High-Dimensional Gaussian Graphical Model Selection: Walk Summability and Local Separation Criterion

We consider the problem of high-dimensional Gaussian graphical model selection. We identify a set of graphs for which an efficient estimation algorithm exists, and this algorithm is based on thresholding of empirical conditional covariances. Under a set of transparent conditions, we establish struct...

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Main Authors: Willsky, Alan S. (Contributor), Tan, Vincent Yan Fu (Contributor), Anandkumar, Animashree (Contributor)
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (Contributor), Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Laboratory for Information and Decision Systems (Contributor), Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Stochastic Systems Group (Contributor)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), 2013-07-02T18:40:53Z.
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520 |a We consider the problem of high-dimensional Gaussian graphical model selection. We identify a set of graphs for which an efficient estimation algorithm exists, and this algorithm is based on thresholding of empirical conditional covariances. Under a set of transparent conditions, we establish structural consistency (or sparsistency) for the proposed algorithm, when the number of samples n=omega(J_{min}^{-2} log p), where p is the number of variables and J_{min} is the minimum (absolute) edge potential of the graphical model. The sufficient conditions for sparsistency are based on the notion of walk-summability of the model and the presence of sparse local vertex separators in the underlying graph. We also derive novel non-asymptotic necessary conditions on the number of samples required for sparsistency. 
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