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Clustering is widely studied in statistics and machine learning, with applications in a variety of fields. As opposed to classical algorithms which return a single clustering solution, Bayesian nonparametric models provide a posterior over…

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We introduce and study a geometric modification of the Douglas-Rach\-ford method called the Circumcentered-Douglas-Rachford method. This method iterates by taking the intersection of bisectors of reflection steps for solving certain classes…

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Classical linear metric learning methods have recently been extended along two distinct lines: deep metric learning methods for learning embeddings of the data using neural networks, and Bregman divergence learning approaches for extending…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2020-05-07 Kubra Cilingir , Rachel Manzelli , Brian Kulis

In this paper, using the Bregman distance, we introduce a new projection-type algorithm for finding a common element of the set of solutions of an equilibrium problem and the set of fixed points. Then the strong convergence of the sequence…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2021-12-28 Mostafa Ghadampour , Ebrahim Soori , Ravi P. Agarwal , Donal O'Regan

In the present work, we present numerical results for an iterative method for solving an optimal control problem with inequality contraints. The method is based on generalized Bregman distances. Under a combination of a source condition and…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2016-06-07 Frank Pörner

This work describes numerical methods that are useful in many areas: examples include statistical modelling (bioinformatics, computational biology), theoretical physics, and even pure mathematics. The methods are primarily useful for the…

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The goal of this paper is to further develop an approach to inverse problems with imperfect forward operators that is based on partially ordered spaces. Studying the dual problem yields useful insights into the convergence of the…

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In this paper, we investigate the power of nearly purely operational techniques in the study of umbral calculus. We present a concise reconstruction of the theory based on a systematic use of linear operators, with particular attention to…

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Using Bayes's theorem, we derive a unit-wise recurrence as well as a backward recursion similar to the forward-backward algorithm. The resulting Bayesian recurrent units can be integrated as recurrent neural networks within deep learning…

Machine Learning · Statistics 2022-09-29 Alexandre Bittar , Philip N. Garner

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Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2013-02-28 Robert Fung , Brendan del Favero

A cornerstone of geometric reconstruction, rotation averaging seeks the set of absolute rotations that optimally explains a set of measured relative orientations between them. In spite of being an integral part of bundle adjustment and…

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This article details a general numerical framework to approximate so-lutions to linear programs related to optimal transport. The general idea is to introduce an entropic regularization of the initial linear program. This regularized…

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Starting from pseudometrics and preorders on sets of integers, we extend the focus to sets of finite sequences of integers, in particular sequences of consecutive integers. We outline existing concepts for deriving centred pseudometrics and…

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Bayesian models quantify uncertainty and facilitate optimal decision-making in downstream applications. For most models, however, practitioners are forced to use approximate inference techniques that lead to sub-optimal decisions due to…

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Dynamic simulators are computational models governed by differential equations that evolve over time. They are essential for scientific and engineering applications but remain challenging to emulate because of the unpredictable behavior of…

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Coresets are efficient representations of data sets such that models trained on the coreset are provably competitive with models trained on the original data set. As such, they have been successfully used to scale up clustering models such…

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The $k$-Means clustering problem on $n$ points is NP-Hard for any dimension $d\ge 2$, however, for the 1D case there exists exact polynomial time algorithms. Previous literature reported an $O(kn^2)$ time dynamic programming algorithm that…

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In this paper we study the orbits of massive bodies moving in the spacetime generated by a spherically symmetric and non-rotating distribution of mass. More specifically, our treatment discusses the more accurate calculation of the…

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