Summary of Understanding Expert Structures on Minimax Parameter Estimation in Contaminated Mixture Of Experts, by Fanqi Yan et al.
Understanding Expert Structures on Minimax Parameter Estimation in Contaminated Mixture of Experts
by Fanqi Yan, Huy Nguyen, Dung Le, Pedram Akbarian, Nhat Ho
First submitted to arxiv on: 16 Oct 2024
Categories
- Main: Machine Learning (cs.LG)
- Secondary: Artificial Intelligence (cs.AI); Machine Learning (stat.ML)
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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 paper investigates the convergence analysis of parameter estimation in a contaminated mixture of experts model, motivated by the prompt learning problem. The authors identify two fundamental challenges: (i) the proportion of pre-trained model and prompt parameters may converge to zero, leading to the prompt vanishing issue; and (ii) algebraic interactions among parameters can occur via partial differential equations, decelerating prompt learning. To address these issues, the authors introduce a distinguishability condition to control parameter interaction and explore various expert structures’ effects on convergence behavior. The paper provides comprehensive convergence rates and minimax lower bounds for each scenario, supported by empirical numerical experiments. |
| Low | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Low Difficulty Summary The researchers looked at how well a special kind of machine learning model works when it’s combined with another model that helps improve its performance. They found two big problems: sometimes the parts of the original model get lost, and other times the interactions between different parts slow down the improvement process. To fix these issues, they came up with a new way to make sure the parts work together well and tested different ways of organizing those parts. They showed how their method works in theory and confirmed it with some computer simulations. |
Keywords
» Artificial intelligence » Machine learning » Mixture of experts » Prompt
