A comparison of rational and neural network based approximations

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2303.04436v2
• Date: Thu, 7 Sep 2023 03:25:36 GMT
• Title: A comparison of rational and neural network based approximations
• Authors: Vinesha Peiris, Reinier Diaz Millan, Nadezda Sukhorukova, Julien Ugon
• Abstract summary: We compare the efficiency of function approximation using rational approximation, neural network and their combinations. It was found that rational approximation is superior to neural network based approaches with the same number of decision variables.
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• Abstract: Rational and neural network based approximations are efficient tools in modern approximation. These approaches are able to produce accurate approximations to nonsmooth and non-Lipschitz functions, including multivariate domain functions. In this paper we compare the efficiency of function approximation using rational approximation, neural network and their combinations. It was found that rational approximation is superior to neural network based approaches with the same number of decision variables. Our numerical experiments demonstrate the efficiency of rational approximation, even when the number of approximation parameters (that is, the dimension of the corresponding optimisation problems) is small. Another important contribution of this paper lies in the improvement of rational approximation algorithms. Namely, the optimisation based algorithms for rational approximation can be adjusted to in such a way that the conditioning number of the constraint matrices are controlled. This simple adjustment enables us to work with high dimension optimisation problems and improve the design of the neural network. The main strength of neural networks is in their ability to handle models with a large number of variables: complex models are decomposed in several simple optimisation problems. Therefore the the large number of decision variables is in the nature of neural networks.

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