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48 results for variability reduction

Develops a new method for nonlinear dimension reduction using random features.

problem Statistical challenges in generalizing Gaussian process-based latent variable models to non-Gaussian data.
method Random feature latent variable models (RFLVMs) that approximate nonlinear relationships with linear functions of random features.
result RFLVMs produce comparable results to state-of-the-art methods on various data types.

Direct contextual policy search methods learn to improve policy parameters and simultaneously generalize these parameters to different context or task variables. However, learning from high-dimensional context variables, such as camera images, is still a prominent problem in many real-world tasks. A naive application o…

2016-11-10abs ↗pdf ↗

New method reduces high-dimensional data to key features.

problem Challenges of high-dimensional data analysis and interpretability.
method Randomized search to produce subspaces, ensemble of models for variable selection.
result Outperforms existing methods in prediction and variable selection.

A/B testing improves marketing decisions by selecting effective stratification variables.

problem Improving the sensitivity of A/B testing through stratified sampling.
method Designing an algorithm to select a subset of stratification variables for variance reduction.
result The subset selection method outperforms other variance reduction techniques in A/B testing.

Proposes an online method for high-dimensional streaming data.

problem Increasing variable dimensions with sample size in online kernel sliced inverse regression.
method Introduces approximate linear dependence condition and dictionary variable sets to address the problem. Transforms into online generalized eigen-decomposition problem and uses stochastic optimization for updates.
result Achieves close performance to batch processing kernel sliced inverse regression.

Bayesian neural networks improve uncertainty quantification in non-linear dimensionality reduction.

problem Current neural network models lack adequate uncertainty quantification.
method Deploy Markov chain Monte Carlo sampling algorithms for Bayesian inference in ANN models with latent variables.
result New research directions are needed due to fundamental challenges in neural networks with latent variables.

Bayesian optimization reduces hyperparameters for mixed variable design problems.

problem Optimizing designs with a large number of mixed continuous, integer, and categorical variables.
method Adaptive dimension reduction using partial least squares for fewer hyperparameters.
result Significant improvement in performance compared to genetic algorithms.

We show a connection between the Fourier spectrum of Boolean functions and the REINFORCE gradient estimator for binary latent variable models. We show that REINFORCE estimates (up to a factor) the degree-1 Fourier coefficients of a Boolean function. Using this connection we offer a new perspective on variance reduction…

2018-08-12abs ↗pdf ↗

Two novel methods estimate multiple FDR directions for binary categorical responses.

problem Estimating multiple FDR directions for categorical responses.
method Information maximization and square loss mutual information.
result Statistical consistency of the proposed methods established.

A new method reduces variance in training discrete latent variable models.

problem High variance in stochastic gradient estimators for discrete latent variable models.
method Double control variates for score function estimators using Taylor expansions.
result Our method can have lower variance compared to other estimators.

The un-reduction procedure introduced previously in the context of Mechanics is extended to covariant Field Theory. The new covariant un-reduction procedure is applied to the problem of shape matching of images which depend on more than one independent variable (for instance, time and an additional labelling parameter)…

2015-09-23abs ↗pdf ↗

Improved clustering speed for 20 clusters on CIFAR-100 dataset.

problem Training time complexity for VAEs with discrete latent variables is linear in the number of clusters.
method Applied a continuous relaxation to discrete variables in Gaussian Mixture VAE, reducing training time complexity to constant.
result Reduced training time from 47 hours to 6 hours for 20 clusters on CIFAR-100.

LMMVAE improves VAE for correlated data by separating latent variables into fixed and random parts.

problem Correlated data in tabular and image datasets.
method Integrates random effects into VAE architecture, separating latent variables into fixed and random parts.
result Significant improvement in reconstruction error and likelihood loss on unseen data.

A novel MM algorithm optimizes DCOV for SDR and SVS.

problem Dimension reduction and variable selection in nonparametric settings.
method Formulated as a DC program, MM algorithm solves quadratic subproblems on the Stiefel manifold.
result Improves computation efficiency and robustness across various settings.

Paper reduces turbomachinery CFD simulations by identifying key dimensions.

problem Reducing computational cost in turbomachinery 3D CFD simulations.
method Statistical sufficient dimension reduction methods and polynomial variable projection.
result Polynomial variable projection accurately identifies dimension reducing subspaces at lower cost.

New method reduces bias in estimating causal effects from discretized variables.

problem Bias in estimating causal effects from discretized continuous variables.
method Proposes a bias-reduced functional that evaluates outcome regression at within-bin conditional means.
result Demonstrates substantial bias reduction and near-nominal confidence interval coverage.

Decision trees with binary splits are popularly constructed using Classification and Regression Trees (CART) methodology. For binary classification and regression models, this approach recursively divides the data into two near-homogenous daughter nodes according to a split point that maximizes the reduction in sum of …

2019-06-24abs ↗pdf ↗

The process of un-reduction, a sort of reversal of reduction by the Lie group symmetries of a variational problem, is explored in the setting of field theories. This process is applied to the problem of curve matching in the plane, when the curves depend on more than one independent variable. This situation occurs in a…

2015-08-21abs ↗pdf ↗

Novel technique reduces Bayesian network complexity while preserving inference accuracy.

problem Complexity reduction in Bayesian networks for efficient inference.
method Directed convex hull structure and polynomial-time algorithm for identifying minimum localized networks.
result High dimension reduction capability and improved inference efficiency in real networks.

PSMM method optimizes matrix sufficient dimension reduction.

problem Feature matrices with row- and column-wise interpretations require efficient dimension reduction.
method PSMM method converts matrix problem into classification problems using rank-1 normal matrix.
result PSMM outperforms existing methods and provides strong interpretability.

A new framework for bilevel optimization tackles stochastic and global variance reduction.

problem Bilevel optimization challenges in large-scale empirical risk minimization.
method Introducing a novel framework where inner and main variables evolve simultaneously, leading to unbiased estimates and global variance reduction algorithms.
result SABA algorithm achieves $O( rac{1}{T})$ convergence rate and linear convergence under Polyak-Lojasciewicz assumption.

Study on reducing dimensionality in high-dimensional regression with kernel methods and stability analysis.

problem Analyzing errors in high-dimensional regression with dimensionality reduction and kernel regression.
method Derive a stability result for kernel regression with Wasserstein distance and apply it to PCA to deduce convergence rates.
result Two-step procedure yields useful convergence rates in semi-supervised settings.

This paper proposes a novel kernel approach to linear dimension reduction for supervised learning. The purpose of the dimension reduction is to find directions in the input space to explain the output as effectively as possible. The proposed method uses an estimator for the gradient of regression function, based on the…

2011-09-02abs ↗pdf ↗

The current study proposes a dimension reduction method, stepwise support vector machine (SVM), to reduce the dimensions of large p small n datasets. The proposed method is compared with other dimension reduction methods, namely, the Pearson product difference correlation coefficient (PCCs), recursive feature eliminati…

2017-11-09abs ↗pdf ↗

EBM reduces dimensionality for estimating heterogeneous CATEs.

problem Estimating CATEs requires many confounding variables, increasing sample complexity.
method Proposes an EBM that learns a low-dimensional representation of variables.
result EBM representations keep CATE estimates consistent and perform better than other methods.

Experimental life sciences like biology or chemistry have seen in the recent decades an explosion of the data available from experiments. Laboratory instruments become more and more complex and report hundreds or thousands measurements for a single experiment and therefore the statistical methods face challenging tasks…

2014-03-12abs ↗pdf ↗

We consider the problem of high-dimensional classification between the two groups with unequal covariance matrices. Rather than estimating the full quadratic discriminant rule, we propose to perform simultaneous variable selection and linear dimension reduction on original data, with the subsequent application of quadr…

2017-11-13abs ↗pdf ↗

Policy evaluation is a crucial step in many reinforcement-learning procedures, which estimates a value function that predicts states' long-term value under a given policy. In this paper, we focus on policy evaluation with linear function approximation over a fixed dataset. We first transform the empirical policy evalua…

2017-02-25abs ↗pdf ↗

New sampling strategy preserves relationships in multivariate scientific data.

problem Reducing storage and enabling efficient multivariate analyses on large scientific data.
method Uses principal component analysis for multivariate data and combines with existing univariate sampling algorithms.
result Efficacy demonstrated on real-world data sets, showing data reduction and multivariate analysis ease.