提出更优的矩阵2→q范数近似算法,提升数据鲁棒性分析性能。
Algorithms with Polynomially-Improved Approximation Factors for the $2 \rightarrow q$ Norm, and Applications
- 设计多项式时间算法,实现d^{1/8}近似因子
- 比之前最优的d^{1/6}提升一个多项式因子
- 适用于高阶矩有界的鲁棒统计与聚类任务
矩阵X∈ℝ^{n×d}的2→q范数定义为‖X‖_{2→q} = sup_{‖v‖₂=1} ‖Xv‖_q。本文针对q>2(即超收缩情形)给出多项式时间乘法近似算法。该问题直接关联组合优化、计算复杂性(如小集膨胀问题)、量子信息(如最佳可分态)及算法统计等长期开放难题。此前已知在多项式时间内无法超越2^{√{log n}}近似因子(假设指数时间假设),而简单谱方法仅能达d^{1/4}。对于q=4,先前工作结合稀疏化技术可得d^{1/6}。本文进一步改进至d^{1/8},并构造了2→q范数的平方和证书,从而直接提升鲁棒均值、协方差估计、回归与聚类算法在仅满足q阶矩约束数据下的性能。
原文摘要 · Abstract (English)
The $2 \rightarrow q$ norm of a matrix $X \in \mathbb{R}^{n \times d}$ is defined as $\lVert X \rVert_{2 \rightarrow q} = \sup_{\lVert v \rVert_2 = 1} \lVert Xv \rVert_q$. We give polynomial-time multiplicative approximation algorithms for this norm when $q > 2$ (i.e. in the hypercontractive setting). This problem either directly captures or is closely related to long-standing open problems in combinatorial optimization and hardness of approximation (e.g. Small Set Expansion), quantum information (e.g. Best Separable State), and algorithmic statistics. Very little is known about what approximation factors we can achieve for this problem in polynomial time, even though such approximations have significant downstream consequences. Barak, Brandão, Harrow, Kelner, Steurer, and Zhou showed that no polynomial-time algorithm can achieve an approximation factor better than $2^{\sqrt{\log n}}$, assuming the Exponential Time Hypothesis (FOCS'12). On the other hand, a simple spectral algorithm gives a $d^{1/4}$-approximation as a baseline. For the important special case of $q = 4$, prior work of Guth, Maldague, and Urschel (SIAM Matrix Analysis and Applications'25) can be combined with known sparsification techniques to give a $d^{1/6}$-approximation. We improve over these results by polynomial factors, giving a $d^{1/8}$-approximation. Moreover, we construct sum-of-squares certificates for the $2 \rightarrow q$ norm. This directly implies improved algorithms for robust mean and covariance estimation, robust regression, and clustering, when the data only satisfies a bound on its $q$-th moment.
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