Lie-group-type neural system learning by manifold retractions

  • Authors:
  • Simone Fiori

  • Affiliations:
  • Dipartimento di Ingegneria Biomedica, Elettronica, e Telecomunicazioni (DIBET), Universití Politecnica delle Marche, Via Brecce Bianche, I-60131 Ancona, Italy

  • Venue:
  • Neural Networks
  • Year:
  • 2008

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Abstract

The present manuscript treats the problem of adapting a neural signal processing system whose parameters belong to a curved manifold, which is assumed to possess the structure of a Lie group. Neural system parameter adapting is effected by optimizing a system performance criterion. Riemannian-gradient-based optimization is suggested, which cannot be performed by standard additive stepping because of the curved nature of the parameter space. Retraction-based stepping is discussed, instead, along with a companion stepsize-schedule selection procedure. A case-study of learning by optimization of a non-quadratic criterion is discussed in detail.