Summary of Soft Learning Probabilistic Circuits, by Soroush Ghandi et al.
Soft Learning Probabilistic Circuits
by Soroush Ghandi, Benjamin Quost, Cassio de Campos
First submitted to arxiv on: 21 Mar 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 This paper introduces a new algorithm for training Probabilistic Circuits (PCs), called SoftLearn, which improves upon the existing gold standard method, LearnSPN. PCs are efficient probabilistic models that allow exact inferences, making them useful for tabular data. The main contribution is the development of SoftLearn, a soft clustering process-based learning procedure that outperforms LearnSPN in many situations, achieving better likelihoods and samples. |
| Low | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Low Difficulty Summary This paper makes it easier to use Probabilistic Circuits (PCs) by introducing a new way to train them called SoftLearn. PCs are special computer models that can do things exactly, making them useful for certain types of data. The big idea is to make training PCs faster and better, which could help with lots of different tasks. |
Keywords
* Artificial intelligence * Clustering
