Fast nonparametric clustering of structured time-series

J Hensman, M Rattray… - IEEE transactions on …, 2014 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
IEEE transactions on pattern analysis and machine intelligence, 2014ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this publication, we combine two Bayesian nonparametric models: the Gaussian Process
(GP) and the Dirichlet Process (DP). Our innovation in the GP model is to introduce a
variation on the GP prior which enables us to model structured time-series data, ie, data
containing groups where we wish to model inter-and intra-group variability. Our innovation
in the DP model is an implementation of a new fast collapsed variational inference
procedure which enables us to optimize our variational approximation significantly faster …
In this publication, we combine two Bayesian nonparametric models: the Gaussian Process (GP) and the Dirichlet Process (DP). Our innovation in the GP model is to introduce a variation on the GP prior which enables us to model structured time-series data, i.e., data containing groups where we wish to model inter- and intra-group variability. Our innovation in the DP model is an implementation of a new fast collapsed variational inference procedure which enables us to optimize our variational approximation significantly faster than standard VB approaches. In a biological time series application we show how our model better captures salient features of the data, leading to better consistency with existing biological classifications, while the associated inference algorithm provides a significant speed-up over EM-based variational inference.
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