Title
Phase transitions in Restricted Boltzmann Machines with generic priors.
Abstract
We study generalized restricted Boltzmann machines with generic priors for units and weights, interpolating between Boolean and Gaussian variables. We present a complete analysis of the replica symmetric phase diagram of these systems, which can be regarded as generalized Hopfield models. We underline the role of the retrieval phase for both inference and learning processes and we show that retrieval is robust for a large class of weight and unit priors, beyond the standard Hopfield scenario. Furthermore, we show how the paramagnetic phase boundary is directly related to the optimal size of the training set necessary for good generalization in a teacher-student scenario of unsupervised learning.
Year
DOI
Venue
2016
10.1103/PhysRevE.96.042156
PHYSICAL REVIEW E
Field
DocType
Volume
Replica,Boltzmann machine,Mathematical optimization,Inference,Generalization,Algorithm,Unsupervised learning,Gaussian,Boolean algebra,Prior probability,Classical mechanics,Mathematics
Journal
96
Issue
ISSN
Citations 
4
2470-0045
0
PageRank 
References 
Authors
0.34
0
4
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Adriano Barra1438.13
Giuseppe Genovese240.76
Peter Sollich329838.11
Daniele Tantari4152.78