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48 results for unsupervised machine learning

New unsupervised learning technique learns independent kernels for better machine learning tasks.

problem Improving unsupervised representation learning for machine learning tasks.
method Stacking convolutional transforms using alternating proximal minimization scheme.
result DCTL outperforms shallow version CTL on benchmark datasets.

Diffusion maps help learn complex quantum phase transitions from data.

problem Learning quantum phase transitions from experimental data is challenging.
method Diffusion maps for nonlinear dimensionality reduction and spectral clustering.
result Diffusion maps can learn complex phase transitions unsupervised.

Paper presents a workflow for reliable unsupervised learning in science.

problem Lack of standardization in unsupervised learning workflows for reproducible scientific discoveries.
method Structured workflow including data preparation, modeling, validation, and communication.
result Illustrates the importance of validation in unsupervised learning.

Is all of machine learning supervised to some degree? The field of machine learning has traditionally been categorized pedagogically into supervised vs unsupervised learningsupervised~vs~unsupervised~learning; where supervised learning has typically referred to learning from labeled data, while unsupervised learning has typically referred to learning …

2019-04-05abs ↗pdf ↗

Machine learning techniques have gained prominence for the analysis of resting-state functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (rs-fMRI) data. Here, we present an overview of various unsupervised and supervised machine learning applications to rs-fMRI. We present a methodical taxonomy of machine learning methods in resting…

2018-12-30abs ↗pdf ↗

Optimizes PnL using linear signals in quantitative finance.

problem Maximizing profit and loss in financial trading.
method Unsupervised machine learning approach that maximizes Sharpe Ratio through linear relationships and parameter optimization.
result Empirical validation and effectiveness of the model on U.S. Treasury ETF.

This paper proves the theoretical advantage of unsupervised pretraining for machine learning tasks.

problem Understanding why unsupervised pretraining helps in machine learning tasks.
method A generic framework using Maximum Likelihood Estimation (MLE) for unsupervised pretraining and Empirical Risk Minimization (ERM) for downstream tasks.
result Proves an excess risk of ildeO(CΦ/m+CΨ/n) ilde{\mathcal{O}}(\sqrt{\mathcal{C}_Φ/m} + \sqrt{\mathcal{C}_Ψ/n}) for downstream tasks under mild conditions.

Study examines unsupervised and graph-based methods for anomaly detection in IoBT, outperformed by supervised stacking ensemble.

problem Anomaly detection in adversarial environments of IoBT.
method Unsupervised learning, graph-based methods, ensemble supervised learning, adversarial training.
result Supervised stacking ensemble method outperforms unsupervised and graph-based methods in detecting anomalies.

New method embeds phylogenetic trees for clustering, recovering evolutionary relationships.

problem Lack of a meaningful way to embed phylogenetic trees into a vector space.
method Split-weight embedding to fit clustering algorithms to phylogenetic trees.
result Split-weight embedding recovers meaningful evolutionary relationships in simulated and real data.

Unsupervised learning is a discipline of machine learning which aims at discovering patterns in big data sets or classifying the data into several categories without being trained explicitly. We show that unsupervised learning techniques can be readily used to identify phases and phases transitions of many body systems…

2016-06-01abs ↗pdf ↗

Proposes a new model for unsupervised clustering with latent variables.

problem The challenge of unsupervised clustering in machine learning.
method Clustered Generator Model with continuous and discrete latent variables.
result Achieves competitive unsupervised clustering accuracy and disentangled latent representations.

Statistical machine learning methods are increasingly used for neuroimaging data analysis. Their main virtue is their ability to model high-dimensional datasets, e.g. multivariate analysis of activation images or resting-state time series. Supervised learning is typically used in decoding or encoding settings to relate…

2014-12-12abs ↗pdf ↗

High-dimensional data in many areas such as computer vision and machine learning tasks brings in computational and analytical difficulty. Feature selection which selects a subset from observed features is a widely used approach for improving performance and effectiveness of machine learning models with high-dimensional…

2017-10-23abs ↗pdf ↗

Unsupervised feature learning has shown impressive results for a wide range of input modalities, in particular for object classification tasks in computer vision. Using a large amount of unlabeled data, unsupervised feature learning methods are utilized to construct high-level representations that are discriminative en…

2013-01-14abs ↗pdf ↗

Paper discusses ASD challenge for machine condition monitoring.

problem Detecting unknown anomalous sounds without labeled data.
method Design and evaluation of a large-scale ASD dataset, novel approaches.
result Several novel approaches developed, evaluation results analyzed.

Survey of QML applications on near-term quantum devices.

problem Achieving quantum advantage on real-world applications.
method Analysis of supervised and unsupervised techniques, including encoding, ansatz structure, error mitigation, and gradient methods.
result Current QML implementations on quantum hardware face limitations but show potential for real-world applications.

XGBOD combines unsupervised and supervised methods for better outlier detection.

problem Enhanced outlier detection from normal observations in various datasets.
method Hybrid approach using unsupervised representation learning to improve a supervised classifier.
result XGBOD outperforms competing methods across seven datasets.

Neuromemristive systems (NMSs) currently represent the most promising platform to achieve energy efficient neuro-inspired computation. However, since the research field is less than a decade old, there are still countless algorithms and design paradigms to be explored within these systems. One particular domain that re…

2016-01-27abs ↗pdf ↗

Challenge uses unsupervised learning to detect new physics signals at LHC.

problem Detecting new physics signals at the LHC using unsupervised machine learning.
method Developed and evaluated anomaly detection algorithms on a large dataset.
result Benchmark dataset of >1 Billion simulated LHC events for future studies.

This paper proposes a new method for automatically selecting the optimal kernel bandwidth in density estimation.

problem The challenge of selecting the optimal kernel bandwidth in unsupervised density estimation.
method The approach uses a topology-based loss function for automated bandwidth selection.
result Demonstrates the potential of the topology-based approach across different dimensions.

Unsupervised machine translation---i.e., not assuming any cross-lingual supervision signal, whether a dictionary, translations, or comparable corpora---seems impossible, but nevertheless, Lample et al. (2018) recently proposed a fully unsupervised machine translation (MT) model. The model relies heavily on an adversari…

2018-05-09abs ↗pdf ↗

Unsupervised machine learning helps design complex experiments more efficiently.

problem Designing experiments with many factors and constraints is challenging and costly.
method Applied a beta variational autoencoder (beta-VAE) to represent trials in a low-dimensional latent space.
result Generated pragmatic designs with fewer trials while maintaining objectives.

Determining the quality of the results obtained by clustering techniques is a key issue in unsupervised machine learning. Many authors have discussed the desirable features of good clustering algorithms. However, Jon Kleinberg established an impossibility theorem for clustering. As a consequence, a wealth of studies ha…

2019-05-14abs ↗pdf ↗

Framework uses machine learning to distinguish major COVID-19 variants.

problem Discriminate and visualize associations between major COVID-19 variants based on genome sequences.
method Unsupervised machine learning methods, including k-mer analysis, PCA, t-SNE, UMAP, and agglomerative hierarchical clustering.
result Framework effectively distinguishes between major variants and identifies emerging variants.