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We develop a novel algorithm for feature extraction in time series data by leveraging tools from topological data analysis. Our algorithm provides a simple, efficient way to successfully harness topological features of the attractor of the…

Computational Geometry · Computer Science 2019-06-05 Kwangho Kim , Jisu Kim , Alessandro Rinaldo

We develop a framework for analyzing multivariate time series using topological data analysis (TDA) methods. The proposed methodology involves converting the multivariate time series to point cloud data, calculating Wasserstein distances…

Algebraic Topology · Mathematics 2020-12-29 Chengyuan Wu , Carol Anne Hargreaves

Machine learning models for repeated measurements are limited. Using topological data analysis (TDA), we present a classifier for repeated measurements which samples from the data space and builds a network graph based on the data topology.…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2019-04-08 Henri Riihimäki , Wojciech Chachólski , Jakob Theorell , Jan Hillert , Ryan Ramanujam

We consider the problem of selecting a portfolio of assets that provides the investor a suitable balance of expected return and risk. With respect to the seminal mean-variance model of Markowitz, we consider additional constraints on the…

Computational Engineering, Finance, and Science · Computer Science 2007-05-23 Andrea Schaerf

The study of topology is strictly speaking, a topic in pure mathematics. However in only a few years, Topological Data Analysis (TDA), which refers to methods of utilizing topological features in data (such as connected components, tunnels,…

Applications · Statistics 2019-09-25 Nalini Ravishanker , Renjie Chen

Topological Data Analysis (TDA) can broadly be described as a collection of data analysis methods that find structure in data. This includes: clustering, manifold estimation, nonlinear dimension reduction, mode estimation, ridge estimation…

Methodology · Statistics 2016-09-28 Larry Wasserman

This paper proposes a new method for financial portfolio optimization based on reducing simultaneous asset shocks across a collection of assets. This may be understood as an alternative approach to risk reduction in a portfolio based on a…

Portfolio Management · Quantitative Finance 2023-03-10 Nick James , Max Menzies , Jennifer Chan

Topological data analysis (TDA) is a rapidly developing collection of methods for studying the shape of point cloud and other data types. One popular approach, designed to be robust to noise and outliers, is to first use a smoothing…

Methodology · Statistics 2017-12-27 Chul Moon , Noah Giansiracusa , Nicole A. Lazar

Tree-structured data usually contain both topological and geometrical information, and are necessarily considered on manifold instead of Euclidean space for appropriate data parameterization and analysis. In this study, we propose a novel…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2015-09-11 Na Lu , Hongyu Miao

Data clustering with uneven distribution in high level noise is challenging. Currently, HDBSCAN is considered as the SOTA algorithm for this problem. In this paper, we propose a novel clustering algorithm based on what we call graph of…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2020-09-25 Zhangyang Gao , Haitao Lin , Stan. Z Li

In this paper, we present a novel trading strategy that integrates reinforcement learning methods with clustering techniques for portfolio management in multi-period trading. Specifically, we leverage the clustering method to categorize…

Portfolio Management · Quantitative Finance 2023-10-03 Zhengyong Jiang , Jeyan Thiayagalingam , Jionglong Su , Jinjun Liang

Current modularity-based community detection algorithms attempt to find cluster memberships that maximize modularity within a fixed graph topology. Diverging from this conventional approach, our work introduces a novel strategy that employs…

Data Analysis, Statistics and Probability · Physics 2024-02-27 Yongyu Wang , Shiqi Hao , Xiaoyang Wang , Xiaotian Zhuang

A novel elastic time distance for sparse multivariate functional data is proposed and used to develop a robust distance-based two-layer partition clustering method. With this proposed distance, the new approach not only can detect correct…

Methodology · Statistics 2023-03-21 Zhuo Qu , Wenlin Dai , Marc G. Genton

In this paper, we introduce the Dynamic Modularity-Spectral Algorithm (DynMSA), a novel approach to identify clusters of stocks with high intra-cluster correlations and low inter-cluster correlations by combining Random Matrix Theory with…

Portfolio Management · Quantitative Finance 2024-07-08 Philipp Wirth , Francesca Medda , Thomas Schröder

Topological Data Analysis (TDA) is a rigorous framework that borrows techniques from geometric and algebraic topology, category theory, and combinatorics in order to study the "shape" of such complex high-dimensional data. Research in this…

Algebraic Topology · Mathematics 2022-04-15 R. W. R. Darling , John A. Emanuello , Emilie Purvine , Ahmad Ridley

Although many successful ensemble clustering approaches have been developed in recent years, there are still two limitations to most of the existing approaches. First, they mostly overlook the issue of uncertain links, which may mislead the…

Machine Learning · Statistics 2016-06-06 Dong Huang , Jian-Huang Lai , Chang-Dong Wang

Semiconductor manufacturing generates vast amounts of image data, crucial for defect identification and yield optimization, yet often exceeds manual inspection capabilities. Traditional clustering techniques struggle with high-dimensional,…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-05-08 Janhavi Giri , Attila Lengyel , Don Kent , Edward Kibardin

In this paper, we develop a method for unsupervised clustering of two-way (matrix) data by combining two recent innovations from different fields: the Sparse Subspace Clustering (SSC) algorithm [10], which groups points coming from a union…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2015-02-24 Eric Kernfeld , Shuchin Aeron , Misha Kilmer

In a world abundant with diverse data arising from complex acquisition techniques, there is a growing need for new data analysis methods. In this paper we focus on high-dimensional data that are organized into several hierarchical datasets.…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2021-04-06 Lior Aloni , Omer Bobrowski , Ronen Talmon

This paper studies high-dimensional sparse clustering, a combinatorial NP-hard problem arising from the bilinear coupling between cluster assignment and feature selection. We analyze semidefinite programming (SDP) relaxations of $K$-means…

Methodology · Statistics 2026-02-17 Jongmin Mun , Paromita Dubey , Yingying Fan