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Gaussian processes are also commonly used to tackle numerical analysis problems such as numerical integration, solving differential equations, or optimisation in the field of probabilistic numerics. Gaussian processes can also be used in the context of mixture of experts models, for example.
Vecchia approximation is a Gaussian processes approximation technique originally developed by Aldo Vecchia, a statistician at United States Geological Survey. [1] It is one of the earliest attempts to use Gaussian processes in high-dimensional settings. It has since been extensively generalized giving rise to many contemporary approximations.
A non-trivial way to mix the latent functions is by convolving a base process with a smoothing kernel. If the base process is a Gaussian process, the convolved process is Gaussian as well. We can therefore exploit convolutions to construct covariance functions. [20] This method of producing non-separable kernels is known as process convolution.
Bayesian optimization of a function (black) with Gaussian processes (purple). Three acquisition functions (blue) are shown at the bottom. [19]Probabilistic numerics have also been studied for mathematical optimization, which consist of finding the minimum or maximum of some objective function given (possibly noisy or indirect) evaluations of that function at a set of points.
Gaussian process approximations can often be expressed in terms of assumptions on under which and can be calculated with much lower complexity. Since these assumptions are generally not believed to reflect reality, the likelihood and the best predictor obtained in this way are not exact, but they are meant to be close to their original values.
Gauss–Markov stochastic processes (named after Carl Friedrich Gauss and Andrey Markov) are stochastic processes that satisfy the requirements for both Gaussian processes and Markov processes. [1] [2] A stationary Gauss–Markov process is unique [citation needed] up to rescaling; such a process is also known as an Ornstein–Uhlenbeck process.
A one-dimensional GRF is also called a Gaussian process. An important special case of a GRF is the Gaussian free field . With regard to applications of GRFs, the initial conditions of physical cosmology generated by quantum mechanical fluctuations during cosmic inflation are thought to be a GRF with a nearly scale invariant spectrum.
There are many examples of Markov processes, Gaussian processes, and other processes that can be enhanced as rough paths. [ 16 ] There are, in particular, many results on the solution to differential equation driven by fractional Brownian motion that have been proved using a combination of Malliavin calculus and rough path theory.