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We consider coordinate descent methods on convex quadratic problems, in which exact line searches are performed at each iteration. (This algorithm is identical to Gauss-Seidel on the equivalent symmetric positive definite linear system.) We…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2020-01-14 Stephen J. Wright , Ching-Pei Lee

Many poker systems, whether created with heuristics or machine learning, rely on the probability of winning as a key input. However calculating the precise probability using combinatorics is an intractable problem, so instead we approximate…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2018-08-24 Brandon Da Silva

We present a new algorithm for the exact uniform sampling of proper \(k\)-colorings of a graph on \(n\) vertices with maximum degree~\(\Delta\). The algorithm is based on partial rejection sampling (PRS) and introduces a soft relaxation of…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2026-04-07 Sarat Moka , Ava Vahedi

Performing exact Bayesian inference for complex models is computationally intractable. Markov chain Monte Carlo (MCMC) algorithms can provide reliable approximations of the posterior distribution but are expensive for large datasets and…

Computation · Statistics 2021-12-09 Maxime Vono , Daniel Paulin , Arnaud Doucet

In this paper, we investigate the randomized algorithms for block matrix multiplication from random sampling perspective. Based on the A-optimal design criterion, the optimal sampling probabilities and sampling block sizes are obtained. To…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2021-05-12 Chengmei Niu , Hanyu Li

In this paper we present an efficient algorithm to produce a provably dense sample of a smooth compact variety. The procedure is partly based on computing $\textit{bottlenecks}$ of the variety. Using geometric information such as the…

Algebraic Geometry · Mathematics 2020-10-19 Sandra Di Rocco , David Eklund , Oliver Gäfvert

In computer science, divide and conquer (D&C) is an algorithm design paradigm based on multi-branched recursion. A D&C algorithm works by recursively and monotonically breaking down a problem into sub problems of the same (or a related)…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2018-09-24 Diego Gabriel Krivochen

Sample- and computationally-efficient distribution estimation is a fundamental tenet in statistics and machine learning. We present SURF, an algorithm for approximating distributions by piecewise polynomials. SURF is: simple, replacing…

Machine Learning · Statistics 2021-02-15 Yi Hao , Ayush Jain , Alon Orlitsky , Vaishakh Ravindrakumar

Many least squares problems involve affine equality and inequality constraints. Although there are variety of methods for solving such problems, most statisticians find constrained estimation challenging. The current paper proposes a new…

Computation · Statistics 2013-10-22 Hua Zhou , Kenneth Lange

Novel Monte Carlo methods to generate samples from a target distribution, such as a posterior from a Bayesian analysis, have rapidly expanded in the past decade. Algorithms based on Piecewise Deterministic Markov Processes (PDMPs),…

Computation · Statistics 2022-09-05 Alice Corbella , Simon E F Spencer , Gareth O Roberts

We introduce a novel algorithm that leverages stochastic sampling techniques to compute the perturbative triples correction in the coupled-cluster (CC) framework. By combining elements of randomness and determinism, our algorithm achieves a…

Chemical Physics · Physics 2024-05-29 Yann Damour , Alejandro Gallo , Anthony Scemama

Sampling from distributions play a crucial role in aiding practitioners with statistical inference. However, in numerous situations, obtaining exact samples from complex distributions is infeasible. Consequently, researchers often turn to…

Computation · Statistics 2024-04-01 Riddhiman Bhattacharya , Tiefeng Jiang

Iterative methods that operate with the full Hamiltonian matrix in the untrimmed Hilbert space of a finite system continue to be important tools for the study of one- and two-dimensional quantum spin models, in particular in the presence of…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2013-04-23 Alexander Weiße

Sequential Monte Carlo (SMC) methods are a class of techniques to sample approximately from any sequence of probability distributions using a combination of importance sampling and resampling steps. This paper is concerned with the…

Statistics Theory · Mathematics 2012-03-05 Pierre Del Moral , Arnaud Doucet , Ajay Jasra

This work examines the problem to describe an efficient algorithm for obtaining $n^2 \times n^2$ Sudoku matrices. For this purpose, we define the concepts of $n\times n$ $\Pi_n$-matrix and disjoint $\Pi_n$-matrices. The article, using the…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2022-12-13 Krasimir Yordzhev

Divide and Conquer (DC) is conceptually well suited to high-dimensional optimization by decomposing a problem into multiple small-scale sub-problems. However, appealing performance can be seldom observed when the sub-problems are…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2018-07-12 Peng Yang , Ke Tang , Xin Yao

Motivated by the need for decentralized learning, this paper aims at designing a distributed algorithm for solving nonconvex problems with general linear constraints over a multi-agent network. In the considered problem, each agent owns…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2022-06-23 Jiawei Zhang , Songyang Ge , Tsung-Hui Chang , Zhi-Quan Luo

We review the derivation of the Kac master equation model for random collisions of particles, its relationship to the Poisson process, and existing algorithms for simulating values from the marginal distribution of velocity for a single…

Computation · Statistics 2016-03-07 Jem Corcoran , Dale Jennings , Paul VaughanMiller

We present a faster direct sampling algorithm for random equilateral closed polygons in three-dimensional space. This method improves on the moment polytope sampling algorithm of Cantarella, Duplantier, Shonkwiler, and Uehara (2016) and has…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2025-06-02 Jason Cantarella , Henrik Schumacher , Clayton Shonkwiler

We present a rectangle-based segmentation algorithm that sets up a graph and performs a graph cut to separate an object from the background. However, graph-based algorithms distribute the graph's nodes uniformly and equidistantly on the…

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