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We consider the joint problem of online experiment design and parameter estimation for identifying nonlinear system models, while adhering to system constraints. We utilize a receding horizon approach and propose a new adaptive input design…

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Recently, some works have suggested methods to combine variational probabilistic inference with Monte Carlo sampling. One promising approach is via local optimal transport. In this approach, a gradient steepest descent method based on local…

Machine Learning · Statistics 2019-01-30 Manuel Pulido , Peter Jan vanLeeuwen , Derek J. Posselt

Nonlocal operators with integral kernels have become a popular tool for designing solution maps between function spaces, due to their efficiency in representing long-range dependence and the attractive feature of being resolution-invariant.…

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This paper designs novel nonparametric Bellman mappings in reproducing kernel Hilbert spaces (RKHSs) for reinforcement learning (RL). The proposed mappings benefit from the rich approximating properties of RKHSs, adopt no assumptions on the…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-04-01 Yuki Akiyama , Minh Vu , Konstantinos Slavakis

In continuum-armed bandit problems where the underlying function resides in a reproducing kernel Hilbert space (RKHS), namely, the kernelised bandit problems, an important open problem remains of how well learning algorithms can adapt if…

Machine Learning · Statistics 2023-04-28 Yusha Liu , Aarti Singh

Despite the fundamental nature of the inhomogeneous Poisson process in the theory and application of stochastic processes, and its attractive generalizations (e.g. Cox process), few tractable nonparametric modeling approaches of intensity…

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Traditional Bayesian approaches for model uncertainty quantification rely on notoriously difficult processes of marginalization over each network parameter to estimate its probability density function (PDF). Our hypothesis is that internal…

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This paper presents a novel approach to formulating the actor-critic method for optimal control by casting policy iteration in reproducing kernel Hilbert spaces (RKHSs -- also known as native spaces). By tailoring the reproducing kernel and…

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Methodology · Statistics 2020-12-01 Daren Wang , Zifeng Zhao , Rebecca Willett , Chun Yip Yau

We study the approximation of a square-integrable function from a finite number of evaluations on a random set of nodes according to a well-chosen distribution. This is particularly relevant when the function is assumed to belong to a…

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In this paper, we consider the problem of system identification when side-information is available on the steady-state (or DC) gain of the system. We formulate a general nonparametric identification method as an infinite-dimensional…

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In this paper, we study the online learning algorithm without explicit regularization terms. This algorithm is essentially a stochastic gradient descent scheme in a reproducing kernel Hilbert space (RKHS). The polynomially decaying step…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2017-10-11 Zheng-Chu Guo , Lei Shi

Reproducing kernel Hilbert spaces are elucidated without assuming prior familiarity with Hilbert spaces. Compared with extant pedagogic material, greater care is placed on motivating the definition of reproducing kernel Hilbert spaces and…

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The problem of establishing out-of-sample bounds for the values of an unkonwn ground-truth function is considered. Kernels and their associated Hilbert spaces are the main formalism employed herein along with an observational model where…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2022-09-13 Paul Scharnhorst , Emilio T. Maddalena , Yuning Jiang , Colin N. Jones

Reproducing Kernel Hilbert spaces (RKHS) have been a very successful tool in various areas of machine learning. Recently, Barron spaces have been used to prove bounds on the generalisation error for neural networks. Unfortunately, Barron…

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In this paper, we present a unified approach to function approximation in reproducing kernel Hilbert spaces (RKHS) that establishes a previously unrecognized optimality property for several well-known function approximation techniques, such…

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Any applied mathematical model contains parameters. The paper proposes to use kernel learning for the parametric analysis of the model. The approach consists in setting a distribution on the parameter space, obtaining a finite training…

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Most existing theoretical analysis of reinforcement learning (RL) is limited to the tabular setting or linear models due to the difficulty in dealing with function approximation in high dimensional space with an uncertain environment. This…

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