Title
Block Basis Factorization for Scalable Kernel Evaluation.
Abstract
Kernel methods are widespread in machine learning; however, they are limited by the quadratic complexity of the construction, application, and storage of kernel matrices. Low-rank matrix approximation algorithms are widely used to address this problem and reduce the arithmetic and storage cost. However, we observed that for some datasets with wide intraclass variability, the optimal kernel parameter for smaller classes yields a matrix that is less well-approximated by low-rank methods. In this paper, we propose an efficient structured low-rank approximation method the block basis factorization (BBF)-and its fast construction algorithm to approximate radial basis function kernel matrices. Our approach has linear memory cost and floating point operations for many machine learning kernels. BBF works for a wide range of kernel bandwidth parameters and extends the domain of applicability of low-rank approximation methods significantly. Our empirical results demonstrate the stability and superiority over the state-of-the-art kernel approximation algorithms.
Year
DOI
Venue
2019
10.1137/18M1212586
SIAM JOURNAL ON MATRIX ANALYSIS AND APPLICATIONS
Keywords
Field
DocType
kernel matrix,low-rank approximation,data-sparse representation,machine learning,high-dimensional data,RBF
Kernel (linear algebra),Mathematical optimization,Clustering high-dimensional data,Quadratic complexity,Matrix (mathematics),Algorithm,Low-rank approximation,Factorization,Kernel method,Mathematics,Scalability
Journal
Volume
Issue
ISSN
40
4
0895-4798
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
0
0.34
0
Authors
4
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Ruoxi Wang163.14
Yingzhou Li242.80
Michael W. Mahoney33297218.10
Eric Darve444044.79