Unanswered Questions
60,986 questions with no upvoted or accepted answers
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Link Anomaly Detection in Temporal Network
I came across this paper that uses link anomaly detection to predict trending topics, and I found it incredibly intriguing: The paper is "Discovering Emerging Topics in Social Streams via Link Anomaly ...
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Bound for Arithmetic Harmonic mean inequality for matrices?
NOTE: This question has originally been posted in MSE, but it did not generate any interest. It was first posted there, because the question itself is a pure matrix-algebra question.
Nevertheless, ...
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How does a Relevance Vector Machine (RVM) work?
Relevance Vector Machines (RVMs) are really interesting models when contrasted with the highly geometrical (and popular) SVMs.
In the light of a question like How does a Support Vector Machine (SVM) ...
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Wavelet-domain gaussian processes: what is the covariance?
I've been reading Maraun et al, "Nonstationary Gaussian processes in wavelet domain: Synthesis, estimation, and significant testing" (2007) which defines a class of non-stationary GPs that can be ...
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Backpropagation on a convolutional layer
Online tutorials describe in depth the convolution of an image with a filter, etc; However, I have not seen one that describes the backpropagation on the filter (at least visually).
First let me try ...
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Blind source separation of convex mixture?
Suppose I have $n$ independent sources, $X_1, X_2, ..., X_n$ and I observe $m$ convex mixtures:
\begin{align}
Y_1 &= a_{11}X_1 + a_{12}X_2 + \cdots + a_{1n}X_n\\
...&\\
Y_m &= a_{m1}X_1 + ...
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Fitting custom distributions by MLE
My question relates to fitting custom distributions in R but I feel it has enough of a probability element to remain on CV.
I have an interesting set of data which has the following characteristics:
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Bootstrapping Generalized Least Squares
Scenario:
Consider the use of bootstrapping to estimate the distribution of model parameters fitted per a linear or nonlinear generalized least squares model. In particular, assume there is a ...
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Distribution of inverse Wishart to a power?
In a related question, I had asked about the norm induced by an inverse Wishart matrix. I am interested in generalizing that result somewhat. Let $A\sim\mathcal{W}_p\left(I,n\right)$, a Wishart matrix ...
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Physical/pictoral interpretation of higher-order moments
I'm preparing a presentation about parallel statistics. I plan to illustrate the formulas for distributed computation of the mean and variance with examples involving center of gravity and moment of ...
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Specify correlation structure for different groups in mixed-effects model (lme4/nlme)
I am trying to account for spatial autocorrelation in a linear mixed-effects model in R with measurements repeated in time. BodyMass has been collected once per <...
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Should I use unpenalized logistic regression, lasso or ridge for explanatory modelling?
When using logistic regression for predictive modelling, the choice between 'standard' logistic regression vs ridge vs LASSO versions of logistic regression seems relatively straightforward - just ...
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Is there a general expression for ancillary statistics in exponential families?
An i.i.d sample $X_1,\dots,X_n$ from a scale family with c.d.f. $F(\frac{x}{\sigma})$ has $S(X)$ as an ancillary statistic if $S(X)$ depends on the sample only through $\frac{X_1}{X_n},\cdots,\frac{X_{...
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Maximum Entropy with bounded constraints
Assume we have the problem of estimating the probabilities $\{p_1,p_2,p_3\}$ subject to:
$$0 \le p_1 \le .5$$
$$0.2 \le p_2 \le .6$$
$$0.3 \le p_3 \le .4$$
with only the natural constraint of $p_1+...
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Bayesian Q-learning
Suppose that, for every state $s$, there is a set of actions $\mathcal{A}(s)$ that can be chosen in that state.
Let $Q(s, a)$ denote the expected utility of choosing action $a \in \mathcal{A}(s)$ in ...
