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New SAEM algorithm enhances radio interferometry imaging robustness

Researchers have developed a new robust estimation scheme for linear state-space models, particularly addressing challenges in radio interferometry where radio-frequency interference (RFI) can cause heavy-tailed or outlier-prone measurement noise. The proposed method utilizes a Stochastic Approximation Expectation-Maximization (SAEM) algorithm, replacing the standard E-step with Monte Carlo sampling for latent states and noise texture. This approach enables tractable inference even with heavy-tailed likelihoods, significantly improving reconstruction fidelity and robustness to RFI compared to traditional Gaussian EM algorithms. AI

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  1. arXiv stat.ML TIER_1 English(EN) · Nawel Arab, Mohammed Nabil El Korso, Isabelle Vin, Pascal Larzabal ·

    Stochastic Expectation Maximization for Robust State-Space Radio Interferometric Imaging

    arXiv:2606.23944v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: State--space models provide a flexible framework for analyzing dynamical systems, yet they often rely on Gaussian assumptions that fail to capture heavy-tailed or outlier-prone measurement noise. We propose a robust estimation sch…

  2. arXiv stat.ML TIER_1 English(EN) · Pascal Larzabal ·

    Stochastic Expectation Maximization for Robust State-Space Radio Interferometric Imaging

    State--space models provide a flexible framework for analyzing dynamical systems, yet they often rely on Gaussian assumptions that fail to capture heavy-tailed or outlier-prone measurement noise. We propose a robust estimation scheme for linear state--space models subject to comp…