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New CIRCOL method selects interpretable circular coordinates from data

A new method called CIRCOL has been developed to select interpretable circular coordinates from data, addressing the abstract nature of coordinates derived from persistent cohomology. This approach uses a user-supplied dictionary of scientifically meaningful candidates to explain detected cohomology. The method represents candidates by the cohomology class of their pulled-back angular form, framing the selection as a minimum-weight basis problem. CIRCOL is designed for discrete point clouds and has been validated on synthetic data, molecular simulations, and neural recordings. AI

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New CIRCOL method selects interpretable circular coordinates from data

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  1. arXiv stat.ML TIER_1 English(EN) · Vincent P. Grande, Marina Meila ·

    Selecting Interpretable Circular Coordinates from Data

    arXiv:2607.08230v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Circular coordinates obtained from persistent cohomology reveal loop structure in data, but they usually remain abstract: A detected circle does not tell us which measured angle, phase, torsion, or decoder explains it. We propose …

  2. arXiv stat.ML TIER_1 English(EN) · Marina Meila ·

    Selecting Interpretable Circular Coordinates from Data

    Circular coordinates obtained from persistent cohomology reveal loop structure in data, but they usually remain abstract: A detected circle does not tell us which measured angle, phase, torsion, or decoder explains it. We propose a method for selecting interpretable circle-valued…