# Adaptive reconstruction of imperfectly-observed monotone functions, with applications to uncertainty quantification

arXiv: https://arxiv.org/abs/2007.05236 · HTML: https://mlsanity.com/paper/2007.05236/

## Key facts

- Cited by 1 papers in the map (data through 14 Oct 2026).
- First posted on arXiv 10 Jul 2020.

## Built on by (most cited first, 1 of 1)

- [Adaptive approximation of monotone functions](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2309.07530/) (2023)

## Abstract (arXiv)

Motivated by the desire to numerically calculate rigorous upper and lower bounds on deviation probabilities over large classes of probability distributions, we present an adaptive algorithm for the reconstruction of increasing real-valued functions. While this problem is similar to the classical statistical problem of isotonic regression, the optimisation setting alters several characteristics of the problem and opens natural algorithmic possibilities. We present our algorithm, establish sufficient conditions for convergence of the reconstruction to the ground truth, and apply the method to synthetic test cases and a real-world example of uncertainty quantification for aerodynamic design.