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Covariance matrix estimation arises in multivariate problems including multivariate normal sampling models and regression models where random effects are jointly modeled, e.g. random-intercept, random-slope models. A Bayesian analysis of…

Methodology · Statistics 2016-07-14 Ignacio Alvarez , Jarad Niemi , Matt Simpson

In practical computations, the (preconditioned) conjugate gradient (P)CG method is the iterative method of choice for solving systems of linear algebraic equations $Ax=b$ with a real symmetric positive definite matrix $A$. During the…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2021-01-12 Gérard Meurant , Jan Papež , Petr Tichý

We investigate the computational complexity of several basic linear algebra primitives, including largest eigenvector computation and linear regression, in the computational model that allows access to the data via a matrix-vector product…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2021-05-25 Mark Braverman , Elad Hazan , Max Simchowitz , Blake Woodworth

We prove novel convergence results for a stochastic proximal gradient algorithm suitable for solving a large class of convex optimization problems, where a convex objective function is given by the sum of a smooth and a possibly non-smooth…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2016-08-11 Lorenzo Rosasco , Silvia Villa , Bang Công Vũ

Deep kernel processes are a recently introduced class of deep Bayesian models that have the flexibility of neural networks, but work entirely with Gram matrices. They operate by alternately sampling a Gram matrix from a distribution over…

Machine Learning · Statistics 2023-05-25 Sebastian Ober , Ben Anson , Edward Milsom , Laurence Aitchison

A fundamental task in numerical computation is the solution of large linear systems. The conjugate gradient method is an iterative method which offers rapid convergence to the solution, particularly when an effective preconditioner is…

Methodology · Statistics 2018-12-18 Jon Cockayne , Chris Oates , Ilse Ipsen , Mark Girolami

Generalized linear mixed models (GLMMs) are a widely used tool in statistical analysis. The main bottleneck of many computational approaches lies in the inversion of the high dimensional precision matrices associated with the random…

Computation · Statistics 2025-10-08 Andrea Pandolfi , Omiros Papaspiliopoulos , Giacomo Zanella

Recent advancements in quantum computing and quantum-inspired algorithms have sparked renewed interest in binary optimization. These hardware and software innovations promise to revolutionize solution times for complex problems. In this…

The objective of the paper is to establish a computable upper bound for the almost sure convergence rate for a class of ratio consensus algorithms defined via column-stochastic matrices. Our result extends the works of Iutzeler et al.…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2022-04-06 Balázs Gerencsér

Stochastic gradient algorithm is a key ingredient of many machine learning methods, particularly appropriate for large-scale learning.However, a major caveat of large data is their incompleteness.We propose an averaged stochastic gradient…

Statistics Theory · Mathematics 2020-06-09 Julie Josse , Aude Sportisse , Claire Boyer , Aymeric Dieuleveut

We give almost sure convergence rate bounds of ratio consensus algorithms when the protocol can be reformulated to be linear updates of vector values on a possibly larger, augmented network. This is an improvement of the results of…

Probability · Mathematics 2026-05-28 Balázs Gerencsér , Levente Szemerédi

A recent line of work has studied the relationship between the Wishart matrix $X^\top X$, where $X\in \mathbb{R}^{d\times n}$ has i.i.d. standard Gaussian entries, and the corresponding Gaussian matrix with independent entries above the…

Probability · Mathematics 2021-03-26 Matthew Brennan , Guy Bresler , Brice Huang

We present a probabilistic analysis of two Krylov subspace methods for solving linear systems. We prove a central limit theorem for norms of the residual vectors that are produced by the conjugate gradient and MINRES algorithms when applied…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2020-07-02 Elliot Paquette , Thomas Trogdon

We investigate the method of conjugate gradients, exploiting inaccurate matrix-vector products, for the solution of convex quadratic optimization problems. Theoretical performance bounds are derived, and the necessary quantities occurring…

Numerical Analysis · Computer Science 2020-09-22 S. Gratton , E. Simon , D. Titley-Peloquin , Ph. L. Toint

Variational inference methods for latent variable statistical models have gained popularity because they are relatively fast, can handle large data sets, and have deterministic convergence guarantees. However, in practice it is unclear…

Methodology · Statistics 2017-03-22 Hachem Saddiki , Andrew C. Trapp , Patrick Flaherty

We consider a general class of regression models with normally distributed covariates, and the associated nonconvex problem of fitting these models from data. We develop a general recipe for analyzing the convergence of iterative algorithms…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2021-09-22 Kabir Aladin Chandrasekher , Ashwin Pananjady , Christos Thrampoulidis

Stochastic gradient methods are among the most important algorithms in training machine learning problems. While classical assumptions such as strong convexity allow a simple analysis they are rarely satisfied in applications. In recent…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-03-18 Simon Weissmann , Sara Klein , Waïss Azizian , Leif Döring

In this work, we consider the weighted difference of two independent complex Wishart matrices and derive the joint probability density function of the corresponding eigenvalues in a finite-dimension scenario using two distinct approaches.…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2020-11-17 Santosh Kumar , S. Sai Charan

Maximum likelihood iteration is one of the most commonly used reconstruction algorithms in quantum tomography. The main appeal of the method is that it is easy to implement and that it converges reliably to a physically meaningful density…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-08-21 Florian Oberender

In this paper, we consider the nonconvex quadratically constrained quadratic programming (QCQP) with one quadratic constraint. By employing the conjugate gradient method, an efficient algorithm is proposed to solve QCQP that exploits the…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2018-07-17 Akram Taati , Maziar Salahi