Revisiting Memory Efficient Kernel Approximation: An Indefinite Learning Perspective
Matrix approximations are a key element in large-scale algebraic machine learning approaches. The recently proposed method MEKA (Si et al., 2014) effectively employs two common assumptions in Hilbert spaces: the low-rank property of an inner product matrix obtained from a shift-invariant kernel function and a data compactness hypothesis by means of an inherent block-cluster structure. In this work, we extend MEKA to be applicable not only for shift-invariant kernels but also for non-stationary kernels like polynomial kernels and an extreme learning kernel. We also address in detail how to handle non-positive semi-definite kernel functions within MEKA, either caused by the approximation itself or by the intentional use of general kernel functions. We present a Lanczos-based estimation of a spectrum shift to develop a stable positive semi-definite MEKA approximation, also usable in classical convex optimization frameworks. Furthermore, we support our findings with theoretical considerations and a variety of experiments on synthetic and real-world data.
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