用高斯混合层直接建模参数分布,让神经网络训练更灵活高效。
Gaussian mixture layers for neural networks
- 以高斯混合模型为参数分布,结合Wasserstein梯度流设计新层
- 在简单分类任务中性能媲美两层全连接网络
- 相比传统大网络层,动态行为差异显著,适合研究理论机制
两层神经网络的均场理论研究无限宽网络,将其参数视为参数空间上的概率测度。这种非参数视角极大推动了对神经网络的理论与概念理解,研究也致力于验证其在中等宽度网络中的适用性。本文反其道而行之,探索是否可直接在概率测度上实现动态。我们采用高斯混合模型作为灵活且表达力强的概率分布族,结合Wasserstein梯度流理论,推导出该测度的训练动态。由此提出一种新型层——高斯混合(GM)层,可嵌入现有神经网络架构。作为验证,我们在简单分类任务上实验表明,GM层达到与两层全连接网络相当的测试性能。进一步数值分析显示,即使在足够大的经典全连接层(处于均场极限)下,GM层仍表现出明显不同的动态行为。
原文摘要 · Abstract (English)
The mean-field theory for two-layer neural networks considers infinitely wide networks that are linearly parameterized by a probability measure over the parameter space. This nonparametric perspective has significantly advanced both the theoretical and conceptual understanding of neural networks, with substantial efforts made to validate its applicability to networks of moderate width. In this work, we explore the opposite direction, investigating whether dynamics can be directly implemented over probability measures. Specifically, we employ Gaussian mixture models as a flexible and expressive parametric family of distributions together with the theory of Wasserstein gradient flows to derive training dynamics for such measures. Our approach introduces a new type of layer -- the Gaussian mixture (GM) layer -- that can be integrated into neural network architectures. As a proof of concept, we validate our proposal through experiments on simple classification tasks, where a GM layer achieves test performance comparable to that of a two-layer fully connected network. Furthermore, we examine the behavior of these dynamics and demonstrate numerically that GM layers exhibit markedly different behavior compared to classical fully connected layers, even when the latter are large enough to be considered in the mean-field regime.
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