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Fast Markov chain Monte Carlo algorithms via Lie groups

Steve Huntsman

Abstract

From basic considerations of the Lie group that preserves a target probability measure, we derive the Barker, Metropolis, and ensemble Markov chain Monte Carlo (MCMC) algorithms, as well as variants of waste-recycling Metropolis-Hastings and an altogether new MCMC algorithm. We illustrate these constructions with explicit numerical computations, and we empirically demonstrate on a spin glass that the new algorithm converges more quickly than its siblings.

BibTeX
@InProceedings{pmlr-v108-huntsman20a,
  title = 	 {Fast Markov chain Monte Carlo algorithms via Lie groups},
  author =       {Huntsman, Steve},
  booktitle = 	 {Proceedings of the Twenty Third International Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Statistics},
  pages = 	 {2841--2851},
  year = 	 {2020},
  editor = 	 {Chiappa, Silvia and Calandra, Roberto},
  volume = 	 {108},
  series = 	 {Proceedings of Machine Learning Research},
  month = 	 {26--28 Aug},
  publisher =    {PMLR},
  pdf = 	 {http://proceedings.mlr.press/v108/huntsman20a/huntsman20a.pdf},
  url = 	 {https://proceedings.mlr.press/v108/huntsman20a.html},
  abstract = 	 {From basic considerations of the Lie group that preserves a target probability measure, we derive the Barker, Metropolis, and ensemble Markov chain Monte Carlo (MCMC) algorithms, as well as variants of waste-recycling Metropolis-Hastings and an altogether new MCMC algorithm. We illustrate these constructions with explicit numerical computations, and we empirically demonstrate on a spin glass that the new algorithm converges more quickly than its siblings.}
}