Provable Bounds on the Hessian of Neural Networks: Derivative-Preserving Reachability Analysis

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Main Authors: Sharifi, Sina, Fazlyab, Mahyar
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Published: 2024
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author Sharifi, Sina
Fazlyab, Mahyar
author_facet Sharifi, Sina
Fazlyab, Mahyar
contents We propose a novel reachability analysis method tailored for neural networks with differentiable activations. Our idea hinges on a sound abstraction of the neural network map based on first-order Taylor expansion and bounding the remainder. To this end, we propose a method to compute analytical bounds on the network's first derivative (gradient) and second derivative (Hessian). A key aspect of our method is loop transformation on the activation functions to exploit their monotonicity effectively. The resulting end-to-end abstraction locally preserves the derivative information, yielding accurate bounds on small input sets. Finally, we employ a branch and bound framework for larger input sets to refine the abstraction recursively. We evaluate our method numerically via different examples and compare the results with relevant state-of-the-art methods.
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spellingShingle Provable Bounds on the Hessian of Neural Networks: Derivative-Preserving Reachability Analysis
Sharifi, Sina
Fazlyab, Mahyar
Machine Learning
Systems and Control
We propose a novel reachability analysis method tailored for neural networks with differentiable activations. Our idea hinges on a sound abstraction of the neural network map based on first-order Taylor expansion and bounding the remainder. To this end, we propose a method to compute analytical bounds on the network's first derivative (gradient) and second derivative (Hessian). A key aspect of our method is loop transformation on the activation functions to exploit their monotonicity effectively. The resulting end-to-end abstraction locally preserves the derivative information, yielding accurate bounds on small input sets. Finally, we employ a branch and bound framework for larger input sets to refine the abstraction recursively. We evaluate our method numerically via different examples and compare the results with relevant state-of-the-art methods.
title Provable Bounds on the Hessian of Neural Networks: Derivative-Preserving Reachability Analysis
topic Machine Learning
Systems and Control
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2406.04476