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This paper introduces Signed Random Fourier Features (SRFF), a novel technique that extends standard kernel approximation methods to handle indefinite kernels, which are common in multivariate density estimation. By enabling linear-time computation for these previously slow-to-process functions, the method significantly accelerates large-scale Kernel Density Estimation tasks without sacrificing accuracy. This advancement addresses a key computational bottleneck in statistical machine learning where traditional Random Fourier Features were restricted to positive definite kernels.
Signed random Fourier features for fast density estimation with indefinite kernels
arXiv:2608.29265v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Kernel density estimation (KDE) is one of the most fundamental statistical estimators of density functions. Its direct implementation on a dataset of $N$ points incurs an $\mathcal{O}(N^{2})$ computational cost, which is prohibitive for large-scale datasets. Kernel approximation techniques can be applied to bring the computational cost down to $\mathcal{O}(N)$. The random Fourier features (RFF) technique, based on sampling from the spectral density of the kernel function, has become popular to speed up kernel estimators for machine learning applications. Unfortunately, it is restricted to positive definite kernels, while the majority of kernel functions popular in KDE, such as the parabolic kernel, do not satisfy this property. To overcome this limitation, this article introduces the signed random Fourier features (SRFF) technique. It is a generalization of RFF compatible with indefinite kernels whose inverse Fourier transform is absolutely integrable. The motivation for introducing this method is to speed up KDE in the case of multivariate compact kernels, which are generally not positive definite. We detail how to implement SRFF for both product kernels and isotropic kernels. For the class of Kuttner-Golubov kernels $K(\boldsymbol{x}_{i},\boldsymbol{x}_{j})=(1-\left\Vert \boldsymbol{x}_{i}-\boldsymbol{x}_{j}\right\Vert ^{\alpha})^{\beta}\mathbf{1}_{\{\left\Vert \boldsymbol{x}_{i}-\boldsymbol{x}_{j}\right\Vert \leq1\}}$ where $\boldsymbol{x}_{i}\in\mathbb{R}^{d}$, $\boldsymbol{x}_{j}\in\mathbb{R}^{d}$, $\alpha>0$, $\beta>0$, which includes the triangular, parabolic, biweight, triweight, and other kernel functions of interest for KDE as particular examples, we provide an explicit acceptance-rejection algorithm to sample from its signed spectral density. Our numerical tests on a dataset of one million points confirm the computational efficiency and accuracy of SRFF for large-scale KDE.
Abstract:Kernel density estimation (KDE) is one of the most fundamental statistical estimators of density functions. Its direct implementation on a dataset of $N$ points incurs an $\mathcal{O}(N^{2})$ computational cost, which is prohibitive for large-scale datasets. Kernel approximation techniques can be applied to bring the computational cost down to $\mathcal{O}(N)$. The random Fourier features (RFF) technique, based on sampling from the spectral density of the kernel function, has become popular to speed up kernel estimators for machine learning applications. Unfortunately, it is restricted to positive definite kernels, while the majority of kernel functions popular in KDE, such as the parabolic kernel, do not satisfy this property. To overcome this limitation, this article introduces the signed random Fourier features (SRFF) technique. It is a generalization of RFF compatible with indefinite kernels whose inverse Fourier transform is absolutely integrable. The motivation for introducing this method is to speed up KDE in the case of multivariate compact kernels, which are generally not positive definite. We detail how to implement SRFF for both product kernels and isotropic kernels. For the class of Kuttner-Golubov kernels $K(\boldsymbol{x}_{i},\boldsymbol{x}_{j})=(1-\left\Vert \boldsymbol{x}_{i}-\boldsymbol{x}_{j}\right\Vert ^{\alpha})^{\beta}\mathbf{1}_{\{\left\Vert \boldsymbol{x}_{i}-\boldsymbol{x}_{j}\right\Vert \leq1\}}$ where $\boldsymbol{x}_{i}\in\mathbb{R}^{d}$, $\boldsymbol{x}_{j}\in\mathbb{R}^{d}$, $\alpha>0$, $\beta>0$, which includes the triangular, parabolic, biweight, triweight, and other kernel functions of interest for KDE as particular examples, we provide an explicit acceptance-rejection algorithm to sample from its signed spectral density. Our numerical tests on a dataset of one million points confirm the computational efficiency and accuracy of SRFF for large-scale KDE.
Computation (stat.CO); Machine Learning (cs.LG); Probability (math.PR); Machine Learning (stat.ML)
G.3; I.6.1; I.1.0; F.2.1
arXiv:2608.29265 [stat.CO]
(or arXiv:2608.29265v1 [stat.CO] for this version)
https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2608.29265 Focus to learn more arXiv-issued DOI via DataCite (pending registration)
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