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Inference for infinite mixture models and Gaussian Process mixtures of experts using simple approximate MAP Inference

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The Dirichlet process mixture (DPM) is a ubiquitous, flexible Bayesian nonparametric statistical model. However, full probabilistic inference in this model is analytically intractable, so that computationally intensive techniques such as Gibb’s sampling are required. As a result, DPM -based methods, which have considerable potential, are restricted to applications in which computational resources and time for inference is plentiful. We develop simplified yet statistically rigorous approximate maximum a-posteriori (MAP) inference algorithms for DPMs. This algorithm is as simple as K-means clustering, performs in experiments as well as Gibb’s sampling, while requiring only a fraction of the computational effort. Finally, we demonstrate how this approach can be used to perform inference for infinite mixtures of Gaussian Process experts.

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