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We use the Sum of Squares method to develop new efficient algorithms for learning well-separated mixtures of Gaussians and robust mean estimation, both in high dimensions, that substantially improve upon the statistical guarantees achieved…

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Accurate approximation of probability measures is essential in numerical applications. This paper explores the quantization of probability measures using the maximum mean discrepancy (MMD) distance as a guiding metric. We first investigate…

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arXiv:2206.10812v1 [stat.ME] proposes a useful algorithm, named generalized Diversity Subsampling (g-DS) algorithm, to select a subsample following some target probability distribution from a finite data set and demonstrates its…

Methodology · Statistics 2023-09-06 Boyang Shang

We consider fast kernel summations in high dimensions: given a large set of points in $d$ dimensions (with $d \gg 3$) and a pair-potential function (the {\em kernel} function), we compute a weighted sum of all pairwise kernel interactions…

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The generalized density is a product of a density function and a weight function. For example, the average local brightness of an astronomical image is the probability of finding a galaxy times the mean brightness of the galaxy. We propose…

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Diffusion models have shown remarkable empirical success in sampling from rich multi-modal distributions. Their inference relies on numerically solving a certain differential equation. This differential equation cannot be solved in closed…

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We introduce kernel density machines (KDM), an agnostic kernel-based framework for learning the Radon-Nikodym derivative (density) between probability measures under minimal assumptions. KDM applies to general measurable spaces and avoids…

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Kernelization algorithms are polynomial-time reductions from a problem to itself that guarantee their output to have a size not exceeding some bound. For example, d-Set Matching for integers d>2 is the problem of finding a matching of size…

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In this paper, we discuss the solution of certain matrix-valued partial differential equations. Such PDEs arise, for example, when constructing a Riemannian contraction metric for a dynamical system given by an autonomous ODE. We develop…

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We consider the problem of finding for a given $N$-tuple of polynomials (real or complex) the closest $N$-tuple that has a common divisor of degree at least $d$. Extended weighted Euclidean seminorm of the coefficients is used as a measure…

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It is well-known that polynomial reproduction is not possible when approximating with Gaussian kernels. Quasi-interpolation schemes have been developed which use a finite number of Gaussians at different scales, which then reproduce…

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This paper introduces the kernel mixture network, a new method for nonparametric estimation of conditional probability densities using neural networks. We model arbitrarily complex conditional densities as linear combinations of a family of…

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With the rapid advancements in medical data acquisition and production, increasingly richer representations exist to characterize medical information. However, such large-scale data do not usually meet computing resource constraints or…

We introduce a nonparametric way to estimate the global probability density function for a random persistence diagram. Precisely, a kernel density function centered at a given persistence diagram and a given bandwidth is constructed. Our…

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We advocate Laplacian K-modes for joint clustering and density mode finding, and propose a concave-convex relaxation of the problem, which yields a parallel algorithm that scales up to large datasets and high dimensions. We optimize a tight…

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We study integration and $L^2$-approximation in the worst-case setting for deterministic linear algorithms based on function evaluations. The underlying function space is a reproducing kernel Hilbert space with a Gaussian kernel of tensor…

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This paper, broadly speaking, covers the use of randomness in two main areas: low-rank approximation and kernel methods. Low-rank approximation is very important in numerical linear algebra. Many applications depend on matrix decomposition…

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Accurate reconstruction of probability density functions (PDFs) from data is essential in engineering applications. Classical global moment-based polynomial approximations often suffer from oscillations, instability in the tails, and…

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