Optimal Online Change Detection via Random Fourier Features

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2505.17789v1
• Date: Fri, 23 May 2025 12:02:13 GMT
• Title: Optimal Online Change Detection via Random Fourier Features
• Authors: Florian Kalinke, Shakeel Gavioli-Akilagun,
• Abstract summary: This article studies the problem of online non-parametric change point detection in multivariate data streams.<n>We introduce a sequential testing procedure based on random Fourier features, running with logarithmic time complexity per observation.<n>We prove strong theoretical guarantees on the algorithm's performance, including information-theoretic bounds demonstrating that the detection delay is optimal in the minimax sense.
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• Abstract: This article studies the problem of online non-parametric change point detection in multivariate data streams. We approach the problem through the lens of kernel-based two-sample testing and introduce a sequential testing procedure based on random Fourier features, running with logarithmic time complexity per observation and with overall logarithmic space complexity. The algorithm has two advantages compared to the state of the art. First, our approach is genuinely online, and no access to training data known to be from the pre-change distribution is necessary. Second, the algorithm does not require the user to specify a window parameter over which local tests are to be calculated. We prove strong theoretical guarantees on the algorithm's performance, including information-theoretic bounds demonstrating that the detection delay is optimal in the minimax sense. Numerical studies on real and synthetic data show that our algorithm is competitive with respect to the state of the art.

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