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Hauptverfasser: Tan, Shicheng, Zhao, Huanjing, Zhao, Shu, Zhang, Yanping
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Veröffentlicht: 2024
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author Tan, Shicheng
Zhao, Huanjing
Zhao, Shu
Zhang, Yanping
author_facet Tan, Shicheng
Zhao, Huanjing
Zhao, Shu
Zhang, Yanping
contents Hyperbolic Neural Networks (HNNs), operating in hyperbolic space, have been widely applied in recent years, motivated by the existence of an optimal embedding in hyperbolic space that can preserve data hierarchical relationships (termed Hierarchical Representation Capability, HRC) more accurately than Euclidean space. However, there is no evidence to suggest that HNNs can achieve this theoretical optimal embedding, leading to much research being built on flawed motivations. In this paper, we propose a benchmark for evaluating HRC and conduct a comprehensive analysis of why HNNs are effective through large-scale experiments. Inspired by the analysis results, we propose several pre-training strategies to enhance HRC and improve the performance of downstream tasks, further validating the reliability of the analysis. Experiments show that HNNs cannot achieve the theoretical optimal embedding. The HRC is significantly affected by the optimization objectives and hierarchical structures, and enhancing HRC through pre-training strategies can significantly improve the performance of HNNs.
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spellingShingle Why are hyperbolic neural networks effective? A study on hierarchical representation capability
Tan, Shicheng
Zhao, Huanjing
Zhao, Shu
Zhang, Yanping
Machine Learning
Artificial Intelligence
Hyperbolic Neural Networks (HNNs), operating in hyperbolic space, have been widely applied in recent years, motivated by the existence of an optimal embedding in hyperbolic space that can preserve data hierarchical relationships (termed Hierarchical Representation Capability, HRC) more accurately than Euclidean space. However, there is no evidence to suggest that HNNs can achieve this theoretical optimal embedding, leading to much research being built on flawed motivations. In this paper, we propose a benchmark for evaluating HRC and conduct a comprehensive analysis of why HNNs are effective through large-scale experiments. Inspired by the analysis results, we propose several pre-training strategies to enhance HRC and improve the performance of downstream tasks, further validating the reliability of the analysis. Experiments show that HNNs cannot achieve the theoretical optimal embedding. The HRC is significantly affected by the optimization objectives and hierarchical structures, and enhancing HRC through pre-training strategies can significantly improve the performance of HNNs.
title Why are hyperbolic neural networks effective? A study on hierarchical representation capability
topic Machine Learning
Artificial Intelligence
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2402.02478