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Robust visual mining of data with error information

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Abstract

Recent results on robust density-based clustering have indicated that the uncertainty associated with the actual measurements can be exploited to locate objects that are atypical for a reason unrelated to measurement errors. In this paper, we develop a constrained robust mixture model, which, in addition, is able to nonlinearly map such data for visual exploration. Our robust visual mining approach aims to combine statistically sound density-based analysis with visual presentation of the density structure, and to provide visual support for the identification and exploration of 'genuine' peculiar objects of interest that are not due to the measurement errors. In this model, an exact inference is not possible despite the latent space being discretised, and we resort to employing a structured variational EM. We present results on synthetic data as well as a real application, for visualising peculiar quasars from an astrophysical survey, given photometric measurements with errors.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationKnowledge Discovery in Database
Subtitle of host publicationPKDD 2007 - 11th European Conference on Principles and Practice of Knowledge Discovery in Databases, Proceedings
PublisherSpringer Verlag
Pages573-580
Number of pages8
ISBN (Print)9783540749752
DOIs
StatePublished - 2007
Externally publishedYes
Event11th European Conference on Principles and Practice of Knowledge Discovery in Databases, PKDD 2007 - Warsaw, Poland
Duration: 17 Sep 200721 Sep 2007

Publication series

NameLecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
Volume4702 LNAI
ISSN (Print)0302-9743
ISSN (Electronic)1611-3349

Conference

Conference11th European Conference on Principles and Practice of Knowledge Discovery in Databases, PKDD 2007
Country/TerritoryPoland
CityWarsaw
Period17/09/0721/09/07

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