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arXiv Machine Learning By Qing Li, Sara Wade

Model-free Bayesian Clustering and Multimodal Posterior Summarisation

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The paper introduces a model‑free, noise‑aware Bayesian clustering framework that builds a martingale posterior over clusterings without specifying a likelihood or prior, avoiding costly MCMC and variational methods. It handles irregular cluster shapes and allows parallel posterior sampling. To interpret the high‑dimensional posterior, a Wasserstein‑type summarization compresses many draws into a small set of weighted representatives using a novel noise‑aware loss, while marginalising uncertainty in the density level and providing theoretical guarantees.

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