國立虎尾科技大學 |

Leveraging latent structure in high-dimensional data : = Causality, neuroscience, and nonparametrics.

Record Type:	Language materials, manuscript : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	Leveraging latent structure in high-dimensional data :/
Reminder of title:	Causality, neuroscience, and nonparametrics.
Author:	Bloniarz, Adam Edward.
Description:	1 online resource (119 pages)
Notes:	Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 78-03(E), Section: B.
Subject:	Statistics. -
Online resource:	click for full text (PQDT)
ISBN:	9781369057584

Leveraging latent structure in high-dimensional data : = Causality, neuroscience, and nonparametrics.
Bloniarz, Adam Edward.

Leveraging latent structure in high-dimensional data :Causality, neuroscience, and nonparametrics. - 1 online resource (119 pages)

Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 78-03(E), Section: B.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of California, Berkeley, 2016.

Includes bibliographical references

Many scientific fields have been changed by rapid technological progress in data collection, storage, and processing. This has greatly expanded the role of statistics in scientific research. The three chapters of this thesis examine core challenges faced by statisticians engaged in scientific collaborations, where the complexity of the data require use of high-dimensional or nonparametric methods, and statistical methods need to leverage lower dimensional structure that exists in the data.

Electronic reproduction.
Ann Arbor, Mich. :
ProQuest,
2018

Mode of access: World Wide Web

ISBN: 9781369057584Subjects--Topical Terms:

556824
Statistics.
Index Terms--Genre/Form:

554714
Electronic books.

Leveraging latent structure in high-dimensional data : = Causality, neuroscience, and nonparametrics.
LDR:04220ntm a2200373K 4500 001 913653
005 20180622095235.5
006 m o u
007 cr mn||||a|a||
008 190606s2016 xx obm 000 0 eng d
020 $a 9781369057584
035 $a (MiAaPQ)AAI10150994
035 $a (MiAaPQ)berkeley:16200
035 $a AAI10150994
040 $a MiAaPQ $b eng $c MiAaPQ
100 1 $a Bloniarz, Adam Edward. $3 1186578
245 1 0 $a Leveraging latent structure in high-dimensional data : $b Causality, neuroscience, and nonparametrics.
264 0 $c 2016
300 $a 1 online resource (119 pages)
336 $a text $b txt $2 rdacontent
337 $a computer $b c $2 rdamedia
338 $a online resource $b cr $2 rdacarrier
500 $a Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 78-03(E), Section: B.
500 $a Adviser: Bin Yu.
502 $a Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of California, Berkeley, 2016.
504 $a Includes bibliographical references
520 $a Many scientific fields have been changed by rapid technological progress in data collection, storage, and processing. This has greatly expanded the role of statistics in scientific research. The three chapters of this thesis examine core challenges faced by statisticians engaged in scientific collaborations, where the complexity of the data require use of high-dimensional or nonparametric methods, and statistical methods need to leverage lower dimensional structure that exists in the data.
520 $a The first chapter concerns the promise and challenge of using large datasets to uncover causal mechanisms. Randomized trials remain the gold-standard for inferring causal effects of treatment a century after their introduction by Fisher and Neyman. In this chapter, we examine whether large numbers of auxiliary covariates in a randomized experiment can be leveraged to help improve estimates of the treatment effect and increase power. In particular, we investigate Lasso-based adjustments of treatment effects through theory, simulation, and a case study of a randomized trial of the pulmonary artery catheter. In our investigation, we avoid imposing a linear model, and examine the robustness of Lasso to violations of traditional assumptions.
520 $a The second chapter examines the use of predictive models to elucidate functional properties of the mammalian visual cortex. We investigate the activity of single neurons in area MT when stimulated with natural video. One way to investigate single-neuron activity is to build encoding models that predict spike rate given an arbitrary natural stimulus. In this work, we develop encoding models that combine a nonlinear feature extraction step with a linear model. The feature extraction step is unsupervised, and is based on the principle of sparse coding. We compare this model to one that applies relatively simple, fixed nonlinearities to the outputs of V1-like spatiotemporal filters. We find evidence that some MT cells may be tuned to more complex video features than previously thought.
520 $a The third chapter examines a computational challenge inherent in nonparametric modeling of large datasets. Large datasets are often stored across many machines in a computer cluster, where communication between machines is slow. Hence, nonparametric regression methods should avoid communication of data as much as possible. Random forests, among the most popular nonparametric methods for regression, are not well-suited to distributed architectures. We develop a modification of random forests that leverage ideas in non-parametric regression by local modeling. Our method allows for training of random forests completely in parallel, without synchronization between machines, with communication of sufficient statistics at test-time only. We show that this method can improve the predictive performance of standard random forests even in the single-machine case, and that performance remains strong when data is distributed.
533 $a Electronic reproduction. $b Ann Arbor, Mich. : $c ProQuest, $d 2018
538 $a Mode of access: World Wide Web
650 4 $a Statistics. $3 556824
650 4 $a Neurosciences. $3 593561
650 4 $a Biostatistics. $3 783654
655 7 $a Electronic books. $2 local $3 554714
690 $a 0463
690 $a 0317
690 $a 0308
710 2 $a ProQuest Information and Learning Co. $3 1178819
710 2 $a University of California, Berkeley. $b Statistics. $3 1180698
856 4 0 $u http://pqdd.sinica.edu.tw/twdaoapp/servlet/advanced?query=10150994 $z click for full text (PQDT)