Summary of Evolution Guided Generative Flow Networks, by Zarif Ikram et al.
Evolution Guided Generative Flow Networks
by Zarif Ikram, Ling Pan, Dianbo Liu
First submitted to arxiv on: 3 Feb 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 In this paper, researchers introduce Evolution guided generative flow networks (EGFN), an innovative approach to training Generative Flow Networks (GFlowNets) for probabilistic generative modeling. The primary challenge addressed is effectively training GFlowNets with long time horizons and sparse rewards. The proposed method combines Evolutionary algorithms (EA) with GFlowNets, allowing it to work on top of any GFlowNets training objective. The authors demonstrate the effectiveness of EGFN through a thorough investigation across various toy and real-world benchmark tasks. |
| Low | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Low Difficulty Summary Generative Flow Networks (GFlowNets) are special kinds of models that learn to create things based on how well they do. One big problem is making these models work well when they need to make predictions over a long time or when the rewards are very rare. To fix this, scientists came up with a new idea called Evolution guided generative flow networks (EGFN). This works by using another kind of model that helps find better ways for GFlowNets to learn. They show that EGFN can really help make these models work better in lots of different situations. |
