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This work considers Maximum Likelihood Estimation (MLE) of a Toeplitz structured covariance matrix. In this regard, an equivalent reformulation of the MLE problem is introduced and two iterative algorithms are proposed for the optimization…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-10-26 Augusto Aubry , Prabhu Babu , Antonio De Maio , Rikhabchand Jyothi

Tensor-based discrete density estimation requires flexible modeling and proper divergence criteria to enable effective learning; however, traditional approaches using $\alpha$-divergence face analytical challenges due to the $\alpha$-power…

Machine Learning · Statistics 2025-05-26 Kazu Ghalamkari , Jesper Løve Hinrich , Morten Mørup

As is the case for many curved exponential families, the computation of maximum likelihood estimates in a multivariate normal model with a Kronecker covariance structure is typically carried out with an iterative algorithm, specifically, a…

Statistics Theory · Mathematics 2024-08-28 Mathias Drton , Alexandros Grosdos , Andrew McCormack

We present higher order polynomial algebras which are the dynamical symmetry algebras of a wide class of multi-mode boson systems in non-linear optics. We construct their unitary representations and the corresponding single-variable…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2014-11-20 Yuan-Harng Lee , Wen-Li Yang , Yao-Zhong Zhang

Cylindrical algebraic decomposition (CAD) is an important tool for working with polynomial systems, particularly quantifier elimination. However, it has complexity doubly exponential in the number of variables. The base algorithm can be…

Symbolic Computation · Computer Science 2016-10-03 Matthew England , James H. Davenport

A numerical code is described for constructing Doppler maps from the orbital variation of line profiles of (mass transfering) binaries. It uses an algorithm related to Richardson-Lucy iteration, and is much faster than the standard…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 H. C. Spruit

Many complex systems are characterized by non-Boltzmann distribution functions of their statistical variables. If one wants to -- justified or not -- hold on to the maximum entropy principle for complex statistical systems (non-Boltzmann)…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2009-11-13 Stefan Thurner , Rudolf Hanel

Large-scale Gaussian process models are becoming increasingly important and widely used in many areas, such as, computer experiments, stochastic optimization via simulation, and machine learning using Gaussian processes. The standard…

Methodology · Statistics 2018-08-02 Yongxiang Li , Qiang Zhou , Kwok Leung Tsui , Javier Cabrera

We exploit the idea to use the maximal-entropy method, successfully tested in information theory and statistical thermodynamics, to determine approximating function's coefficients and squared errors' weights simultaneously as output of one…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2021-03-04 Domenico Giordano , Felice Iavernaro

We show that Skilling's method of induction leads to a unique general theory of inductive inference, the method of Maximum relative Entropy (ME). The main tool for updating probabilities is the logarithmic relative entropy; other entropies…

Data Analysis, Statistics and Probability · Physics 2009-11-13 Ariel Caticha , Adom Giffin

Multi-instance data, in which each object (bag) contains a collection of instances, are widespread in machine learning, computer vision, bioinformatics, signal processing, and social sciences. We present a maximum entropy (ME) framework for…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2016-03-15 Behrouz Behmardi , Forrest Briggs , Xiaoli Z. Fern , Raviv Raich

The position and momentum information entropies of $D$-dimensional quantum systems with central potentials, such as the isotropic harmonic oscillator and the hydrogen atom, depend on the entropies of the (hyper)spherical harmonics. In turn,…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2007-08-27 Julio I. de Vicente , Silvia Gandy , Jorge Sánchez-Ruiz

Here the polynomial interpolation approach is used to introduce the main results on multivariate normal algebraic systems. Next we bring a construction which shows that any standard algebraic system, with finite set of solutions, can be…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-10-20 H. Hakopian

The purpose of this note is to survey a methodology to solve systems of polynomial equations and inequalities. The techniques we discuss use the algebra of multivariate polynomials with coefficients over a field to create large-scale linear…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2011-12-08 Jesus A. De Loera , Peter N. Malkin , Pablo A. Parrilo

Polynomial meshes (called sometimes "norming sets") allow us to estimate the supremum norm of polynomials on a fixed compact set by the norm on its discrete subset. We give a general construction of polynomial weakly admissible meshes on…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-01-22 Leokadia Bialas-Ciez , Agnieszka Kowalska , Alvise Sommariva

We develop a new tool, namely polynomial and linear algebraic methods, for studying systems of word equations. We illustrate its usefulness by giving essentially simpler proofs of several hard problems. At the same time we prove extensions…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2015-02-10 Aleksi Saarela

Efficient approximation lies at the heart of large-scale machine learning problems. In this paper, we propose a novel, robust maximum entropy algorithm, which is capable of dealing with hundreds of moments and allows for computationally…

Machine Learning · Statistics 2019-06-05 Diego Granziol , Binxin Ru , Stefan Zohren , Xiaowen Doing , Michael Osborne , Stephen Roberts

To integer programming problems, computational algebraic approaches using Grobner bases or standard pairs via the discreteness of toric ideals have been studied in recent years. Although these approaches have not given improved time…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Takayuki Ishizeki , Hiroki Nakayama , Hiroshi Imai

This paper is a review of a particular approach to the method of maximum entropy as a general framework for inference. The discussion emphasizes the pragmatic elements in the derivation. An epistemic notion of information is defined in…

Data Analysis, Statistics and Probability · Physics 2021-08-04 Ariel Caticha

This paper is concerned with linear algebra based methods for solving exactly polynomial systems through so-called Gr\"obner bases, which allow one to compute modulo the polynomial ideal generated by the input equations. This is a topical…

Symbolic Computation · Computer Science 2023-07-28 Jérémy Berthomieu , Christian Eder , Mohab Safey El Din