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Main Author: Netay, Igor V.
Format: Preprint
Published: 2024
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2408.12273
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author Netay, Igor V.
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contents We present results of numerical experiments for neural networks with stochastic gradient-based optimization with adaptive momentum. This widely applied optimization has proved convergence and practical efficiency, but for long-run training becomes numerically unstable. We show that numerical artifacts are observable not only for large-scale models and finally lead to divergence also for case of shallow narrow networks. We argue this theory by experiments with more than 1600 neural networks trained for 50000 epochs. Local observations show presence of the same behavior of network parameters in both stable and unstable training segments. Geometrical behavior of parameters forms double twisted spirals in the parameter space and is caused by alternating of numerical perturbations with next relaxation oscillations in values for 1st and 2nd momentum.
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spellingShingle Geometrical structures of digital fluctuations in parameter space of neural networks trained with adaptive momentum optimization
Netay, Igor V.
Machine Learning
Numerical Analysis
We present results of numerical experiments for neural networks with stochastic gradient-based optimization with adaptive momentum. This widely applied optimization has proved convergence and practical efficiency, but for long-run training becomes numerically unstable. We show that numerical artifacts are observable not only for large-scale models and finally lead to divergence also for case of shallow narrow networks. We argue this theory by experiments with more than 1600 neural networks trained for 50000 epochs. Local observations show presence of the same behavior of network parameters in both stable and unstable training segments. Geometrical behavior of parameters forms double twisted spirals in the parameter space and is caused by alternating of numerical perturbations with next relaxation oscillations in values for 1st and 2nd momentum.
title Geometrical structures of digital fluctuations in parameter space of neural networks trained with adaptive momentum optimization
topic Machine Learning
Numerical Analysis
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2408.12273