Summary of Hamiltonian Monte Carlo on Relu Neural Networks Is Inefficient, by Vu C. Dinh et al.
Hamiltonian Monte Carlo on ReLU Neural Networks is Inefficient
by Vu C. Dinh, Lam Si Tung Ho, Cuong V. Nguyen
First submitted to arxiv on: 29 Oct 2024
Categories
- Main: Machine Learning (stat.ML)
- Secondary: Machine Learning (cs.LG)
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| High | Paper authors | High Difficulty Summary Read the original abstract here |
| Medium | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Medium Difficulty Summary This research paper examines the performance of the Hamiltonian Monte Carlo (HMC) algorithm with leapfrog integrator for Bayesian neural network inference. The authors find that the non-differentiability of activation functions in the ReLU family leads to a large local error rate of Ω(ε), rather than the classical error rate of O(ε^3). This results in a higher rejection rate of proposals, making the method inefficient. To validate their theoretical findings, the researchers conducted empirical simulations and experiments on a real-world dataset, demonstrating that HMC inference is less efficient for ReLU-based neural networks compared to analytical networks. |
| Low | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Low Difficulty Summary This paper studies how well an algorithm called Hamiltonian Monte Carlo (HMC) works when used for analyzing artificial neural networks. The authors discovered that when using a type of activation function called ReLU, the algorithm doesn’t work very well and rejects many proposals. They tested this by running simulations and looking at real-world data, showing that HMC isn’t as good for neural networks with ReLU as it is for others. |
Keywords
» Artificial intelligence » Inference » Neural network » Relu
