Variational inference for non-stationary distributions

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Mamikonyan, Arsen
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science.
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Samuel Madden.
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Abstract
In this thesis, I look at multiple Variational Inference algorithm, transform Kalman Variational Bayes and Stochastic Variational Inference into streaming algorithms and try to identify if any of them work with non-stationary distributions. I conclude that Kalman Variational Bayes can do as good as any other algorithm for stationary distributions, and tracks non-stationary distributions better than any other algorithm in question.
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Thesis: M. Eng., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, 2017.
 
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Date issued
2017
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http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/113125
Department
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Keywords
Electrical Engineering and Computer Science.
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