Paper ID | MLSP-9.5 | ||
Paper Title | SPARSITY IN MAX-PLUS ALGEBRA AND APPLICATIONS IN MULTIVARIATE CONVEX REGRESSION | ||
Authors | Nikos Tsilivis, National Technical University of Athens, Greece; Anastasios Tsiamis, University of Pennsylvania, United States; Petros Maragos, National Technical University of Athens, Greece | ||
Session | MLSP-9: Learning Theory for Neural Networks | ||
Location | Gather.Town | ||
Session Time: | Tuesday, 08 June, 16:30 - 17:15 | ||
Presentation Time: | Tuesday, 08 June, 16:30 - 17:15 | ||
Presentation | Poster | ||
Topic | Machine Learning for Signal Processing: [MLR-LEAR] Learning theory and algorithms | ||
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Abstract | In this paper, we study concepts of sparsity in the max-plus algebra and apply them to the problem of multivariate convex regression. We show how to efficiently find sparse (containing many −∞ elements) approximate solutions to max-plus equations by leveraging notions from submodular optimization. Subsequently, we propose a novel method for piecewise-linear surface fitting of convex multivariate functions, with optimality guarantees for the model parameters and an approximately minimum number of affine regions. |