Efficient linear combination of partial Monte Carlo estimators

David Luengo, Luca Martino, Victor Elvira, Monica Bugallo

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Abstract / Description of output

In many practical scenarios, including those dealing with large data sets, calculating global estimators of unknown variables of interest becomes unfeasible. A common solution is obtaining partial estimators and combining them to approximate the global one. In this paper, we focus on minimum mean squared error (MMSE) estimators, introducing two efficient linear schemes for the fusion of partial estimators. The proposed approaches are valid for any type of partial estimators, although in the simulated scenarios we concentrate on the combination of Monte Carlo estimators due to the nature of the problem addressed. Numerical results show the good performance of the novel fusion methods with only a fraction of the cost of the asymptotically optimal solution.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication2015 IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech, and Signal Processing, ICASSP 2015 - Proceedings
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
Pages4100-4104
Number of pages5
Volume2015-August
ISBN (Electronic)9781467369978
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Jan 2015
Event40th IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech, and Signal Processing, ICASSP 2015 - Brisbane, Australia
Duration: 19 Apr 201424 Apr 2014

Conference

Conference40th IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech, and Signal Processing, ICASSP 2015
Country/TerritoryAustralia
CityBrisbane
Period19/04/1424/04/14

Keywords / Materials (for Non-textual outputs)

  • fusion
  • Global estimator
  • linear combination
  • Monte Carlo estimation
  • partial estimator

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