Summary of Finite Neural Networks As Mixtures Of Gaussian Processes: From Provable Error Bounds to Prior Selection, by Steven Adams et al.
Finite Neural Networks as Mixtures of Gaussian Processes: From Provable Error Bounds to Prior Selection
by Steven Adams, Patanè, Morteza Lahijanian, Luca Laurenti
First submitted to arxiv on: 26 Jul 2024
Categories
- Main: Machine Learning (cs.LG)
- Secondary: Machine Learning (stat.ML)
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| High | Paper authors | High Difficulty Summary Read the original abstract here |
| Medium | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Medium Difficulty Summary The abstract proposes a novel framework to approximate a trained neural network with a Gaussian model, providing error bounds on the approximation error. The framework iteratively approximates the output distribution of each layer as a mixture of Gaussian processes using tools from optimal transport and Gaussian processes. This approach enables the construction of an ε-close approximation of the neural network at a finite set of input points for any ε > 0. Additionally, the method can be used to tune neural network parameters to mimic the functional behavior of a given Gaussian process, facilitating prior selection in Bayesian inference. The framework is demonstrated on both regression and classification problems with various neural network architectures. |
| Low | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Low Difficulty Summary The abstract proposes a new way to understand how neural networks work by comparing them to something called Gaussian processes. Neural networks are like super powerful computers that can learn from data, but they’re hard to understand because they’re really complicated. The researchers found a way to make the neural networks simpler and easier to understand by comparing them to these Gaussian processes. This is important because it helps us figure out how neural networks make predictions and how certain those predictions are. They tested this new approach on some problems and it worked well. |
Keywords
» Artificial intelligence » Bayesian inference » Classification » Neural network » Regression
