Evaluation of variational and Markov Chain Monte Carlo methods for inference in partially observed stochastic dynamic systems

Abstract

In recent work we have developed a novel variational inference method for partially observed systems governed by stochastic differential equations. In this paper we provide a comparison of the Variational Gaussian Process Smoother with an exact solution computed using a hybrid Monte Carlo approach to path sampling, applied to a stochastic double well potential model. It is demonstrated that the variational smoother provides us a very accurate estimate of mean path while marginal variance is slightly underestimated. We conclude with some remarks as to the advantages and disadvantages of the variational smoother.

Publication DOI: https://doi.org/10.1109/MLSP.2007.4414324
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College of Engineering & Physical Sciences > Systems analytics research institute (SARI)
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Event Title: 17th IEEE International Workshop on Machine Learning for Signal Processing, MLSP-2007
Event Type: Other
Event Dates: 2007-08-27 - 2007-08-29
Uncontrolled Keywords: Computer Science(all),Signal Processing
ISBN: 1424415667, 9781424415663
Last Modified: 05 Jan 2024 08:27
Date Deposited: 28 Nov 2018 11:48
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PURE Output Type: Conference contribution
Published Date: 2007-12-01
Authors: Shen, Y.
Archambeau, C.
Cornford, D. (ORCID Profile 0000-0001-8787-6758)
Opper, M.
Shawe-Taylor, J.
Barillec, R.

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