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In many linear inverse problems, we want to estimate an unknown vector belonging to a high-dimensional (or infinite-dimensional) space from few linear measurements. To overcome the ill-posed nature of such problems, we use a low-dimension…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2017-07-18 Yann Traonmilin , Gilles Puy , Rémi Gribonval , Mike Davies

In this paper, we further develop the approach, originating in [14 (arXiv:1311.6765),20 (arXiv:1604.02576)], to "computation-friendly" hypothesis testing and statistical estimation via Convex Programming. Specifically, we focus on…

Statistics Theory · Mathematics 2018-04-16 Anatoli Juditsky , Arkadi Nemirovski

Consider a two-class classification problem where the number of features is much larger than the sample size. The features are masked by Gaussian noise with mean zero and covariance matrix $\Sigma$, where the precision matrix…

Machine Learning · Statistics 2013-11-21 Yingying Fan , Jiashun Jin , Zhigang Yao

Ordinary differential equation models are used to describe dynamic processes across biology. To perform likelihood-based parameter inference on these models, it is necessary to specify a statistical process representing the contribution of…

We consider the high-dimensional inference problem where the signal is a low-rank matrix which is corrupted by an additive Gaussian noise. Given a probabilistic model for the low-rank matrix, we compute the limit in the large dimension…

Probability · Mathematics 2018-06-01 Léo Miolane

We consider the problem of estimating the mean and covariance of a distribution from iid samples in $\mathbb{R}^n$, in the presence of an $\eta$ fraction of malicious noise; this is in contrast to much recent work where the noise itself is…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2016-08-16 Kevin A. Lai , Anup B. Rao , Santosh Vempala

We present new, original and alternative method for searching signals coded in noisy data. The method is based on the properties of random matrix eigenvalue spectra. First, we describe general ideas and support them with results of…

Data Analysis, Statistics and Probability · Physics 2015-05-28 D. Grech , J. Miskiewicz

We obtain general, exact formulas for the overlaps between the eigenvectors of large correlated random matrices, with additive or multiplicative noise. These results have potential applications in many different contexts, from quantum…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2018-12-05 Joël Bun , Jean-Philippe Bouchaud , Marc Potters

This paper suggests a nonparametric scheme to find the sparse solution of the underdetermined system of linear equations in the presence of unknown impulsive or non-Gaussian noise. This approach is robust against any variations of the noise…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2012-01-16 Mahmoud Ramezani Mayiami , Babak Seyfe

In large-scale systems, complex internal relationships are often present. Such interconnected systems can be effectively described by low rank stochastic processes. When identifying a predictive model of low rank processes from sampling…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-01-17 Wenqi Cao , Aming Li

We consider eigenvalue condition numbers and backward errors for a class of symmetric nonlinear eigenvalue problems with eigenvector nonlinearities. For both of these quantities, we derive explicit and computable expressions that can be…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2026-05-21 Vilhelm Peterson Lithell , Victor Janssens , Elias Jarlebring , Karl Meerbergen , Wim Michiels

This paper proposes a new algorithm for linear system identification from noisy measurements. The proposed algorithm balances a data fidelity term with a norm induced by the set of single pole filters. We pose a convex optimization problem…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2012-04-04 Parikshit Shah , Badri Narayan Bhaskar , Gongguo Tang , Benjamin Recht

Tensor decomposition is a powerful tool for extracting physically meaningful latent factors from multi-dimensional nonnegative data, and has been an increasing interest in a variety of fields such as image processing, machine learning, and…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2024-12-03 Xiongjun Zhang , Michael K. Ng

This paper investigates the signal detection problem in colored noise with an unknown covariance matrix. In particular, we focus on detecting an unknown non-random signal by capitalizing on the leading eigenvalue of the whitened sample…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-02-01 Prathapasinghe Dharmawansa , Saman Atapattu , Jamie Evans , Kandeepan Sithamparanathan

Nearly all identifiability results in unsupervised representation learning inspired by, e.g., independent component analysis, factor analysis, and causal representation learning, rely on assumptions of additive independent noise or…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-03-24 Yujia Zheng , Yang Liu , Jiaxiong Yao , Yingyao Hu , Kun Zhang

This work deals with the ill-posed inverse problem of reconstructing a function $f$ given implicitly as the solution of $g = Af$, where $A$ is a compact linear operator with unknown singular values and known eigenfunctions. We observe the…

Statistics Theory · Mathematics 2013-02-28 Jan Johannes , Maik Schwarz

This paper examines a general class of noisy matrix completion tasks where the goal is to estimate a matrix from observations obtained at a subset of its entries, each of which is subject to random noise or corruption. Our specific focus is…

Machine Learning · Statistics 2016-11-18 Akshay Soni , Swayambhoo Jain , Jarvis Haupt , Stefano Gonella

We analyze a practical algorithm for sparse PCA on incomplete and noisy data under a general non-random sampling scheme. The algorithm is based on a semidefinite relaxation of the $\ell_1$-regularized PCA problem. We provide theoretical…

Machine Learning · Statistics 2023-02-06 Hanbyul Lee , Qifan Song , Jean Honorio

This paper studies the sparse identification problem of unknown sparse parameter vectors in stochastic dynamic systems. Firstly, a novel sparse identification algorithm is proposed, which can generate sparse estimates based on least squares…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2024-04-02 Ziming Wang , Xinghua Zhu

The task of estimating a matrix given a sample of observed entries is known as the \emph{matrix completion problem}. Most works on matrix completion have focused on recovering an unknown real-valued low-rank matrix from a random sample of…

Statistics Theory · Mathematics 2014-08-27 Olga Klopp , Jean Lafond , Eric Moulines , Joseph Salmon