Title
Robust Covariance Estimators Based on Information Divergences and Riemannian Manifold.
Abstract
This paper proposes a class of covariance estimators based on information divergences in heterogeneous environments. In particular, the problem of covariance estimation is reformulated on the Riemannian manifold of Hermitian positive-definite (HPD) matrices. The means associated with information divergences are derived and used as the estimators. Without resorting to the complete knowledge of the probability distribution of the sample data, the geometry of the Riemannian manifold of HPD matrices is considered in mean estimators. Moreover, the robustness of mean estimators is analyzed using the influence function. Simulation results indicate the robustness and superiority of an adaptive normalized matched filter with our proposed estimators compared with the existing alternatives.
Year
DOI
Venue
2018
10.3390/e20040219
ENTROPY
Keywords
Field
DocType
information divergence,Riemannian manifold,covariance estimation,mean estimator,heterogeneous clutter
Applied mathematics,Mathematical optimization,Estimation of covariance matrices,Riemannian manifold,Robustness (computer science),Probability distribution,Hermitian matrix,Mathematics,Kullback–Leibler divergence,Covariance,Estimator
Journal
Volume
Issue
ISSN
20
4
1099-4300
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
3
0.42
10
Authors
4
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Xiaoqiang Hua181.88
Yongqiang Cheng213329.99
Hongqiang Wang3699.96
Yuliang Qin414227.06