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Tapio Helin

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arXiv2009

Hierarchical models in statistical inverse problems and the Mumford--Shah functional

The Bayesian methods for linear inverse problems is studied using hierarchical Gaussian models. The problems are considered with different discretizations, and we analyze the phenomena which appear when the discretization becomes finer. A hierarchical solution method for signal restoration problems is introduced and studied with arbitrarily fine discretization. We show that the maximum a posteriori estimate converges to a minimizer of the Mumford--Shah functional, up to a subsequence. A new result regarding the existence of a minimizer of the Mumford--Shah functional is proved. Moreover, we study the inverse problem under different assumptions on the asymptotic behavior of the noise as discretization becomes finer. We show that the maximum a posteriori and conditional mean estimates converge under different conditions.

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arXiv2009

On infinite-dimensional hierarchical probability models in statistical inverse problems

In this article, the solution of a statistical inverse problem $M = AU+\mathcal{E}$ by the Bayesian approach is studied where $U$ is a function on the unit circle $\mathbb{T}$, i.e., a periodic signal. The mapping $A$ is a smoothing linear operator and $\mathcal{E}$ a Gaussian noise. The connection to the solution of a finite-dimensional computational model $M_{kn} = A_k U_n + \mathcal{E}_k$ is discussed. Furthermore, a novel hierarchical prior model for obtaining edge-preserving conditional mean estimates is introduced. The convergence of the method with respect to finer discretization is studied and the posterior distribution is shown to converge weakly. Finally, theoretical findings are illustrated by a numerical example with simulated data.

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