In this paper, we develop a Mean Field Games approach to Cluster Analysis. We consider a finite mixture model, given by a convex combination of probability density functions, to describe the given data set. We interpret a data point as an agent of one of the populations represented by the components of the mixture model, and we introduce a corresponding optimal control problem. In this way, we obtain a multi-population Mean Field Games system which characterizes the parameters of the finite mixture model. Our method can be interpreted as a continuous version of the classical Expectation–Maximization algorithm.

A mean field games approach to cluster analysis / Aquilanti, L.; Cacace, S.; Camilli, F.; De Maio, R.. - In: APPLIED MATHEMATICS AND OPTIMIZATION. - ISSN 0095-4616. - 84:1(2021), pp. 299-323. [10.1007/s00245-019-09646-2]

A mean field games approach to cluster analysis

Aquilanti L.;Cacace S.;Camilli F.;De Maio R.
2021

Abstract

In this paper, we develop a Mean Field Games approach to Cluster Analysis. We consider a finite mixture model, given by a convex combination of probability density functions, to describe the given data set. We interpret a data point as an agent of one of the populations represented by the components of the mixture model, and we introduce a corresponding optimal control problem. In this way, we obtain a multi-population Mean Field Games system which characterizes the parameters of the finite mixture model. Our method can be interpreted as a continuous version of the classical Expectation–Maximization algorithm.
2021
cluster analysis; expectation–maximization algorithm; mean field games; mixture model; multi-population model
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A mean field games approach to cluster analysis / Aquilanti, L.; Cacace, S.; Camilli, F.; De Maio, R.. - In: APPLIED MATHEMATICS AND OPTIMIZATION. - ISSN 0095-4616. - 84:1(2021), pp. 299-323. [10.1007/s00245-019-09646-2]
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