Baxter Permutation Process
Masahiro Nakano, Akisato Kimura, Takeshi Yamada, Naonori Ueda
Spotlight presentation: Orals & Spotlights Track 35: Neuroscience/Probabilistic
on 2020-12-10T20:00:00-08:00 - 2020-12-10T20:10:00-08:00
on 2020-12-10T20:00:00-08:00 - 2020-12-10T20:10:00-08:00
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Abstract: In this paper, a Bayesian nonparametric (BNP) model for Baxter permutations (BPs), termed BP process (BPP) is proposed and applied to relational data analysis. The BPs are a well-studied class of permutations, and it has been demonstrated that there is one-to-one correspondence between BPs and several interesting objects including floorplan partitioning (FP), which constitutes a subset of rectangular partitioning (RP). Accordingly, the BPP can be used as an FP model. We combine the BPP with a multi-dimensional extension of the stick-breaking process called the {\it block-breaking process} to fill the gap between FP and RP, and obtain a stochastic process on arbitrary RPs. Compared with conventional BNP models for arbitrary RPs, the proposed model is simpler and has a high affinity with Bayesian inference.