Dynamic Inference
Traditional statistical estimation, or statistical inference in general, is static, in the sense that the estimate of the quantity of interest does not change the future evolution of the quantity. In some sequential estimation problems however, we encounter the situation where the future values of t...
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Format | Journal Article |
Language | English |
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29.11.2021
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Summary: | Traditional statistical estimation, or statistical inference in general, is
static, in the sense that the estimate of the quantity of interest does not
change the future evolution of the quantity. In some sequential estimation
problems however, we encounter the situation where the future values of the
quantity to be estimated depend on the estimate of its current value. Examples
include stock price prediction by big investors, interactive product
recommendation, and behavior prediction in multi-agent systems. We may call
such problems as dynamic inference. In this work, a formulation of this problem
under a Bayesian probabilistic framework is given, and the optimal estimation
strategy is derived as the solution to minimize the overall inference loss. How
the optimal estimation strategy works is illustrated through two examples,
stock trend prediction and vehicle behavior prediction. When the underlying
models for dynamic inference are unknown, we can consider the problem of
learning for dynamic inference. This learning problem can potentially unify
several familiar machine learning problems, including supervised learning,
imitation learning, and reinforcement learning. |
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DOI: | 10.48550/arxiv.2111.14746 |