Distributed robust Gaussian Process regression

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We study distributed and robust Gaussian Processes where robustness is introduced by a Gaussian Process prior on the function values combined with a Student-t likelihood. The posterior distribution is approximated by a Laplace Approximation, and together with concepts from Bayesian Committee Machines, we efficiently distribute the computations and render robust GPs on huge data sets feasible. We provide a detailed derivation and report on empirical results. Our findings on real and artificial data show that our approach outperforms existing baselines in the presence of outliers by using all available data.
Original languageEnglish
JournalKnowledge and Information Systems
Volume55
Issue number2
Pages (from-to)415-435
Number of pages21
ISSN0219-1377
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 01.05.2018

    Research areas

  • Business informatics - Distributed computation, Gaussian process regression, Laplace Approximation, Robust regression, Student-t likelihood