Transfer Operators from Batches of Unpaired Points via Entropic Transport Kernels

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Main Authors: Beier, Florian, Bi, Hancheng, Sarrazin, Clément, Schmitzer, Bernhard, Steidl, Gabriele
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author Beier, Florian
Bi, Hancheng
Sarrazin, Clément
Schmitzer, Bernhard
Steidl, Gabriele
author_facet Beier, Florian
Bi, Hancheng
Sarrazin, Clément
Schmitzer, Bernhard
Steidl, Gabriele
contents In this paper, we are concerned with estimating the joint probability of random variables $X$ and $Y$, given $N$ independent observation blocks $(\boldsymbol{x}^i,\boldsymbol{y}^i)$, $i=1,\ldots,N$, each of $M$ samples $(\boldsymbol{x}^i,\boldsymbol{y}^i) = \bigl((x^i_j, y^i_{σ^i(j)}) \bigr)_{j=1}^M$, where $σ^i$ denotes an unknown permutation of i.i.d. sampled pairs $(x^i_j,y_j^i)$, $j=1,\ldots,M$. This means that the internal ordering of the $M$ samples within an observation block is not known. We derive a maximum-likelihood inference functional, propose a computationally tractable approximation and analyze their properties. In particular, we prove a $Γ$-convergence result showing that we can recover the true density from empirical approximations as the number $N$ of blocks goes to infinity. Using entropic optimal transport kernels, we model a class of hypothesis spaces of density functions over which the inference functional can be minimized. This hypothesis class is particularly suited for approximate inference of transfer operators from data. We solve the resulting discrete minimization problem by a modification of the EMML algorithm to take addional transition probability constraints into account and prove the convergence of this algorithm. Proof-of-concept examples demonstrate the potential of our method.
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spellingShingle Transfer Operators from Batches of Unpaired Points via Entropic Transport Kernels
Beier, Florian
Bi, Hancheng
Sarrazin, Clément
Schmitzer, Bernhard
Steidl, Gabriele
Machine Learning
Dynamical Systems
37A30, 62G07
In this paper, we are concerned with estimating the joint probability of random variables $X$ and $Y$, given $N$ independent observation blocks $(\boldsymbol{x}^i,\boldsymbol{y}^i)$, $i=1,\ldots,N$, each of $M$ samples $(\boldsymbol{x}^i,\boldsymbol{y}^i) = \bigl((x^i_j, y^i_{σ^i(j)}) \bigr)_{j=1}^M$, where $σ^i$ denotes an unknown permutation of i.i.d. sampled pairs $(x^i_j,y_j^i)$, $j=1,\ldots,M$. This means that the internal ordering of the $M$ samples within an observation block is not known. We derive a maximum-likelihood inference functional, propose a computationally tractable approximation and analyze their properties. In particular, we prove a $Γ$-convergence result showing that we can recover the true density from empirical approximations as the number $N$ of blocks goes to infinity. Using entropic optimal transport kernels, we model a class of hypothesis spaces of density functions over which the inference functional can be minimized. This hypothesis class is particularly suited for approximate inference of transfer operators from data. We solve the resulting discrete minimization problem by a modification of the EMML algorithm to take addional transition probability constraints into account and prove the convergence of this algorithm. Proof-of-concept examples demonstrate the potential of our method.
title Transfer Operators from Batches of Unpaired Points via Entropic Transport Kernels
topic Machine Learning
Dynamical Systems
37A30, 62G07
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2402.08425