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We consider the problem of improving noisy quantum measurements by suitable preprocessing strategies making many noisy detectors equivalent to a single ideal detector. For observables pertaining to finite-dimensional systems (e.g. qubits or…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-05-20 M. Dall'Arno , G. M. D'Ariano , M. F. Sacchi

We show, in a formal way, how a class of complex quasiprobability distribution functions may be introduced by using the fractional Fourier transform. This leads to the Fresnel transform of a characteristic function instead of the usual…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2019-02-19 Jorge A. Anaya-Contreras , A. Zúñiga-Segundo , Héctor M. Moya-Cessa

Understanding the spectral properties of kernels offers a principled perspective on generalization and representation quality. While deep models achieve state-of-the-art accuracy in molecular property prediction, kernel methods remain…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-10-17 Asma Jamali , Tin Sum Cheng , Rodrigo A. Vargas-Hernández

In this document, we show how the different quantities necessary to compute kernel quantum probabilities can be computed. This document form the basis of the implementation of the Kernel Quantum Probability (KQP) open source project

Mathematical Software · Computer Science 2012-04-02 Benjamin Piwowarski

In this paper, we introduce a new kernel function which differs from previous functions, and play an important role for generating a new design of primal-dual interior point algorithms for semidefinite linear complementarity problem. Its…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2021-08-18 Nabila Abdessemed , Rachid Benacer , Naima Boudiaf

We present an operator-free, measure-theoretic approach to the conditional mean embedding (CME) as a random variable taking values in a reproducing kernel Hilbert space. While the kernel mean embedding of unconditional distributions has…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2021-01-11 Junhyung Park , Krikamol Muandet

Calibration ensures that probabilistic forecasts meaningfully capture uncertainty by requiring that predicted probabilities align with empirical frequencies. However, many existing calibration methods are specialized for post-hoc…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2023-11-01 Charles Marx , Sofian Zalouk , Stefano Ermon

This paper examines the problem of learning with a finite and possibly large set of p base kernels. It presents a theoretical and empirical analysis of an approach addressing this problem based on ensembles of kernel predictors. This…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2012-02-20 Corinna Cortes , Mehryar Mohri , Afshin Rostamizadeh

Operator noncommutation, a hallmark of quantum theory, limits measurement precision, according to uncertainty principles. Wielded correctly, though, noncommutation can boost precision. A recent foundational result relates a metrological…

In recent years, machine learning researchers have focused on methods to construct flexible and interpretable prediction models. However, an interpretability evaluation, a relationship between generalization performance and an…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2019-10-08 Jinwei Zhao , Qizhou Wang , Yufei Wang , Yu Liu , Zhenghao Shi , Xinhong Hei

Qualitative probabilistic networks have been introduced as qualitative abstractions of Bayesian belief networks. One of the major drawbacks of these qualitative networks is their coarse level of detail, which may lead to unresolved…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2013-01-30 Silja Renooij , Linda C. van der Gaag

Quantum Computing (QC) is undergoing a high rate of development, investment and research devoted to its improvement.However, there is little consensus in the industry and wider literature as to what improvement might consist of beyond…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-05-15 Jessica Park , Susan Stepney , Irene D'Amico

We establish a domination principle for positive operators, which provides an upper bound on the essential spectral radius and yields quasi-compactness criteria on weighted supremum spaces with Lyapunov type functions and local domination.…

Probability · Mathematics 2026-01-12 Denis Villemonais

Identification of model parameters in computer simulations is an important topic in computer experiments. We propose a new method, called the projected kernel calibration method, to estimate these model parameters. The proposed method is…

Methodology · Statistics 2017-05-10 Rui Tuo

Binary classification is a fundamental problem in machine learning. Recent development of quantum similarity-based binary classifiers and kernel method that exploit quantum interference and feature quantum Hilbert space opened up tremendous…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2020-04-08 Daniel K. Park , Carsten Blank , Francesco Petruccione

Random feature approximation is arguably one of the most popular techniques to speed up kernel methods in large scale algorithms and provides a theoretical approach to the analysis of deep neural networks. We analyze generalization…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2023-08-30 Mike Nguyen , Nicole Mücke

The task of calibration is to retrospectively adjust the outputs from a machine learning model to provide better probability estimates on the target variable. While calibration has been investigated thoroughly in classification, it has not…

Machine Learning · Statistics 2018-06-21 Hao Song , Meelis Kull , Peter Flach

We define and study a new type of quantum oracle, the quantum conditional oracle, which provides oracle access to the conditional probabilities associated with an underlying distribution. Amongst other properties, we (a) obtain speed-ups…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2016-09-07 Imdad S. B. Sardharwalla , Sergii Strelchuk , Richard Jozsa

This paper presents an iterative method suitable for inverting semilinear problems which are important kernels in many numerical applications. The primary idea is to employ a parametrization that is able to reduce semilinear problems into…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2019-08-02 Prosper Torsu

Kernel Bayes' rule has been proposed as a nonparametric kernel-based method to realize Bayesian inference in reproducing kernel Hilbert spaces. However, we demonstrate both theoretically and experimentally that the prediction result by…

Machine Learning · Statistics 2018-04-23 Hisashi Johno , Kazunori Nakamoto , Tatsuhiko Saigo