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48 results for weak-recovery threshold

The stochastic block model (SBM) is a random graph model with different group of vertices connecting differently. It is widely employed as a canonical model to study clustering and community detection, and provides a fertile ground to study the information-theoretic and computational tradeoffs that arise in combinatori…

2017-03-29abs ↗pdf ↗

New method detects communities in complex hypergraphs, matching theoretical limits.

problem Detecting communities in non-uniform hypergraphs with varying hyperedge sizes.
method Developed a spectral theory for weighted non-backtracking operators on non-uniform hypergraphs.
result Achieved the Kesten-Stigum bound for weak recovery in a general class of non-uniform HSBMs.

QAOA matches classical tensor power iteration in spiked tensor model recovery.

problem Statistical estimation in spiked tensor model with computational gap.
method Analysis of QAOA performance on spiked tensor model.
result QAOA weak recovery threshold matches tensor power iteration.

Sharp thresholds and contiguity for community detection in contextual SBM.

problem Community detection in graphs with high-dimensional node-covariates.
method Contextual Stochastic Block Model, non-rigorous cavity method, information theory.
result Established the sharp threshold for detection and weak recovery in the contextual SBM.

New algorithm detects communities even with corrupted data, reaching Kesten-Stigum threshold.

problem Robust community detection in stochastic block model with node corruptions.
method Polynomial-time algorithm using Grothendieck norm of principal submatrices.
result First algorithm to achieve weak recovery at Kesten-Stigum threshold with node corruptions.

Study community detection in multi-view data with various types of information.

problem Community detection in multi-view data with different types of information.
method Unified theoretical framework, mutual information analysis, sharp thresholds, iterative algorithms.
result Sharp thresholds for community recovery in various multi-view settings.

Phase retrieval requires at least d+o(d) measurements to recover signals with high probability.

problem Recovering signals from quadratic measurements with noisy data.
method Used Gaussian sensing vectors and spectral methods to analyze the minimum number of measurements needed.
result A sharp phase transition occurs at n = d+o(d), where a simple spectral estimator achieves positive correlation.

The study examines how side information quality and quantity affect community recovery in graphs.

problem Recovering a hidden community of size K=o(n)K=o(n) in a graph of size nn.
method Maximum likelihood detection and belief propagation are used to calculate necessary and sufficient conditions for exact and weak recovery. A local voting procedure is also designed and analyzed.
result Tight necessary and sufficient conditions for exact and weak recovery are derived, showing how side information needs to evolve with nn to improve recovery thresholds.

Study reveals efficient recovery of multi-modal signals via Bayesian methods and sequential learning.

problem Recovering multiple high-dimensional signals from correlated modalities.
method Bayesian Approximate Message Passing and Sequential Curriculum Learning.
result Sequential learning strategy optimally recovers weak signals in multi-modal settings.

Optimal spectral estimators and AMP combine for efficient weak recovery in orthogonally invariant GLMs.

problem Parameter estimation from generalized linear models with complex correlation structures.
method Spectral initialization and approximate message passing (AMP) algorithm.
result Established rigorous performance guarantees for spectral initialization and AMP.

Study spectral estimators for multi-index models to recover low-dimensional signal subspaces.

problem Recovering low-dimensional signal subspaces in multi-index models.
method Spectral estimators for multi-index models.
result Precise asymptotic characterization of spectral methods' performance, revealing a phase transition for weak recovery.

Study shows overparametrization can shift and bend loss landscapes, affecting signal recovery.

problem Understanding how overparametrization affects loss landscapes in neural networks.
method Field theory analysis of Hessian spectrum at initialization.
result Overparametrization can shift the BBP transition point, potentially reaching weak-recovery threshold.

The study analyzes how neural reward models learn features for policy optimization in a Gaussian single-index model.

problem Reward modeling in policy optimization and its impact on downstream value.
method Two-stage neural reward model: first learns hidden direction, then fits readout layer.
result For any feature-learning temperature above a dimension-free threshold, a constant fraction of neurons recover the hidden direction.

We study the problem of recovering a hidden community of cardinality KK from an n×nn \times n symmetric data matrix AA, where for distinct indices i,ji,j, AijPA_{ij} \sim P if i,ji, j both belong to the community and AijQA_{ij} \sim Q otherwise, for two known probability distributions PP and QQ depending on nn. If $P={\r…

2015-09-25abs ↗pdf ↗

Optimal iterative thresholding algorithms improve upon hard and soft thresholding.

problem Optimizing sparsity or rank constraints in optimization problems.
method Developed the notion of relative concavity for thresholding operators, finding a new class of operators that are optimal.
result A new class of thresholding operators, including q\ell_q thresholding and reciprocal thresholding, achieves the strongest convergence guarantee.

Flat minima lead to better generalization in low-rank matrix recovery models.

problem Understanding why flat minima generalize well in overparameterized models.
method Analysis of overparameterized matrix and bilinear sensing, robust PCA, covariance matrix estimation, and neural networks with quadratic activation functions.
result Flat minima, measured by the trace of the Hessian, exactly recover the ground truth in low-rank matrix recovery models under standard statistical assumptions.

Paper proposes a method to identify optimal threshold for stock market networks.

problem Challenges in identifying the optimal threshold for reliable stock network construction.
method Dynamic consistence between threshold network and stock market, optimal threshold maximized by consistence function.
result Optimal threshold value of 0.28 for stocks in S&P 500 Index.

Efficient private algorithms for estimating block models and mixture models.

problem Estimating block models and mixture models in high-dimensional settings.
method General tools for designing efficient private estimation algorithms.
result First efficient private algorithms for weak and exact recovery of stochastic block models.

New algorithm for reinforcement learning in uncertain environments with unknown thresholds.

problem Safety in reinforcement learning in unknown and uncertain environments.
method Growing-Window estimator sampling and Stochastic Pessimistic-Optimistic Thresholding (SPOT) algorithm.
result Achieves sublinear regret and constraint violation of ildeO(T) ilde{\mathcal{O}}(\sqrt{T}).

A new SSL method uses instance-dependent thresholds to improve accuracy.

problem Improving semi-supervised learning by better selecting confident unlabeled instances.
method Proposes instance-dependent thresholds that vary based on the ambiguity and error rates of pseudo-labels for each unlabeled instance.
result Demonstrates that instance-dependent thresholds provide a probabilistic guarantee for correct pseudo-labels.

Adaptive algorithm for outlier detection by balancing arm exploration and threshold estimation.

problem Identifying outliers in a set of rewards where the threshold is a function of all rewards.
method Adaptively updated confidence interval for the threshold based on previous rounds' estimates, balancing exploration of individual arms and the outlier threshold.
result Efficient algorithm with reduced sample complexity for outlier detection.

The article examines different thresholding methods for improving PAM algorithm in cancer classification.

problem High-dimensional classification with too many features selected by PAM.
method Extends PAM with hard and order thresholding methods and a deep search algorithm.
result Improved cancer status prediction accuracy and smaller number of features.

Proposes a conservative LR estimator for infrequent data near a frequency threshold.

problem Overestimation of likelihood ratios for infrequent data near a frequency threshold.
method Conservative likelihood ratio estimator for frequencies slightly above a threshold.
result Improves prediction accuracy in named entity context prediction.

New method trains neural networks with threshold activation functions efficiently.

problem Training neural networks with threshold activation functions is challenging due to zero gradients.
method We study weight decay regularized training problems of deep neural networks with threshold activations, showing they can be formulated as convex optimization problems.
result Regularized deep threshold network training problems can be formulated as standard convex optimization problems, paralleling the LASSO method.

Optimizes threshold selection for variance estimation in financial models.

problem Estimating integrated variance in financial models with jumps.
method Optimizes threshold selection using mean and conditional mean square error criteria.
result Proposes a novel method to approximate the optimal threshold.

Paper develops DLTF to learn optimized dictionaries for efficient thresholded feature recovery.

problem Efficiently recover sparse code support from time-consuming sparse coding.
method Formulates DLTF model to learn optimized dictionary for thresholded feature, derives log-linear time proximal operator.
result DLTF model demonstrates remarkable efficiency, effectiveness, and robustness in various tasks.

Polynomial neural networks explore thresholds for maximum expressiveness.

problem Understanding the limits of polynomial neural networks' expressiveness.
method Introducing activation degree threshold to measure network expressiveness and proving its existence and upper bounds.
result Polynomial neural networks with equi-width architectures achieve the maximum expressiveness.

Paper introduces threshold invariant fairness to ensure equitable predictions across different groups.

problem Machine learning models can be unfair to certain groups based on sensitive attributes.
method Proposes threshold invariant fairness and uses two approximation methods to equalize risk distributions.
result Demonstrates effectiveness in alleviating threshold sensitivity in fairness models.

Study evaluates thresholds for removing noise from DNN weights using random matrix theory.

problem Removing noise from deep neural network weights for better approximation.
method Model weights as signal + noise, use random matrix theory to estimate thresholds, evaluate using cosine similarity.
result Proposed threshold estimation method improves approximation quality.

Modeling firm default with a variable threshold based on management decisions.

problem Estimating default probability with asymmetric information.
method Generalized structural model with a variable default threshold.
result The information level significantly impacts default probability and credit yield spread.

FILTER model uses fusion penalized logistic threshold regression for high-dimensional data with unknown cut points.

problem Modeling high-dimensional data with unknown cut points and binary responses.
method Fusion penalized logistic threshold regression (FILTER) model with fused lasso penalty for variable selection.
result Established non-asymptotic error bounds for coefficient estimation and model selection consistency.

The paper considers an investment timing problem appearing in real options theory. Present values from an investment project are modeled by general diffusion process. We prove necessary and sufficient conditions under which an optimal investment time is induced by threshold strategy. We study also the conditions of opt…

2015-11-02abs ↗pdf ↗