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Gaussian process (GP) regression is a non-parametric, Bayesian framework to approximate complex models. Standard GP regression can lead to an unbounded model in which some points can take infeasible values. We introduce a new GP method that…

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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…

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We propose a new generator for the generalized inverse Gaussian (GIG) distribution by decomposing the density of GIG into two components. The first component is a truncated inverse Gamma density, in order to sample from which we improve the…

Computation · Statistics 2022-11-24 Xiaozhu Zhang , Jerome P. Reiter

The fractional non-homogeneous Poisson process was introduced by a time-change of the non-homogeneous Poisson process with the inverse $\alpha$-stable subordinator. We propose a similar definition for the (non-homogeneous) fractional…

Probability · Mathematics 2017-11-27 Nikolai Leonenko , Enrico Scalas , Mailan Trinh

Chance constrained programming (CCP) is a powerful framework for addressing optimization problems under uncertainty. In this paper, we introduce a novel Gradient-Guided Diffusion-based Optimization framework, termed GGDOpt, which tackles…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-10-15 Boyang Zhang , Zhiguo Wang , Ya-Feng Liu

We define and study fractional versions of the well-known Gamma subordinator $\Gamma :=\{\Gamma (t),$ $t\geq 0\},$ which are obtained by time-changing $% \Gamma $ by means of an independent stable subordinator or its inverse. Their…

Probability · Mathematics 2013-05-09 Luisa Beghin

Gaussian Processes (GP) are widely used for probabilistic modeling and inference for nonparametric regression. However, their computational complexity scales cubicly with the sample size rendering them unfeasible for large data sets. To…

Statistics Theory · Mathematics 2022-05-11 Amine Hadji , Tammo Hesselink , Botond Szabó

The numerical analysis of time fractional evolution equations with the second-order elliptic operator including general time-space dependent variable coefficients is challenging, especially when the classical weak initial singularities are…

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The generalized correlation approach, which has been successfully used in statistical radio physics to describe non-Gaussian random processes, is proposed to describe stochastic financial processes. The generalized correlation approach has…

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We consider the situation where a temporal process is composed of contiguous segments with differing slopes and replicated noise-corrupted time series measurements are observed. The unknown mean of the data generating process is modelled as…

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Applications · Statistics 2012-09-24 Taras Lazariv , Wolfgang Schmid , Svitlana Zabolotska

A principled framework to generalize variational perturbation approximations (VPA's) formulated within the ambit of the nonadditive statistics of Tsallis statistics, is introduced. This is accomplished by operating on the terms constituting…

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General first order methods (GFOMs), including various gradient descent and AMP algorithms, constitute a broad class of iterative algorithms in modern statistical learning problems. Some GFOMs also serve as constructive proof devices,…

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It is a common saying that testing for conditional independence, i.e., testing whether whether two random vectors $X$ and $Y$ are independent, given $Z$, is a hard statistical problem if $Z$ is a continuous random variable (or vector). In…

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In the realm of statistical learning, the increasing volume of accessible data and increasing model complexity necessitate robust methodologies. This paper explores two branches of robust Bayesian methods in response to this trend. The…

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Let $\nu_1,\nu_2,\dots$ be a sequence of probabilities on the nonnegative integers, and $X=(X_1,X_2, \dots)$ be a sequence of independent random variables $X_i$ with law $\nu_i$. For $\lambda>0$ denote $Z^\lambda_i:= \sum_x…

Probability · Mathematics 2026-04-23 Eric Cator , Pablo A. Ferrari

We give an extension of the $G$ method, with results, the extension and results being partly suggested by the finite Markov chains and specially by the finite-time consensus problem for the DeGroot model and that for the DeGroot model on…

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We tackle the problem of collaborative filtering (CF) with side information, through the lens of Gaussian Process (GP) regression. Driven by the idea of using the kernel to explicitly model user-item similarities, we formulate the GP in a…

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We define a new family of multivariate stochastic processes over a finite time horizon that we call Generalised Liouville Processes (GLPs). GLPs are Markov processes constructed by splitting L\'evy random bridges into non-overlapping…

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