Softened Symbol Grounding for Neuro-symbolic Systems

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Autori principali: Li, Zenan, Yao, Yuan, Chen, Taolue, Xu, Jingwei, Cao, Chun, Ma, Xiaoxing, Lü, Jian
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Pubblicazione: 2024
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author Li, Zenan
Yao, Yuan
Chen, Taolue
Xu, Jingwei
Cao, Chun
Ma, Xiaoxing
Lü, Jian
author_facet Li, Zenan
Yao, Yuan
Chen, Taolue
Xu, Jingwei
Cao, Chun
Ma, Xiaoxing
Lü, Jian
contents Neuro-symbolic learning generally consists of two separated worlds, i.e., neural network training and symbolic constraint solving, whose success hinges on symbol grounding, a fundamental problem in AI. This paper presents a novel, softened symbol grounding process, bridging the gap between the two worlds, and resulting in an effective and efficient neuro-symbolic learning framework. Technically, the framework features (1) modeling of symbol solution states as a Boltzmann distribution, which avoids expensive state searching and facilitates mutually beneficial interactions between network training and symbolic reasoning;(2) a new MCMC technique leveraging projection and SMT solvers, which efficiently samples from disconnected symbol solution spaces; (3) an annealing mechanism that can escape from %being trapped into sub-optimal symbol groundings. Experiments with three representative neuro symbolic learning tasks demonstrate that, owining to its superior symbol grounding capability, our framework successfully solves problems well beyond the frontier of the existing proposals.
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spellingShingle Softened Symbol Grounding for Neuro-symbolic Systems
Li, Zenan
Yao, Yuan
Chen, Taolue
Xu, Jingwei
Cao, Chun
Ma, Xiaoxing
Lü, Jian
Artificial Intelligence
Machine Learning
Neuro-symbolic learning generally consists of two separated worlds, i.e., neural network training and symbolic constraint solving, whose success hinges on symbol grounding, a fundamental problem in AI. This paper presents a novel, softened symbol grounding process, bridging the gap between the two worlds, and resulting in an effective and efficient neuro-symbolic learning framework. Technically, the framework features (1) modeling of symbol solution states as a Boltzmann distribution, which avoids expensive state searching and facilitates mutually beneficial interactions between network training and symbolic reasoning;(2) a new MCMC technique leveraging projection and SMT solvers, which efficiently samples from disconnected symbol solution spaces; (3) an annealing mechanism that can escape from %being trapped into sub-optimal symbol groundings. Experiments with three representative neuro symbolic learning tasks demonstrate that, owining to its superior symbol grounding capability, our framework successfully solves problems well beyond the frontier of the existing proposals.
title Softened Symbol Grounding for Neuro-symbolic Systems
topic Artificial Intelligence
Machine Learning
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2403.00323