Mixed integer programming formulation of unsupervised learning
This addresses a theoretical challenge in unsupervised learning for researchers, but it is incremental as it builds on existing Boltzmann machine methods.
The authors tackled the problem of training full Boltzmann machines by formulating it as a mixed binary quadratic feasibility problem, and they tested this approach analytically and numerically on XOR patterns, showing it works as a proof of concept.
A novel formulation and training procedure for full Boltzmann machines in terms of a mixed binary quadratic feasibility problem is given. As a proof of concept, the theory is analytically and numerically tested on XOR patterns.