Summary of Se-vgae: Unsupervised Disentangled Representation Learning For Interpretable Architectural Layout Design Graph Generation, by Jielin Chen and Rudi Stouffs
SE-VGAE: Unsupervised Disentangled Representation Learning for Interpretable Architectural Layout Design Graph Generation
by Jielin Chen, Rudi Stouffs
First submitted to arxiv on: 25 Jun 2024
Categories
- Main: Machine Learning (cs.LG)
- Secondary: Artificial Intelligence (cs.AI)
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| High | Paper authors | High Difficulty Summary Read the original abstract here |
| Medium | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Medium Difficulty Summary The paper introduces an unsupervised framework called Style-based Edge-augmented Variational Graph Auto-Encoder (SE-VGAE) that generates architectural layout graphs while prioritizing representation disentanglement. This framework addresses challenges in disentangled representation learning, such as node permutation invariance and representation expressiveness, by incorporating a transformer-based edge-augmented encoder, a latent space disentanglement module, and a style-based decoder. The paper also provides insights into optimizing the framework through graph feature augmentation schemes and evaluates their effectiveness for disentangling architectural layout representation. |
| Low | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Low Difficulty Summary The study aims to fill the gap in interpreting architectural design space using graph-based representation learning. Researchers developed an unsupervised framework called SE-VGAE, which generates architectural layout graphs while prioritizing representation disentanglement. This framework helps address challenges in disentangled representation learning. The study also provides a new benchmark dataset of large-scale architectural layout graphs extracted from real-world floor plan images. |
Keywords
» Artificial intelligence » Decoder » Encoder » Latent space » Representation learning » Transformer » Unsupervised
