Adjusting Learning Depth in Nonnegative Latent Factorization of Tensors for Accurately Modeling Temporal Patterns in Dynamic QoS Data

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

10-1-2021

Abstract

A nonnegative latent factorization of tensors (NLFT) model precisely represents the temporal patterns hidden in multichannel data emerging from various applications. It often adopts a single latent factor-dependent, nonnegative and multiplicative update on tensor (SLF-NMUT) algorithm. However, learning depth in this algorithm is not adjustable, resulting in frequent training fluctuation or poor model convergence caused by overshooting. To address this issue, this study carefully investigates the connections between the performance of an NLFT model and its learning depth via SLF-NMUT to present a joint learning-depth-adjusting scheme for it. Based on this scheme, a Depth-adjusted Multiplicative Update on tensor algorithm is innovatively proposed, thereby achieving a novel depth-adjusted nonnegative latent-factorization-of-tensors (DNL) model. Empirical studies on two industrial data sets demonstrate that compared with the state-of-the-art NLFT models, a DNL model achieves significant accuracy gain when performing missing data estimation on a high-dimensional and incomplete tensor with high efficiency. Note to Practitioners - Multichannel data are often encountered in various big-data-related applications. It is vital for a data analyzer to correctly capture the temporal patterns hidden in them for efficient knowledge acquisition and representation. This article focuses on analyzing temporal QoS data, which is a representative kind of multichannel data. To correctly extract their temporal patterns, an analyzer should correctly describe their nonnegativity. Such a purpose can be achieved by building a nonnegative latent factorization of tensors (NLFT) model relying on a single latent factor-dependent, nonnegative and multiplicative update on tensor (SLF-NMUT) algorithm. But its learning depth is not adjustable, making an NLFT model frequently suffer from severe fluctuations in its training error or even fail to converge. To address this issue, this study carefully investigates the learning rules for an NLFT model's decision parameters using an SLF-NMUT and proposes a joint learning-depth-adjusting scheme. This scheme manipulates the multiplicative terms in SLF-NMUT-based learning rules linearly and exponentially, thereby making the learning depth adjustable. Based on it, this study builds a novel depth-adjusted nonnegative latent-factorization-of-tensors (DNL) model. Compared with the existing NLFT models, a DNL model better represents multichannel data. It meets industrial needs well and can be used to achieve high performance in data analysis tasks like temporal-aware missing data estimation.

Identifier

85099597604 (Scopus)

Publication Title

IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering

External Full Text Location

https://doi.org/10.1109/TASE.2020.3040400

e-ISSN

15583783

ISSN

15455955

First Page

2142

Last Page

2155

Issue

4

Volume

18

Grant

61772493

Fund Ref

National Natural Science Foundation of China

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