Summary of Datasp: a Differential All-to-all Shortest Path Algorithm For Learning Costs and Predicting Paths with Context, by Alan A. Lahoud et al.
DataSP: A Differential All-to-All Shortest Path Algorithm for Learning Costs and Predicting Paths with Context
by Alan A. Lahoud, Erik Schaffernicht, Johannes A. Stork
First submitted to arxiv on: 8 May 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 The paper introduces a novel algorithm called DataSP, which enables learning latent costs of transitions on graphs from trajectory demonstrations under various contextual features. The proposed method, a differentiable all-to-all shortest path algorithm, allows for learning from a large number of trajectories without additional computational overhead. Complex latent cost functions can be represented through neural network approximation. Additionally, the paper presents a sampling-based approach to reconstruct and mimic observed paths’ distributions, which follows the maximum entropy principle. DataSP outperforms state-of-the-art differentiable combinatorial solvers and classical machine learning approaches in predicting paths on graphs. |
| Low | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Low Difficulty Summary DataSP is an algorithm that helps learn the costs of moving from one place to another on a graph based on how people or objects move. It’s useful for planning routes, but existing methods are either too simple or don’t work well with many examples. DataSP solves this problem by allowing it to learn from a large number of examples without taking extra time. The algorithm also lets you represent complex rules based on context, such as time of day or weather. It can even mimic the way people move by sampling paths that follow what’s been observed. |
Keywords
» Artificial intelligence » Machine learning » Neural network
