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48 results for Local Permutation Invariance

New research limits what GNNs can compute and generalizes their performance.

problem Limits of GNNs in computing graph properties and generalization bounds.
method Novel graph-theoretic formalism and data-dependent generalization bounds.
result Proves GNNs can't compute certain graph properties and provides tighter generalization bounds.

New model preserves symmetry in multivariate time series, improving performance.

problem Implicit ordering in MTS models violates inherent exchangeability.
method Permutation-equivariant 2D state space model with canonical architecture.
result Eliminates sequential dependency chains and simplifies stability analysis.

New graph foundation models respect symmetries for broader applicability.

problem Tailored graph machine learning architectures limit broader applicability.
method Investigates symmetries for label and feature permutations, proving network universal approximator.
result Universal approximator on multisets respecting node and feature permutations.

Representations of sets are challenging to learn because operations on sets should be permutation-invariant. To this end, we propose a Permutation-Optimisation module that learns how to permute a set end-to-end. The permuted set can be further processed to learn a permutation-invariant representation of that set, avoid…

2018-12-10abs ↗pdf ↗

Recent machine learning methods make it possible to model potential energy of atomic configurations with chemical-level accuracy (as calculated from ab-initio calculations) and at speeds suitable for molecular dynam- ics simulation. Best performance is achieved when the known physical constraints are encoded in the mac…

2016-12-01abs ↗pdf ↗

Enhances GNNs by capturing node relationships, outperforming 2-WL test.

problem Inability of conventional GNNs to fully capture node relationships due to permutation invariance.
method Develops permutation-sensitive aggregation mechanism using permutation groups.
result Proves superior expressivity compared to 2-WL test and not less than 3-WL test.

Generative model for set-valued data using permutation invariant flows.

problem Modeling set-valued data with conditional generative models.
method Conditional generative probabilistic model using continuous normalizing flows with permutation equivariant dynamics.
result Significantly outperforms non-permutation invariant baselines in log likelihood and domain-specific metrics.

Generative models of graph structure have applications in biology and social sciences. The state of the art is GraphRNN, which decomposes the graph generation process into a series of sequential steps. While effective for modest sizes, it loses its permutation invariance for larger graphs. Instead, we present a permuta…

2019-10-17abs ↗pdf ↗

Improves full conformal prediction for stochastic non-conformity measures.

problem Inability of existing conditions to guarantee full conformal prediction validity under stochastic settings.
method Introduces a new sufficient condition: Conditional Independence & Permutation Invariance in Distribution.
result Corrects the insufficient condition and provides a new sufficient condition for full conformal prediction validity.

The paper models financial correlation matrices using permutation invariant Gaussian models and predicts market anomalies.

problem Modeling and predicting financial correlation matrices from high-frequency data.
method Constructing permutation invariant Gaussian matrix models with 4 parameters, using graph theory and polynomial functions.
result The permutation invariant Gaussian matrix model predicts the expectation values of cubic and quartic polynomials with strong evidence of fit.

HKConv learns hyperbolic features by aggregating kernel points.

problem Challenges in learning good hyperbolic representations using Euclidean operations.
method Proposes HKConv, a trainable hyperbolic convolution that correlates local features with kernel points and aggregates them.
result HKConv learns expressive local features according to hyperbolic geometry and enjoys equivariance to permutation and invariance to parallel transport.

We tackle permutation in linear regression with a new inference framework.

problem Statistical investigation of permutation in linear regression models.
method Localization step followed by conditional Monte Carlo test and coefficient inference.
result Valid statistical inference procedures for permutation and regression coefficients.

Permutation-equivariant neural networks improve auction mechanisms by reducing regret and sample complexity.

problem Designing optimal auction mechanisms that balance revenue and bidders' regret.
method Introduced permutation-equivariant neural networks to auction mechanisms.
result Permutation-equivariant neural networks decrease expected ex-post regret and improve model generalizability.

We study the problem of designing models for machine learning tasks defined on \emph{sets}. In contrast to traditional approach of operating on fixed dimensional vectors, we consider objective functions defined on sets that are invariant to permutations. Such problems are widespread, ranging from estimation of populati…

2017-03-10abs ↗pdf ↗

Variational inference struggles with weight symmetries in neural networks, leading to biased posteriors.

problem Weight space symmetries in neural networks cause multimodal posteriors, challenging variational inference.
method Developed a symmetrization mechanism to create permutation invariant variational posteriors.
result Symmetrized variational posteriors have a better fit to the true posterior and improved predictive performance.

Neural networks learn from ensemble forecasts without considering their order.

problem Improving reliability of probabilistic weather forecasts.
method Permutation-invariant neural networks for postprocessing ensemble forecasts.
result Models achieve state-of-the-art prediction quality in surface temperature and wind gust forecasts.

We introduce a simple permutation equivariant layer for deep learning with set structure.This type of layer, obtained by parameter-sharing, has a simple implementation and linear-time complexity in the size of each set. We use deep permutation-invariant networks to perform point-could classification and MNIST-digit sum…

2016-11-14abs ↗pdf ↗

In this paper, we consider the problem of learning functions over sets, i.e., functions that are invariant to permutations of input set items. Recent approaches of pooling individual element embeddings can necessitate extremely large embedding sizes for challenging functions. We address this challenge by allowing stand…

2019-07-12abs ↗pdf ↗

Drinfel'd used associators to construct families of universal representations of braid groups. We consider semi-associators (i.e., we drop the pentagonal axiom and impose a normalization in degree one). We show that the process may be reversed, to obtain semi-associators from universal representations of 3-braids. We v…

2007-08-04abs ↗pdf ↗

The introduction of convolutional layers greatly advanced the performance of neural networks on image tasks due to innately capturing a way of encoding and learning translation-invariant operations, matching one of the underlying symmetries of the image domain. In comparison, there are a number of problems in which the…

2016-12-14abs ↗pdf ↗

The paper introduces a new method to improve model generalization by routing model copies through permutations.

problem Improving model generalization in machine learning.
method The method replicates a model \(M\) times and rewire the contexts in which local learning messages are computed using permutations.
result The method improves generalization by structured message sharing rather than coupling parameters.

We propose new positive definite kernels for permutations. First we introduce a weighted version of the Kendall kernel, which allows to weight unequally the contributions of different item pairs in the permutations depending on their ranks. Like the Kendall kernel, we show that the weighted version is invariant to rela…

2018-02-23abs ↗pdf ↗

A2I Transformer predicts atom energies from coordinates, avoiding heavy featurization.

problem Efficiently predicting atom energies from molecular coordinates with minimal featurization.
method End-to-end model using self-attention, permutation-equivariant.
result Stable predictions with significantly smaller errors than molecular dynamics simulations.

Proposes neuron alignment to optimize mode connectivity in neural networks.

problem Understanding and optimizing mode connectivity in deep neural networks.
method Introduces neuron alignment to approximate optimal weight permutations and improve mode connectivity.
result Neuron alignment significantly alleviates robust loss barriers and improves model robustness and accuracy.

This work improves multi-modal generative models by using permutation-invariant neural networks.

problem Improving multi-modal generative models with tighter variational objectives.
method Developed more flexible aggregation schemes based on permutation-invariant neural networks.
result Our variational objective and flexible aggregation models can better approximate the true joint distribution.

We demonstrate how a 3-manifold, a Heegaard diagram, and a group presentation can each be interpreted as a pair of signed permutations in the symmetric group Sd.S_d. We demonstrate the power of permutation data in programming and discuss an algorithm we have developed that takes the permutation data as input and determi…

2011-08-19abs ↗pdf ↗

Using deep neural networks that are either invariant or equivariant to permutations in order to learn functions on unordered sets has become prevalent. The most popular, basic models are DeepSets [Zaheer et al. 2017] and PointNet [Qi et al. 2017]. While known to be universal for approximating invariant functions, DeepS…

2019-10-06abs ↗pdf ↗

Graph Neural Networks (GNN) come in many flavors, but should always be either invariant (permutation of the nodes of the input graph does not affect the output) or equivariant (permutation of the input permutes the output). In this paper, we consider a specific class of invariant and equivariant networks, for which we …

2019-05-13abs ↗pdf ↗

New neural network architectures use signed permutation representations for finite groups, improving performance.

problem Designing and optimizing neural networks for finite groups with signed permutation representations.
method Introduces GG-invariant deep neural networks with densely connected layers and signed permutation representations.
result Signed permutation representations lead to significantly better performance in classification tasks.