Sequential Kernelized Stein Discrepancy

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2409.17505v1
• Date: Thu, 26 Sep 2024 03:24:59 GMT
• Title: Sequential Kernelized Stein Discrepancy
• Authors: Diego Martinez-Taboada, Aaditya Ramdas
• Abstract summary: We exploit the potential boundedness of the Stein kernel at arbitrary point evaluations to define test martingales. We prove the validity of the test, as well as an lower bound for the logarithmic growth of the wealth process under the alternative.
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• License: http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
• Abstract: We present a sequential version of the kernelized Stein discrepancy, which allows for conducting goodness-of-fit tests for unnormalized densities that are continuously monitored and adaptively stopped. That is, the sample size need not be fixed prior to data collection; the practitioner can choose whether to stop the test or continue to gather evidence at any time while controlling the false discovery rate. In stark contrast to related literature, we do not impose uniform boundedness on the Stein kernel. Instead, we exploit the potential boundedness of the Stein kernel at arbitrary point evaluations to define test martingales, that give way to the subsequent novel sequential tests. We prove the validity of the test, as well as an asymptotic lower bound for the logarithmic growth of the wealth process under the alternative. We further illustrate the empirical performance of the test with a variety of distributions, including restricted Boltzmann machines.

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