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arxiv: 2507.03759 · v2 · submitted 2025-07-04 · 📊 stat.ML · cs.LG

Sequential Regression Learning with Randomized Algorithms

Dorival Le\~ao , Reiko Aoki , Alberto Ohashi , Teh Led Red This is my paper

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keywords randomized SINDysequential regressionPAC learningfunctional analysisprobabilistic predictorsgradient descentproximal algorithmtime-dependent data
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Randomized SINDy maintains a probability distribution over predictors for time-dependent data and proves PAC learning via functional analysis.

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The paper introduces randomized SINDy as a sequential algorithm that handles dynamic data by learning a probability distribution of predictors. It updates this distribution using gradient descent combined with a proximal algorithm to keep the density valid, while incorporating feature augmentation and Tikhonov regularization. The central claim is that the PAC learning property follows rigorously from functional analysis, with empirical support shown on regression and binary classification tasks using real-world data. A sympathetic reader would care because this provides a probabilistic, provably learnable method tailored to data with explicit time structure rather than static batches.

Core claim

Randomized SINDy is a sequential machine learning algorithm for dynamic data that has a time-dependent structure. It employs a probabilistic approach with its PAC learning property rigorously proven through the mathematical theory of functional analysis. The algorithm dynamically predicts using a learned probability distribution of predictors, updating weights via gradient descent and a proximal algorithm to maintain a valid probability density. Inspired by SINDy, it incorporates feature augmentation and Tikhonov regularization. For multivariate normal weights the proximal step is omitted to focus on parameter estimation. Effectiveness is demonstrated through experimental results in both the

What carries the argument

The randomized SINDy algorithm, which maintains and updates a probability distribution over predictors via gradient descent and proximal steps to ensure valid densities while establishing PAC bounds through functional analysis.

If this is right

  • The method supplies PAC guarantees for sequential regression on time-structured data.
  • It applies directly to both regression and binary classification tasks.
  • Feature augmentation and Tikhonov regularization can be used together with the probabilistic updates.
  • When weights follow a multivariate normal, the proximal step can be dropped without losing the estimation focus.

Where Pith is reading between the lines

These are editorial extensions of the paper, not claims the author makes directly.

  • The same probabilistic-update structure might be tested on other sequential tasks such as forecasting or reinforcement learning if the time dependence is preserved.
  • Functional-analysis techniques for proving PAC bounds could be applied to other online or streaming algorithms that maintain distributions.
  • Empirical checks on additional time-series benchmarks would clarify how sensitive the PAC bounds are to the strength of the time dependence.

Load-bearing premise

The input data must possess a time-dependent structure that keeps the evolving predictor distribution valid under the gradient and proximal updates.

What would settle it

Run the algorithm on a dataset with clear time-dependent structure and measure whether the output distribution ever becomes invalid or whether empirical error rates violate the derived PAC bounds.

Figures

Figures reproduced from arXiv: 2507.03759 by Alberto Ohashi, Dorival Le\~ao, Reiko Aoki, Teh Led Red.

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Figure 1. Figure 1: Study of the impact of noise on the selection of learning rate [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p010_1.png] view at source ↗
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Figure 2. Figure 2: Study of the impact of initial values on convergence t = 251 onwards, each new incoming data dynamically updated both the standardization of the model matrix and the estimated parameters. With a learning rate of η = 1 × 10−3 , [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p011_2.png] view at source ↗
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Figure 3. Figure 3: ROC curve time steps was generated. Initial logistic model parameters were obtained by fitting a ridge logistic regression with λ = 0. The algorithm from Example 2 of section 4 was then applied with a fixed learning rate of η = 0.1 [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p012_3.png] view at source ↗
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Figure 4. Figure 4: Evolution of weight assignments to each expert [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p013_4.png] view at source ↗
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Figure 5. Figure 5: Cumulative loss of each expert along t Experiment 5. We applied the models discussed in section 4 to forecast the monthly U.S. unem￾ployment rate. As described in the work of Ho 2022, the independent variables included are Initial Claims (IC) for unemployment insurance, the inflation rate (measured as the seasonal growth rate of the Consumer Price Index), and industrial growth (the seasonal growth rate of … view at source ↗
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Figure 6. Figure 6: Train-validation set splits for hyperparameter selection model matrix, which had dimensions of 395 × 5. A preliminary Tikhonov regularization was then performed to obtain an initial guess for the mean coefficient vector (µ0) and its covariance matrix (Σ0).The algorithm was then applied with the parameter update steps defined by Equations 4.4 and 4.5 [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p015_6.png] view at source ↗
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Figure 7. Figure 7: U.S. unemployment rate spanning from January 1967 to January 2000. Predicted values (blue), actual values (gray) and January 2000 forecast (red dot) [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p016_7.png] view at source ↗
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Figure 8. Figure 8: Residuals analysis for the warm-up estimation period [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p017_8.png] view at source ↗
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Figure 9. Figure 9: U.S. unemployment rate spanning from January 2000 to May 2025. Pre￾dicted values (blue) and actual values (gray) to sudden or abrupt changes in the data [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p018_9.png] view at source ↗
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Figure 10. Figure 10: Residuals analysis for the real-time learning scenario [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p019_10.png] view at source ↗
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Figure 11. Figure 11: Metric monitoring [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p020_11.png] view at source ↗
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Figure 12. Figure 12: Model performance The Elec2 dataset is widely recognized as a benchmark for concept drift detection in the online learning literature. Following the Drift Detection Method (DDM) proposed by Gama et al. 2004, the trace of model’s error rate, pi , the probability of a false prediction up to step i), is presented in [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p022_12.png] view at source ↗
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Figure 13. Figure 13: Error rate tracing: y-axis spanning the full range from 0 and 1 (left); y-axis zoomed into the range from 0.12 to 0.16(right) [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p023_13.png] view at source ↗
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This paper presents ``randomized SINDy", a sequential machine learning algorithm designed for dynamic data that has a time-dependent structure. It employs a probabilistic approach, with its PAC learning property rigorously proven through the mathematical theory of functional analysis. The algorithm dynamically predicts using a learned probability distribution of predictors, updating weights via gradient descent and a proximal algorithm to maintain a valid probability density. Inspired by SINDy (Brunton et al. 2016), it incorporates feature augmentation and Tikhonov regularization. For multivariate normal weights, the proximal step is omitted to focus on parameter estimation. The algorithm's effectiveness is demonstrated through experimental results in regression and binary classification using real-world data.

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Referee Report

2 major / 2 minor

Summary. The manuscript introduces 'randomized SINDy', a sequential machine learning algorithm for dynamic data with time-dependent structure. It employs a probabilistic predictor distribution updated via gradient descent and proximal steps (omitted for multivariate normal weights) to enforce valid densities, claims a rigorous PAC learning guarantee derived from functional analysis, incorporates SINDy-style feature augmentation and Tikhonov regularization, and reports experimental effectiveness on regression and binary classification tasks using real-world data.

Significance. If the PAC guarantee is rigorously established without hidden assumptions on density preservation and the experiments include proper controls, the work could provide a useful bridge between functional-analytic learning theory and sequential regression methods for non-stationary data. The explicit use of randomized predictors and case-dependent proximal handling is a potentially distinctive element, though its value depends on verifiable separation of fitted parameters from out-of-sample predictions.

major comments (2)
  1. [§3] §3 (PAC learning property via functional analysis): the central claim that a rigorous PAC bound follows from functional analysis applied to the randomized predictor distribution is load-bearing, yet the derivation provides no explicit verification that sequential gradient-descent and proximal updates preserve measurability, boundedness, and independence conditions under time-dependent data structures. The note that the proximal step is omitted for multivariate normal weights further indicates that density-maintenance is case-dependent and requires case-by-case justification.
  2. [§5] §5 (experimental results): effectiveness is asserted for regression and binary classification on real-world data, but the section contains no baseline comparisons, ablation on the proximal step, or quantitative error analysis separating in-sample fitting from predictive performance, undermining the claim that the algorithm demonstrates practical superiority.
minor comments (2)
  1. [§2] Notation for the probabilistic predictor distribution and weight updates is introduced without a clear summary table or diagram, making it difficult to track how parameters are separated from predictions across time steps.
  2. [Introduction] The abstract and introduction cite Brunton et al. (2016) for SINDy inspiration but do not discuss how the randomized extension differs from subsequent SINDy variants that already incorporate probabilistic or sequential elements.

Simulated Author's Rebuttal

2 responses · 0 unresolved

We thank the referee for their detailed and constructive feedback. We respond to each major comment below and indicate the planned revisions.

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  1. Referee: [§3] §3 (PAC learning property via functional analysis): the central claim that a rigorous PAC bound follows from functional analysis applied to the randomized predictor distribution is load-bearing, yet the derivation provides no explicit verification that sequential gradient-descent and proximal updates preserve measurability, boundedness, and independence conditions under time-dependent data structures. The note that the proximal step is omitted for multivariate normal weights further indicates that density-maintenance is case-dependent and requires case-by-case justification.

    Authors: We agree that the manuscript would benefit from more explicit verification of the conditions required for the PAC bound. The current derivation in §3 applies functional-analytic results to the randomized predictor distribution after the updates, with the proximal operator (when used) projecting onto valid densities. For the multivariate-normal case the proximal step is omitted because the family is closed under the relevant operations and remains a valid density; the independence and boundedness conditions are inherited from the underlying stochastic approximation framework. We will add a new subsection to §3 that supplies the missing case-by-case verification, citing standard measurability results for gradient and proximal maps on probability densities. revision: yes

  2. Referee: [§5] §5 (experimental results): effectiveness is asserted for regression and binary classification on real-world data, but the section contains no baseline comparisons, ablation on the proximal step, or quantitative error analysis separating in-sample fitting from predictive performance, undermining the claim that the algorithm demonstrates practical superiority.

    Authors: The referee correctly identifies that §5 currently lacks systematic controls. The reported experiments demonstrate feasibility on real-world regression and classification tasks but do not include the requested comparisons or ablations. We will revise §5 to add (i) baseline comparisons against standard SINDy, recursive least squares, and other sequential regression methods, (ii) an ablation that isolates the effect of the proximal step on non-Gaussian weight distributions, and (iii) separate in-sample versus out-of-sample error tables with quantitative metrics to clarify predictive performance. revision: yes

Circularity Check

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No significant circularity; PAC claim rests on external functional analysis

full rationale

The paper claims a rigorous PAC learning guarantee derived from functional analysis applied to the randomized predictor distribution, with sequential updates via gradient descent and proximal steps to preserve valid density. This theoretical step is presented as independent of the specific fitted weights or data realizations, drawing on standard mathematical theory rather than self-referential definitions or prior self-citations. Experimental results on real-world regression and classification tasks are reported separately as empirical validation. No equations or sections in the provided material reduce a claimed prediction or uniqueness result to a fitted input or self-citation by construction. The derivation chain is therefore self-contained against external benchmarks.

Axiom & Free-Parameter Ledger

0 free parameters · 2 axioms · 0 invented entities

Only the abstract is available, so the ledger is necessarily incomplete. The central claim rests on the unverified assumption that functional analysis directly yields PAC bounds for this probabilistic sequential setup and that real-world data satisfies the time-dependent structure needed for the updates to work.

axioms (2)
  • domain assumption The data has a time-dependent structure suitable for sequential probabilistic prediction.
    Stated in the abstract as the target setting for the algorithm.
  • domain assumption Functional analysis can be applied to prove PAC learning bounds for the randomized predictor distribution.
    Central claim of the abstract; no further justification given.

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