Summary of Beyond Squared Error: Exploring Loss Design For Enhanced Training Of Generative Flow Networks, by Rui Hu et al.
Beyond Squared Error: Exploring Loss Design for Enhanced Training of Generative Flow Networks
by Rui Hu, Yifan Zhang, Zhuoran Li, Longbo Huang
First submitted to arxiv on: 3 Oct 2024
Categories
- Main: Machine Learning (cs.LG)
- Secondary: Artificial Intelligence (cs.AI)
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| Medium | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Medium Difficulty Summary This paper presents a novel class of generative models called Generative Flow Networks (GFlowNets) that can be trained to sample from unnormalized distributions. These models have gained attention for their applications in various important tasks. The training algorithm for GFlowNets typically involves fitting the forward flow to the backward flow on sampled training objects. However, the choice of regression loss has been overlooked despite its significant influence on the exploration and exploitation behavior of the under-training policy. This paper provides a theoretical framework that rigorously proves distinct regression losses correspond to specific divergence measures, enabling the design and analysis of regression losses according to desired properties. The authors examine zero-forcing and zero-avoiding properties, which promote exploitation and higher rewards or encourage exploration and enhance diversity, respectively. Based on this framework, three novel regression losses are proposed: Shifted-Cosh, Linex(1/2), and Linex(1). These losses are evaluated across three benchmarks: hyper-grid, bit-sequence generation, and molecule generation, demonstrating improved performances in terms of convergence speed, sample diversity, and robustness. |
| Low | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Low Difficulty Summary GFlowNets are a new type of generative models that can create data samples from unnormalized distributions. They’re useful for many important tasks. Usually, these models are trained by matching the forward flow to the backward flow on some training data. But so far, people haven’t talked much about what kind of “fitting” they use when training the model. This lack of understanding has limited how well we can train GFlowNets. In this paper, researchers develop a new way to understand how different types of “fitting” work and design new methods for choosing the right one. They focus on two important properties: making sure the model doesn’t get stuck in a bad place (exploitation) or exploring new possibilities (diversity). The authors then test these new methods with three different kinds of data generation tasks, showing that they improve how well the models work. |
Keywords
» Artificial intelligence » Attention » Regression
