Summary of Efficiently Scanning and Resampling Spatio-temporal Tasks with Irregular Observations, by Bryce Ferenczi et al.
Efficiently Scanning and Resampling Spatio-Temporal Tasks with Irregular Observations
by Bryce Ferenczi, Michael Burke, Tom Drummond
First submitted to arxiv on: 11 Oct 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 proposed novel algorithm combines the efficiency of recurrent models and parallelism of multi-head attention for sequence modeling, addressing tasks with varying-sized observation spaces. This approach alternates between cross-attention and discounted cumulative sum to efficiently accumulate historical information. The algorithm is evaluated on two multi-agent intention tasks: simulated agents chasing bouncing particles and micromanagement analysis in professional StarCraft II games. Results show comparable accuracy with lower parameter count, faster training, and inference compared to existing methods. |
| Low | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Low Difficulty Summary The paper proposes a new way to model sequences that are more efficient and effective. It combines the good things about recurrent models and attention mechanisms to make predictions about what will happen next in a sequence of different sizes. To test this idea, the researchers use two games: one where simulated agents chase balls and another where people play StarCraft II. The results show that their approach is just as good as other methods but uses fewer computer resources and trains faster. |
Keywords
» Artificial intelligence » Attention » Cross attention » Inference » Multi head attention
