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Estimating the dissipativity of nonlinear systems from empirical data is useful for the analysis and control of nonlinear systems, especially when an accurate model is unavailable. Based on a Koopman operator model of the nonlinear system…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-04-03 Xiuzhen Ye , Wentao Tang

We study generalization properties of distributed algorithms in the setting of nonparametric regression over a reproducing kernel Hilbert space (RKHS). We first investigate distributed stochastic gradient methods (SGM), with mini-batches…

Machine Learning · Statistics 2018-11-06 Junhong Lin , Volkan Cevher

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

We consider the problem of streaming kernel regression, when the observations arrive sequentially and the goal is to recover the underlying mean function, assumed to belong to an RKHS. The variance of the noise is not assumed to be known.…

Machine Learning · Statistics 2017-08-03 Audrey Durand , Odalric-Ambrym Maillard , Joelle Pineau

We consider multi-agent stochastic optimization problems over reproducing kernel Hilbert spaces (RKHS). In this setting, a network of interconnected agents aims to learn decision functions, i.e., nonlinear statistical models, that are…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2018-07-04 Alec Koppel , Santiago Paternain , Cedric Richard , Alejandro Ribeiro

The mathematical theory of reproducing kernel Hilbert spaces (RKHS) provides powerful tools for minimum variance estimation (MVE) problems. Here, we extend the classical RKHS based analysis of MVE in several directions. We develop a…

Statistics Theory · Mathematics 2013-11-27 Alexander Jung , Sebastian Schmutzhard , Franz Hlawatsch

Motivated by the challenges related to the calibration of financial models, we consider the problem of numerically solving a singular McKean-Vlasov equation $$ d X_t= \sigma(t,X_t) X_t \frac{\sqrt v_t}{\sqrt {E[v_t|X_t]}}dW_t, $$ where $W$…

Computational Finance · Quantitative Finance 2024-01-15 Christian Bayer , Denis Belomestny , Oleg Butkovsky , John Schoenmakers

Regularized empirical risk minimization using kernels and their corresponding reproducing kernel Hilbert spaces (RKHSs) plays an important role in machine learning. However, the actually used kernel often depends on one or on a few…

Machine Learning · Statistics 2017-09-25 Andreas Christmann , Daohong Xiang , Ding-Xuan Zhou

In nonparametric classification and regression problems, regularized kernel methods, in particular support vector machines, attract much attention in theoretical and in applied statistics. In an abstract sense, regularized kernel methods…

Machine Learning · Statistics 2011-04-13 Robert Hable

The problem of the mean-square optimal estimation of the linear functionals which depend on the unknown values of a stochastic stationary sequence from observations of the sequence in special sets of points is considered. Formulas for…

Statistics Theory · Mathematics 2021-10-19 Oleksandr Masyutka , Mikhail Moklyachuk

We consider the sampling problem for functional PCA (fPCA), where the simplest example is the case of taking time samples of the underlying functional components. More generally, we model the sampling operation as a continuous linear map…

Statistics Theory · Mathematics 2013-02-14 Arash A. Amini , Martin J. Wainwright

We propose a new method for feature learning and function estimation in supervised learning via regularised empirical risk minimisation. Our approach considers functions as expectations of Sobolev functions over all possible one-dimensional…

Machine Learning · Statistics 2025-05-01 Bertille Follain , Francis Bach

In this work we consider the problem of numerical integration, i.e., approximating integrals with respect to a target probability measure using only pointwise evaluations of the integrand. We focus on the setting in which the target…

Machine Learning · Statistics 2025-06-17 Antoine Chatalic , Nicolas Schreuder , Ernesto De Vito , Lorenzo Rosasco

The problem of optimal estimation of linear functionals constructed from the unobserved values of a stochastic sequence with periodically stationary increments based on observations of the sequence with stationary noise is considered. For…

Statistics Theory · Mathematics 2021-10-18 Maksym Luz , Mikhail Moklyachuk

Traditional machine learning models, particularly neural networks, are rooted in finite-dimensional parameter spaces and nonlinear function approximations. This report explores an alternative formulation where learning tasks are expressed…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-07-30 Andrew Kiruluta , Andreas Lemos , Priscilla Burity

This paper considers sparse spiked covariance matrix models in the high-dimensional setting and studies the minimax estimation of the covariance matrix and the principal subspace as well as the minimax rank detection. The optimal rate of…

Statistics Theory · Mathematics 2016-03-29 Tony Cai , Zongming Ma , Yihong Wu

Regularity estimates for an integral operator with a symmetric continuous kernel on a convex bounded domain are derived. The covariance of a mean-square continuous random field on the domain is an example of such an operator. The estimates…

Probability · Mathematics 2022-04-25 Mihály Kovács , Annika Lang , Andreas Petersson

The problem of optimal linear estimation of linear functionals depending on the unknown values of a periodically correlated stochastic process from observations of the process with additive noise is considered. Formulas for calculating the…

Statistics Theory · Mathematics 2025-10-29 Iryna Dubovets'ka , Mykhailo Moklyachuk

The problem of optimal estimation of linear functionals constructed from unobserved values of stochastic sequence with periodically stationary increments based on observations of the sequence with a periodically stationary noise is…

Statistics Theory · Mathematics 2025-11-10 Maksym Luz , Mykhailo Moklyachuk

We propose new reproducing kernel-based tests for model checking in conditional moment restriction models. By regressing estimated residuals on kernel functions via kernel ridge regression (KRR), we obtain a coefficient function in a…

Econometrics · Economics 2025-05-05 Yuhao Li