Gram-Schmidt Methods for Unsupervised Feature Extraction and Selection

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2311.09386v3
• Date: Wed, 21 Aug 2024 20:19:53 GMT
• Title: Gram-Schmidt Methods for Unsupervised Feature Extraction and Selection
• Authors: Bahram Yaghooti, Netanel Raviv, Bruno Sinopoli,
• Abstract summary: We propose a Gram-Schmidt process over function spaces to detect and map out nonlinear dependencies. We provide experimental results for synthetic and real-world benchmark datasets. Surprisingly, our linear feature extraction algorithms are comparable and often outperform several important nonlinear feature extraction methods.
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• License: http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
• Abstract: Feature extraction and selection at the presence of nonlinear dependencies among the data is a fundamental challenge in unsupervised learning. We propose using a Gram-Schmidt (GS) type orthogonalization process over function spaces to detect and map out such dependencies. Specifically, by applying the GS process over some family of functions, we construct a series of covariance matrices that can either be used to identify new large-variance directions, or to remove those dependencies from known directions. In the former case, we provide information-theoretic guarantees in terms of entropy reduction. In the latter, we provide precise conditions by which the chosen function family eliminates existing redundancy in the data. Each approach provides both a feature extraction and a feature selection algorithm. Our feature extraction methods are linear, and can be seen as natural generalization of principal component analysis (PCA). We provide experimental results for synthetic and real-world benchmark datasets which show superior performance over state-of-the-art (linear) feature extraction and selection algorithms. Surprisingly, our linear feature extraction algorithms are comparable and often outperform several important nonlinear feature extraction methods such as autoencoders, kernel PCA, and UMAP. Furthermore, one of our feature selection algorithms strictly generalizes a recent Fourier-based feature selection mechanism (Heidari et al., IEEE Transactions on Information Theory, 2022), yet at significantly reduced complexity.

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