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48 results for trimmed estimators

Robust estimators improve high-dimensional data analysis by trimming outliers.

problem Robustifying high-dimensional structured estimation in the presence of outliers and data corruption.
method Trimmed versions of structurally regularized M-estimators, including Least Trimmed Squares and Lasso, are analyzed and optimized.
result General analysis and guarantees for statistical convergence and consistency of trimmed estimators.

Paper presents a robust estimator for density ratio estimation that trims outliers.

problem Vulnerability of density ratio estimation to corrupted data points.
method Automatically identifies and trims outliers in density ratio estimation; uses convex formulation and subgradient descent.
result Global optimum can be obtained via subgradient descent; parameter estimation error analyzed under high-dimensional settings.

A method for estimating parameters from entangled single-sample distributions, robust to high-noise data.

problem Estimating common parameters from entangled single-sample distributions.
method Iterative trimming of samples to estimate the parameter.
result The method can tolerate a constant fraction of high-noise data points.

TrIM improves gradient-based dimension reduction and regression.

problem Efficiently identifying relevant feature subspace for high-dimensional regression.
method Introduced TrIM forest, an iterative approach using Mondrian forest and EGOP estimate.
result Consistency guarantees and convergence rates for EGOP matrix and random forest estimator.

Paper proposes a framework to identify and obfuscate sensitive features via information density estimation.

problem Identifying and protecting sensitive attributes from leakage in obfuscation mechanisms.
method Information density estimation to identify leaking features, followed by a targeted obfuscation mechanism.
result Proven leakage guarantee in terms of Eγ\mathsf{E}_γ-divergence for the obfuscation mechanism.

New algorithm robustly estimates sparse models in high dimensions with corrupted data.

problem Estimating latent variable models with arbitrarily corrupted samples in high dimensional space.
method Trimmed (Gradient) Expectation Maximization with trimming gradients and hard thresholding steps.
result The algorithm converges to near optimal statistical rate geometrically under certain conditions.

Improved robust regression for heavy-tailed and contaminated data.

problem Linear regression with heavy-tailed and adversarially contaminated covariates and responses.
method Applying a filtering algorithm to covariates and then using Huber regression, least trimmed squares, or least absolute deviation estimators on the remaining data.
result Near-optimal error rates achieved for the Huber regression estimator.

Trimming helps in conformal prediction when it separates anomaly scores.

problem Effectiveness of trimming in conformal prediction under contamination.
method Analyse fixed-threshold trimming as a replacement of the contaminated calibration law with a retained law.
result Trimming helps when it separates anomaly scores, reducing clean-target coverage to a one-dimensional score-CDF transfer problem.

TRIM improves interpretability of deep neural networks in cosmology.

problem Understanding which features a deep neural network uses in a transformed space.
method TRIM (Transformation IMportance) attributes importances to features in a transformed space.
result Combining TRIM with contextual decomposition helps identify physical features learned by DNNs.

New method trims network data to resist adversarial contamination.

problem Adversarial contamination in network data affects statistical and algorithmic performance.
method Proposes a new trimming method operating in model space to address both block and white noise contamination.
result Demonstrates superior performance in simulations compared to direct trimming.

We assess cluster stability by trimming extreme points and tracking data range reduction.

problem Assessing stability of one-dimensional clusters.
method Probabilistic method using diameter-shrinkage ratio to track data range reduction.
result Our method achieves higher accuracy than classical tests in small or noisy samples.

The paper proposes a method to trim Bayesian network classifiers robustly.

problem Removing costly features from Bayesian network classifiers while maintaining robustness.
method Introduces an expected classification agreement (ECA) metric and a branch-and-bound search algorithm to find optimal feature subsets and thresholds.
result The proposed method maximizes expected agreement between the original and trimmed classifiers, subject to a budgetary constraint.

We describe a general framework for measuring risks, where the risk measure takes values in an abstract cone. It is shown that this approach naturally includes the classical risk measures and set-valued risk measures and yields a natural definition of vector-valued risk measures. Several main constructions of risk meas…

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New method solves sparse approximation problem using trimmed lasso and generalized soft-min penalties.

problem Sparse approximation or best subset selection problem.
method Regularized approach with trimmed lasso and generalized soft-min penalties.
result The trimmed lasso provides sparse recovery guarantees and a practical optimization algorithm.

Efficiently estimates mixed effects models with nonlinear components and constraints.

problem Estimating mixed effects models with nonlinear components and constraints.
method Developed an efficient approach for mixed effects models with trimming in the marginal likelihood.
result More accurate and computationally efficient estimates in the presence of outliers.

Alpha-trimming prunes trees in random forests to improve predictive performance.

problem Improving predictive performance of random forests by locally adaptive tree pruning.
method Alpha-trimming is a fast pruning algorithm that prunes trees in a random forest based on signal-to-noise ratio, controlled by a tuning parameter.
result Alpha-trimming often lowers mean squared prediction error compared to fully grown random forests.

Robust clustering for time series using spectral densities and functional data analysis.

problem Clustering stationary time series data robustly.
method Spectral densities as functional data, robust clustering algorithm applied, trimming and restrictions used.
result Reduction of noise and prevention of spurious clusters.

New method prevents neural network breakdown by combining trimmed loss and variation regularization.

problem Outlier contamination in neural network training.
method Integrates transformed trimmed loss and higher-order variation regularization.
result Ensures robustness to outlier contamination with a high functional breakdown point.

Proposes a sensitivity framework to handle limited overlap in causal inference.

problem Limited overlap between treated and control groups in observational studies.
method Sensitivity framework based on worst-case confidence bounds on bias introduced by trimming.
result Protects against spurious findings by quantifying uncertainty in regions with limited overlap.

Efficiently clusters data with weak assumptions, robust to contamination.

problem General-shaped clustering under weak parametric assumptions with data contamination.
method Two-step hybrid robust clustering algorithm combining trimmed k-means and hierarchical agglomeration.
result Outperforms state-of-the-art methods in various applications.

A new robust regression method handles outliers in high-dimensional data.

problem Outliers in high-dimensional data make conventional regression methods ineffective.
method Robust penalized least squares of depth trimmed residuals regression.
result The new method outperforms existing methods in estimation and prediction accuracy.

New robust PCA method minimizes trimmed reconstruction error over Stiefel manifold.

problem Outliers affect PCA's accuracy; robustification needed.
method Directly minimizes trimmed reconstruction error over the Stiefel manifold without deflation.
result Outperforms or matches state-of-the-art methods in efficiency and accuracy.

Paper proposes iterative trimmed loss minimization for learning from corrupted data.

problem Learning from corrupted training data.
method Iterative trimmed loss minimization, alternating between selecting and retraining samples.
result Recovery of ground truth with linear convergence rate in generalized linear models.

Study enhances robustness of In-CVaR based regression models under perturbation and contamination.

problem Enhancing robustness of nonlinear regression models under perturbation and contamination.
method Introduces interval conditional value-at-risk (In-CVaR) and rigorously analyzes its robustness properties under both perturbation and contamination.
result The In-CVaR based estimator is qualitatively robust in terms of the Prokhorov metric if and only if the largest portion of losses is trimmed.

MemNet optimizes neural architectures for memory efficiency.

problem Memory constraints in mobile devices limit the use of large neural networks.
method Augment-trim learning with memory consumption ranking score.
result MemNet finds architectures with 24.17% less memory usage compared to state-of-the-art methods.

Net-Trim prunes deep neural networks to reduce connections while maintaining accuracy.

problem Redundancy and overfitting in deep neural networks reduce model performance.
method Layer-wise pruning using convex optimization to remove connections at each layer.
result Net-Trim reduces the number of connections in neural networks without sacrificing accuracy.

Robust Trimmed k-means improves clustering with outliers and mixed data.

problem Real-world data often contains outliers and mixed membership clusters, complicating traditional clustering methods.
method Proposes Robust Trimmed k-means (RTKM) that robustifies k-means for both single- and multi-membership data.
result RTKM outperforms other methods on multi-membership data with outliers and single membership data with outliers.

Paper develops robust OPF method using contextual information.

problem Optimal Power Flow problem under incomplete uncertainty knowledge.
method Distributionally robust chance-constrained formulation with probability trimmings and optimal transport.
result Distributional robustness improves expected cost and system reliability.

Researchers combined linear classifiers using score functions and found simple and trimmed averages to be the best combination strategies.

problem Combining linear classifiers using their score functions.
method Two score functions tested; four combination strategies investigated; comparison with majority voting and model averaging.
result Simple and trimmed average combination strategies were the best.