Efficient Fourier representations of families of Gaussian processes

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Main Author: Greengard, Philip
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contents We introduce a class of algorithms for constructing Fourier representations of Gaussian processes in $1$ dimension that are valid over ranges of hyperparameter values. The scaling and frequencies of the Fourier basis functions are evaluated numerically via generalized quadratures. The representations introduced allow for $O(m^3)$ inference, independent of $N$, for all hyperparameters in the user-specified range after $O(N + m^2\log{m})$ precomputation where $N$, the number of data points, is usually significantly larger than $m$, the number of basis functions. Inference independent of $N$ for various hyperparameters is facilitated by generalized quadratures, and the $O(N + m^2\log{m})$ precomputation is achieved with the non-uniform FFT. Numerical results are provided for Matérn kernels with $ν\in [3/2, 7/2]$ and lengthscale $ρ\in [0.1, 0.5]$ and squared-exponential kernels with lengthscale $ρ\in [0.1, 0.5]$. The algorithms of this paper generalize mathematically to higher dimensions, though they suffer from the standard curse of dimensionality.
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spellingShingle Efficient Fourier representations of families of Gaussian processes
Greengard, Philip
Computation
Numerical Analysis
We introduce a class of algorithms for constructing Fourier representations of Gaussian processes in $1$ dimension that are valid over ranges of hyperparameter values. The scaling and frequencies of the Fourier basis functions are evaluated numerically via generalized quadratures. The representations introduced allow for $O(m^3)$ inference, independent of $N$, for all hyperparameters in the user-specified range after $O(N + m^2\log{m})$ precomputation where $N$, the number of data points, is usually significantly larger than $m$, the number of basis functions. Inference independent of $N$ for various hyperparameters is facilitated by generalized quadratures, and the $O(N + m^2\log{m})$ precomputation is achieved with the non-uniform FFT. Numerical results are provided for Matérn kernels with $ν\in [3/2, 7/2]$ and lengthscale $ρ\in [0.1, 0.5]$ and squared-exponential kernels with lengthscale $ρ\in [0.1, 0.5]$. The algorithms of this paper generalize mathematically to higher dimensions, though they suffer from the standard curse of dimensionality.
title Efficient Fourier representations of families of Gaussian processes
topic Computation
Numerical Analysis
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2109.14081