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On primal and dual sparsity of Markov networks

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On primal and dual sparsity of Markov networks
Sparsity is a desirable property in high dimensional learning. The 1-norm regularization can lead to primal sparsity, while max-margin methods achieve dual sparsity. Combining these two methods, an 1-norm max-margin Markov network ( 1-M3 N) can achieve both types of sparsity. This paper analyzes its connections to the Laplace maxmargin Markov network (LapM3 N), which inherits the dual sparsity of max-margin models but is pseudo-primal sparse, and to a novel adaptive M3 N (AdapM3 N). We show that the 1-M3 N is an extreme case of the LapM3 N, and the 1-M3 N is equivalent to an AdapM3 N. Based on this equivalence we develop a robust EM-style algorithm for learning an 1-M3 N. We demonstrate the advantages of the simultaneously (pseudo-) primal and dual sparse models over the ones which enjoy either primal or dual sparsity on both synthetic and real data sets.
Jun Zhu, Eric P. Xing
Added 17 Nov 2009
Updated 17 Nov 2009
Type Conference
Year 2009
Where ICML
Authors Jun Zhu, Eric P. Xing
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