Summary of Learning Neural Contracting Dynamics: Extended Linearization and Global Guarantees, by Sean Jaffe and Alexander Davydov and Deniz Lapsekili and Ambuj Singh and Francesco Bullo
Learning Neural Contracting Dynamics: Extended Linearization and Global Guarantees
by Sean Jaffe, Alexander Davydov, Deniz Lapsekili, Ambuj Singh, Francesco Bullo
First submitted to arxiv on: 12 Feb 2024
Categories
- Main: Machine Learning (cs.LG)
- Secondary: Optimization and Control (math.OC)
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| High | Paper authors | High Difficulty Summary Read the original abstract here |
| Medium | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Medium Difficulty Summary This paper introduces Extended Linearized Contracting Dynamics (ELCD), a neural network-based dynamical system that provides global contractivity guarantees in arbitrary metrics. The key innovation is a parametrization of the extended linearization of the nonlinear vector field. ELCD ensures three properties: global exponential stability, equilibrium contraction, and global contraction with respect to a chosen metric. To generalize this to more complex data spaces, the authors train diffeomorphisms between the data space and a latent space, enforcing contractivity in the latent space, which yields global contractivity in the data space. The paper demonstrates ELCD’s performance on high-dimensional datasets like LASA, multi-link pendulum, and Rosenbrock. |
| Low | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Low Difficulty Summary This paper creates a new kind of computer model that makes sure its behavior stays under control when there are unexpected changes. It’s called Extended Linearized Contracting Dynamics (ELCD). The really cool thing about ELCD is it can be guaranteed to work well in any situation, not just some specific one. This is super important for using these models in real-life situations where things don’t always go as planned. To make sure this model works in different kinds of data, the authors created a way to transform that data into a simpler form and then make sure the model behaves well in that new form. They tested ELCD on some big datasets and it worked really well. |
Keywords
* Artificial intelligence * Latent space * Neural network
