As a nonlinear similarity measure defined in the reproducing kernel Hilbert space (RKHS), the correntropic loss (C-Loss) has been widely applied in robust learning and signal processing. However, the highly non-convex nature of C-Loss results in performance degradation. To address this issue, a convex kernel risk-sensitive loss (KRL) is proposed to measure the similarity in RKHS, which is the risk-sensitive loss defined as the expectation of an exponential function of the squared estimation error. In this paper, a novel nonlinear similarity measure, namely kernel risk-sensitive mean p-power error (KRP), is proposed by combining the mean p-power error into the KRL, which is a generalization of the KRL measure. The KRP with p = 2 reduces to the KRL, and can outperform the KRL when an appropriate p is configured in robust learning. Some properties of KRP are presented for discussion. To improve the robustness of the kernel recursive least squares algorithm (KRLS) and reduce its network size, two robust recursive kernel adaptive filters, namely recursive minimum kernel risk-sensitive mean p-power error algorithm (RMKRP) and its quantized RMKRP (QRMKRP), are proposed in the RKHS under the minimum kernel risk-sensitive mean p-power error (MKRP) criterion, respectively. Monte Carlo simulations are conducted to confirm the superiorities of the proposed RMKRP and its quantized version.
Keywords: correntropic; kernel adaptive filters; kernel risk-sensitive mean p-power error; quantized; recursive.