In plain words: This generalizes neural networks to handle inputs of any resolution, with the model's settings staying fixed no matter how detailed the input is. A vision network built this way, RippLeNet, held its accuracy steadier across image resolutions than any earlier design.
Abstract · Deep Function Machines: Generalized Neural Networks for Topological Layer Expression
In this paper we propose a generalization of deep neural networks called deep function machines (DFMs). DFMs act on vector spaces of arbitrary (possibly infinite) dimension and we show that a family of DFMs are invariant to the dimension of input data; that is, the parameterization of the model does not directly hinge on the quality of the input (eg. high resolution images). Using this generalization we provide a new theory of universal approximation of bounded non-linear operators between function spaces. We then suggest that DFMs provide an expressive framework for designing new neural network layer types with topological considerations in mind. Finally, we introduce a novel architecture, RippLeNet, for resolution invariant computer vision, which empirically achieves state of the art invariance.
William H. Guss
arXiv:1612.04799 · stat.ML, cs.CV, cs.LG · submitted Dec 14, 2016 · updated Nov 6, 2017
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