The strength of association between a pair of data vectors is represented by a nonnegative real number, called matching weight. For dimensionality reduction, we consider a linear transformation of data vectors, and define a matching error as the weighted sum of squared distances between transformed vectors with respect…
Heuristic weighting improves denoising score matching without requiring noise distribution assumptions.
problem Improving denoising score matching without assuming noise distribution.
method Demonstrated heteroskedasticity, derived optimal weighting functions, and provided theoretical and empirical comparisons.
result Heuristical weighting function can achieve lower variance than optimal weighting, facilitating more stable and efficient training.
Algorithm uses RBM to solve matching problems on weighted graphs.
problem Perfect matching problem on bipartite weighted graphs.
method Iterative RBM algorithm to maximize energy function and assignment.
result Algorithm successfully solves real-world matching problems.
The paper proposes multicalibration to improve matching in graphs with imperfect predictors.
problem Finding the best matching in graphs with imperfect predictors.
method Introduces multicalibration as a fairness notion to ensure unbiasedness on protected sets of contexts.
result Constructing a multicalibrated predictor that outperforms standard optimal rules in matching algorithms.
Study shows refugee matching gains are robust to different evaluation methods.
problem Stability of refugee matching gains under various evaluation methods.
method Used multiple off-policy evaluation methods including IPW and AIPW.
result Impact estimates remain consistent in magnitude and statistically significant.
Paper studies L 2 L_2 L 2 -consistency of nearest neighbor matching for biased samples.
problem Biased sampling and missing data in statistical problems.
method Nearest neighbor matching (NNM) to estimate population quantities from biased samples.
result NNM is L 2 L_2 L 2 -consistent in finite dimensions without smoothness and boundedness assumptions. Optimizes matching in weighted graphs with semi-bandit sampling.
problem Finding optimal pairings in weighted graphs with sequential sampling.
method Leverages rank-1 assumption on adjacency matrix to reduce sample complexity and regret.
result Achieves linear dependency in the number of vertices for sample complexity and regret.
Paper introduces new approximations for lognormal sums, matching comonotonicity and moments.
problem Approximating sums of lognormal random variables accurately.
method Introduces new approximations based on weighted distribution theory, emphasizing comonotonicity and moment matching.
result Approximations perform better than classical methods, especially in the right tail of the distribution.
New model for shape graph registration with partial matching constraints.
problem Shape graph registration with topological inconsistencies and partial matching.
method Higher order invariant Sobolev metrics, varifolds, inexact variational formulation, SFISTA algorithm.
result Existence of minimizers for variational problem with TV regularization.
This paper explores combinatorial optimization for problems of max-weight graph matching on multi-partite graphs, which arise in integrating multiple data sources. Entity resolution-the data integration problem of performing noisy joins on structured data-typically proceeds by first hashing each record into zero or mor…
A new method improves flow matching by dynamically weighting density estimates.
problem High-dimensional integration inefficiency in flow matching.
method Density-weighted Dynamic Stein operators.
result Significant improvement in vector field smoothness and sampling efficiency.
New method uses optimal transport for better covariate matching in causal effect estimation.
problem Estimating causal effects in observational studies with high-dimensional covariates.
method Multimarginal unbalanced optimal transport for interpretable matching.
result Method provides interpretable weights and competitive performance with k-nearest neighbors.
GRAMPA spectral method solves graph matching problem with high probability.
problem Finding vertex correspondence between unlabeled graphs.
method GRAMPA constructs a similarity matrix from weighted eigenvector comparisons, rounding to produce a matching.
result GRAMPA exactly recovers correct vertex correspondence with high probability for Gaussian models.
Proposes DWMD for better matching of hidden representations across domains.
problem Measuring data distribution discrepancy between semantically related domains for feature representation matching.
method DWMD, a moment-based probability distribution metric that explicitly orders and weights higher-order moments.
result DWMD is error-free and can strictly reflect distribution differences without feature distribution assumptions.
DeepWeightFlow generates diverse neural network weights efficiently.
problem Generating complete neural network weights efficiently and accurately.
method Flow Matching in weight space with Git Re-Basin and TransFusion.
result DeepWeightFlow generates high-accuracy neural networks without fine-tuning.
A new method transfers data between domains using a common space and adaptive functions.
problem Domain transfer learning between different datasets.
method Mapping data to a common space, learning a classifier there, and adapting it for each domain.
result The method outperforms existing transfer learning methods on benchmark datasets.
Adapts score matching for missing data in flexible settings.
problem Learning data distribution with missing data.
method Adapted score matching to handle missing data, providing two approaches: importance weighting and variational.
result Variational approach performs best in high-dimensional settings.
Unified theory for causal inference using various methods.
problem Estimating causal effects in ATE estimation.
method Riesz regression, covariate balancing, DRE, TMLE, matching estimator.
result Unified theory integrating multiple methods for ATE estimation.
A new estimator combines KMM and NR to robustly correct covariate shift.
problem Correcting sampling biases in learning problems with different distributions.
method Integrates residuals of nonparametric regression with kernel mean matching reweighting.
result Proposed estimator outperforms or matches existing rates for KMM and NR.
This paper tackles matching two complete graphs with correlated edge weights in geometric models.
problem Matching two complete graphs with edge weights correlated through latent geometries.
method Derives an approximate maximum likelihood estimator for recovering hidden vertex correspondence.
result The estimator provably achieves perfect recovery under certain noise conditions.
Novel alignment framework for text-to-image generation using diffusion models and flow matching.
problem Improving text-to-image generation with minimal computational resources.
method Proposes a novel alignment framework that decomposes the score function into pre-trained score plus a conditional expectation of the reward.
result Achieves comparable performance to finetuning-based models with reduced computational cost.
Person re-identification (re-id), an emerging problem in visual surveillance, deals with maintaining entities of individuals whilst they traverse various locations surveilled by a camera network. From a visual perspective re-id is challenging due to significant changes in visual appearance of individuals in cameras wit…
Develops KOM method for optimal GATE estimation.
problem Causal effect estimation sensitivity to model misspecification and practical violations of positivity.
method Kernel Optimal Matching (KOM) for optimal GATE estimation.
result KOM provides uniform control over conditional mean squared error and precision.
The paper connects Lie bialgebras, Rota-Baxter Lie algebras, and their properties.
problem Exploring connections between Lie bialgebras and Rota-Baxter Lie algebras.
method Introducing quadratic Rota-Baxter Lie algebras, matched pairs, bialgebras, and Manin triples.
result Established a correspondence between factorizable Lie bialgebras and quadratic Rota-Baxter Lie algebras.
GFM models neural network training as a dynamical system to forecast final weights.
problem Computational intensity and inefficiency in training deep neural networks.
method Gradient Flow Matching (GFM) treats training as a dynamical system with learned vector fields.
result GFM achieves forecasting accuracy competitive with Transformer-based models and significantly outperforms classical baselines.
Paper proposes a method to estimate truncated density models using Score Matching.
problem Estimating parameters of truncated probability densities.
method Score Matching with a novel weight function derived from Stein discrepancy.
result The proposed method minimizes a weighted Fisher divergence and corrects outlier-trimming bias.
A novel graphical matching approach improves pairs trading by reducing portfolio variance and risk-adjusted returns.
problem Common pairs trading methods lead to high portfolio variance and low risk-adjusted returns due to focusing on highly cointegrated assets.
method Model all assets and their cointegration levels with a weighted graph. Select pairs as a maximum weighted matching to ensure no shared assets and lower portfolio variance.
result The matching-based strategy shows a significant improvement in risk-adjusted performance, with a gross Sharpe ratio of 1.23.
Study connects database alignment and planted matching using Gaussian features.
problem Identify matching between correlated user features in anonymized databases.
method Derived results for database alignment and planted matching, showing connections and thresholds.
result Performance thresholds for database alignment converge to planted matching when feature dimensionality is sufficiently high.
Study reconstructs hidden perfect matchings in random graphs with specific edge weights.
problem Reconstructing hidden perfect matchings in random weighted bipartite graphs.
method Analyzes the maximum likelihood estimator for matching reconstruction under different probability distributions of edge weights.
result Sharp threshold and infinite-order phase transition in reconstruction error for different probability distributions.
Improved score matching methods for estimating score functions and Hessians without high dimensionality.
problem Estimating score functions and Hessians efficiently in high-dimensional data.
method Implicit score matching and denoising score matching, leveraging Gagliardo-Nirenberg inequalities.
result Achieves convergence rates similar to denoising score matching and estimates Hessians without dimensionality issues.
Q-MMR evaluates policies using reweighted rewards and moment matching.
problem Off-policy evaluation in finite-horizon MDPs.
method Q-MMR learns scalar weights for data points via a moment matching objective against a value-function discriminator class.
result Data-dependent finite-sample guarantee with a dimension-free error bound.
Model compares news articles and videos using neural networks and machine-learned activation functions.
problem Comparing heterogeneous entities like news articles and videos.
method Artificial neural networks with trainable weighted structural components and machine-learned activation functions.
result Achieved up to 59.2% accuracy in matching videos to news articles.
PAMA learns covariate importance for better matching in observational studies.
problem Poor performance of conventional matching methods when covariates differ in relevance.
method PAMA is a semi-supervised framework that learns covariate importance from paired data and optimizes a weighted quadratic score.
result PAMA outperforms standard methods, particularly in high-dimensional settings and under model misspecification.
GRAMPA algorithm recovers latent vertex correspondence in correlated graphs with high probability.
problem Recovering latent vertex correspondence between unlabeled, edge-correlated weighted graphs.
method Spectral graph matching algorithm, GRAMPA, with exact recovery guarantees for Erdős-Rényi graphs.
result GRAMPA exactly recovers latent vertex correspondence with high probability for Erdős-Rényi graphs with edge correlation coefficient 1 − σ 2 1-σ^2 1 − σ 2 and average degree at least polylog ( n ) \operatorname{polylog}(n) polylog ( n ) when σ ≲ 1 / polylog ( n ) σ\lesssim 1/\operatorname{polylog}(n) σ ≲ 1/ polylog ( n ) . New matching estimators correct bias in multivariate settings without smoothing parameters.
problem Bias in nearest-neighbor and matching estimators in multiple dimensions.
method Polynomial least squares fits on Voronoi tessellations.
result Novel estimators converge at n \sqrt{n} n rate under mild smoothness assumptions. Proves weight polytope matches with energy vectors in toric varieties.
problem Understanding the relationship between weight polytopes and energy functionals in toric varieties.
method Combines two slope formulas of K-energy in the toric setting.
result Weight polytope of Hurwitz form matches with convex hull of characteristic vectors.
A training-free method for conditional sampling using flow matching.
problem Weight degeneracy in high-dimensional importance sampling.
method Sequential Monte Carlo with resampling and stochastic flow.
result Significantly outperforms existing methods on MNIST and CIFAR-10.
We study graph matching with correlated Gaussian features and find thresholds for exact recovery.
problem Graph matching with correlated Gaussian features.
method Information-theoretic thresholds and conditions for exact and almost exact recovery.
result Contextual information introduces a richer structure, with thresholds for exact and almost exact recovery no longer coinciding.
ZeroS improves Transformers by adding negative weights, matching or beating softmax attention.
problem Limited performance of linear attention methods, especially in long context sequences.
method Proposes Zero-Sum Linear Attention (ZeroS) that removes the zero-order term and reweights zero-sum softmax residuals.
result ZeroS matches or exceeds standard softmax attention across various benchmarks, theoretically expanding representable functions.
A new matching method for causal inference that handles irrelevant variables and missing data.
problem Creating high-quality treatment-control matches for categorical data in social sciences.
method A weighted Hamming distance matching method that considers covariate importance and creates a hierarchy of covariate combinations.
result The method produces high-quality matches and handles irrelevant variables and missing data.
Paper studies matching of samples from two distributions with a Gibbs probability weight.
problem Matching two independent i.i.d. samples from two distributions with a weighted cost.
method Uses chaos decomposition of polynomial functions of empirical distributions to derive asymptotics.
result Convergence of resulting random joint distribution to Schrödinger problem solution as N→∞.
STRAPSim measures ETF portfolio similarity better than existing methods.
problem Measuring portfolio similarity for ETFs and portfolios.
method Semantic, two-level, residual-aware portfolio similarity computation.
result STRAPSim outperforms existing methods in predictive accuracy and ranking alignment.
Max-product Belief Propagation (BP) is a popular message-passing algorithm for computing a Maximum-A-Posteriori (MAP) assignment over a distribution represented by a Graphical Model (GM). It has been shown that BP can solve a number of combinatorial optimization problems including minimum weight matching, shortest path…
Submodular functions have many applications. Matchings have many applications. The bitext word alignment problem can be modeled as the problem of maximizing a nonnegative, monotone, submodular function constrained to matchings in a complete bipartite graph where each vertex corresponds to a word in the two input senten…
Score matching fails for general point processes, a new estimator improves accuracy.
problem Score matching estimators fail for general point processes.
method Introduced a weighted score matching estimator for point processes.
result The weighted score matching estimator accurately estimates model parameters on synthetic and real data.
This paper presents an algorithm to construct a weighted adjacency matrix of a plane bipartite graph obtained from a pretzel knot diagram. The determinant of this matrix after evaluation is shown to be the Jones polynomial of the pretzel knot by way of perfect matchings (or dimers) of this graph. The weights are Tutte'…
Proposes a new method to adapt to covariate shifts in supervised learning.
problem Covariate shift in training and testing samples with different marginal distributions.
method Minimax risk classification (MRC) approach that weights both training and testing samples.
result Significantly enhanced classification performance in synthetic and empirical experiments.
IMP finds sparse subnetworks that match full networks, revealing geometric insights.
problem Finding sparse subnetworks that match full, overparameterized networks.
method Iterative magnitude pruning (IMP) algorithm, analyzing error landscape geometry.
result IMP masks found at end of training convey useful information for rewound networks.