Title
Structured Embedding Models for Grouped Data
Abstract
Word embeddings are a powerful approach for analyzing language, and exponential family embeddings (EFE) extend them to other types of data. Here we develop structured exponential family embeddings (S - EFE), a method for discovering embeddings that vary across related groups of data. We study how the word usage of U.S. Congressional speeches varies across states and party affiliation, how words are used differently across sections of the ArXiv, and how the co-purchase patterns of groceries can vary across seasons. Key to the success of our method is that the groups share statistical information. We develop two sharing strategies: hierarchical modeling and amortization. We demonstrate the benefits of this approach in empirical studies of speeches, abstracts, and shopping baskets. We show how S - EFE enables group-specific interpretation of word usage, and outperforms EFE in predicting held-out data.
Year
Venue
DocType
2017
ADVANCES IN NEURAL INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEMS 30 (NIPS 2017)
Journal
Volume
ISSN
Citations 
30
1049-5258
2
PageRank 
References 
Authors
0.43
21
4
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Maja R. Rudolph1191.42
Francisco Ruiz230129.12
Susan Athey382.64
David M. Blei410843818.64