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Nonparametric Estimation of Probability Density Functions of Random Persistence Diagrams by Mike, Joshua Lee; Maroulas, Vasileios is a scholarly article available to read on EtoBox.

What is Nonparametric Estimation of Probability Density Functions of Random Persistence Diagrams about?

We introduce a nonparametric way to estimate the global probability density function for a random persistence diagram. Precisely, a kernel density function centered at a given persistence diagram and a given bandwidth is constructed. Our approach encapsulates the number of topological features and considers the appearance or disappearance of features near the diagonal in a stable fashion. In particular, the structure of our kernel individually tracks long persistence features, while considering features near the diagonal as a collective unit. The choice to describe short persistence features as a group reduces computation time while simultaneously retaining accuracy. Indeed, we prove that the associated kernel density estimate converges to the true distribution as the number of persistence diagrams increases and the bandwidth shrinks accordingly. We also establish the convergence of the mean absolute deviation estimate, defined according to the bottleneck metric. Lastly, examples of kernel density estimation are presented for typical underlying datasets.

Author
Mike, Joshua Lee; Maroulas, Vasileios
Published
2018
Language
EN