Nonlinear Dimensionality Reduction with Diffusion Maps in Practice

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Autores principales: Beier, Sönke, Pirker-Díaz, Paula, Pagenkopf, Friedrich, Wiesner, Karoline
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Publicado: 2026
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author Beier, Sönke
Pirker-Díaz, Paula
Pagenkopf, Friedrich
Wiesner, Karoline
author_facet Beier, Sönke
Pirker-Díaz, Paula
Pagenkopf, Friedrich
Wiesner, Karoline
contents Diffusion Map is a spectral dimensionality reduction technique which is able to uncover nonlinear submanifolds in high-dimensional data. And, it is increasingly applied across a wide range of scientific disciplines, such as biology, engineering, and social sciences. But data preprocessing, parameter settings and component selection have a significant influence on the resulting manifold, something which has not been comprehensively discussed in the literature so far. We provide a practice oriented review of the Diffusion Map technique, illustrate pitfalls and showcase a recently introduced technique for identifying the most relevant components. Our results show that the first components are not necessarily the most relevant ones.
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spellingShingle Nonlinear Dimensionality Reduction with Diffusion Maps in Practice
Beier, Sönke
Pirker-Díaz, Paula
Pagenkopf, Friedrich
Wiesner, Karoline
Machine Learning
Applications
Diffusion Map is a spectral dimensionality reduction technique which is able to uncover nonlinear submanifolds in high-dimensional data. And, it is increasingly applied across a wide range of scientific disciplines, such as biology, engineering, and social sciences. But data preprocessing, parameter settings and component selection have a significant influence on the resulting manifold, something which has not been comprehensively discussed in the literature so far. We provide a practice oriented review of the Diffusion Map technique, illustrate pitfalls and showcase a recently introduced technique for identifying the most relevant components. Our results show that the first components are not necessarily the most relevant ones.
title Nonlinear Dimensionality Reduction with Diffusion Maps in Practice
topic Machine Learning
Applications
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2601.20428