Bayesian Gaussian Process Latent Variable Model

Michalis K. Titsias; Neil D. Lawrence

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Bayesian Gaussian Process Latent Variable Model

Michalis K. Titsias, Neil D. Lawrence

Proceedings of the Thirteenth International Workshop on Artificial Intelligence and Statistics, PMLR 9:844-851, 2010.

Abstract

We introduce a variational inference framework for training the Gaussian process latent variable model and thus performing Bayesian nonlinear dimensionality reduction. This method allows us to variationally integrate out the input variables of the Gaussian process and compute a lower bound on the exact marginal likelihood of the nonlinear latent variable model. The maximization of the variational lower bound provides a Bayesian training procedure that is robust to overfitting and can automatically select the dimensionality of the nonlinear latent space. We demonstrate our method on real world datasets. The focus in this paper is on dimensionality reduction problems, but the methodology is more general. For example, our algorithm is immediately applicable for training Gaussian process models in the presence of missing or uncertain inputs.

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@InProceedings{Titsias:bayesGPLVM10,
  title = 	 {Bayesian {G}aussian Process Latent Variable Model},
  author = 	 {Titsias, Michalis K. and Lawrence, Neil D.},
  booktitle = 	 {Proceedings of the Thirteenth International Workshop on Artificial Intelligence and Statistics},
  pages = 	 {844--851},
  year = 	 {2010},
  editor = 	 {Teh, Yee Whye and Titterington, D. Michael},
  volume = 	 {9},
  address = 	 {Chia Laguna Resort, Sardinia, Italy},
  publisher =    {PMLR},
  pdf = 	 {http://proceedings.mlr.press/v9/titsias10a/titsias10a.pdf},
  url = 	 {/publications/titsias-bayesgplvm10.html},
  abstract = 	 {We introduce a variational inference framework for training the Gaussian process latent variable model and thus performing Bayesian nonlinear dimensionality reduction. This method allows us to variationally integrate out the input variables of the Gaussian process and compute a lower bound on the exact marginal likelihood of the nonlinear latent variable model. The maximization of the variational lower bound provides a Bayesian training procedure that is robust to overfitting and can automatically select the dimensionality of the nonlinear latent space. We demonstrate our method on real world datasets. The focus in this paper is on dimensionality reduction problems, but the methodology is more general. For example, our algorithm is immediately applicable for training Gaussian process models in the presence of missing or uncertain inputs.}
}

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Titsias, M.K. & Lawrence, N.D.. (2010). Bayesian Gaussian Process Latent Variable Model. Proceedings of the Thirteenth International Workshop on Artificial Intelligence and Statistics 9:844-851 Available from /publications/titsias-bayesgplvm10.html.