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48 results for unknown measurement models

Proposes a learned Bayesian Cramér-Rao bound for unknown measurement models.

problem Computing the Bayesian Cramér-Rao bound requires full knowledge of priors and measurement distributions.
method Introduces a Physics-encoded score neural network to learn priors and measurements.
result Demonstrates improved sample complexity and interpretability through domain knowledge incorporation.

Proposes using equivariant generative models for compressed sensing with unknown orientations.

problem Recovering signals with unknown orientations from underdetermined systems of linear measurements.
method Equivariant variational autoencoder as a generative prior for compressed sensing.
result Signals with unknown orientations can be recovered using iterative gradient descent on the latent space of equivariant models.

New algorithm reduces dynamic regret for MDPs with unknown transition and adversarial rewards.

problem Episodic linear mixture MDPs with unknown transition and adversarial rewards.
method Combines occupancy-measure-based global optimization and policy-based variance-aware value-targeted regression.
result Achieves near-optimal dynamic regret of O~(dH3K+HK(H+PˉK))\widetilde{\mathcal{O}}(d \sqrt{H^3 K} + \sqrt{HK(H + \bar{P}_K)}).

Study on recovering supports of multiple sparse vectors from mixed linear measurements.

problem Recovering supports of multiple sparse vectors from a mixture of linear measurements.
method Developed algorithms to identify the support of all component vectors using polynomial and quasi-polynomial number of measurements.
result Polynomial and quasi-polynomial number of measurements sufficient for recovering the supports of all component vectors.

When eliciting judgements from humans for an unknown quantity, one often has the choice of making direct-scoring (cardinal) or comparative (ordinal) measurements. In this paper we study the relative merits of either choice, providing empirical and theoretical guidelines for the selection of a measurement scheme. We pro…

2014-06-25abs ↗pdf ↗

Generative models solve medical imaging inverse problems without needing paired data.

problem Reconstructing medical images from partial measurements.
method Score-based generative models trained on medical images, then sampling to reconstruct images consistent with measurements and physical model.
result Comparable or better performance in CT and MRI tasks, with improved generalization to unknown measurement processes.

We introduce a measure to quantify ambiguity in deep learning models, improving their reliability.

problem Deep learning models make mistakes on seemingly trivial cases and fail in recognizing what they don't know.
method We define ambiguity based on decision boundaries and convex hulls in feature space, developing a theoretical framework to identify unknowns.
result A single ambiguity measure can detect a significant portion of model mistakes, including adversarial and out-of-distribution inputs.

Paper tackles measure estimation in barycentric coding model.

problem Estimating an unknown measure in the barycentric coding model.
method Geometric, statistical, and computational insights; quadratic optimization problem; empirical i.i.d. samples algorithm.
result Proves precise rates of convergence for algorithm, ensuring statistical consistency.

New method uses PINNs to solve complex PDEs with sparse measurements.

problem Joint estimation of source and parameters in advection-diffusion equations with limited data.
method Weighted adaptive approach based on neural tangent kernel of PINNs.
result Successful estimation of source function, velocity, and diffusion parameters.

Quantum machine learning has received significant attention in recent years, and promising progress has been made in the development of quantum algorithms to speed up traditional machine learning tasks. In this work, however, we focus on investigating the information-theoretic upper bounds of sample complexity - how ma…

2015-01-03abs ↗pdf ↗

The paper develops adaptive confidence intervals for Efron's Gaussian two-groups model with unknown contamination.

problem Developing robust uncertainty quantification for Efron's Gaussian two-groups model with unknown contamination fraction.
method The approach involves Fourier-based certification procedures to find minimax-optimal adaptive confidence intervals.
result The minimax-optimal length of adaptive confidence intervals is polynomially worse than when contamination fraction is known.

New algorithm reduces prediction error in online learning without knowing base measure.

problem Smoothed online learning without knowledge of base measure.
method R-Cover algorithm based on recursive coverings.
result First algorithm to guarantee sublinear regret for agnostic smoothed online learning without prior knowledge of base measure.

Paper proposes method for optimal control of unknown systems with latent states.

problem Jointly estimating dynamics and latent states in systems with unmeasurable states.
method Combination of particle Markov chain Monte Carlo methods and scenario theory.
result Probabilistic performance guarantees for optimal input trajectories.

The paper analyzes sparse high-dimensional linear regression with random design and unknown error variance, providing adaptiveness and concentration rates.

problem Sparse high-dimensional linear regression with random design and unknown error variance.
method Analysis of posterior concentration rates, employing techniques to address model misspecification.
result Adaptiveness and concentration rates of the posterior for sparse high-dimensional linear regression.

We evaluate the uncertainty quality in neural networks using anomaly detection. We extract uncertainty measures (e.g. entropy) from the predictions of candidate models, use those measures as features for an anomaly detector, and gauge how well the detector differentiates known from unknown classes. We assign higher unc…

2016-12-05abs ↗pdf ↗

Researchers reconstruct simple Riemannian manifolds from boundary wave arrival times.

problem Reconstructing Riemannian manifolds from unknown interior sources and arrival times.
method Discrete metric approximation using labeled Gromov--Hausdorff distance.
result Finite-time approximations converge to the true Riemannian manifold.

We consider the robust phase retrieval problem of recovering the unknown signal from the magnitude-only measurements, where the measurements can be contaminated by both sparse arbitrary corruption and bounded random noise. We propose a new nonconvex algorithm for robust phase retrieval, namely Robust Wirtinger Flow to …

2017-04-20abs ↗pdf ↗

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.

The paper assesses quality measures for machine learning models using cross-validation.

problem Evaluating the accuracy and robustness of quality measures for machine learning models.
method Cross-validation approach to estimate prediction error and quantify explained variation. Confidence bounds and local quality measures derived from residuals.
result The reliability and robustness of quality measures are assessed through numerical examples and confidence bounds.

Bayesian method synthesizes barrier certificates for unknown systems with latent states.

problem Certifying safety in systems with unknown dynamics and latent states.
method Bayesian inference with Metropolis-Hastings sampler and sum-of-squares program.
result Probabilistic validity of barrier certificates for unknown systems.

Paper infers intrinsic dimension from quasi-convex measurements.

problem Inferring intrinsic dimension from measurements by quasi-convex functions.
method Developed a method using filtration of Dowker complexes based on discrete data of point orderings.
result Correct intrinsic dimension can be inferred in the limit of large data under generic assumptions.

We introduce the SaaS Algorithm for semi-supervised learning, which uses learning speed during stochastic gradient descent in a deep neural network to measure the quality of an iterative estimate of the posterior probability of unknown labels. Training speed in supervised learning correlates strongly with the percentag…

2018-05-02abs ↗pdf ↗

Safe learning in uncertain systems with state measurements and optimization.

problem Safe learning in nonlinear control-affine systems with unknown additive uncertainty.
method Model uncertainty as Gaussian noise, learn mean and covariance, use optimization to adjust control input.
result Guaranteed safety with arbitrarily large probability while learning and control proceed simultaneously.

MAntRA combines machine learning and Bayesian methods for time-dependent reliability analysis of unknown systems.

problem Time-dependent reliability analysis of systems with unknown governing physics.
method Combines machine learning, Bayesian statistics, and stochastic integration to discover and analyze SDEs from data.
result Demonstrates the effectiveness of MAntRA on three numerical examples, indicating its potential for in-situ and heritage structure analysis.

PGD algorithms solve nonlinear inverse problems with generative priors using noisy measurements.

problem Signal estimation from noisy nonlinear measurements with generative priors.
method Projected gradient descent algorithms for two cases: unknown and known nonlinearity.
result PGD algorithms converge linearly to optimal statistical rates using arbitrary initialization.

Bayesian inference identifies model parameters from financial data to detect arbitrage opportunities.

problem Identifying model parameters from financial data to detect arbitrage opportunities.
method Bayesian inference approach using Markov Chain Monte Carlo (MCMC) algorithm.
result Bayesian inference can estimate unknown trend and volatility coefficients from measured data.

The theory of Compressed Sensing (CS) asserts that an unknown signal xRpx\in\mathbb{R}^p can be accurately recovered from an underdetermined set of nn linear measurements with npn\ll p, provided that xx is sufficiently sparse. However, in applications, the degree of sparsity x0\|x\|_0 is typically unknown, and the pro…

2015-07-25abs ↗pdf ↗

Extends angular synchronization to heterogeneous groups, improving accuracy in multiple applications.

problem Recovering angles from noisy pairwise measurements in a heterogeneous setting.
method Probabilistic generative model and spectral algorithm with robustness analysis.
result Spectral algorithm provides improved recovery accuracy in various parameter regimes.

Due to their heterogeneity, insurance risks can be properly described as a mixture of different fixed models, where the weights assigned to each model may be estimated empirically from a sample of available data. If a risk measure is evaluated on the estimated mixture instead of the (unknown) true one, then it is impor…

2017-10-09abs ↗pdf ↗

Estimates system parameters from a single observation using kernel-based score.

problem Estimating parameters of a dynamical system from a high-dimensional signal.
method Kernel-based score to compare temporal dependencies between signal and model.
result Accuracy and efficiency demonstrated on chaotic systems.

Paper estimates GMMs with unknown covariances using sparse regularization.

problem Estimating GMMs with unknown diagonal covariances from samples.
method Employed Beurling-LASSO (BLASSO) for sparse estimation of component means, covariances, and weights.
result Established non-asymptotic recovery guarantees with nearly parametric convergence rates.

This paper tackles unknown causal graphs and soft interventions, establishing regret bounds and an efficient algorithm.

problem Designing causal bandit algorithms with unknown causal graphs and stochastic intervention models.
method Establishes novel regret bounds and presents a computationally efficient algorithm for unknown graph and soft interventions.
result Regret bounds for unknown graph and soft interventions, with a universal minimax lower bound.

The problem of estimating an unknown discrete distribution from its samples is a fundamental tenet of statistical learning. Over the past decade, it attracted significant research effort and has been solved for a variety of divergence measures. Surprisingly, an equally important problem, estimating an unknown Markov ch…

2018-10-28abs ↗pdf ↗

In the theory of compressed sensing (CS), the sparsity ||x||_0 of the unknown signal x\in\R^p is commonly assumed to be a known parameter. However, it is typically unknown in practice. Due to the fact that many aspects of CS depend on knowing ||x||_0, it is important to estimate this parameter in a data-driven way. A s…

2012-04-19abs ↗pdf ↗