Summary of Non-stationary and Sparsely-correlated Multi-output Gaussian Process with Spike-and-slab Prior, by Wang Xinming et al.
Non-stationary and Sparsely-correlated Multi-output Gaussian Process with Spike-and-Slab Prior
by Wang Xinming, Li Yongxiang, Yue Xiaowei, Wu Jianguo
First submitted to arxiv on: 5 Sep 2024
Categories
- Main: Machine Learning (stat.ML)
- Secondary: Machine Learning (cs.LG); Multiagent Systems (cs.MA); Systems and Control (eess.SY)
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| High | Paper authors | High Difficulty Summary Read the original abstract here |
| Medium | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Medium Difficulty Summary The paper proposes a novel multi-output Gaussian process (MGP) model that addresses limitations of traditional MGP methods when handling multivariate data with dynamic characteristics and complex temporal correlations. Specifically, the non-stationary MGP model incorporates convolutions of time-varying kernel functions to capture these dynamics and places a dynamic spike-and-slab prior on correlation parameters to automatically identify informative sources for each output. The model is shown to effectively mitigate negative transfer in high-dimensional time-series data through efficient EM algorithm-based fitting. Applications are demonstrated through numerical studies and a real-world case, with potential for decision-making problems like mountain-car reinforcement learning. |
| Low | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Low Difficulty Summary This paper develops a new way to use machine learning models on multiple outputs that work together over time. The traditional method, MGP, is great at providing uncertainty estimates, but it can struggle when the relationships between outputs change or are complex. To solve this problem, the researchers create a new type of MGP model that uses special kernel functions and dynamic prior probabilities to capture these changes and identify which sources are important for each output. This approach is shown to be effective in handling high-dimensional time-series data and can even prevent negative transfer when some outputs aren’t correlated with others. The potential applications include decision-making problems like mountain-car reinforcement learning. |
Keywords
» Artificial intelligence » Machine learning » Reinforcement learning » Time series
