Precision, Stability, and Generalization: A Comprehensive Assessment of RNNs learnability capability for Classifying Counter and Dyck Languages

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2410.03118v1
• Date: Fri, 4 Oct 2024 03:22:49 GMT
• Title: Precision, Stability, and Generalization: A Comprehensive Assessment of RNNs learnability capability for Classifying Counter and Dyck Languages
• Authors: Neisarg Dave, Daniel Kifer, Lee Giles, Ankur Mali,
• Abstract summary: This study investigates the learnability of Recurrent Neural Networks (RNNs) in classifying structured formal languages. Traditionally, both first-order (LSTM) and second-order (O2RNN) RNNs have been considered effective for such tasks.
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• Abstract: This study investigates the learnability of Recurrent Neural Networks (RNNs) in classifying structured formal languages, focusing on counter and Dyck languages. Traditionally, both first-order (LSTM) and second-order (O2RNN) RNNs have been considered effective for such tasks, primarily based on their theoretical expressiveness within the Chomsky hierarchy. However, our research challenges this notion by demonstrating that RNNs primarily operate as state machines, where their linguistic capabilities are heavily influenced by the precision of their embeddings and the strategies used for sampling negative examples. Our experiments revealed that performance declines significantly as the structural similarity between positive and negative examples increases. Remarkably, even a basic single-layer classifier using RNN embeddings performed better than chance. To evaluate generalization, we trained models on strings up to a length of 40 and tested them on strings from lengths 41 to 500, using 10 unique seeds to ensure statistical robustness. Stability comparisons between LSTM and O2RNN models showed that O2RNNs generally offer greater stability across various scenarios. We further explore the impact of different initialization strategies revealing that our hypothesis is consistent with various RNNs. Overall, this research questions established beliefs about RNNs' computational capabilities, highlighting the importance of data structure and sampling techniques in assessing neural networks' potential for language classification tasks. It emphasizes that stronger constraints on expressivity are crucial for understanding true learnability, as mere expressivity does not capture the essence of learning.

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