arXiv Machine Learning

Two-Sided Nearest Neighbors: An adaptive and minimax optimal procedure for matrix completion

arXiv Machine Learning
Aug 18

Doubly robust nearest neighbors in factor models

arXiv:2211. 14297v4 Announce Type: replace-cross Abstract: We introduce and analyze an improved variant of nearest neighbors (NN) for estimation with missing data in latent factor models.

By Raaz Dwivedi, Sabina Tomkins, Predrag Klasnja, Susan Murphy, Devavrat Shah
arXiv Machine Learning
Sep 15

N$^2$: A Unified Python Package and Test Bench for Nearest Neighbor-Based Matrix Completion

arXiv:2506.04166v3 Announce Type: replace Abstract: Nearest neighbor (NN) methods have re-emerged as competitive tools for matrix completion, offering strong empirical performance and recent theoreti...

By Caleb Chin, Aashish Khubchandani, Harshvardhan Maskara, Kyuseong Choi, Jacob Feitelberg, Albert Gong, Manit Paul, Tathagata Sadhukhan, Dwaipayan Saha, Anish Agarwal, Raaz Dwivedi
arXiv Machine Learning
Sep 16

Near-Optimal Nonconvex Matrix Completion

arXiv:2609. 17048v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: We study nonconvex methods for matrix completion, the problem of recovering a low-rank matrix from a subset of its entries.

By Jian-Feng Cai, Xiliang Lu, Juntao You
arXiv Machine Learning
23h ago

Improving the Optimization Landscape of Matrix Completion with $\epsilon$-close Surrogates

The paper proposes a new approach to matrix completion by adding small (ε-level) perturbations to the nullspace of the observation mask, creating noisy surrogates that remain close to the true matrix. These surrogates satisfy a restricted isometry property, enabling the use of tensor methods with theoretical guarantees. The authors provide quantitative recovery guarantees under independent observation assumptions, without requiring explicit sampling rate or incoherence conditions.

By Ziye Ma
arXiv Machine Learning
Sep 22

Transfer Learning for Matrix Completion

arXiv:2507.02248v2 Announce Type: replace-cross Abstract: In this paper, we explore the knowledge transfer under the setting of matrix completion, which aims to enhance the estimation of a low-rank t...

By Dali Liu, Yuying Xie, Haolei Weng
arXiv Machine Learning
Sep 25

Nuclear Norm-Regularized Bayesian Matrix Completion

The paper introduces a Bayesian approach to matrix completion that uses a nuclear norm-based prior and addresses the challenge of unknown noise variance by placing a prior on it. It presents the first sampler for this model, providing a non‑asymptotic polynomial‑time guarantee in terms of matrix dimensions and desired accuracy. The method discretizes the noise precision and employs thermodynamic integration to construct a categorical posterior, offering a feasibility result for Bayesian sampling in non‑log‑concave settings.

By Calvin Tolbert