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48 results for gradient-based

Introduces new gradient-based methods for machine learning problems.

problem New challenges in machine learning due to decision-making and multi-agent problems.
method Gradient-based optimization and variational inequalities.
result Shifts focus from pattern recognition to decision-making and multi-agent problems.

Gradient-based methods can be biased by distributional asymmetries in bivariate categorical data.

problem Gradient-based causal discovery methods can be biased by distributional asymmetries in bivariate categorical data.
method Identified and examined two distributional biases: Marginal Distribution Asymmetry and Marginal Distribution Shift Asymmetry. Employed two simple models to demonstrate and control these biases.
result Gradient-based methods can be biased by distributional asymmetries, and these biases can be controlled.

New method creates universal perturbations to fool neural network interpretations.

problem Vulnerability of gradient-based saliency maps to adversarial perturbations.
method Gradient-based optimization and PCA-based approach to create UPI.
result Existence and successful application of Universal Perturbation for Interpretation (UPI).

Gradient-based MCMC for discrete spaces improves sampling performance.

problem Sampling in discrete spaces using traditional methods is challenging.
method Introduced new discrete Metropolis-Hastings samplers inspired by MALA, with a novel preconditioning technique.
result Demonstrated strong empirical performance across various challenging sampling problems.

Causal structure learning has been a challenging task in the past decades and several mainstream approaches such as constraint- and score-based methods have been studied with theoretical guarantees. Recently, a new approach has transformed the combinatorial structure learning problem into a continuous one and then solv…

2019-11-18abs ↗pdf ↗

Gradient-based meta-learners such as Model-Agnostic Meta-Learning (MAML) have shown strong few-shot performance in supervised and reinforcement learning settings. However, specifically in the case of meta-reinforcement learning (meta-RL), we can show that gradient-based meta-learners are sensitive to task distributions…

2020-02-19abs ↗pdf ↗

Vulnerability to adversarial attacks is one of the principal hurdles to the adoption of deep learning in safety-critical applications. Despite significant efforts, both practical and theoretical, the problem remains open. In this paper, we analyse the geometry of adversarial attacks in the large-data, overparametrized …

2020-02-11abs ↗pdf ↗

GIT uses gradient estimators to target interventions for causal discovery.

problem Challenges in inferring causal structure from observational data.
method GIT uses gradient estimators to target interventions for causal discovery.
result GIT performs on par with competitive baselines, surpassing them in low-data regimes.

Meta learning works well with overparameterized models, a phenomenon called 'benign overfitting'.

problem Understanding why overparameterized models perform well in few-shot learning.
method Analyzed the generalization performance of gradient-based meta learning with an overparameterized meta linear regression model.
result Demonstrated that overparameterized meta learning can still generalize well, a phenomenon called 'benign overfitting'.

Fully automating machine learning pipelines is one of the key challenges of current artificial intelligence research, since practical machine learning often requires costly and time-consuming human-powered processes such as model design, algorithm development, and hyperparameter tuning. In this paper, we verify that au…

2018-06-11abs ↗pdf ↗

This work investigates how gradient-based learning performs with structured data, revealing issues and improvements.

problem Gradient-based learning under structured data, particularly with a spiked covariance structure.
method Investigates the effect of a spiked covariance structure on gradient-based feature learning and proposes weight normalization.
result Gradient-based dynamics may fail to recover the true direction in anisotropic settings, but weight normalization can improve performance.

A novel gradient-based method optimizes decision trees for complex tasks.

problem Training decision trees with arbitrary differentiable loss functions.
method Gradient-based optimization using first and second derivatives of loss functions.
result Improves accuracy and flexibility in decision tree optimization.

We consider an online learning process to forecast a sequence of outcomes for nonconvex models. A typical measure to evaluate online learning algorithms is regret but such standard definition of regret is intractable for nonconvex models even in offline settings. Hence, gradient based definition of regrets are common f…

2018-11-13abs ↗pdf ↗

This paper surveys gradient-based multi-objective deep learning methods.

problem Balancing multiple conflicting objectives in deep learning models.
method Gradient-based techniques adapted from Multi-Objective Optimization.
result Comprehensive survey of gradient-based multi-objective deep learning algorithms.

Gradient-based training and pruning for radial basis function networks in materials physics.

problem Interpretable and robust machine learning for materials physics problems.
method Gradient-based training and pruning of radial basis function networks with closed-form optimization criteria.
result Pruned models provide compact and interpretable versions of larger models, offering insights into atom-level migration processes.

TrIM improves gradient-based dimension reduction and regression.

problem Efficiently identifying relevant feature subspace for high-dimensional regression.
method Introduced TrIM forest, an iterative approach using Mondrian forest and EGOP estimate.
result Consistency guarantees and convergence rates for EGOP matrix and random forest estimator.

We formulate a general framework for competitive gradient-based learning that encompasses a wide breadth of multi-agent learning algorithms, and analyze the limiting behavior of competitive gradient-based learning algorithms using dynamical systems theory. For both general-sum and potential games, we characterize a non…

2018-04-16abs ↗pdf ↗

Proposes an automatic cyclical scheduling for gradient-based discrete sampling.

problem Gradient-based sampling in high-dimensional models can get stuck in local modes.
method Cyclical step size and balancing schedules with automatic hyperparameter tuning.
result Proves non-asymptotic convergence and inference guarantees for general discrete distributions.

Differentiable pipeline replaces non-differentiable CAE components for shape optimization.

problem Gradient-based optimization is limited by non-differentiable components in CAE workflows.
method Surrogate models replace non-differentiable pipeline components, enabling gradient-based optimization.
result Gradient-based shape optimization possible without differentiable solvers.

Gradient-based optimization improves variational empirical Bayes regression.

problem Sparse, large-scale multiple regression models.
method Gradient-based optimization (GradVI) for variational empirical Bayes (VEB) regression.
result GradVI produces similar predictive performance to CAVI but converges faster and is faster in certain settings.

Combines gradient-based and competitive learning for unsupervised feature extraction.

problem Handling input data without supervision and replicating input manifold topology.
method Integrates gradient-based and competitive learning approaches to learn topological structures.
result The dual competitive layer outperforms the vanilla layer in high-dimensional datasets.

Proposes a gradient-based variable selection method for binary classification in RKHS.

problem Variable selection in high-dimensional data analysis.
method Gradient-based representation of large-margin classifier with group-lasso penalty.
result Selection consistency and risk bound of the estimated classifier.

A method to reduce Hessian matrix calculation cost in gradient-based meta-learning.

problem High memory footprint in calculating Hessian matrix for large-scale applications.
method Multi-step estimation of gradients to reuse the same gradient in a window of inner steps.
result Significant reduction in training time and memory usage with competitive or improved accuracies.

Enhances gradient-based discrete samplers with parallel tempering for multimodal distributions.

problem Local minima in high-dimensional, multimodal discrete distributions.
method Combines parallel tempering with discrete Langevin proposal, using Metropolis criterion for swaps.
result Significantly faster mixing and better sampling from complex distributions.

In this work we study generalization of neural networks in gradient-based meta-learning by analyzing various properties of the objective landscapes. We experimentally demonstrate that as meta-training progresses, the meta-test solutions, obtained after adapting the meta-train solution of the model, to new tasks via few…

2019-07-16abs ↗pdf ↗

We review recent works on analyzing the dynamics of gradient-based algorithms in a prototypical statistical inference problem. Using methods and insights from the physics of glassy systems, these works showed how to understand quantitatively and qualitatively the performance of gradient-based algorithms. Here we review…

2020-01-02abs ↗pdf ↗

Paper proposes a new method to measure model sensitivity using final model only.

problem Understanding model behavior using only the final trained model.
method Reframe TDA as measuring sensitivity, propose further training as gold standard, unify gradient-based methods.
result Gradient-based methods approximate further training but vary in quality.

New method improves parameter estimation in complex stochastic models.

problem Parameter calibration in stochastic models with unavailable analytical likelihood.
method Gradient-based simulated parameter estimation with multi-time scale stochastic approximation.
result Enhanced estimation accuracy and reduced computational costs.

Gradient-based meta-learning techniques are both widely applicable and proficient at solving challenging few-shot learning and fast adaptation problems. However, they have practical difficulties when operating on high-dimensional parameter spaces in extreme low-data regimes. We show that it is possible to bypass these …

2018-07-16abs ↗pdf ↗

New method combines QQA and gradient-based sampling for combinatorial optimization.

problem Scalability challenges in learning-based solvers for combinatorial optimization.
method Integrates gradient-based update through continuous relaxation with Quasi-Quantum Annealing (QQA) and parallel communication.
result Achieves superior speed-quality trade-offs for large-scale instances.

Survey of theoretical foundations for policy optimization in control.

problem Understanding the theoretical properties of gradient-based methods in control and reinforcement learning.
method Interdisciplinary review of optimization landscape, convergence, and sample complexity for various control problems.
result Recent theoretical results on stability and robustness in learning-based control.

Paper proposes HTAF for stable training of binary neural networks.

problem Challenges in training binary neural networks with gradient-based optimization.
method HTAF is a smooth approximation to the Heaviside function that enables stable training.
result HTAF enables stable training of various binary neural networks with gradient-based optimization.

Throughout the past five years, the susceptibility of neural networks to minimal adversarial perturbations has moved from a peculiar phenomenon to a core issue in Deep Learning. Despite much attention, however, progress towards more robust models is significantly impaired by the difficulty of evaluating the robustness …

2019-07-01abs ↗pdf ↗

This work bridges competitive learning with gradient-based learning for faster feature extraction.

problem Lack of powerful feature extractors in competitive learning methods.
method Introduces gradient-based competitive layers for feature extraction.
result Demonstrates theoretical equivalence and faster convergence of gradient-based competitive layers.

MPLP learns neural network weights by treating operations as message-passing agents.

problem Training neural networks using gradient-based methods.
method MPLP abstracts neural network operations as message-passing agents, updating internal states and passing messages.
result MPLP outperforms traditional gradient-based methods on simple feed-forward neural networks.

Paper analyzes dataset distillation for efficient encoding of task-relevant information.

problem Efficiently encoding task-relevant information from gradient-based learning of non-linear tasks.
method Theoretical analysis of dataset distillation applied to two-layer neural networks with gradient-based training.
result Low-dimensional structure of the problem is efficiently encoded into distilled data, reproducing a model with high generalization ability.

This paper extends explainability methods to non-Gaussian Gaussian Processes.

problem Making non-Gaussian GP models transparent and explainable.
method Proposes Integrated Gradient-based explainability for non-Gaussian GP models.
result Offers both analytical and approximate solutions for non-Gaussian GP models.