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Mutually Regressive Point Processes
Ifigeneia Apostolopoulou · Scott Linderman · Kyle Miller · Artur Dubrawski

Tue Dec 10 10:45 AM -- 12:45 PM (PST) @ East Exhibition Hall B + C #55
in Algorithms -- Dynamical Systems »

Many real-world data represent sequences of interdependent events unfolding over time. They can be modeled naturally as realizations of a point process. Despite many potential applications, existing point process models are limited in their ability to capture complex patterns of interaction. Hawkes processes admit many efficient inference algorithms, but are limited to mutually excitatory effects. Non- linear Hawkes processes allow for more complex influence patterns, but for their estimation it is typically necessary to resort to discrete-time approximations that may yield poor generative models. In this paper, we introduce the first general class of Bayesian point process models extended with a nonlinear component that allows both excitatory and inhibitory relationships in continuous time. We derive a fully Bayesian inference algorithm for these processes using Polya-Gamma augmentation and Poisson thinning. We evaluate the proposed model on single and multi-neuronal spike train recordings. Results demonstrate that the proposed model, unlike existing point process models, can generate biologically-plausible spike trains, while still achieving competitive predictive likelihoods.

Keywords: Bayesian Theory · Probabilistic Methods · Neuroscience and Cognitive Science -> Neuroscience; Neuroscience and Cognitive Science · Spike Train Generation; Probabilistic
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Author Information

Ifigeneia Apostolopoulou (Carnegie Mellon University)
Scott Linderman (Stanford University)
Kyle Miller (Carnegie Mellon University)
Artur Dubrawski (Carnegie Mellon University)

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