A note on the quasiconvex Jensen divergences and the quasiconvex Bregman divergences derived thereof

DOI10.1007/978-3-030-77957-3_11arXiv1909.08857MaRDI QIDQ6325608FDOQ6325608

Gaëtan Hadjeres, Frank Nielsen

Publication date: 19 September 2019

Abstract: We first introduce the class of strictly quasiconvex and strictly quasiconcave Jensen divergences which are oriented (asymmetric) distances, and study some of their properties. We then define the strictly quasiconvex Bregman divergences as the limit case of scaled and skewed quasiconvex Jensen divergences, and report a simple closed-form formula which shows that these divergences are only pseudo-divergences at countably many inflection points of the generators. To remedy this problem, we propose the $delta$-averaged quasiconvex Bregman divergences which integrate the pseudo-divergences over a small neighborhood in order obtain a proper divergence. The formula of $delta$-averaged quasiconvex Bregman divergences extend even to non-differentiable strictly quasiconvex generators. These quasiconvex Bregman divergences between distinct elements have the property to always have one orientation finite while the other orientation is infinite. We show that these quasiconvex Bregman divergences can also be interpreted as limit cases of generalized skewed Jensen divergences with respect to comparative convexity by using power means. Finally, we illustrate how these quasiconvex Bregman divergences naturally appear as equivalent divergences for the Kullback-Leibler divergences between probability densities belonging to a same parametric family of distributions with nested supports.

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Convexity of real functions of several variables, generalizations (26B25) Convex functions and convex programs in convex geometry (52A41) Variants of convex sets (star-shaped, ((m, n))-convex, etc.) (52A30)

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