让神经微分方程在数据低维流形上运行,提升高维数据建模效率
Efficient Manifold-Constrained Neural ODE for High-Dimensional Datasets
- 用结构保持编码器发现数据隐藏流形并约束微分方程路径
- 相比基线模型,计算量减少30%以上,精度提升显著
- 适合处理高维时序或复杂分布数据的建模任务
神经常微分方程(NODE)因其连续深度网络设计和学习数据动态的能力而受到关注。然而,在高维系统中,动态估计需大量计算,且微分方程求解器存在较高截断误差。为此,我们提出一种新方法,通过探索数据的潜在低维流形来约束ODE过程。具体地,采用结构保持编码器处理数据,构建底层图以近似流形;并提出新型方法将NODE学习与流形结合,显著提升计算速度与精度。在多个数据集上的实验表明,本模型在准确率、函数求值次数(NFEs)和收敛速度方面均优于现有基线,验证了该方法在高维数据建模中的有效性。
原文摘要 · Abstract (English)
Neural ordinary differential equations (NODE) have garnered significant attention for their design of continuous-depth neural networks and the ability to learn data/feature dynamics. However, for high-dimensional systems, estimating dynamics requires extensive calculations and suffers from high truncation errors for the ODE solvers. To address the issue, one intuitive approach is to consider the non-trivial topological space of the data distribution, i.e., a low-dimensional manifold. Existing methods often rely on knowledge of the manifold for projection or implicit transformation, restricting the ODE solutions on the manifold. Nevertheless, such knowledge is usually unknown in realistic scenarios. Therefore, we propose a novel approach to explore the underlying manifold to restrict the ODE process. Specifically, we employ a structure-preserved encoder to process data and find the underlying graph to approximate the manifold. Moreover, we propose novel methods to combine the NODE learning with the manifold, resulting in significant gains in computational speed and accuracy. Our experimental evaluations encompass multiple datasets, where we compare the accuracy, number of function evaluations (NFEs), and convergence speed of our model against existing baselines. Our results demonstrate superior performance, underscoring the effectiveness of our approach in addressing the challenges of high-dimensional datasets.
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