EXAdam: The Power of Adaptive Cross-Moments

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2412.20302v1
• Date: Sun, 29 Dec 2024 00:11:54 GMT
• Title: EXAdam: The Power of Adaptive Cross-Moments
• Authors: Ahmed M. Adly,
• Abstract summary: This paper introduces EXAdam, a novel optimization algorithm that builds upon the widely-used AdamAdam algorithm. EXAdam incorporates three key enhancements: (1) new debiasing terms for improved moment estimation, (2) a gradient-based acceleration mechanism, and (3) a dynamic step size formula. Empirical evaluations demonstrate EXAdam's superiority over Adam, achieving 48.07% faster convergence and yielding improvements of 4.6%, 4.13%, and 2.39% in training, validation, and testing accuracies.
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• Abstract: This paper introduces EXAdam ($\textbf{EX}$tended $\textbf{Adam}$), a novel optimization algorithm that builds upon the widely-used Adam optimizer. EXAdam incorporates three key enhancements: (1) new debiasing terms for improved moment estimation, (2) a gradient-based acceleration mechanism for increased responsiveness to the current loss landscape, and (3) a dynamic step size formula that allows for continuous growth of the learning rate throughout training. These innovations work synergistically to address limitations of the original Adam algorithm, potentially offering improved convergence properties, enhanced ability to escape saddle points, and greater robustness to hyperparameter choices. I provide a theoretical analysis of EXAdam's components and their interactions, highlighting the algorithm's potential advantages in navigating complex optimization landscapes. Empirical evaluations demonstrate EXAdam's superiority over Adam, achieving 48.07% faster convergence and yielding improvements of 4.6%, 4.13%, and 2.39% in training, validation, and testing accuracies, respectively, when applied to a CNN trained on the CIFAR-10 dataset. While these results are promising, further empirical validation across diverse tasks is essential to fully gauge EXAdam's efficacy. Nevertheless, EXAdam represents a significant advancement in adaptive optimization techniques, with promising implications for a wide range of machine learning applications. This work aims to contribute to the ongoing development of more efficient, adaptive, and universally applicable optimization methods in the field of machine learning and artificial intelligence.

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