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New theory advances streaming PCA with uncertainty quantification

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Researchers have developed new theoretical frameworks for streaming Principal Component Analysis (PCA) using Oja's algorithm. The work addresses open questions regarding convergence rates for general ranks under sub-Gaussian data and provides distributional inference for subspace estimators. The new convergence theory removes previous remainder terms, achieving sharp rates that match minimax rates in the dense-tail spiked covariance regime. Additionally, a novel online multiplier bootstrap algorithm has been developed and proven consistent for practical inference, extending Gaussian approximation and bootstrap inference techniques to nonconvex stochastic approximation. AI

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  1. arXiv stat.ML TIER_1 English(EN) · Haoshu Xu, Hongzhe Li ·

    Inference and Uncertainty Quantification for Streaming $r$-PCA

    arXiv:2608.18374v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: We address two open questions in streaming PCA via Oja's algorithm: sharp operator-norm convergence for general rank under sub-Gaussian data, and distributional inference for the resulting subspace estimator. Existing convergence an…

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