Decorrelation of Neutral Vector Variables: Theory and Applications

Zhanyu Ma, Jing-Hao Xue, Arne Leijon, Zheng-Hua Tan, Zhen Yang, Jun Guo

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Abstract

In this paper, we propose novel strategies for neutral vector variable decorrelation. Two fundamental invertible transformations, namely, serial nonlinear transformation and parallel nonlinear transformation, are proposed to carry out the decorrelation. For a neutral vector variable, which is not multivariate-Gaussian distributed, the conventional principal component analysis cannot yield mutually independent scalar variables. With the two proposed transformations, a highly negatively correlated neutral vector can be transformed to a set of mutually independent scalar variables with the same degrees of freedom. We also evaluate the decorrelation performances for the vectors generated from a single Dirichlet distribution and a mixture of Dirichlet distributions. The mutual independence is verified with the distance correlation measurement. The advantages of the proposed decorrelation strategies are intensively studied and demonstrated with synthesized data and practical application evaluations.

OriginalsprogEngelsk
Artikelnummer7676372
TidsskriftI E E E Transactions on Neural Networks and Learning Systems
Vol/bind29
Udgave nummer1
Sider (fra-til)129-143
Antal sider15
ISSN2162-237X
DOI
StatusUdgivet - jan. 2018

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