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An analytic comparison of regularization methods for Gaussian Processes

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Gaussian Processes (GPs) are often used to predict the output of a parameterized deterministic experiment. They have many applications in the field of Computer Experiments, in particular to perform sensitivity analysis, adaptive design of experiments and global optimization. Nearly all of the applications of GPs to Computer Experiments require the inversion of a covariance matrix. Because this matrix is often ill-conditioned, regularization techniques are required. Today, there is still a need to better regularize GPs. The two most classical regularization methods are i) pseudoinverse (PI) and ii) nugget (or jitter or observation noise). This article provides algebraic calculations which allow comparing PI and nugget regularizations. It is proven that pseudoinverse regularization averages the output values and makes the variance null at redundant points. On the opposite, nugget regularization lacks interpolation properties but preserves a non-zero variance at every point. However , these two regularization techniques become similar as the nugget value decreases. A distribution-wise GP is introduced which interpolates Gaussian distributions instead of data points and mitigates the drawbacks of pseudoinverse and nugget regularized GPs. Finally, data-model discrepancy is discussed and serves as a guide for choosing a regularization technique.
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hal-01264192 , version 1 (02-02-2016)
hal-01264192 , version 2 (21-03-2016)
hal-01264192 , version 3 (06-06-2016)
hal-01264192 , version 4 (05-05-2017)

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Hossein Mohammadi, Rodolphe Le Riche, Nicolas Durrande, Eric Touboul, Xavier Bay. An analytic comparison of regularization methods for Gaussian Processes. [Research Report] Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Mines de Saint-Etienne; LIMOS. 2016. ⟨hal-01264192v2⟩
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