Summary of Recursive Nested Filtering For Efficient Amortized Bayesian Experimental Design, by Sahel Iqbal et al.
Recursive Nested Filtering for Efficient Amortized Bayesian Experimental Design
by Sahel Iqbal, Hany Abdulsamad, Sara Pérez-Vieites, Simo Särkkä, Adrien Corenflos
First submitted to arxiv on: 9 Sep 2024
Categories
- Main: Machine Learning (stat.ML)
- Secondary: Machine Learning (cs.LG); Methodology (stat.ME)
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| High | Paper authors | High Difficulty Summary Read the original abstract here |
| Medium | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Medium Difficulty Summary A novel, fully recursive algorithm for amortized sequential Bayesian experimental design is introduced, called the Inside-Out Nested Particle Filter (IO-NPF). This approach frames policy optimization as maximum likelihood estimation in a non-Markovian state-space model, achieving computational complexity of at most O(T^2) in the number of experiments. Theoretical convergence guarantees are provided and a backward sampling algorithm is introduced to reduce trajectory degeneracy. IO-NPF offers a practical, extensible, and provably consistent approach to sequential Bayesian experimental design, demonstrating improved efficiency over existing methods. |
| Low | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Low Difficulty Summary This paper creates a new way to make good decisions in situations where you don’t know what will happen next. It’s called the Inside-Out Nested Particle Filter (IO-NPF) and it’s very useful for planning experiments. The IO-NPF is like a super smart planner that can figure out the best way to do things based on past experiences. It’s really fast too, only taking O(T^2) time to make decisions. This new approach is much better than old methods and will be very helpful in lots of different situations. |
Keywords
» Artificial intelligence » Likelihood » Optimization
