Efficient hyperparameter estimation in Bayesian inverse problems using sample average approximation

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Hauptverfasser: Chung, Julianne, Miller, Scot M., Landman, Malena Sabate, Saibaba, Arvind K.
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author Chung, Julianne
Miller, Scot M.
Landman, Malena Sabate
Saibaba, Arvind K.
author_facet Chung, Julianne
Miller, Scot M.
Landman, Malena Sabate
Saibaba, Arvind K.
contents In Bayesian inverse problems, it is common to consider several hyperparameters that define the prior and the noise model that must be estimated from the data. In particular, we are interested in linear inverse problems with additive Gaussian noise and Gaussian priors defined using Matérn covariance models. In this case, we estimate the hyperparameters using the maximum a posteriori (MAP) estimate of the marginalized posterior distribution. However, this is a computationally intensive task since it involves computing log determinants. To address this challenge, we consider a stochastic average approximation (SAA) of the objective function and use the preconditioned Lanczos method to compute efficient approximations of the function and gradient evaluations. We propose a new preconditioner that can be updated cheaply for new values of the hyperparameters and an approach to compute approximations of the gradient evaluations, by reutilizing information from the function evaluations. We demonstrate the performance of our approach on static and dynamic seismic tomography problems.
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spellingShingle Efficient hyperparameter estimation in Bayesian inverse problems using sample average approximation
Chung, Julianne
Miller, Scot M.
Landman, Malena Sabate
Saibaba, Arvind K.
Numerical Analysis
In Bayesian inverse problems, it is common to consider several hyperparameters that define the prior and the noise model that must be estimated from the data. In particular, we are interested in linear inverse problems with additive Gaussian noise and Gaussian priors defined using Matérn covariance models. In this case, we estimate the hyperparameters using the maximum a posteriori (MAP) estimate of the marginalized posterior distribution. However, this is a computationally intensive task since it involves computing log determinants. To address this challenge, we consider a stochastic average approximation (SAA) of the objective function and use the preconditioned Lanczos method to compute efficient approximations of the function and gradient evaluations. We propose a new preconditioner that can be updated cheaply for new values of the hyperparameters and an approach to compute approximations of the gradient evaluations, by reutilizing information from the function evaluations. We demonstrate the performance of our approach on static and dynamic seismic tomography problems.
title Efficient hyperparameter estimation in Bayesian inverse problems using sample average approximation
topic Numerical Analysis
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2412.02773