Summary of Neural Network Verification with Branch-and-bound For General Nonlinearities, by Zhouxing Shi et al.
Neural Network Verification with Branch-and-Bound for General Nonlinearities
by Zhouxing Shi, Qirui Jin, Zico Kolter, Suman Jana, Cho-Jui Hsieh, Huan Zhang
First submitted to arxiv on: 31 May 2024
Categories
- Main: Machine Learning (cs.LG)
- Secondary: Artificial Intelligence (cs.AI)
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Medium | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Medium Difficulty Summary The paper presents GenBaB, a general framework for neural network (NN) verification using the branch-and-bound (BaB) technique. Existing BaB methods focus on NNs with piecewise linear activations, but GenBaB can handle general nonlinearities and architectures. The framework uses linear bound propagation to verify NNs and a new branching heuristic to decide which neurons to branch. It also proposes pre-optimizing branching points using a lookup table. GenBaB is demonstrated on verifying various NNs, including those with different activation functions and operations like multiplications in LSTMs and Vision Transformers. The framework can also verify general nonlinear computation graphs and has applications beyond simple NNs, such as AC Optimal Power Flow (ACOPF). GenBaB is part of the ,-CROWN, a winner of the International Verification of Neural Networks Competition. |
Low | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Low Difficulty Summary This paper develops a new way to test if neural networks are working correctly. It’s called GenBaB and it can handle different types of networks with many different kinds of math inside them. The method uses shortcuts to make testing faster and more efficient. It works on many different kinds of networks, including those used in things like image recognition and power grid control. The best part is that this new way of testing is really good at catching mistakes in neural networks. |
Keywords
» Artificial intelligence » Neural network