Summary of Spherical Analysis Of Learning Nonlinear Functionals, by Zhenyu Yang et al.
Spherical Analysis of Learning Nonlinear Functionals
by Zhenyu Yang, Shuo Huang, Han Feng, Ding-Xuan Zhou
First submitted to arxiv on: 1 Oct 2024
Categories
- Main: Machine Learning (cs.LG)
- Secondary: Functional Analysis (math.FA); 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 This paper explores the potential of functional neural networks in approximating continuous functionals defined on sets of functions on spheres. A novel approach is proposed using an encoder-decoder framework to analyze the approximation ability of deep ReLU neural networks. The study starts by developing an encoder that leverages spherical harmonics to extract finite-dimensional information from infinite-dimensional domains. This is followed by fully connected neural networks for approximation analysis. The paper also considers real-world scenarios where data is sampled discretely and corrupted by noise, constructing encoders with discrete input and those with random noise input. The results demonstrate the effectiveness of different encoder structures in approximating functionals. |
| Low | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Low Difficulty Summary This paper looks at a new kind of artificial neural network called functional neural networks. It wants to see if these networks can be used to approximate certain types of functions that are defined on spheres. To do this, the researchers use a special framework that includes an “encoder” and a “decoder”. The encoder helps get rid of some of the complexity in the problem by using special math called spherical harmonics. Then the decoder uses regular neural networks to try to approximate the original function. The study also looks at what happens when real-world data is noisy or not perfect, and shows that different ways of building these encoders can make a big difference. |
Keywords
» Artificial intelligence » Decoder » Encoder » Encoder decoder » Neural network » Relu
