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A Hilbert space embedding for probability measures has recently been proposed, with applications including dimensionality reduction, homogeneity testing, and independence testing. This embedding represents any probability measure as a mean…

We present several generative and predictive algorithms based on the RKHS (reproducing kernel Hilbert spaces) methodology, which, most importantly, are scale up efficiently with large datasets or high-dimensional data. It is well recognized…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2024-12-12 Philippe G. LeFloch , Jean-Marc Mercier , Shohruh Miryusupov

This paper addresses the covariate shift problem in the context of nonparametric regression within reproducing kernel Hilbert spaces (RKHSs). Covariate shift arises in supervised learning when the input distributions of the training and…

Machine Learning · Statistics 2025-05-21 Andrea Della Vecchia , Arnaud Mavakala Watusadisi , Ernesto De Vito , Lorenzo Rosasco

Reproducing kernel Hilbert spaces (RKHSs) are key spaces for machine learning that are becoming popular also for linear system identification. In particular, the so-called stable RKHSs can be used to model absolutely summable impulse…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2020-05-07 Mauro Bisiacco , Gianluigi Pillonetto

Functional data analysis is becoming increasingly popular to study data from real-valued random functions. Nevertheless, there is a lack of multiple testing procedures for such data. These are particularly important in factorial designs to…

Methodology · Statistics 2024-06-04 Merle Munko , Marc Ditzhaus , Markus Pauly , Łukasz Smaga

We revisit the classical problem of comparing regression functions, a fundamental question in statistical inference with broad relevance to modern applications such as data integration, transfer learning, and causal inference. Existing…

Methodology · Statistics 2025-10-29 Jian Yan , Zhuoxi Li , Yang Ning , Yong Chen

We review machine learning methods employing positive definite kernels. These methods formulate learning and estimation problems in a reproducing kernel Hilbert space (RKHS) of functions defined on the data domain, expanded in terms of a…

Statistics Theory · Mathematics 2009-09-29 Thomas Hofmann , Bernhard Schölkopf , Alexander J. Smola

The reproducing kernel Hilbert space (RKHS) embedding of distributions offers a general and flexible framework for testing problems in arbitrary domains and has attracted considerable amount of attention in recent years. To gain insights…

Machine Learning · Statistics 2017-09-26 Krishnakumar Balasubramanian , Tong Li , Ming Yuan

We propose nonparametric estimators for the second-order central moments of possibly anisotropic spherical random fields, within a functional data analysis context. We consider a measurement framework where each random field among an…

Statistics Theory · Mathematics 2022-06-28 Alessia Caponera , Julien Fageot , Matthieu Simeoni , Victor M. Panaretos

Regression models with a response variable taking values in a Hilbert space and hybrid covariates are considered. This means two sets of regressors are allowed, one of finite dimension and a second one functional with values in a Hilbert…

Statistics Theory · Mathematics 2014-06-25 Samuel Maistre , Valentin Patilea

We consider expected risk minimization problems when the range of the estimator is required to be nonnegative, motivated by the settings of maximum likelihood estimation (MLE) and trajectory optimization. To facilitate nonlinear…

Machine Learning · Statistics 2022-05-05 Abhishek Chakraborty , Ketan Rajawat , Alec Koppel

In analyzing high-dimensional models, sparsity of the model parameter is a common but often undesirable assumption. In this paper, we study the following two-sample testing problem: given two samples generated by two high-dimensional linear…

Statistics Theory · Mathematics 2017-08-16 Yinchu Zhu , Jelena Bradic

Pairs of equivalent Gaussian distributions for centered stationary processes on homogeneous spaces can be characterized in terms of their spectral measures. The purpose of this note is to consider part of the latter characterization from…

Probability · Mathematics 2026-01-27 Michael Hediger

Recently, some works have suggested methods to combine variational probabilistic inference with Monte Carlo sampling. One promising approach is via local optimal transport. In this approach, a gradient steepest descent method based on local…

Machine Learning · Statistics 2019-01-30 Manuel Pulido , Peter Jan vanLeeuwen , Derek J. Posselt

In this work, we develop and study an empirical projection operator scheme for solving nonparametric regression problems. This scheme is based on an approximate projection of the regression function over a suitable reproducing kernel…

Statistics Theory · Mathematics 2020-02-04 Bilel Bousselmi , Jean-François Dupuy , Abderrazek Karoui

Functional data, with basic observational units being functions (e.g., curves, surfaces) varying over a continuum, are frequently encountered in various applications. While many statistical tools have been developed for functional data…

Methodology · Statistics 2016-06-10 Jingjing Yang , Hongxiao Zhu , Taeryon Choi , Dennis D. Cox

High-dimensional functional data have become increasingly prevalent in modern applications such as high-frequency financial data and neuroimaging data analysis. We investigate a class of high-dimensional linear regression models, where each…

Methodology · Statistics 2025-11-06 Xingche Guo , Yehua Li , Tailen Hsing

We propose a roughness regularization approach in making nonparametric inference for generalized functional linear models. In a reproducing kernel Hilbert space framework, we construct asymptotically valid confidence intervals for…

Statistics Theory · Mathematics 2015-07-31 Zuofeng Shang , Guang Cheng

Motivated by applications to the study of stochastic processes, we introduce a new analysis of positive definite kernels $K$, their reproducing kernel Hilbert spaces (RKHS), and an associated family of feature spaces that may be chosen in…

Functional Analysis · Mathematics 2017-07-27 Palle Jorgensen , Feng Tian

We consider learning in decentralized heterogeneous networks: agents seek to minimize a convex functional that aggregates data across the network, while only having access to their local data streams. We focus on the case where agents seek…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2021-06-02 Hrusikesha Pradhan , Amrit Singh Bedi , Alec Koppel , Ketan Rajawat