Generative Kernel PCA explores latent spaces for data interpretation and novelty detection.
problem Exploring latent spaces of datasets for better data interpretation.
method Generative Kernel PCA using hidden and visible units similar to Restricted Boltzmann Machines.
result Gradually moving in the latent space allows for interpretation of components and detection of novel patterns.
LES reduces over-exploration in LSO, improving solution quality.
problem Over-exploration in LSO leads to unrealistic solutions.
method LES uses a decoder's approximation of the data distribution to mitigate over-exploration.
result LES enhances solution quality while maintaining high objective values.
HOMER learns latent states to explore rich environments efficiently.
problem Exploration in rich observation environments with unknown latent states.
method Interleaves representation learning and strategic exploration to identify kinematic states.
result Provably efficient exploration with polynomial sample complexity in latent states and time horizon.
Exploration is an extremely challenging problem in reinforcement learning, especially in high dimensional state and action spaces and when only sparse rewards are available. Effective representations can indicate which components of the state are task relevant and thus reduce the dimensionality of the space to explore.…
Curiosity-driven exploration using Bayesian surprise in latent space.
problem Enhance exploration capabilities in reinforcement learning.
method Apply Bayesian surprise in a latent space to favor exploration.
result Our method is computationally cheap and performs well on various tasks.
Dropout improves GAN outputs by preserving input constraints.
problem Generating multiple outputs from one input.
method Using Dropout in GANs to maintain input constraints.
result Enhanced generation of diverse outputs from a single input.
Optimal control in latent factor models uses Tsallis entropy for exploration.
problem Optimal control in models with latent factors.
method Reward exploration with Tsallis entropy and derive q-Gaussian distribution over states. result Optimal policy derived in a model-agnostic setting.
BYOL-Explore learns to explore visually-rich environments by predicting world dynamics.
problem Exploration in visually complex environments.
method Optimizes a single prediction loss in latent space to learn world representation, dynamics, and exploration policy.
result Achieves superhuman performance on Atari games with simpler design.
Bayesian method improves reinforcement learning efficiency by encouraging exploration.
problem High sample complexity due to inefficient exploration.
method Bayesian linear regression and latent space embedding for intrinsic reward.
result Significant improvement in sample complexity on various tasks.
A method for self-supervised representation learning in partially observable environments.
problem Sparse rewards and stochasticity in partially observable environments.
method World model in latent space for estimating missing information.
result Significant improvement in exploration compared to prior work.
Improves latent space structure for better data representation.
problem Limited ability of conventional priors to encode data manifold structure.
method Introduces an Encoded Prior Sliced Wasserstein AutoEncoder with iterative training and geodesic interpolation.
result Learned manifold encoding preserves topological and geometric properties of data.
Proposes CLSM for better subsequence generation in music sequences.
problem Editing subsequences in music sequences without losing context.
method Context-informed prior and decoder for generative model, context position-informed encoder for inference.
result Contextual latent space is smoother in interpolation and generates higher quality samples.
This work improves policy optimization by maximizing entropy of state distribution, leading to better exploration.
problem Lack of exploration in state space when maximizing policy entropy.
method Proposes maximizing the entropy of a lower bound approximation to the state weighting distribution, based on latent space representation.
result Entropy regularization based on marginal state distribution achieves superior state space coverage and better performance in various domains.
MAVEN improves multi-agent exploration by hybridizing value and policy-based methods.
problem Exploration and suboptimality in complex multi-agent environments.
method MAVEN combines value and policy-based approaches with a latent space for hierarchical control.
result MAVEN achieves significant performance improvements on challenging multi-agent tasks.
Generative models such as Variational Auto Encoders (VAEs) and Generative Adversarial Networks (GANs) are typically trained for a fixed prior distribution in the latent space, such as uniform or Gaussian. After a trained model is obtained, one can sample the Generator in various forms for exploration and understanding,…
All reinforcement learning algorithms must handle the trade-off between exploration and exploitation. Many state-of-the-art deep reinforcement learning methods use noise in the action selection, such as Gaussian noise in policy gradient methods or ε-greedy in Q-learning. While these methods are appealing due to their…
This paper explores how the latent structure affects clustering in GAN-generated data.
problem Achieving well-clustered data in GAN-generated spaces, especially with class imbalance.
method Derives conditions for faithful clustering in GANs, including multimodal latent space, latent space inversion, and cluster priors imposition.
result Necessary and sufficient conditions for clustering in GANs are identified, and their importance is demonstrated through ablative studies.
Director learns hierarchical behaviors from pixels, outperforming exploration methods.
problem Challenges in learning long-term hierarchical behaviors from pixels.
method Directly learns hierarchical behaviors from pixels using a latent space world model.
result Director outperforms exploration methods on various tasks.
We study the exploration problem in episodic MDPs with rich observations generated from a small number of latent states. Under certain identifiability assumptions, we demonstrate how to estimate a mapping from the observations to latent states inductively through a sequence of regression and clustering steps -- where p…
This research examines the geometry of latent spaces in push-forward generative models.
problem Tendency of deep generative models to output samples outside target distribution support.
method Geometric measure theory and truncation method to enforce simplicial cluster structure.
result Proves sufficient condition for optimality in latent space geometry.
Context. Generative models open up the possibility to interrogate scientific data in a more data-driven way. Aims: We propose a method that uses generative models to explore hypotheses in astrophysics and other areas. We use a neural network to show how we can independently manipulate physical attributes by encoding ob…
Latent variable models improve RL by facilitating efficient learning and exploration.
problem Improving sample efficiency in reinforcement learning.
method Representation view of latent variable models for state-action value functions, incorporating kernel embeddings and UCB exploration.
result Established sample complexity of the proposed approach in online and offline settings, demonstrated superior performance in benchmarks.
Adversarial RL recovers agent rewards from financial market data simulations.
problem Recovering agent rewards in volatile financial markets with unknown dynamics.
method Adversarial inverse reinforcement learning in latent space simulations.
result Adversarial RL can robustly recover agent rewards from latent space representations of real market data.
Enhanced latent spaces improve collider simulation precision.
problem Improving the precision of collider physics simulations.
method Machine learning techniques including reweighting, pre-processing, and latent space refinement.
result Sub-percent precision across various phase spaces achieved.
Latent space models are effective tools for statistical modeling and exploration of network data. These models can effectively model real world network characteristics such as degree heterogeneity, transitivity, homophily, etc. Due to their close connection to generalized linear models, it is also natural to incorporat…
LOL-BO improves latent space Bayesian optimization over structured inputs.
problem Optimizing complex functions over high-dimensional, structured search spaces.
method Adapting trust regions from high-dimensional to structured settings, using a DAE to map inputs into a latent space.
result Achieves up to 20x improvement over state-of-the-art methods.
This paper uses β-VAE for unsupervised anomaly detection in NSL-KDD.
problem Unsupervised anomaly detection in network traffic.
method β-VAE with latent space structure and reconstruction error.
result Latent space exploitation is more effective for classification tasks.
Conditional domain generation is a good way to interactively control sample generation process of deep generative models. However, once a conditional generative model has been created, it is often expensive to allow it to adapt to new conditional controls, especially the network structure is relatively deep. We propose…
AMES framework selects optimal embedding space for latent graph inference.
problem No principled method for choosing the best embedding space for latent graph inference.
method Differentiable AMES framework using backpropagation to select optimal embedding space.
result Consistently achieves comparable or superior results across multiple datasets.
Improved exploration in RL with latent state marginalization.
problem Complexity of deep probabilistic models limits their practical use in reinforcement learning.
method Adopting latent variable policies within the MaxEnt framework, with low-cost marginalization of latent states.
result Effective marginalization leads to better exploration and more robust training.
Method combines latent space exploration and causal inference to interpret unknown data.
problem Interpreting unknown communication system of sperm whales.
method Causal disentanglement with extreme values (CDEV) combining latent variable manipulation and causal inference.
result Sperm whales encode information using click number, timing regularity, and audio properties.
This study rethinks the latent space in generative modeling, improving performance with less complex models.
problem Determining the optimal latent space for generative models and understanding its impact on model complexity.
method Proposed a new distance metric between latent and data distributions, and a two-stage training strategy called Decoupled Autoencoder (DAE).
result Improves generative performance with less complex models, as shown by comprehensive experiments on various models.
Study evaluates interpretability of time series foundation models' latent spaces.
problem Improving interpretability of latent spaces in time series models for visual analytics.
method Evaluated MOMENT family of transformer-based models on five datasets, fine-tuning for performance.
result Fine-tuning improved latent space clarity but limited interpretability remained.
Many reinforcement learning (RL) tasks provide the agent with high-dimensional observations that can be simplified into low-dimensional continuous states. To formalize this process, we introduce the concept of a DeepMDP, a parameterized latent space model that is trained via the minimization of two tractable losses: pr…
In this work, we take a representation learning perspective on hierarchical reinforcement learning, where the problem of learning lower layers in a hierarchy is transformed into the problem of learning trajectory-level generative models. We show that we can learn continuous latent representations of trajectories, which…
Paper introduces a new generative learning model using Schrödinger bridge diffusion in latent space.
problem Learning distributions from divergent data distributions.
method Pre-training with large-scale models, Schrödinger bridge diffusion model in latent space.
result Effective control of second-order Wasserstein distance between generated and target distributions.
In this work we explore the generalization characteristics of unsupervised representation learning by leveraging disentangled VAE's to learn a useful latent space on a set of relational reasoning problems derived from Raven Progressive Matrices. We show that the latent representations, learned by unsupervised training …
This research enhances exploration in DDPG using latent trajectory optimization.
problem Limited exploration in DDPG with deterministic policies.
method Model-based trajectory optimization for exploration in DDPG, using a learned deep dynamics model.
result Improved performance in continuous control tasks, especially with sparse rewards and images.
Many real-world objects are designed by smooth curves, especially in the domain of aerospace and ship, where aerodynamic shapes (e.g., airfoils) and hydrodynamic shapes (e.g., hulls) are designed. To facilitate the design process of those objects, we propose a deep learning based generative model that can synthesize sm…
Simple model explains manifold structure in high-dimensional data.
problem Understanding manifold structure in high-dimensional data.
method Latent Metric Model with latent variables, correlation, and stationarity.
result Establishes statistical explanation for manifold hypothesis.
Interprets how intrinsic motivation shapes behavior in RL agents.
problem Understanding how intrinsic motivation influences behavior in reinforcement learning agents.
method Analyzed five RL agents in procedurally generated environments using various interpretability techniques.
result Curiosity-driven agents exhibit broader and more dynamic attention than extrinsically motivated agents.
In this work we approach the task of learning multilingual word representations in an offline manner by fitting a generative latent variable model to a multilingual dictionary. We model equivalent words in different languages as different views of the same word generated by a common latent variable representing their l…
New approach separates VAE and GP for better molecular optimisation.
problem Optimizing complex structured domains like molecular spaces using VAEs.
method Decouples VAE for structure generation and GP for predictive modelling, combining them with a Bayesian update rule.
result Improves identification of high-potential candidates in molecular optimisation.
The manifold hypothesis states that many kinds of high-dimensional data are concentrated near a low-dimensional manifold. If the topology of this data manifold is non-trivial, a continuous encoder network cannot embed it in a one-to-one manner without creating holes of low density in the latent space. This is at odds w…
X-VAE uses data-adaptive Gaussian priors to improve latent space modeling.
problem Limitations of standard Gaussian priors in complex datasets.
method Data-adaptive Gaussian prior derived from pretrained autoencoder latent codes.
result Improved latent space modeling and generation quality.
FIS-GAN uses importance sampling in GANs to speed up training.
problem Efficiency in GAN training by focusing on hard-to-generate examples.
method Adapting importance sampling into GANs using normalizing flows.
result Significant acceleration in GAN optimization with improved fidelity.
Discovering and exploring the underlying structure of multi-instrumental music using learning-based approaches remains an open problem. We extend the recent MusicVAE model to represent multitrack polyphonic measures as vectors in a latent space. Our approach enables several useful operations such as generating plausibl…
Data assimilation for subsurface flow using latent diffusion models shows that ensemble Kalman methods may overestimate posterior uncertainty, while Monte Carlo sampling is more reliable.
problem Data assimilation for subsurface flow
method Ensemble Kalman smoother and Markov chain Monte Carlo sampling
result Monte Carlo sampling is more reliable than ensemble Kalman methods