Proves deep networks can learn hierarchical structures efficiently.
problem Understanding how deep networks learn hierarchical structures in data.
method Random Hierarchy Models, gradient-based methods, layerwise training.
result Proves deep networks can efficiently learn hierarchical structures.
This paper explains how deep learning performs hierarchical learning efficiently.
problem How deep learning can perform hierarchical learning efficiently.
method Backward feature correction principle and SGD training.
result Deep learning can efficiently train complex hierarchical tasks using SGD.
Three-layer neural networks learn hierarchical polynomial functions efficiently.
problem Learning hierarchical polynomial functions with three-layer neural networks.
method Layerwise gradient descent on square loss, focusing on feature learning.
result Achieves optimal sample complexity for learning hierarchical polynomials.
Hierarchical nucleation patterns emerge in deep neural network layers.
problem Understanding the generation of meaningful representations in deep neural networks.
method Analysis of the probability density of ImageNet dataset across hidden layers.
result Density peaks in subsequent layers mirror the semantic hierarchy of concepts, resembling nucleation process.
Proposes EM-HRNN model for better hierarchical language representation.
problem Learning hierarchical representations in natural language processing.
method Introduces latent indicator layer and EM algorithm for training.
result EM-HRNN model outperforms other RNN-based models in document classification.
Proposes a method to interpret neural networks via hierarchical modular representation.
problem Lack of prior knowledge about optimal resolution and cluster number, and inability to assess cluster outputs' correlation with inputs and outputs.
method Proposes a hierarchical clustering method to reveal a tree-structured relationship among hidden layer units based on their feature vectors.
result Reveals a hierarchical modular representation of a layered neural network, providing insights into the network's structure and function.
New model detects communities in multiplex networks, accounting for layer dependencies.
problem Detecting communities in multiplex networks with layer-specific dependencies.
method Hierarchical Bayesian model with a hierarchical Dirichlet prior and slice sampler.
result Model automatically picks the number of communities at each layer, outperforming single-layer alternatives.
Deep neural network algorithms are difficult to analyze because they lack structure allowing to understand the properties of underlying transforms and invariants. Multiscale hierarchical convolutional networks are structured deep convolutional networks where layers are indexed by progressively higher dimensional attrib…
New dropout method prevents overfitting in hierarchical models.
problem Overfitting in hierarchical mixture of experts.
method Variant of dropout applied hierarchically, not unitwise.
result Prevents overfitting and improves generalization in hierarchical models.
A new method learns hierarchical EBM models with diffusion schemes.
problem Challenges in learning EBM models with multi-modal distributions.
method Proposes a diffusion probabilistic scheme to learn EBM models in hierarchical latent spaces.
result Demonstrates superior performance on various tasks with diffusion-learned EBM.
Improved hierarchical discrete VAEs for better stability and performance.
problem Training stable and efficient hierarchical discrete VAEs with numerous latent variables.
method Introducing Relaxed-Responsibility Vector-Quantisation to parameterise discrete latent variables in a hierarchical structure.
result Achieved state-of-the-art bits-per-dim results for various standard datasets.
Deep learning explained through spectral filtering of hierarchical features.
problem Understanding how deep neural networks learn useful representations from data.
method Neural Low-Degree Filtering (Neural LoFi) as a stylized limit of gradient-based training.
result Predicts how representations are selected layer by layer and explains emergence of concepts.
Three-layer networks learn complex hierarchical polynomials of multiple nonlinear features.
problem Understanding how neural networks learn hierarchical features of multiple nonlinear inputs.
method Examine a broad class of functions using three-layer neural networks, showing complete recovery and efficient learning.
result Three-layer neural networks trained via gradient descent can learn hierarchical polynomials of multiple nonlinear features efficiently.
Study shows how deep network representations can be transferred between datasets and tasks.
problem Transferability of deep network representations across datasets and tasks.
method Examined layer-wise transferability of representations in deep networks across multiple datasets and tasks.
result Interesting empirical observations on layer-wise transferability of representations.
Introduces hierarchical uncertainty using U-sequences.
problem Tackles Ellsberg's paradox in multi-layer uncertainty.
method Uses category theory to construct U-sequences and endofunctors.
result Constructs a universal uncertainty space for multi-layer uncertainty.
Hierarchical IBP model for Bayesian neural networks in continual learning.
problem Resource allocation in continual learning with dynamic network complexity.
method Indian Buffet process (IBP) and Hierarchical-IBP (H-IBP) priors for structure learning, online variational inference with reparameterization.
result Our model effectively learns the number of weights in each layer, overcoming overfitting and underfitting.
Sharp theory of neural network scaling laws for hierarchical targets.
problem Learning hierarchical multi-index models in neural networks.
method Sharp information-theoretic scaling laws derived for two-layer neural networks.
result Optimal rates achieved by a simple spectral estimator.
HiDe learns hierarchical control for complex tasks by separating planning and control.
problem Solving long horizon control tasks with generalization to unseen scenarios.
method Functional decomposition of state-action spaces, RL-based planner, modular transfer of policy layers.
result Generalizes across unseen test environments and scales to longer horizons.
This paper introduces a hierarchical associative memory model with multiple layers.
problem Limitations of traditional associative memory models with only one hidden layer.
method Develops a fully recurrent model with arbitrary layers, including locally connected ones, and a corresponding energy function.
result The model can dynamically assemble memories using weights from lower layers and higher layers' rules.
Improved deep hierarchical VAE with diffusion-based VampPrior.
problem Latent variable generative modeling challenges.
method Hierarchical VAE with amortized diffusion-based VampPrior.
result Better performance with fewer parameters and improved stability.
We address the problem of learning hierarchical deep neural network policies for reinforcement learning. In contrast to methods that explicitly restrict or cripple lower layers of a hierarchy to force them to use higher-level modulating signals, each layer in our framework is trained to directly solve the task, but acq…
Study on bias-variance trade-off in hierarchical models with higher-order interactions.
problem Understanding the bias-variance trade-off in hierarchical probabilistic models with higher-order interactions.
method Proposed an efficient inference algorithm using Gibbs sampling and annealed importance sampling for log-linear higher-order Boltzmann machine.
result Higher-order interactions produce less variance for smaller sample size and comparable error with hidden layers.
Graph Pointer Networks and hierarchical reinforcement learning solve combinatorial optimization problems like TSP.
problem Traveling Salesman Problem (TSP) with constraints.
method Graph Pointer Networks (GPNs) and hierarchical reinforcement learning.
result GPNs and hierarchical RL find optimal solutions for TSP and TSP with time windows.
Proposes a hierarchical deep generative model for natural images.
problem Analyzing piecewise smooth signals like natural images.
method Hierarchical deep generative model with alternating minimization algorithm.
result Demonstrates the model's representation capabilities and classification performance.
Deep learning uses complex networks for high-dimensional data.
problem Computational inefficiency in training deep learning models.
method Use of hierarchical latent variables, efficient linear algebra, SGD optimization, and batch sampling.
result Efficient training and inference possible with optimized algorithms.
Neural NMF discovers hierarchical topics in multilayer data.
problem Detecting latent hierarchical structure in multilayer data.
method Recursive application of nonnegative matrix factorization (NMF) in layers with backpropagation optimization.
result Neural NMF outperforms other hierarchical NMF methods in synthetic and real-world datasets.
New insights into optimizing latent representations in hierarchical VAEs.
problem Optimizing latent representations in hierarchical VAEs for various applications.
method Identifying a general class of inference models and deriving theoretical bounds on performance.
result Guidance for practitioners on optimal regions in rate-space for different applications.
SeqSleepNet tackles automatic sleep staging as a sequence-to-sequence problem.
problem Automatic sleep staging as a sequence-to-sequence classification problem.
method End-to-end hierarchical recurrent neural network (SeqSleepNet) with filterbank and attention-based recurrent layers.
result SeqSleepNet achieves high accuracy (87.1% overall accuracy, 83.3% macro F1-score, 0.815 Cohen's kappa) on a publicly available dataset.
Boxhead dataset tests autoencoder disentanglement in hierarchical data.
problem Evaluate disentanglement in hierarchical data.
method Introduced Boxhead dataset with hierarchically structured factors, evaluated autoencoder models.
result Hierarchical models outperform single-layer VAEs in disentangling factors.
Novel graph network learns hierarchical network structure.
problem Lack of information in hierarchical network topology.
method Hierarchical clustering for multiscale decomposition, graph convolutional layers.
result Competitive performance on citation network benchmark.
Enhances neural networks in hyperbolic space for better data structure capture.
problem Capturing hierarchical data structures efficiently.
method Unified hyperbolic model for neural network components.
result Superior parameter efficiency and outperformance over Euclidean methods.
A new method for imbalanced binary classification without resampling.
problem Imbalanced binary classification tasks where majority class under-representation leads to information loss.
method Layered learning approach with two stages: clustering and classification.
result The method outperforms state-of-the-art methods in 100 benchmark data sets.
HGP-SL pools and learns graph structure for hierarchical representation learning.
problem Graph pooling is overlooked in GNN models, limiting hierarchical representation learning.
method Integrates graph pooling and structure learning into a unified module.
result HGP-SL improves graph classification performance on benchmarks.
A hierarchical model shows how scaling laws emerge from sequential feature recovery.
problem Emergence of scaling laws from feature learning in multi-layer networks.
method Layer-wise spectral algorithm adapted to compositional structure, sequential feature detection.
result Sequential detection of latent features, leading to explicit power-law decay of prediction error.
Deep neural networks have been shown to be very successful at learning feature hierarchies in supervised learning tasks. Generative models, on the other hand, have benefited less from hierarchical models with multiple layers of latent variables. In this paper, we prove that hierarchical latent variable models do not ta…
SmallML predicts customer churn for SMEs with small data, improving accuracy by 24.2 points.
problem AI exclusion of SMEs due to data scale mismatch.
method Bayesian transfer learning with hierarchical pooling and conformal prediction.
result 96.7% AUC on 100 obs SMEs, 24.2 point improvement over logistic regression.
Hierarchical Modular Reinforcement Learning (HMRL), consists of 2 layered learning where Profit Sharing works to plan a prey position in the higher layer and Q-learning method trains the state-actions to the target in the lower layer. In this paper, we expanded HMRL to multi-target problem to take the distance between …
Three-layer networks learn more complex features than two-layer networks.
problem Understanding feature learning in deep neural networks.
method Analysis of three-layer neural networks trained with gradient descent.
result Three-layer networks can learn functions that two-layer networks cannot.
Hierarchical Softmax approximates class probabilities for large datasets efficiently.
problem Computational inefficiency of Softmax for large-scale classification tasks.
method Used Hierarchical Softmax to approximate class probabilities efficiently.
result Hierarchical Softmax performance degrades as the number of classes increases.
DS2CF-Net learns hierarchical representations with deep coupled factorization and enriched prior.
problem Learning deep hierarchical representations from data.
method Dual-constrained Deep Semi-Supervised Coupled Factorization Network (DS2CF-Net) with enriched prior.
result DS2CF-Net achieves state-of-the-art performance in representation learning and clustering.
Paper learns DAGs with quadratic variance functions efficiently.
problem Learning DAGs with quadratic variance functions.
method Introduces topological layers to reconstruct DAGs hierarchically.
result Efficient algorithm reduces computational cost.
A new method for blind source separation using hierarchical structure and KL divergence.
problem Blind source separation of complex interacting signals.
method Hierarchical log-linear model with KL divergence minimization.
result Superior performance compared to existing techniques on images and time series data.
Bayesian estimators for causal inference using hierarchical Gaussian Processes.
problem Estimating causal effects in sharp and fuzzy RD/RK designs.
method Hierarchical Gaussian Process models for regression and classification.
result Hierarchical GP models improve precision and coverage of RD/RK estimations.
This paper proposes a new approach to Transformers by integrating hierarchical associative memory with MetaFormers.
problem Theoretical framework for Transformers and MLP-Mixers remains underdeveloped.
method Integrating hierarchical associative memory with MetaFormers to create a parallelized MLP-Mixer.
result Symmetry-breaking effects improve the performance of the MLP-Mixer in image recognition tasks.
Bayesian layer improves image segmentation and out-of-distribution detection.
problem Outlier detection in image segmentation.
method Parameter-efficient hierarchical convolutional Gaussian Processes in Wasserstein-2 space.
result Uncertainty estimates improve out-of-distribution detection.
Paper proposes a hierarchical approach for early anomaly detection in time series data for critical health events.
problem Early detection of critical health events in intensive care units.
method A layered learning architecture that breaks the problem into pre-conditional and event layers.
result The proposed method outperforms state-of-the-art approaches for critical health episode prediction.
Deep neural networks undergo hierarchical free-energy landscape transitions with increasing data size.
problem Understanding the design space and dynamics of deep neural networks.
method Statistical mechanical approach based on replica method.
result Hierarchical free-energy landscape transitions with ultrametricity, leading to simpler configurations in deeper layers.
Model compresses event-like contexts using gated surprise signals.
problem Perceiving a dynamic world as organized events.
method Hierarchical, surprise-gated recurrent neural network architecture.
result Achieves best performance on multiple event processing tasks.