Affine-invariant ensemble transform methods for logistic regression

DOI10.1007/S10208-022-09550-2arXiv2104.08061MaRDI QIDQ6365445

Publication date: 16 April 2021

Abstract: We investigate the application of ensemble transform approaches to Bayesian inference of logistic regression problems. Our approach relies on appropriate extensions of the popular ensemble Kalman filter and the feedback particle filter to the cross entropy loss function and is based on a well-established homotopy approach to Bayesian inference. The arising finite particle evolution equations as well as their mean-field limits are affine-invariant. Furthermore, the proposed methods can be implemented in a gradient-free manner in case of nonlinear logistic regression and the data can be randomly subsampled similar to mini-batching of stochastic gradient descent. We also propose a closely related SDE-based sampling method which again is affine-invariant and can easily be made gradient-free. Numerical examples demonstrate the appropriateness of the proposed methodologies.

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Bayesian inference (62F15) General nonlinear regression (62J02) Monte Carlo methods (65C05)

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