Local Distance Preservation in the GP-LVM through Back Constraints

Neil D. Lawrence; Joaquin Quiñonero Candela

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Local Distance Preservation in the GP-LVM through Back Constraints

Neil D. Lawrence, Joaquin Quiñonero Candela

Proceedings of the International Conference in Machine Learning, Omnipress 23:513-520, 2006.

Abstract

The Gaussian process latent variable model (GP-LVM) is a generative approach to non-linear low dimensional embedding, that provides a smooth probabilistic mapping from latent to data space. It is also a non-linear generalization of probabilistic PCA (PPCA) @Tipping:probpca99. While most approaches to non-linear dimensionality methods focus on preserving local distances in data space, the GP-LVM focusses on exactly the opposite. Being a smooth mapping from latent to data space, it focusses on keeping things apart in latent space that are far apart in data space. In this paper we first provide an overview of dimensionality reduction techniques, placing the emphasis on the kind of distance relation preserved. We then show how the GP-LVM can be generalized, through back constraints, to additionally preserve local distances. We give illustrative experiments on common data sets.

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@InProceedings{Lawrence:backconstraints06,
  title = 	 {Local Distance Preservation in the {GP-LVM} through Back Constraints},
  author = 	 {Lawrence, Neil D. and Quiñonero Candela, Joaquin},
  booktitle = 	 {Proceedings of the International Conference in Machine Learning},
  pages = 	 {513--520},
  year = 	 {2006},
  editor = 	 {Cohen, William and Moore, Andrew},
  volume = 	 {23},
  publisher =    {Omnipress},
  doi = 	 {10.1145/1143844.1143909},
  pdf = 	 {https://inverseprobability.com/publications/files/backConstraints.pdf},
  url = 	 {/publications/lawrence-backconstraints06.html},
  abstract = 	 {The Gaussian process latent variable model (GP-LVM) is a generative approach to non-linear low dimensional embedding, that provides a smooth probabilistic mapping from latent to data space. It is also a non-linear generalization of probabilistic PCA (PPCA) @Tipping:probpca99. While most approaches to non-linear dimensionality methods focus on preserving local distances in data space, the GP-LVM focusses on exactly the opposite. Being a smooth mapping from latent to data space, it focusses on keeping things apart in latent space that are far apart in data space. In this paper we first provide an overview of dimensionality reduction techniques, placing the emphasis on the kind of distance relation preserved. We then show how the GP-LVM can be generalized, through back constraints, to additionally preserve local distances. We give illustrative experiments on common data sets.}
}

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Lawrence, N.D. & Quiñonero Candela, J.. (2006). Local Distance Preservation in the GP-LVM through Back Constraints. Proceedings of the International Conference in Machine Learning 23:513-520 doi:10.1145/1143844.1143909 Available from /publications/lawrence-backconstraints06.html.