Sparse conjugate directions pursuit with application to fixed-size kernel models.

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Title: Sparse conjugate directions pursuit with application to fixed-size kernel models.
Authors: Karsmakers, Peter peter.karsmakers@esat.kuleuven.be, Pelckmans, Kristiaan1 kp@it.uu.se, Brabanter, Kris2 kris.debrabanter@esat.kuleuven.be, hamme, Hugo2 hugo.vanhamme@esat.kuleuven.be, Suykens, Johan2 johan.suykens@esat.kuleuven.be
Source: Machine Learning. Oct2011, Vol. 85 Issue 1-2, p109-148. 40p.
Subjects: Sparse matrix software, Machine learning, Linear systems, Algorithms, Support vector machines
Abstract: This work studies an optimization scheme for computing sparse approximate solutions of over-determined linear systems. Sparse Conjugate Directions Pursuit (SCDP) aims to construct a solution using only a small number of nonzero (i.e. nonsparse) coefficients. Motivations of this work can be found in a setting of machine learning where sparse models typically exhibit better generalization performance, lead to fast evaluations, and might be exploited to define scalable algorithms. The main idea is to build up iteratively a conjugate set of vectors of increasing cardinality, in each iteration solving a small linear subsystem. By exploiting the structure of this conjugate basis, an algorithm is found (i) converging in at most D iterations for D-dimensional systems, (ii) with computational complexity close to the classical conjugate gradient algorithm, and (iii) which is especially efficient when a few iterations suffice to produce a good approximation. As an example, the application of SCDP to Fixed-Size Least Squares Support Vector Machines (FS-LSSVM) is discussed resulting in a scheme which efficiently finds a good model size for the FS-LSSVM setting, and is scalable to large-scale machine learning tasks. The algorithm is empirically verified in a classification context. Further discussion includes algorithmic issues such as component selection criteria, computational analysis, influence of additional hyper-parameters, and determination of a suitable stopping criterion. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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  Data: This work studies an optimization scheme for computing sparse approximate solutions of over-determined linear systems. Sparse Conjugate Directions Pursuit (SCDP) aims to construct a solution using only a small number of nonzero (i.e. nonsparse) coefficients. Motivations of this work can be found in a setting of machine learning where sparse models typically exhibit better generalization performance, lead to fast evaluations, and might be exploited to define scalable algorithms. The main idea is to build up iteratively a conjugate set of vectors of increasing cardinality, in each iteration solving a small linear subsystem. By exploiting the structure of this conjugate basis, an algorithm is found (i) converging in at most D iterations for D-dimensional systems, (ii) with computational complexity close to the classical conjugate gradient algorithm, and (iii) which is especially efficient when a few iterations suffice to produce a good approximation. As an example, the application of SCDP to Fixed-Size Least Squares Support Vector Machines (FS-LSSVM) is discussed resulting in a scheme which efficiently finds a good model size for the FS-LSSVM setting, and is scalable to large-scale machine learning tasks. The algorithm is empirically verified in a classification context. Further discussion includes algorithmic issues such as component selection criteria, computational analysis, influence of additional hyper-parameters, and determination of a suitable stopping criterion. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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