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On Approximations of the Beta Process in Latent Feature Models
The beta process has recently been widely used as a nonparametric prior for
different models in machine learning, including latent feature models. In this
paper, we prove the asymptotic consistency of the finite dimensional
approximation of the beta process due to Paisley \& Carin (2009). In addition,
we derive an almost sure approximation of the beta process. This approximation
provides a direct method to efficiently simulate the beta process. A simulated
example, illustrating the work of the method and comparing its performance to
several existing algorithms, is also included.Comment: 25 page
DLR equations and rigidity for the Sine-beta process
We investigate Sine, the universal point process arising as the
thermodynamic limit of the microscopic scale behavior in the bulk of
one-dimensional log-gases, or -ensembles, at inverse temperature
. We adopt a statistical physics perspective, and give a description
of Sine using the Dobrushin-Lanford-Ruelle (DLR) formalism by proving
that it satisfies the DLR equations: the restriction of Sine to a
compact set, conditionally to the exterior configuration, reads as a Gibbs
measure given by a finite log-gas in a potential generated by the exterior
configuration. Moreover, we show that Sine is number-rigid and tolerant
in the sense of Ghosh-Peres, i.e. the number, but not the position, of
particles lying inside a compact set is a deterministic function of the
exterior configuration. Our proof of the rigidity differs from the usual
strategy and is robust enough to include more general long range interactions
in arbitrary dimension.Comment: 46 pages. To appear in Communications on Pure and Applied Mathematic
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