Continuous-domain assignment flows

Assignment flows denote a class of dynamical models for contextual data labelling (classification) on graphs. We derive a novel parametrisation of assignment flows that reveals how the underlying information geometry induces two processes for assignment regularisation and for gradually enforcing una...

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Main Authors: Savarino, Fabrizio (Author) , Schnörr, Christoph (Author)
Format: Article (Journal)
Language:English
Published: 2021
In: European journal of applied mathematics
Year: 2020, Volume: 32, Issue: 3, Pages: 570-597
ISSN:1469-4425
DOI:10.1017/S0956792520000273
Online Access:Verlag, lizenzpflichtig, Volltext: https://doi.org/10.1017/S0956792520000273
Verlag, lizenzpflichtig, Volltext: https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/european-journal-of-applied-mathematics/article/continuousdomain-assignment-flows/4603DE52B18153DF85F9A35BA1BDED00#
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Author Notes:F. Savarino and C. Schnörr
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Summary:Assignment flows denote a class of dynamical models for contextual data labelling (classification) on graphs. We derive a novel parametrisation of assignment flows that reveals how the underlying information geometry induces two processes for assignment regularisation and for gradually enforcing unambiguous decisions, respectively, that seamlessly interact when solving for the flow. Our result enables to characterise the dominant part of the assignment flow as a Riemannian gradient flow with respect to the underlying information geometry. We consider a continuous-domain formulation of the corresponding potential and develop a novel algorithm in terms of solving a sequence of linear elliptic partial differential equations (PDEs) subject to a simple convex constraint. Our result provides a basis for addressing learning problems by controlling such PDEs in future work.
Item Description:First published online 1 September 2020
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Physical Description:Online Resource
ISSN:1469-4425
DOI:10.1017/S0956792520000273