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In this article, we propose and develop a novel Bayesian algorithm for optimization of functions whose first and second partial derivatives are known. The basic premise is the Gaussian process representation of the function which induces a…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2020-10-27 Sucharita Roy , Sourabh Bhattacharya

We introduce several generalizations of classical computer science problems obtained by replacing simpler objective functions with general submodular functions. The new problems include submodular load balancing, which generalizes load…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2010-06-02 Zoya Svitkina , Lisa Fleischer

Here several perfect simulation algorithms are brought under a single framework, and shown to derive from the same probabilistic result, called here the Fundamental Theorem of Perfect Simulation (FTPS). An exact simulation algorithm has…

Probability · Mathematics 2017-04-13 Mark Huber

Replication of experimental results has been a challenge faced by many scientific disciplines, including the field of machine learning. Recent work on the theory of machine learning has formalized replicability as the demand that an…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2026-04-15 Eric Eaton , Marcel Hussing , Michael Kearns , Aaron Roth , Sikata Bela Sengupta , Jessica Sorrell

Having a function $f$ and a set of functionals $\{\mathcal{C}_{n}\}$, $c_n^f \equiv \mathcal{C}_n \left(f\right)$, one can interpret function approximation very generally as a construction of some function $\mathcal{A}_{N}^{f}$ such that…

General Mathematics · Mathematics 2022-03-22 Andrej Liptaj

The perimeter and area generating functions of exactly solvable polygon models satisfy q-functional equations, where q is the area variable. The behaviour in the vicinity of the point where the perimeter generating function diverges can…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2008-08-28 C. Richard , A. J. Guttmann

Using the theory of group action, we first introduce the concept of the automorphism group of an exponential family or a graphical model, thus formalizing the general notion of symmetry of a probabilistic model. This automorphism group…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2012-07-24 Hung Hai Bui , Tuyen N. Huynh , Sebastian Riedel

Recent years have witnessed the introduction and development of extremely fast rational function algorithms. Many ideas in this realm arose from polynomial-based linear-algebraic algorithms. However, polynomial approximation is occasionally…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-10-03 James Chok , Geoffrey M. Vasil

We propose a novel reformulation of the stochastic optimal control problem as an approximate inference problem, demonstrating, that such a interpretation leads to new practical methods for the original problem. In particular we characterise…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2010-09-22 Konrad Rawlik , Marc Toussaint , Sethu Vijayakumar

Recently, W. M. Schmidt and L. Summerer introduced a new theory which allowed them to recover the main known inequalities relating the usual exponents of Diophantine approximation to a point in $\mathbb{R}^n$, and to discover new ones. They…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2016-04-26 Damien Roy

A central problem in machine learning is often formulated as follows: Given a dataset $\{(x_j, y_j)\}_{j=1}^M$, which is a sample drawn from an unknown probability distribution, the goal is to construct a functional model $f$ such that…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2026-03-05 Hrushikesh N. Mhaskar , Efstratios Tsoukanis , Ameya D. Jagtap

Approximation algorithms for classical constraint satisfaction problems are one of the main research areas in theoretical computer science. Here we define a natural approximation version of the QMA-complete local Hamiltonian problem and…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2016-10-25 Sevag Gharibian , Julia Kempe

Some important applicative problems require the evaluation of functions $\Psi$ of large and sparse and/or \emph{localized} matrices $A$. Popular and interesting techniques for computing $\Psi(A)$ and $\Psi(A)\mathbf{v}$, where $\mathbf{v}$…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2022-04-25 Daniele Bertaccini , Marina Popolizio , Fabio Durastante

We exploit the properties of a sequence of functions that approximate the divisor functions and combine them with an analytical formula of a delta-like sequence to give a new proof of a theorem of Gronwall on the asymptotic of the divisor…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2023-07-03 Andrew Echezabal , Laura De Carli , Maurizio Laporta

Providing examples is one of the most common way for end-users to interact with program synthesizers. However, program synthesis systems assume that examples consistent with the program are chosen at random, and do not exploit the fact that…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2022-04-07 Saujas Vaduguru , Kevin Ellis , Yewen Pu

We propose a novel extension to symmetrized neural network operators by incorporating fractional and mixed activation functions. This study addresses the limitations of existing models in approximating higher-order smooth functions,…

Machine Learning · Statistics 2025-01-22 Rômulo Damasclin Chaves dos Santos , Jorge Henrique de Oliveira Sales

Over the past a few years, research and development has made significant progresses on big data analytics. A fundamental issue for big data analytics is the efficiency. If the optimal solution is unable to attain or not required or has a…

Databases · Computer Science 2019-01-03 Shuai Ma , Jinpeng Huai

In a series of recent papers, W. M. Schmidt and L. Summerer developed a new theory by which they recover all major generic inequalities relating exponents of Diophantine approximation to a point in $\mathbb{R}^n$, and find new ones. Given a…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2016-07-05 Damien Roy

We present new algorithms and fast implementations to find efficient approximations for modelling stochastic processes. For many numerical computations it is essential to develop finite approximations for stochastic processes. While the…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2020-12-03 Kipngeno Benard Kirui , Georg Ch. Pflug , Alois Pichler

In this work we study convergence properties of sparse polynomial approximations for a class of affine parametric saddle point problems. Such problems can be found in many computational science and engineering fields, including the Stokes…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2018-09-28 Peng Chen , Omar Ghattas