Computing the Partial Correlation of ICA Models for Non-Gaussian Graph Signal Processing

Conventional partial correlation coefficients (PCC) were extended to the non-Gaussian case, in particular to independent component analysis (ICA) models of the observed multivariate samples. Thus, the usual methods that define the pairwise connections of a graph from the precision matrix were corres...

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Main Authors: Jordi Belda, Luis Vergara, Gonzalo Safont, Addisson Salazar
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2018-12-01
Series:Entropy
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Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/1099-4300/21/1/22
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Summary:Conventional partial correlation coefficients (PCC) were extended to the non-Gaussian case, in particular to independent component analysis (ICA) models of the observed multivariate samples. Thus, the usual methods that define the pairwise connections of a graph from the precision matrix were correspondingly extended. The basic concept involved replacing the implicit linear estimation of conventional PCC with a nonlinear estimation (conditional mean) assuming ICA. Thus, it is better eliminated the correlation between a given pair of nodes induced by the rest of nodes, and hence the specific connectivity weights can be better estimated. Some synthetic and real data examples illustrate the approach in a graph signal processing context.
ISSN:1099-4300