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of statistically equivalent blocks in finite dimensional setting — the Gessaman’s data-dependent
partition [29], and the case of data-dependent tree-structured vector quanti-zation
(TSVQ) [21] are studied in some detail. General sufficient conditions on specific
properties of these partition families are derived to obtain strongly consistent divergence
estimates. These new data-dependent constructions and results offer concrete practical
techniques for histogram-based divergence estimation in the finite dimensional setting.
The rest of the paper is organized as follows. Section 4.2 presents basic definitions
and key results that will be used in this work. Section 4.3 presents our data-driven
estimate of the divergence. Section 4.4 introduces the notion of universally sufficient
data-dependent partition and presents some general results. Section 4.5 states and proves
our main consistency result. Finally Sections 4.6 and 4.7 are devoted to two data-driven
schemes: the case of statistically equivalent blocks — scalar and multivariate case —
and a general family of tree-structured data-dependent partition.
4.2 Preliminaries
4.2.1 The Divergence
Let X=Rd be a finite-dimensional Euclidean space with corresponding Borel sigma field
B(Rd) and let P and Q be probability measures defined on (Rd, B(Rd)), absolutely con-tinuous
with respect to the Lebesgue measure . The divergence or Kullback-Leibler
divergence is given by [40, 32]
D(P||Q) =
Z
log
@P
@Q
(x) · @P(x)
=
Z
log
@P
@Q
(x) ·
@P
@Q
(x) · @Q(x), (4.1)
92
Object Description
| Title | On optimal signal representation for statistical learning and pattern recognition |
| Author | Silva, Jorge |
| Author email | jorgesil@usc.edu; josilva@ing.uchile.cl |
| Degree | Doctor of Philosophy |
| Document type | Dissertation |
| Degree program | Electrical Engineering |
| School | Viterbi School of Engineering |
| Date defended/completed | 2008-06-23 |
| Date submitted | 2008 |
| Restricted until | Unrestricted |
| Date published | 2008-10-21 |
| Advisor (committee chair) | Narayanan, Shrikanth S. |
| Advisor (committee member) |
Kuo, C.-C. Jay Ordóñez, Fernando I. |
| Abstract | This work presents contributions on two important aspects of the role of signal representation in statistical learning problems, in the context of deriving new methodologies and representations for speech recognition and the estimation of information theoretic quantities.; The first topic focuses on the problem of optimal filter bank selection using Wavelet Packets (WPs) for speech recognition applications. We propose new results to show an estimation-approximation error tradeoff across sequence of embedded representations. These results were used to formulate the minimum probability of error signal representation (MPE-SR) problem as a complexity regularization criterion. Restricting this criterion to the filter bank selection, algorithmic solutions are provided by exploring the dyadic tree-structure of WPs. These solutions are stipulated in terms of a set of conditional independent assumptions for the acoustic observation process, in particular, a Markov tree property across the indexed structure of WPs. In the technical side, this work presents contributions on the extension of minimum cost tree pruning algorithms and their properties to affine tree functionals. For the experimental validation, a phone classification task ratifies the goodness of Wavelet Packets as an analysis scheme for non-stationary time-series processes, and the effectiveness of the MPE-SR to provide cost effective discriminative filter bank solution for pattern recognition.; The second topic addresses the problem of data-dependent partitions for the estimation of mutual information and Kullback-Leibler divergence (KLD). This work proposes general histogram-based estimates considering non-product data-driven partition schemes. The main contribution is the stipulation of sufficient conditions to make these histogram-based constructions strongly consistent for both problems. The sufficient conditions consider combinatorial complexity indicator for partition families and the use of large deviation type of inequalities (Vapnik-Chervonenkis inequalities). On the application side, two emblematic data-dependent constructions are derived from this result, one based on statistically equivalent blocks and the other, on a tree-structured vector quantization scheme. A range of design values was stipulated to guarantee strongly consistency estimates for both framework. Furthermore, experimental results under controlled settings demonstrate the superiority of these data-driven techniques in terms of a bias-variance analysis when compared to conventional product histogram-based and kernel plug-in estimates. |
| Keyword | signal representation in statistical learning; Bayes decision theory; basis selection; tree-structured bases and Wavelet packet (WP); complexity regularization; minimum cost tree pruning; family pruning problem; mutual information estimation; divergence estimation; data-dependent partitions; statistical learning theory; concentration inequalities; tree-structured vector quantization. |
| Language | English |
| Part of collection | University of Southern California dissertations and theses |
| Publisher (of the original version) | University of Southern California |
| Place of publication (of the original version) | Los Angeles, California |
| Publisher (of the digital version) | University of Southern California. Libraries |
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| Legacy record ID | usctheses-m1684 |
| Contributing entity | University of Southern California |
| Rights | Silva, Jorge |
| Repository name | Libraries, University of Southern California |
| Repository address | Los Angeles, California |
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| Title | Page 105 |
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| Full text | of statistically equivalent blocks in finite dimensional setting — the Gessaman’s data-dependent partition [29], and the case of data-dependent tree-structured vector quanti-zation (TSVQ) [21] are studied in some detail. General sufficient conditions on specific properties of these partition families are derived to obtain strongly consistent divergence estimates. These new data-dependent constructions and results offer concrete practical techniques for histogram-based divergence estimation in the finite dimensional setting. The rest of the paper is organized as follows. Section 4.2 presents basic definitions and key results that will be used in this work. Section 4.3 presents our data-driven estimate of the divergence. Section 4.4 introduces the notion of universally sufficient data-dependent partition and presents some general results. Section 4.5 states and proves our main consistency result. Finally Sections 4.6 and 4.7 are devoted to two data-driven schemes: the case of statistically equivalent blocks — scalar and multivariate case — and a general family of tree-structured data-dependent partition. 4.2 Preliminaries 4.2.1 The Divergence Let X=Rd be a finite-dimensional Euclidean space with corresponding Borel sigma field B(Rd) and let P and Q be probability measures defined on (Rd, B(Rd)), absolutely con-tinuous with respect to the Lebesgue measure . The divergence or Kullback-Leibler divergence is given by [40, 32] D(P||Q) = Z log @P @Q (x) · @P(x) = Z log @P @Q (x) · @P @Q (x) · @Q(x), (4.1) 92 |
