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most citedFirst-order Methods Almost Always Avoid Saddle Points

76 citations · 95 across the 7 of their papers we have counts for

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11 papers

math.OC20223 cited

Gradient-Free Methods for Deterministic and Stochastic Nonsmooth Nonconvex Optimization

Tianyi Lin, Zeyu Zheng, Michael I. Jordan

Nonsmooth nonconvex optimization problems broadly emerge in machine learning and business decision making, whereas two core challenges impede the development of efficient solution…

cs.LG20221 cited

A General Framework for Sample-Efficient Function Approximation in Reinforcement Learning

Zixiang Chen, Chris Junchi Li, Angela Yuan +2

With the increasing need for handling large state and action spaces, general function approximation has become a key technique in reinforcement learning (RL). In this paper, we pro…

cs.LG20222 cited

Partial Identification with Noisy Covariates: A Robust Optimization Approach

Wenshuo Guo, Mingzhang Yin, Yixin Wang +1

Causal inference from observational datasets often relies on measuring and adjusting for covariates. In practice, measurements of the covariates can often be noisy and/or biased, o…

cs.LG20224 cited

Reinforcement Learning with Heterogeneous Data: Estimation and Inference

Elynn Y. Chen, Rui Song, Michael I. Jordan

Reinforcement Learning (RL) has the promise of providing data-driven support for decision-making in a wide range of problems in healthcare, education, business, and other domains.…

cs.CY20219 cited

Interleaving Computational and Inferential Thinking: Data Science for Undergraduates at Berkeley

Ani Adhikari, John DeNero, Michael I. Jordan

The undergraduate data science curriculum at the University of California, Berkeley is anchored in five new courses that emphasize computational thinking, inferential thinking, and…

cs.LG2021

A Variational Inequality Approach to Bayesian Regression Games

Wenshuo Guo, Michael I. Jordan, Tianyi Lin

Bayesian regression games are a special class of two-player general-sum Bayesian games in which the learner is partially informed about the adversary's objective through a Bayesian…