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We consider the problem of reconstructing an unknown function $u\in L^2(D,\mu)$ from its evaluations at given sampling points $x^1,\dots,x^m\in D$, where $D\subset \mathbb R^d$ is a general domain and $\mu$ a probability measure. The…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2020-10-29 Albert Cohen , Matthieu Dolbeault

We introduce a refinement-based Christoffel sampling (RCS) algorithm for least squares approximation in the span of a given, generally non-orthogonal set of functions $\Phi_n = \{\phi_1, \dots, \phi_n\}$. A standard sampling strategy for…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-12-22 Astrid Herremans , Ben Adcock

We propose, theoretically investigate, and numerically validate an algorithm for the Monte Carlo solution of least-squares polynomial approximation problems in a collocation frame- work. Our method is motivated by generalized Polynomial…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2021-05-04 Akil Narayan , John D. Jakeman , Tao Zhou

Motivated by the need for efficient estimation of conditional expectations, we consider a least-squares function approximation problem with heavily polluted data. Existing methods that are effective in the small-noise regime are suboptimal…

Machine Learning · Statistics 2026-05-26 Ben Adcock , Bernhard Hientzsch , Akil Narayan , Yiming Xu

We consider the problem of approximating an unknown function from point evaluations. This problem is a crucial subproblem in many modern (nonlinear) approximation schemes. When obtaining these point evaluations is costly, minimising the…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-12-03 Philipp Trunschke , Anthony Nouy

We consider the problem of learning an unknown, possibly nonlinear operator between separable Hilbert spaces from supervised data. Inputs are drawn from a prescribed probability measure on the input space, and outputs are (possibly noisy)…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-12-15 John Turnage , Matthew Lowery , John Jakeman , Zachary Morrow , Akil Narayan , Varun Shankar

In this paper, we address the problem of approximating a multivariate function defined on a general domain in $d$ dimensions from sample points. We consider weighted least-squares approximation in an arbitrary finite-dimensional space $P$…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2019-12-17 Ben Adcock , Juan M. Cardenas

Weighted least squares polynomial approximation uses random samples to determine projections of functions onto spaces of polynomials. It has been shown that, using an optimal distribution of sample locations, the number of samples required…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2017-10-10 Abdul-Lateef Haji-Ali , Fabio Nobile , Raúl Tempone , Sören Wolfers

We consider the problem of approximating an unknown function $u\in L^2(D,\rho)$ from its evaluations at given sampling points $x^1,\dots,x^n\in D$, where $D\subset \mathbb{R}^d$ is a general domain and $\rho$ is a probability measure. The…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2018-05-29 Benjamin Arras , Markus Bachmayr , Albert Cohen

We consider the problem of reconstructing an unknown bounded function $u$ defined on a domain $X\subset \mathbb{R}^d$ from noiseless or noisy samples of $u$ at $n$ points $(x^i)_{i=1,\dots,n}$. We measure the reconstruction error in a norm…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2016-08-02 Albert Cohen , Giovanni Migliorati

Random Feature Models (RFMs) have become a powerful tool for approximating multivariate functions and solving partial differential equations efficiently. Sparse Random Feature Expansions (SRFE) improve traditional RFMs by incorporating…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2026-03-20 Ben Adcock , Khiem Can , Xuemeng Wang

In modern data analysis, random sampling is an efficient and widely-used strategy to overcome the computational difficulties brought by large sample size. In previous studies, researchers conducted random sampling which is according to the…

Machine Learning · Statistics 2018-03-05 Rong Zhu

We propose and analyze a weighted greedy scheme for computing deterministic sample configurations in multidimensional space for performing least-squares polynomial approximations on $L^2$ spaces weighted by a probability density function.…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2017-08-07 Ling Guo , Akil Narayan , Liang Yan , Tao Zhou

In approximation of functions based on point values, least-squares methods provide more stability than interpolation, at the expense of increasing the sampling budget. We show that near-optimal approximation error can nevertheless be…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2024-02-14 Abdellah Chkifa , Matthieu Dolbeault

Least squares approximation is a technique to find an approximate solution to a system of linear equations that has no exact solution. In a typical setting, one lets $n$ be the number of constraints and $d$ be the number of variables, with…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2010-09-28 Petros Drineas , Michael W. Mahoney , S. Muthukrishnan , Tamas Sarlos

We consider the problem of approximating a function from $L^2$ by an element of a given $m$-dimensional space $V_m$, associated with some feature map $\boldsymbol{\varphi}$, using evaluations of the function at random points $x_1,…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-08-01 Anthony Nouy , Bertrand Michel

We consider the problem of approximating a function in general nonlinear subsets of $L^2$ when only a weighted Monte Carlo estimate of the $L^2$-norm can be computed. Of particular interest in this setting is the concept of sample…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2021-08-12 Philipp Trunschke

Linear Least Squares is a very well known technique for parameter estimation, which is used even when sub-optimal, because of its very low computational requirements and the fact that exact knowledge of the noise statistics is not required.…

Statistics Theory · Mathematics 2018-10-16 Michael Krikheli , Amir Leshem

This paper is concerned with the approximation of a function $u$ in a given approximation space $V_m$ of dimension $m$ from evaluations of the function at $n$ suitably chosen points. The aim is to construct an approximation of $u$ in $V_m$…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2026-01-21 Cécile Haberstich , Anthony Nouy , Guillaume Perrin

For massive data, the family of subsampling algorithms is popular to downsize the data volume and reduce computational burden. Existing studies focus on approximating the ordinary least squares estimate in linear regression, where…

Computation · Statistics 2019-06-27 HaiYing Wang , Rong Zhu , Ping Ma
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