1.2NAJan 20, 2017
A modified Newton method for multilinear PageRankPei-Chang Guo
When studying the multilinear PageRank problem, a system of polynomial equations needs to be solved. In this paper, we develop convergence theory for a modified Newton method in a particular parameter regime. The sequence of vectors produced by Newton-like method is monotonically increasing and converges to the nonnegative solution. Numerical results illustrate the effectiveness of this procedure.
1.6LGFeb 5, 2021
Regularization for convolutional kernel tensors to avoid unstable gradient problem in convolutional neural networksPei-Chang Guo
Convolutional neural networks are very popular nowadays. Training neural networks is not an easy task. Each convolution corresponds to a structured transformation matrix. In order to help avoid the exploding/vanishing gradient problem, it is desirable that the singular values of each transformation matrix are not large/small in the training process. We propose three new regularization terms for a convolutional kernel tensor to constrain the singular values of each transformation matrix. We show how to carry out the gradient type methods, which provides new insight about the training of convolutional neural networks.
4.1LGJul 25, 2019
A Frobenius norm regularization method for convolutional kernels to avoid unstable gradient problemPei-Chang Guo
Convolutional neural network is a very important model of deep learning. It can help avoid the exploding/vanishing gradient problem and improve the generalizability of a neural network if the singular values of the Jacobian of a layer are bounded around $1$ in the training process. We propose a new penalty function for a convolutional kernel to let the singular values of the corresponding transformation matrix are bounded around $1$. We show how to carry out the gradient type methods. The penalty is about the structured transformation matrix corresponding to a convolutional kernel. This provides a new regularization method about the weights of convolutional layers.
2.7LGJun 12, 2019
On regularization for a convolutional kernel in neural networksPeichang Guo, Qiang Ye
Convolutional neural network is an important model in deep learning. To avoid exploding/vanishing gradient problems and to improve the generalizability of a neural network, it is desirable to have a convolution operation that nearly preserves the norm, or to have the singular values of the transformation matrix corresponding to a convolutional kernel bounded around $1$. We propose a penalty function that can be used in the optimization of a convolutional neural network to constrain the singular values of the transformation matrix around $1$. We derive an algorithm to carry out the gradient descent minimization of this penalty function in terms of convolution kernels. Numerical examples are presented to demonstrate the effectiveness of the method.