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Exploring the Function Space of Deep-Learning Machines

Disordered Systems and Neural Networks 2018-08-10 v3 Machine Learning

Abstract

The function space of deep-learning machines is investigated by studying growth in the entropy of functions of a given error with respect to a reference function, realized by a deep-learning machine. Using physics-inspired methods we study both sparsely and densely-connected architectures to discover a layer-wise convergence of candidate functions, marked by a corresponding reduction in entropy when approaching the reference function, gain insight into the importance of having a large number of layers, and observe phase transitions as the error increases.

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@article{arxiv.1708.01422,
  title  = {Exploring the Function Space of Deep-Learning Machines},
  author = {Bo Li and David Saad},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1708.01422},
  year   = {2018}
}

Comments

New examples of networks with ReLU activation and convolutional networks are included

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