Multivariate Density Estimation Using Low-Rank Fejér-Riesz Factorization

Paris A. Karakasis, Nicholas D. Sidiropoulos

Abstract: We consider the problem of learning smooth multivariate probability density functions. We invoke the canonical decomposition of multivariate functions and we show that if a joint probability density function admits a truncated Fourier series representation, then the classical univariate Fejér-Riesz Representation Theorem can be used for learning bona fide joint probability density functions. We propose a scalable, flexible, and direct framework for learning smooth multivariate probability density functions even from potentially incomplete datasets. We demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed framework by comparing it to several popular state-of-the-art methods.