Title
kNN estimation of the unilateral dependency measure between random variables
Document Type
Conference Proceeding
Department or Administrative Unit
Computer Science
Publication Date
12-9-2014
Abstract
The informational energy (IE) can be interpreted as a measure of average certainty. In previous work, we have introduced a non-parametric asymptotically unbiased and consistent estimator of the IE. Our method was based on the kth nearest neighbor (kNN) method, and it can be applied to both continuous and discrete spaces, meaning that we can use it both in classification and regression algorithms. Based on the IE, we have introduced a unilateral dependency measure between random variables. In the present paper, we show how to estimate this unilateral dependency measure from an available sample set of discrete or continuous variables, using the kNN and the naïve histogram estimators. We experimentally compare the two estimators. Then, in a real-world application, we apply the kNN and the histogram estimators to approximate the unilateral dependency between random variables which describe the temperatures of sensors placed in a refrigerating room.
Recommended Citation
Cataron, A., Andonie, R., & Chueh, Y. (2014). kNN estimation of the unilateral dependency measure between random variables. 2014 IEEE Symposium on Computational Intelligence and Data Mining (CIDM). https://doi.org/10.1109/cidm.2014.7008705
Journal
2014 IEEE Symposium on Computational Intelligence and Data Mining (CIDM)
Rights
Copyright © 2014, IEEE
Comments
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