An alternating direction method for dual MAP LP relaxation

Ofer Meshi*, Amir Globerson

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Abstract

Maximum a-posteriori (MAP) estimation is an important task in many applications of probabilistic graphical models. Although finding an exact solution is generally intractable, approximations based on linear programming (LP) relaxation often provide good approximate solutions. In this paper we present an algorithm for solving the LP relaxation optimization problem. In order to overcome the lack of strict convexity, we apply an augmented Lagrangian method to the dual LP. The algorithm, based on the alternating direction method of multipliers (ADMM), is guaranteed to converge to the global optimum of the LP relaxation objective. Our experimental results show that this algorithm is competitive with other state-of-the-art algorithms for approximate MAP estimation.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationMachine Learning and Knowledge Discovery in Databases - European Conference, ECML PKDD 2011, Proceedings
Pages470-483
Number of pages14
EditionPART 2
DOIs
StatePublished - 2011
Externally publishedYes
EventEuropean Conference on Machine Learning and Principles and Practice of Knowledge Discovery in Databases, ECML PKDD 2011 - Athens, Greece
Duration: 5 Sep 20119 Sep 2011

Publication series

NameLecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
NumberPART 2
Volume6912 LNAI
ISSN (Print)0302-9743
ISSN (Electronic)1611-3349

Conference

ConferenceEuropean Conference on Machine Learning and Principles and Practice of Knowledge Discovery in Databases, ECML PKDD 2011
Country/TerritoryGreece
CityAthens
Period5/09/119/09/11

Keywords

  • Approximate Inference
  • Augmented Lagrangian Methods
  • Graphical Models
  • LP Relaxation
  • Maximum a-posteriori

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