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Guided Learning of Nonconvex Models through Successive Functional Gradient Optimization

Machine Learning 2020-07-01 v1 Machine Learning

Abstract

This paper presents a framework of successive functional gradient optimization for training nonconvex models such as neural networks, where training is driven by mirror descent in a function space. We provide a theoretical analysis and empirical study of the training method derived from this framework. It is shown that the method leads to better performance than that of standard training techniques.

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@article{arxiv.2006.16840,
  title  = {Guided Learning of Nonconvex Models through Successive Functional Gradient Optimization},
  author = {Rie Johnson and Tong Zhang},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2006.16840},
  year   = {2020}
}

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