Title
Robust Gaussian Graphical Modeling with the Trimmed Graphical Lasso
Abstract
Gaussian Graphical Models (GGMs) are popular tools for studying network structures. However, many modern applications such as gene network discovery and social interactions analysis often involve high-dimensional noisy data with outliers or heavier tails than the Gaussian distribution. In this paper, we propose the Trimmed Graphical Lasso for robust estimation of sparse GGMs. Our method guards against outliers by an implicit trimming mechanism akin to the popular Least Trimmed Squares method used for linear regression. We provide a rigorous statistical analysis of our estimator in the high-dimensional setting. In contrast, existing approaches for robust sparse GGMs estimation lack statistical guarantees. Our theoretical results are complemented by experiments on simulated and real gene expression data which further demonstrate the value of our approach.
Year
Venue
Field
2015
Annual Conference on Neural Information Processing Systems
Least trimmed squares,Computer science,Lasso (statistics),Outlier,Gaussian,Artificial intelligence,Graphical model,Trimming,Machine learning,Linear regression,Estimator
DocType
Volume
ISSN
Conference
28
1049-5258
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
4
0.44
8
Authors
2
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Eunho Yang113227.43
Aurelie C. Lozano214520.21