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Analyzing large samples of high-dimensional data under dependence is a challenging statistical problem as long time series may have change points, most importantly in the mean and the marginal covariances, for which one needs valid tests.…

Methodology · Statistics 2022-11-07 Fabian Mies , Ansgar Steland

Estimating covariance matrices with high-dimensional complex data presents significant challenges, particularly concerning positive definiteness, sparsity, and numerical stability. Existing robust sparse estimators often fail to guarantee…

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As one of the most commonly seen data challenges, missing data, in particular, multiple, non-monotone missing patterns, complicates estimation and inference due to the fact that missingness mechanisms are often not missing at random, and…

Methodology · Statistics 2025-04-21 Jianing Dong , Raymond K. W. Wong , Kwun Chuen Gary Chan

This paper revisits the work of Rauch et al. (1965) and develops a novel method for recursive maximum likelihood particle filtering for general state-space models. The new method is based on statistical analysis of incomplete observations…

Methodology · Statistics 2022-11-10 Budhi Arta Surya

In cryo-electron microscopy, the 3D electric potentials of an ensemble of molecules are projected along arbitrary viewing directions to yield noisy 2D images. The volume maps representing these potentials typically exhibit a great deal of…

Applications · Statistics 2018-02-08 Joakim Andén , Amit Singer

We study the problem of testing whether the missing values of a potentially high-dimensional dataset are Missing Completely at Random (MCAR). We relax the problem of testing MCAR to the problem of testing the compatibility of a collection…

Statistics Theory · Mathematics 2024-12-13 Alberto Bordino , Thomas B. Berrett

In this paper, we address the problem of target detection in the presence of coherent (or fully correlated) signals, which can be due to multipath propagation effects or electronic attacks by smart jammers. To this end, we formulate the…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-02-24 Sudan Han , Linjie Yan , Yuxuan Zhang , Pia Addabbo , Chengpeng Hao , Danilo Orlando

Electronic Phased-Array Radars offer new possibilities for Optimization of Radar Search Pattern by using bi-dimensional beam forming and beam steering, along both elevation and azimuth axes. The minimization of the Time-Budget required for…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-08-05 Yann Briheche , Frédéric Barbaresco , Fouad Bennis , Damien Chablat

We propose to learn latent graphical models when data have mixed variables and missing values. This model could be used for further data analysis, including regression, classification, ranking etc. It also could be used for imputing missing…

Methodology · Statistics 2015-11-17 Xiao Li , Jinzhu Jia , Yuan Yao

Sparse representation of structured signals requires modelling strategies that maintain specific signal properties, in addition to preserving original information content and achieving simpler signal representation. Therefore, the major…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2018-10-30 Branko Brkljač , Željen Trpovski

Estimation of a precision matrix (i.e., inverse covariance matrix) is widely used to exploit conditional independence among continuous variables. The influence of abnormal observations is exacerbated in a high dimensional setting as the…

Methodology · Statistics 2021-05-17 Peng Tang , Huijing Jiang , Heeyoung Kim , Xinwei Deng

This paper deals with the problem of adaptive multidimensional/multichannel signal detection in homogeneous Gaussian disturbance with unknown covariance matrix and structured (unknown) deterministic interference. The aforementioned problem…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2016-06-23 Domenico Ciuonzo , Antonio De Maio , Danilo Orlando

High-dimensional matrix regression has been studied in various aspects, such as statistical properties, computational efficiency and application to specific instances including multivariate regression, system identification and matrix…

Statistics Theory · Mathematics 2024-03-06 Xin Li , Dongya Wu

We study estimation of the covariance matrix under relative condition number loss $\kappa(\Sigma^{-1/2} \hat{\Sigma} \Sigma^{-1/2})$, where $\kappa(\Delta)$ is the condition number of matrix $\Delta$, and $\hat{\Sigma}$ and $\Sigma$ are the…

Statistics Theory · Mathematics 2018-10-18 David L. Donoho , Behrooz Ghorbani

Covariance matrix estimation, a classical statistical topic, poses significant challenges when the sample size is comparable to or smaller than the number of features. In this paper, we frame covariance matrix estimation as a compound…

Methodology · Statistics 2025-03-04 Huqin Xin , Sihai Dave Zhao

This letter deals with the problem of clutter edge detection and localization in training data. To this end, the problem is formulated as a binary hypothesis test assuming that the ranks of the clutter covariance matrix are known, and…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-03-14 Tianqi Wang , Da Xu , Chengpeng Hao , Pia Addabbo , Danilo Orlando

Obtaining channel covariance knowledge is of great importance in various Multiple-Input Multiple-Output MIMO communication applications, including channel estimation and covariance-based user grouping. In a massive MIMO system, covariance…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2019-11-01 Mahdi Barzegar Khalilsarai , Tianyu Yang , Saeid Haghighatshoar , Giuseppe Caire

The joint adaptive detection of multiple point-like targets in scenarios characterized by different clutter types is still an open problem in the radar community. In this paper, we provide a solution to this problem by devising detection…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-04-26 Linjie Yan , Sudan Han , Chengpeng Hao , Danilo Orlando , Giuseppe Ricci

This work presents a detailed covariance and correlation matrix analysis for experimentally measured cross sections obtained using the activation technique. Both statistical and systematic contributions to the covariance matrix were…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2026-04-01 Tanmoy Bar

Envelope method was recently proposed as a method to reduce the dimension of responses in multivariate regressions. However, when there exists missing data, the envelope method using the complete case observations may lead to biased and…

Methodology · Statistics 2021-03-25 Linquan Ma , Lan Liu , Wei Yang