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“Memory foam” approach to unsupervised learning (arxiv.org)
2 points by tluyben2 on Oct 12, 2015 | hide | past | pdf | discuss on HN

In plain words: A learning system reshapes its own flow of motion as it watches unlabeled input, settling into stable points that mark the most common patterns. It needs no labels or hints, and it picked out the frequent patterns in musical signals on its own.

Abstract · "Memory foam" approach to unsupervised learning

We propose an alternative approach to construct an artificial learning system, which naturally learns in an unsupervised manner. Its mathematical prototype is a dynamical system, which automatically shapes its vector field in response to the input signal. The vector field converges to a gradient of a multi-dimensional probability density distribution of the input process, taken with negative sign. The most probable patterns are represented by the stable fixed points, whose basins of attraction are formed automatically. The performance of this system is illustrated with musical signals.

Natalia B. Janson, Christopher J. Marsden
arXiv:1107.0674 · nlin.AO, cs.LG · submitted Jul 4, 2011 · updated Oct 7, 2015
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