Bayesian approach to Gaussian process regression with uncertain inputs

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2305.11586v2
• Date: Sun, 28 May 2023 11:41:15 GMT
• Title: Bayesian approach to Gaussian process regression with uncertain inputs
• Authors: Dongwei Ye, Mengwu Guo
• Abstract summary: In this work, we propose a Bayesian method that integrates the variability of input data into Gaussian process regression. The effectiveness of this new regression technique is demonstrated through several numerical examples.
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• License: http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
• Abstract: Conventional Gaussian process regression exclusively assumes the existence of noise in the output data of model observations. In many scientific and engineering applications, however, the input locations of observational data may also be compromised with uncertainties owing to modeling assumptions, measurement errors, etc. In this work, we propose a Bayesian method that integrates the variability of input data into Gaussian process regression. Considering two types of observables -- noise-corrupted outputs with fixed inputs and those with prior-distribution-defined uncertain inputs, a posterior distribution is estimated via a Bayesian framework to infer the uncertain data locations. Thereafter, such quantified uncertainties of inputs are incorporated into Gaussian process predictions by means of marginalization. The effectiveness of this new regression technique is demonstrated through several numerical examples, in which a consistently good performance of generalization is observed, while a substantial reduction in the predictive uncertainties is achieved by the Bayesian inference of uncertain inputs.

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