Summary of Deep Modeling Of Non-gaussian Aleatoric Uncertainty, by Aastha Acharya et al.
Deep Modeling of Non-Gaussian Aleatoric Uncertainty
by Aastha Acharya, Caleb Lee, Marissa D’Alonzo, Jared Shamwell, Nisar R. Ahmed, Rebecca Russell
First submitted to arxiv on: 30 May 2024
Categories
- Main: Machine Learning (cs.LG)
- Secondary: Artificial Intelligence (cs.AI); Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (cs.CV); Robotics (cs.RO)
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| High | Paper authors | High Difficulty Summary Read the original abstract here |
| Medium | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Medium Difficulty Summary Deep learning offers promising new ways to accurately model aleatoric uncertainty in robotic state estimation systems, particularly when the uncertainty distributions do not conform to traditional assumptions of being fixed and Gaussian. The paper formulates and evaluates three fundamental deep learning approaches for conditional probability density modeling to quantify non-Gaussian aleatoric uncertainty: parametric, discretized, and generative modeling. These methods are compared on simulated non-Gaussian densities as well as on real-world terrain-relative navigation data. The results show that these deep learning methods can accurately capture complex uncertainty patterns, highlighting their potential for improving the reliability and robustness of estimation systems. |
| Low | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Low Difficulty Summary Aleatoric uncertainty in robotic state estimation systems is a big problem! This paper helps solve it by using deep learning to model uncertainty in new ways. Right now, we assume that uncertainty follows fixed and Gaussian patterns, but this doesn’t always work. The researchers came up with three new methods to capture non-Gaussian uncertainty: parametric, discretized, and generative modeling. They tested these methods on fake data and real-world navigation data. The results are super promising! These deep learning methods can accurately capture complex uncertainty patterns, which means we can make our estimation systems more reliable and robust. |
Keywords
» Artificial intelligence » Deep learning » Probability
