The Potential Energy of an Autoencoder

Autoencoders are popular feature learning models, that are conceptually simple, easy to train and allow for efficient inference. Recent work has shown how certain autoencoders can be associated with an energy landscape, akin to negative log-probability in a probabilistic model, which measures how we...

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Veröffentlicht in:IEEE transactions on pattern analysis and machine intelligence. - 1979. - 37(2015), 6 vom: 10. Juni, Seite 1261-73
1. Verfasser: Kamyshanska, Hanna (VerfasserIn)
Weitere Verfasser: Memisevic, Roland
Format: Online-Aufsatz
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: 2015
Zugriff auf das übergeordnete Werk:IEEE transactions on pattern analysis and machine intelligence
Schlagworte:Journal Article Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
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