Kernel-Based Anomaly Detection Using Generalized Hyperbolic Processes
This work addresses anomaly detection in data with complex statistical properties, but it is incremental as it builds on existing kernel methods with a new kernel function.
The paper tackles anomaly detection by integrating Generalized Hyperbolic processes into kernel-based methods, resulting in improved detection performance for heavy-tailed and asymmetric distributions in synthetic and real-world datasets.
We present a novel approach to anomaly detection by integrating Generalized Hyperbolic (GH) processes into kernel-based methods. The GH distribution, known for its flexibility in modeling skewness, heavy tails, and kurtosis, helps to capture complex patterns in data that deviate from Gaussian assumptions. We propose a GH-based kernel function and utilize it within Kernel Density Estimation (KDE) and One-Class Support Vector Machines (OCSVM) to develop anomaly detection frameworks. Theoretical results confirmed the positive semi-definiteness and consistency of the GH-based kernel, ensuring its suitability for machine learning applications. Empirical evaluation on synthetic and real-world datasets showed that our method improves detection performance in scenarios involving heavy-tailed and asymmetric or imbalanced distributions. https://github.com/paulinebourigault/GHKernelAnomalyDetect