论文标题
高斯过程回归中的噪声估算
Noise Estimation in Gaussian Process Regression
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论文摘要
我们开发了一个计算程序，以估计具有附加噪声的半参数高斯过程回归模型的协方差超参数。也就是说，提出的方法可用于有效估计相关误差的方差，以及基于最大化边际似然函数的噪声方差。我们的方法涉及适当地降低超参数空间的维度，以简化单变量的根发现问题的估计过程。此外，我们得出了边际似然函数及其衍生物的边界和渐近线，这对于缩小了超参数搜索的初始范围很有用。使用数值示例，我们证明了与传统参数优化相比，提出方法的计算优势和鲁棒性。
We develop a computational procedure to estimate the covariance hyperparameters for semiparametric Gaussian process regression models with additive noise. Namely, the presented method can be used to efficiently estimate the variance of the correlated error, and the variance of the noise based on maximizing a marginal likelihood function. Our method involves suitably reducing the dimensionality of the hyperparameter space to simplify the estimation procedure to a univariate root-finding problem. Moreover, we derive bounds and asymptotes of the marginal likelihood function and its derivatives, which are useful to narrowing the initial range of the hyperparameter search. Using numerical examples, we demonstrate the computational advantages and robustness of the presented approach compared to traditional parameter optimization.
