approach that adapts to multiple divergence measures via a weak modulus of transfer.
result Unified approach achieves near optimal rates in terms of the unknown strong modulus, applicable in more general settings.

Transformers can interpolate between arbitrary measures.

problem Understanding the expressive power of Transformers as measure-to-measure maps.
method Provided an explicit choice of parameters for a single Transformer to match N arbitrary input measures to N arbitrary target measures.
result A single Transformer can interpolate between arbitrary measures.

Study on Wasserstein gradient flow for MMD between Coulomb measures.

problem Analyzing the long-time behavior of MMD between probability and target measures using Coulomb kernels.
method Existence of global weak solutions, ultracontractive estimate, regularity analysis, exponential decay proof, defective Polyak-Lojasiewicz inequality.
result Exponential decay of squared MMD toward a uniformly positive target measure on flat torus.

We identify a condition for regularity of optimal transport maps that requires only three derivatives of the cost function, for measures given by densities that are only bounded above and below. This new condition is equivalent to the weak Ma-Trudinger-Wang condition when the cost is C4C^4. Moreover, we only require (n…

2012-12-19abs ↗pdf ↗

The paper proposes a neural network architecture inspired by Langevin Monte Carlo for sampling from target distributions.

problem Sampling from complex target distributions efficiently.
method A neural network architecture inspired by Langevin Monte Carlo is proposed to map samples from a simple reference distribution to samples from the target.
result The proposed neural network architecture achieves approximation rates in the Wasserstein-2 distance for smooth, log-concave target distributions.

New methods target conditional demographic parity using optimal transport distances.

problem Auditing and enforcing conditional demographic parity (CDP) in models with complex conditioning variables.
method Developed novel measures of conditional demographic disparity (CDD) based on optimal transport distances and regularization-based approaches.
result Validated methods airbit{} and airlp{} effectively target CDP in real-world datasets with continuous model outputs.

We describe a novel non-parametric statistical hypothesis test of relative dependence between a source variable and two candidate target variables. Such a test enables us to determine whether one source variable is significantly more dependent on a first target variable or a second. Dependence is measured via the Hilbe…

2014-06-15abs ↗pdf ↗

New measure of interference helps understand and mitigate learning issues in reinforcement learning.

problem Understanding and mitigating interference in reinforcement learning.
method Defined a new measure of interference, evaluated it, and identified key factors contributing to interference.
result Target network frequency and updates on the last layer are significant factors in interference.

Paper introduces infinite-dimensional generative models using Doob's h-transform.

problem Defining generative models in infinite dimensions.
method Using Doob's h-transform to force a reference diffusion towards a target distribution.
result The forced process can be approximated by minimising a score-matching objective.

The paper studies stability of mean-field variational inference for log-concave distributions.

problem Stability of mean-field variational inference for log-concave distributions.
method Novel approach via linearized optimal transport, lifting non-convex problem to convex optimization over transport maps.
result Dimension-free Lipschitz continuity of the MFVI optimizer with respect to the target distribution, measured in 2-Wasserstein distance.

We introduce a natural definition of LpL^p-convergence of maps, p1p \ge 1, in the case where the domain is a convergent sequence of measured metric space with respect to the measured Gromov-Hausdorff topology and the target is a Gromov-Hausdorff convergent sequence. With the LpL^p-convergence, we establish a theory of …

2005-05-20abs ↗pdf ↗

Method identifies low-dimensional structure in high-dimensional probability measures.

problem Identifying low-dimensional structure in high-dimensional probability measures.
method Extends prior work on minimizing majorizations of the Kullback-Leibler divergence to identify optimal approximations within a specific class of measures.
result Connection between dimensional logarithmic Sobolev inequality and approximations with the ansatz.

New method for valid prediction intervals in counterfactual outcomes with runtime confounding.

problem Valid prediction intervals for counterfactual outcomes under runtime confounding.
method Debiased machine learning framework grounded in semiparametric efficiency theory.
result Prediction intervals achieve desired coverage rates with faster convergence compared to standard methods.

New algorithms sample from log concave distributions without gradient Lipschitz continuity.

problem Sampling from log concave distributions without gradient Lipschitz continuity.
method Two algorithms based on monotone polygonal (tamed) Euler schemes.
result Non-asymptotic 2-Wasserstein distance bounds between the process and target measure.

New metrics avoid high-dimensional analysis challenges, proving convergence without 'curse of dimensionality'.

problem High-dimensional analysis challenges in empirical measure convergence.
method Proposed a new class of probability metrics free of the curse of dimensionality.
result Convergence of empirical measures is free of the curse of dimensionality.

This paper analyzes the bias of inexact MCMC methods in high dimensions.

problem Understanding the bias of inexact MCMC methods in high-dimensional spaces.
method Establishing bounds on Wasserstein distances between inexact MCMC methods and target distributions.
result The asymptotic bias of ULA and uHMC depends on key quantities related to the target distribution or the stationary probability measure of the scheme.

Machine learning models trained on indirect data labels can fail on real-world examples.

problem Validity issues in machine learning when target labels are indirectly defined.
method Identification of problematic datasets and models using a general procedure.
result Machine learning models trained on indirect data labels will fail on real-world examples.

Deep kernel learning refers to a Gaussian process that incorporates neural networks to improve the modelling of complex functions. We present a method that makes this approach feasible for problems where the data consists of line integral measurements of the target function. The performance is illustrated on computed t…

2019-09-04abs ↗pdf ↗

Deep neural networks can approximate any target probability distribution given certain conditions.

problem Approximating complex probability distributions with deep neural networks.
method Proving the existence of a deep neural network mapping that approximates a target distribution under various integral probability metrics.
result Upper bounds on the size of the neural network in terms of dimension and approximation error for different metrics.

We investigate the low-dimensional structure of deterministic transformations between random variables, i.e., transport maps between probability measures. In the context of statistics and machine learning, these transformations can be used to couple a tractable "reference" measure (e.g., a standard Gaussian) with a tar…

2017-03-17abs ↗pdf ↗

FPI methods compute barycenters of Gaussian sets for various dissimilarity measures.

problem Efficiently compute barycenters of Gaussian sets for multiple dissimilarity measures.
method Fixed-Point Iterations (FPI) for several dissimilarity measures.
result FPI provides a useful toolbox for fusion/reduction of Gaussian sets.

In many real-world scenarios where data is high dimensional, test time acquisition of features is a non-trivial task due to costs associated with feature acquisition and evaluating feature value. The need for highly confident models with an extremely frugal acquisition of features can be addressed by allowing a feature…

2019-09-15abs ↗pdf ↗

This work discovers algebraic structures from data using a differentiable measure.

problem Discovering discrete algebraic rules from data.
method Formalizes the problem through Cayley-table completion and uses HyperCube operator-valued tensor factorization.
result Derives an absolute lower bound for the differentiable measure of algebraic complexity, proving it is attained only for group structures.