Minimization Problems Based on Relative $α$-Entropy II: Reverse Projection
(1410.5550)Abstract
In part I of this two-part work, certain minimization problems based on a parametric family of relative entropies (denoted $\mathscr{I}{\alpha}$) were studied. Such minimizers were called forward $\mathscr{I}{\alpha}$-projections. Here, a complementary class of minimization problems leading to the so-called reverse $\mathscr{I}{\alpha}$-projections are studied. Reverse $\mathscr{I}{\alpha}$-projections, particularly on log-convex or power-law families, are of interest in robust estimation problems ($\alpha >1$) and in constrained compression settings ($\alpha <1$). Orthogonality of the power-law family with an associated linear family is first established and is then exploited to turn a reverse $\mathscr{I}{\alpha}$-projection into a forward $\mathscr{I}{\alpha}$-projection. The transformed problem is a simpler quasiconvex minimization subject to linear constraints.
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