Summary of A Study Of Posterior Stability For Time-series Latent Diffusion, by Yangming Li et al.
A Study of Posterior Stability for Time-Series Latent Diffusion
by Yangming Li, Yixin Cheng, Mihaela van der Schaar
First submitted to arxiv on: 22 May 2024
Categories
- Main: Machine Learning (cs.LG)
- Secondary: None
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| High | Paper authors | High Difficulty Summary Read the original abstract here |
| Medium | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Medium Difficulty Summary This paper explores the limitations of latent diffusion models when applied to time-series data, which can result in posterior collapse and reduced expressiveness. The authors first demonstrate how this issue can lead to a model behaving like a variational autoencoder (VAE), reducing its ability to generate diverse outputs. To address this challenge, they introduce a dependency measure that quantifies the sensitivity of recurrent decoders to input variables. This tool helps identify the impact of posterior collapse on time-series latent diffusion and uncovers a phenomenon called dependency illusion in shuffled time series data. Building on these findings, the authors propose a new framework that extends latent diffusion and overcomes the issue of posterior collapse, achieving better performance in time-series synthesis tasks. |
| Low | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Low Difficulty Summary This paper looks at how to make image generation models work well with time-series data. The problem is that when you try to use these models for time series, they can become less expressive and start behaving like a different type of model altogether. To solve this issue, the authors came up with a new way to measure how sensitive the model is to its input. This measurement helps them understand what’s going on and why it happens. They also developed a new approach that makes these models work better for time-series data. |
Keywords
» Artificial intelligence » Diffusion » Image generation » Time series » Variational autoencoder
