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Nonparametric Bayesian Density Modeling with Gaussian Processes

author: Ryan Prescott Adams, Computer Laboratory, University of Cambridge

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We present the Gaussian Process Density Sampler (GPDS), an exchangeable generative model for use in nonparametric Bayesian density estimation. Samples drawn from the GPDS are consistent with exact, independent samples from a fixed density function that is a transformation of a function drawn from a Gaussian process prior. Our formulation allows us to infer an unknown density from data using Markov chain Monte Carlo, which gives samples from the posterior distribution over density functions and from the predictive distribution on data space. We describe two such MCMC methods. Both methods also allow inference of the hyperparameters of the Gaussian process.

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0:00 Nonparametric Bayesian Density Modeling with Gaussian Processes
0:00 The Density Modeling Problem - 1
0:11 The Density Modeling Problem - 2
0:16 Nonparametric Density Models
0:50 Why Gaussian Processes?
1:26 GPs for Probability Density Functions
2:24 Gaussian Process Density Sampler
2:50 The GPDS Prior
4:11 Sampling With Known g(x) - 1
4:48 Sampling With Known g(x) - 2
5:05 Sampling With Known g(x) - 3
5:10 Sampling With Known g(x) - 4
5:18 Sampling With Known g(x) - 5
5:20 Sampling With Known g(x) - 6
5:22 Sampling With Known g(x) - 7
5:24 Sampling With Known g(x) - 8
5:26 Sampling With Known g(x) - 9
5:29 Sampling With Known g(x) - 10
5:31 Sampling With Known g(x) - 11
5:46 Sampling While Discovering g(x) - 1
6:15 Sampling While Discovering g(x) - 2
6:25 Sampling While Discovering g(x) - 3
6:27 Sampling While Discovering g(x) - 4
6:37 Sampling While Discovering g(x) - 5
6:44 Sampling While Discovering g(x) - 6
6:48 Sampling While Discovering g(x) - 7
6:54 Sampling While Discovering g(x) - 8
6:55 Sampling While Discovering g(x) - 9
6:57 Sampling While Discovering g(x) - 10
7:01 Sampling While Discovering g(x) - 11
7:03 Sampling While Discovering g(x) - 12
7:31 Properties of the GPDS
8:30 Hyperparameter Effects - 1
9:00 Hyperparameter Effects - 2
9:20 Hyperparameter Effects - 3
9:30 Hyperparameter Effects - 4
9:33 Inference with the GPDS Prior
10:00 Inference is Difficult
10:38 Saved by the Generative Procedure
11:22 Exchange Sampling
13:14 Latent History Inference
14:47 Other Inferences
15:10 Comparison on Macaque Skull Data
16:11 Computational Concerns
16:45 Summary
17:07 Thank you!

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