2017 NIPS NeurIPS 2017

Improved Graph Laplacian via Geometric Self-Consistency

Abstract

We address the problem of setting the kernel bandwidth, epps, used by Manifold Learning algorithms to construct the graph Laplacian. Exploiting the connection between manifold geometry, represented by the Riemannian metric, and the Laplace-Beltrami operator, we set epps by optimizing the Laplacian's ability to preserve the geometry of the data. Experiments show that this principled approach is effective and robust

🌉 Interdisciplinary Bridge — Deep Learning and Machine Learning and Mathematics & Optimization
🧭 Keyword Pioneer — geometric self-consistency
🐣 Hot Topic Early Bird — spectral method
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