Summary of Monte Carlo with Kernel-based Gibbs Measures: Guarantees For Probabilistic Herding, by Martin Rouault et al.
Monte Carlo with kernel-based Gibbs measures: Guarantees for probabilistic herding
by Martin Rouault, Rémi Bardenet, Mylène Maïda
First submitted to arxiv on: 18 Feb 2024
Categories
- Main: Machine Learning (cs.LG)
- Secondary: Probability (math.PR); Machine Learning (stat.ML)
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| High | Paper authors | High Difficulty Summary Read the original abstract here |
| Medium | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Medium Difficulty Summary This paper explores the theoretical foundation of kernel herding, a deterministic quadrature method that minimizes the worst-case integration error over a reproducing kernel Hilbert space (RKHS). Despite strong empirical support, the authors aim to prove that this approach outperforms standard Monte Carlo methods and provides tighter concentration inequalities. By introducing a joint probability distribution over quadrature nodes, they demonstrate that this method can achieve better results than i.i.d. Monte Carlo, although it does not improve the rate of convergence yet. This study contributes to our understanding of kernel herding’s capabilities and potential limitations. |
| Low | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Low Difficulty Summary Kernel herding is a way to get more accurate results from math problems. It uses a special kind of space called a reproducing kernel Hilbert space (RKHS). Some people have tried using this method before, but they haven’t been able to prove that it gets better results faster than other methods. In this paper, the authors try to fix that by looking at how likely different results are to happen. They find that their new approach can get better results than just guessing randomly, even if it doesn’t do it as fast. |
Keywords
* Artificial intelligence * Probability
