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Density-ratio matching under the Bregman divergence: a unified framework of density-ratio estimation

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  • Masashi Sugiyama
  • Taiji Suzuki
  • Takafumi Kanamori

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Estimation of the ratio of probability densities has attracted a great deal of attention since it can be used for addressing various statistical paradigms. A naive approach to density-ratio approximation is to first estimate numerator and denominator densities separately and then take their ratio. However, this two-step approach does not perform well in practice, and methods for directly estimating density ratios without density estimation have been explored. In this paper, we first give a comprehensive review of existing density-ratio estimation methods and discuss their pros and cons. Then we propose a new framework of density-ratio estimation in which a density-ratio model is fitted to the true density-ratio under the Bregman divergence. Our new framework includes existing approaches as special cases, and is substantially more general. Finally, we develop a robust density-ratio estimation method under the power divergence, which is a novel instance in our framework. Copyright The Institute of Statistical Mathematics, Tokyo 2012

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  • Masashi Sugiyama & Taiji Suzuki & Takafumi Kanamori, 2012. "Density-ratio matching under the Bregman divergence: a unified framework of density-ratio estimation," Annals of the Institute of Statistical Mathematics, Springer;The Institute of Statistical Mathematics, vol. 64(5), pages 1009-1044, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:aistmt:v:64:y:2012:i:5:p:1009-1044
    DOI: 10.1007/s10463-011-0343-8
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