Novelty detection with multivariate extreme value statistics

Novelty detection, or one-class classification, aims to determine if data are “normal” with respect to some model of normality constructed using examples of normal system behaviour. If that model is composed of generative probability distributions, the extent of “normality” in the data space can be...

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Hoofdauteurs: Clifton, D, Hugueny, S, Tarassenko, L
Formaat: Journal article
Gepubliceerd in: Springer 2010
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author Clifton, D
Hugueny, S
Tarassenko, L
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Hugueny, S
Tarassenko, L
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description Novelty detection, or one-class classification, aims to determine if data are “normal” with respect to some model of normality constructed using examples of normal system behaviour. If that model is composed of generative probability distributions, the extent of “normality” in the data space can be described using Extreme Value Theory (EVT), a branch of statistics concerned with describing the tails of distributions. This paper demonstrates that existing approaches to the use of EVT for novelty detection are appropriate only for univariate, unimodal problems. We generalise the use of EVT for novelty detection to the analysis of data with multivariate, multimodal distributions, allowing a principled approach to the analysis of high-dimensional data to be taken. Examples are provided using vitalsign data obtained from a large clinical study of patients in a high-dependency hospital ward.
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spelling oxford-uuid:3bfb9f95-a28f-4846-848d-ac7b8b1e11bd2022-03-26T14:10:49ZNovelty detection with multivariate extreme value statisticsJournal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_dcae04bcuuid:3bfb9f95-a28f-4846-848d-ac7b8b1e11bdSymplectic Elements at OxfordSpringer2010Clifton, DHugueny, STarassenko, LNovelty detection, or one-class classification, aims to determine if data are “normal” with respect to some model of normality constructed using examples of normal system behaviour. If that model is composed of generative probability distributions, the extent of “normality” in the data space can be described using Extreme Value Theory (EVT), a branch of statistics concerned with describing the tails of distributions. This paper demonstrates that existing approaches to the use of EVT for novelty detection are appropriate only for univariate, unimodal problems. We generalise the use of EVT for novelty detection to the analysis of data with multivariate, multimodal distributions, allowing a principled approach to the analysis of high-dimensional data to be taken. Examples are provided using vitalsign data obtained from a large clinical study of patients in a high-dependency hospital ward.
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Hugueny, S
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Novelty detection with multivariate extreme value statistics
title Novelty detection with multivariate extreme value statistics
title_full Novelty detection with multivariate extreme value statistics
title_fullStr Novelty detection with multivariate extreme value statistics
title_full_unstemmed Novelty detection with multivariate extreme value statistics
title_short Novelty detection with multivariate extreme value statistics
title_sort novelty detection with multivariate extreme value statistics
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