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Yongxin Chen¹, Tryphon T Georgiou², Allen Tannenbaum³

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We present a novel optimal mass transport framework for Gaussian mixture models, enabling natural comparisons and interpolations. This approach offers a weakly continuous topology for enhanced statistical inference with low computational cost.

Keywords:

Gaussian mixture models Wasserstein metric optimal mass transport statistical signal analysis

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Machine learning

Background:

Gaussian mixture models (GMMs) are fundamental in statistical inference.
Existing metrics for GMMs lack desirable properties like weak continuity.
Optimal mass transport (OMT) offers a powerful framework for comparing probability distributions.

Purpose of the Study:

Introduce an OMT framework specifically for the space of GMMs.
Equip the GMM space with the Wasserstein metric for a natural topology.
Develop methods for comparing, interpolating, and averaging GMMs.

Main Methods:

Treat GMMs as a submanifold within the space of probability densities.
Utilize the Wasserstein metric to define distances between GMMs.
Leverage properties of OMT for computational efficiency.

Main Results:

The Wasserstein metric provides weak continuity for GMMs, unlike other metrics.
The framework allows for natural interpolation and averaging of GMMs.
The proposed approach demonstrates low computational complexity.

Conclusions:

The OMT framework offers a principled and computationally efficient way to handle GMMs.
This work extends the applicability of OMT to complex statistical models.
The developed methods facilitate more robust statistical inference with GMMs.