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48 results for unbounded noise

Paper tackles online control of linear systems with unbounded noise.

problem Online control of linear systems under unbounded noise with unknown convex cost functions.
method Developed an algorithm achieving ildeO(T) ilde{O}(\sqrt{T}) high-probability regret under unbounded noise, and established O(mpoly(logT)) O({ m poly} (\log T)) regret bound for strongly convex costs and sub-Gaussian noise.
result Achieved ildeO(T) ilde{O}(\sqrt{T}) high-probability regret under unbounded noise, and O(mpoly(logT)) O({ m poly} (\log T)) regret bound for specific noise and cost conditions.

Improved SGD with AdaGrad stepsizes adapts to unknown parameters and unbounded gradients.

problem Adaptive optimization with unknown parameters and unbounded gradients.
method Stochastic Gradient Descent with AdaGrad stepsizes, without assuming problem parameters or strong global Lipschitz conditions.
result Sharp rates of convergence in both low-noise and high-noise regimes, supporting an affine variance noise model.

We consider the problem of unconstrained online convex optimization (OCO) with sub-exponential noise, a strictly more general problem than the standard OCO. In this setting, the learner receives a subgradient of the loss functions corrupted by sub-exponential noise and strives to achieve optimal regret guarantee, witho…

2019-02-05abs ↗pdf ↗

Paper studies Adam's convergence under relaxed assumptions, proving a rate of O(poly(log T)/sqrt(T)).

problem Understanding Adam's convergence in non-convex, stochastic optimization with unbounded gradients and noise.
method Introduced a comprehensive noise model and used it to prove Adam's convergence rate.
result Adam finds a stationary point with a rate of O(poly(log T)/sqrt(T)) in high probability.

There has been an emerging trend in non-Euclidean statistical analysis of aiming to recover a low dimensional structure, namely a manifold, underlying the high dimensional data. Recovering the manifold requires the noise to be of certain concentration. Existing methods address this problem by constructing an approximat…

2019-09-23abs ↗pdf ↗

Nonlinear SGD achieves high-probability rates in non-convex optimization with heavy-tailed noise.

problem Optimization in non-convex problems with heavy-tailed noise.
method General nonlinear framework for SGD, including symmetrization techniques.
result Achieves O~(t1/2)\widetilde{\mathcal{O}}(t^{-1/2}) rate for heavy-tailed noise.

Study shows convergence rate for empirical minimizer of unbounded functions with fast growth.

problem Convergence rate of empirical minimizer for unbounded functions with fast growth.
method Analyzes L1L^1-distance convergence rate of the empiric minimizer for coercive functions sampled with noise.
result Convergence rate is bounded above by ann1/qa_n n^{-1/q}, where qq is the dimension and an=o(nε)a_n = o(n^\varepsilon) for every ε>0\varepsilon > 0.

Maximal concentration bounds for stochastic approximation with heavy-tailed noise.

problem Analyzing the convergence of stochastic approximation algorithms under heavy-tailed Markovian noise.
method Novel Lyapunov function and black-box truncation argument.
result Tail behavior of the error can be sub-Gaussian, sub-Weibull, or lighter than any Pareto but heavier than any Weibull.

AdaGrad-Norm achieves optimal convergence rates for non-convex objectives without tuning.

problem Optimal convergence rates for non-convex, smooth objectives with adaptive step sizes.
method Adaptive SGD (AdaGrad-Norm) with self-tuning step sizes, analyzing under unbounded gradients and affine variance scaling.
result AdaGrad-Norm achieves order optimal convergence rate of $\mathcal{O}\left(\frac{\mathrm{poly}\log(T)}{\sqrt{T}} ight)$ under optimal assumptions.

New method for faster convergence in non-convex optimization with unbounded smoothness.

problem Finding first-order stationary points of non-convex functions with unbounded smoothness.
method Developed a stopped analysis technique to prove convergence rates for (L0,L1)(L_0,L_1)-smooth functions.
result Achieved O(polylog(T)T)\mathcal{O}(\frac{\mathrm{poly}\log(T)}{\sqrt{T}}) convergence rates without uniform noise bounds.

Study on online regression with noise, achieving near-optimal regret bounds.

problem Online generalized linear regression with stochastic noise.
method Sharp analysis of FTRL algorithm for stochastic label noise.
result Achieved near-optimal regret bounds for O(σ2dlogT)+o(logT)O(σ^2 d \log T) + o(\log T).

Study improves robust nonparametric regression in heavy-tailed noise.

problem Robust nonparametric regression with heavy-tailed noise and unbounded functions.
method Huber regression in reproducing kernel Hilbert spaces (RKHS), probabilistic effective hypothesis space, new comparison theorems.
result Explicit finite-sample error bounds and convergence rates for Huber regression in RKHS under heavy-tailed noise.

Adding noise controls capacity of function compositions.

problem Large capacity of function compositions with bounded capacity classes.
method Adding Gaussian noise to the output of F\mathcal{F} before composing with H\mathcal{H}.
result Noise effectively controls the capacity of HF\mathcal{H} \circ \mathcal{F}, offering a general recipe for modular design.

Efficiently learns halfspaces with malicious noise, near-optimal label complexity.

problem Learning ss-sparse halfspaces under malicious label noise.
method Active learning algorithm with instance reweighting and empirical risk minimization.
result Near-optimal label complexity of O(slog4d/ε)O(s \log^4 d / ε) and noise tolerance Ω(ε)Ω(ε).

In most papers establishing consistency for learning algorithms it is assumed that the observations used for training are realizations of an i.i.d. process. In this paper we go far beyond this classical framework by showing that support vector machines (SVMs) essentially only require that the data-generating process sa…

2007-07-02abs ↗pdf ↗

A new macroscopic market making model connects market making and optimal execution.

problem Connecting market making and optimal execution problems.
method Using continuous processes for orders, the model bridges the gap between market making and optimal execution.
result Demonstrates the model's effectiveness through various noise and intensity function scenarios.

We develop a Markovian approximation for SVV models to compute hedging strategies.

problem Computing optimal hedging strategies for SVV models with non-Markovian noise.
method Develop a Markovian approximation of the Volterra noise kernel to compute hedging strategies.
result Error estimates for the approximation of volatility, prices, and optimal hedge.

Privacy-preserving SGD with heavy-tailed noise achieves differential privacy guarantees.

problem Privacy preservation in noisy SGD with heavy-tailed noise.
method Differential privacy guarantees for SGD with heavy-tailed noise.
result SGD with heavy-tailed perturbations achieves (0,O(1/n))(0, O(1/n))-DP.

Two new algorithms improve performance in adversarial bandits with unbounded losses.

problem Adversarial Multi-Armed Bandits with unbounded losses.
method Developed UMAB-NN and UMAB-G for non-negative and general unbounded losses respectively.
result UMAB-NN achieves the first adaptive and scale-free regret bound for non-negative unbounded losses.

This paper analyzes M-estimators under infinite-variance noise in high dimensions.

problem High-dimensional M-estimation with infinite-variance noise.
method Study of the Fenchel conjugate domain and its impact on risk.
result Exact risk of M-estimators under infinite-variance noise is derived.

Study shows exponential gap in sample complexity between noisy and non-noisy recurrent neural networks.

problem Understanding the impact of noise on the sample complexity of recurrent neural networks.
method Analyzing noisy multi-layered sigmoid recurrent neural networks with independent noise and proving lower bounds.
result Exponential gap in sample complexity between noisy and non-noisy networks, even for small noise values.

This paper extends the standard chaining technique to prove excess risk upper bounds for empirical risk minimization with random design settings even if the magnitude of the noise and the estimates is unbounded. The bound applies to many loss functions besides the squared loss, and scales only with the sub-Gaussian or …

2016-09-07abs ↗pdf ↗

This memoir presents a systematic study of the utility maximization problem of an investor in a constrained and unbounded financial market. Building upon the work of Hu et al. (2005) [Ann. Appl. Probab., 15, 1691--1712] in a bounded framework, we extend our analysis to the more challenging unbounded case. Our methodolo…

2017-07-01abs ↗pdf ↗

Adam converges with high probability under unconstrained non-convex smooth stochastic optimizations.

problem Theoretical limitations of Adam's convergence under unconstrained non-convex smooth stochastic optimizations.
method Deep analysis of Adam's convergence rate under affine variance noise, without bounded gradient assumptions.
result Adam converges to the stationary point with a high probability rate of $\mathcal{O}\left({ m poly}(\log T)/\sqrt{T} ight)$.

It is shown that the compactly supported identity component of the diffeomorphism group of the 2-dimensional punctured torus Tp2\mathbb T^2_p is an unbounded group. It follows that the fragmentation norm of Tp2\mathbb T^2_p is unbounded.

2011-03-18abs ↗pdf ↗

New inequalities for unbounded functions improve denoising score matching.

problem Statistical error bounds for denoising score matching with unbounded objective functions.
method Derive new concentration inequalities using McDiarmid's inequality and Rademacher complexity bounds.
result Improved statistical error bounds for denoising score matching.

Study focal surfaces of wave fronts with unbounded curvatures.

problem Characterizing singularities of focal surfaces near non-degenerate singular points.
method Characterizations based on types of singularities and geometrical properties of initial fronts.
result Investigation of Gaussian curvature behavior of focal surfaces.

Study shows unbounded Pontryagin numbers on curved manifolds.

problem Understanding unbounded Pontryagin numbers on curved manifolds.
method Analyzing rational linear combinations of Pontryagin numbers and their relation to the universal elliptic genus.
result Proves existence of unbounded Pontryagin numbers on nonnegatively curved spin manifolds.

New approach finds solutions to games with unbounded controls.

problem Existence of equilibrium in mean-field games with unbounded controls.
method Weak formulation and new existence/stability results for quadratic-growth generalized McKean-Vlasov BSDEs.
result Existence of equilibrium result for non-Markovian mean-field games with unbounded control space.

The paper provides gradient estimates for Neumann semigroups on manifolds with boundary under unbounded curvature conditions.

problem Gradient estimates for Neumann semigroups on manifolds with boundary under unbounded curvature conditions.
method Establishes Bismut-type formulas and gradient estimates for Feynman--Kac semigroups on Riemannian manifolds with boundary, under geometric conditions formulated in terms of Ricci curvature and second fundamental form.
result Derives pointwise gradient estimates for the Neumann semigroup under variable, possibly unbounded, lower curvature bounds.

Improved sampling from Gaussian distributions with privacy constraints.

problem Sampling from unbounded Gaussian distributions with differential privacy.
method First $\widetilde{\mathcal{O}}\left(d ight)$-sample algorithm for unbounded Gaussians under $\left(\varepsilon, δ ight)$-differential privacy.
result A quadratic improvement over previous results, settling an open question.

The paper analyzes stability of random matrix products with Markovian noise.

problem Analyzing stability of random matrix products with Markovian noise.
method Using a super-Lyapunov drift condition and controlled growth of matrix-valued functions, the paper provides an exponential stability result for the p-th moment of random matrix product.
result Finite-time p-th moment bounds for linear stochastic approximation and TD learning algorithms.