Understanding Optimization of Deep Learning via Jacobian Matrix and Lipschitz Constant

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2306.09338v3
• Date: Sun, 12 Nov 2023 07:13:58 GMT
• Title: Understanding Optimization of Deep Learning via Jacobian Matrix and Lipschitz Constant
• Authors: Xianbiao Qi, Jianan Wang and Lei Zhang
• Abstract summary: This article provides a comprehensive understanding of optimization in deep learning. We focus on the challenges of gradient vanishing and gradient exploding, which normally lead to diminished model representational ability and training instability, respectively. To help understand the current optimization methodologies, we categorize them into two classes: explicit optimization and implicit optimization.
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• License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
• Abstract: This article provides a comprehensive understanding of optimization in deep learning, with a primary focus on the challenges of gradient vanishing and gradient exploding, which normally lead to diminished model representational ability and training instability, respectively. We analyze these two challenges through several strategic measures, including the improvement of gradient flow and the imposition of constraints on a network's Lipschitz constant. To help understand the current optimization methodologies, we categorize them into two classes: explicit optimization and implicit optimization. Explicit optimization methods involve direct manipulation of optimizer parameters, including weight, gradient, learning rate, and weight decay. Implicit optimization methods, by contrast, focus on improving the overall landscape of a network by enhancing its modules, such as residual shortcuts, normalization methods, attention mechanisms, and activations. In this article, we provide an in-depth analysis of these two optimization classes and undertake a thorough examination of the Jacobian matrices and the Lipschitz constants of many widely used deep learning modules, highlighting existing issues as well as potential improvements. Moreover, we also conduct a series of analytical experiments to substantiate our theoretical discussions. This article does not aim to propose a new optimizer or network. Rather, our intention is to present a comprehensive understanding of optimization in deep learning. We hope that this article will assist readers in gaining a deeper insight in this field and encourages the development of more robust, efficient, and high-performing models.

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