Summary of Comparing Graph Transformers Via Positional Encodings, by Mitchell Black et al.
Comparing Graph Transformers via Positional Encodings
by Mitchell Black, Zhengchao Wan, Gal Mishne, Amir Nayyeri, Yusu Wang
First submitted to arxiv on: 22 Feb 2024
Categories
- Main: Machine Learning (cs.LG)
- Secondary: None
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| High | Paper authors | High Difficulty Summary Read the original abstract here |
| Medium | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Medium Difficulty Summary The paper explores the relationship between different types of positional encoding methods used to enhance the performance of graph transformers. Specifically, it investigates absolute positional encodings (APEs) and relative positional encodings (RPEs), which are commonly used to augment attention blocks in these models. The authors demonstrate that graph transformers using APEs and RPEs have equivalent distinguishing power, allowing for interchangeability between the two methods while maintaining performance. This study compares various APEs and RPEs, including resistance distance and stable and expressive positional encoding (SPE), to determine their relative effectiveness in transformer-based models. |
| Low | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Low Difficulty Summary The paper looks at how to make graph transformers better by changing how we add information about the graph. There are two ways to do this: absolute or relative. Both methods help the model understand the relationships between nodes, but which one is best? The authors find that both ways work equally well and can be switched between without losing performance. They test different techniques and show which ones perform better. |
Keywords
* Artificial intelligence * Attention * Positional encoding * Transformer
