Summary of Covering Numbers For Deep Relu Networks with Applications to Function Approximation and Nonparametric Regression, by Weigutian Ou et al.
Covering Numbers for Deep ReLU Networks with Applications to Function Approximation and Nonparametric Regression
by Weigutian Ou, Helmut Bölcskei
First submitted to arxiv on: 8 Oct 2024
Categories
- Main: Machine Learning (stat.ML)
- Secondary: Artificial Intelligence (cs.AI); Information Theory (cs.IT); Machine Learning (cs.LG)
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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 provides fundamental understanding of the impact of sparsity, quantization, bounded vs. unbounded weights, and network output truncation on (deep) ReLU networks. The authors derive tight lower and upper bounds on the covering numbers of fully-connected networks with bounded weights, sparse networks with bounded weights, and fully-connected networks with quantized weights. These bounds allow for characterization of fundamental limits of neural network transformation, including network compression, and sharp upper bounds on prediction error in nonparametric regression through deep networks. The paper also identifies a systematic relation between optimal nonparametric regression and optimal approximation through deep networks, unifying numerous results in the literature. |
| Low | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Low Difficulty Summary This paper helps us understand how certain things affect (deep) ReLU networks. It gives us tight numbers for different types of networks with special conditions on their weights. This is important because it tells us what’s possible or impossible when we do things like compress networks or limit their output. The authors also show that deep networks can be used to estimate functions in the best way possible, which is a big deal. |
Keywords
» Artificial intelligence » Neural network » Quantization » Regression » Relu
