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New bounds shown for restricted Boltzmann machine sampling

Researchers have demonstrated new mixing time bounds for the alternating-scan sampler applied to positively weighted restricted Boltzmann machines. The analysis, which leverages techniques from Markov chain theory and Glauber dynamics for ferromagnetic two-spin systems, establishes bounds that extend up to critical thresholds. This work contributes to a deeper understanding of sampling efficiency in these specific machine learning models. AI

IMPACT Provides theoretical insights into sampling efficiency for specific machine learning models.

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New bounds shown for restricted Boltzmann machine sampling

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  1. arXiv cs.LG TIER_1 English(EN) · Weiming Feng, Heng Guo, Minji Yang ·

    Rapid mixing in positively weighted restricted Boltzmann machines

    arXiv:2604.00963v2 Announce Type: replace-cross Abstract: We show polylogarithmic mixing time bounds for the alternating-scan sampler for positively weighted restricted Boltzmann machines. This is done via analysing the same chain and the Glauber dynamics for ferromagnetic two-sp…