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DP-GP-LVM: A Bayesian Non-Parametric Model for Learning Multivariate Dependency Structures

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Peer-reviewed

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Conference Object

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Authors

Lawrence, Andrew R 
Campbell, Neill DF 

Abstract

We present a non-parametric Bayesian latent variable model capable of learning dependency structures across dimensions in a multivariate setting.Our approach is based on flexible Gaussian process priors for the generative mappings and interchangeable Dirichlet process priors to learn the structure. The introduction of the Dirichlet process as a specific structural prior allows our model to circumvent issues associated with previous Gaussian process latent variable models. Inference is performed by deriving an efficient variational bound on the marginal log-likelihood of the model. We demonstrate the efficacy of our approach via analysis of discovered structure and superior quantitative performance on missing data imputation.

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Journal Title

INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON MACHINE LEARNING, VOL 97

Conference Name

36th International Conference on Machine Learning, Long Beach, California, PMLR 97, 2019

Journal ISSN

2640-3498
2640-3498

Volume Title

97

Publisher

Proceedings of Machine Learning Research

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Publisher's own licence