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Capsule networks aim to perform inverse graphics, meaning they take an image and try to identify objects, their presence, and their properties.
Capsule networks aim to perform inverse graphics, meaning they take an image and try to identify objects, their presence, and their properties.
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The length of a capsule vector represents the probability of an object's presence.
The length of a capsule vector represents the probability of an object's presence.
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The squashing function ensures that the length of a capsule vector falls between 0 and 1, representing a probability.
The squashing function ensures that the length of a capsule vector falls between 0 and 1, representing a probability.
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Capsule networks are invariant to transformations like rotation and translation, meaning they can identify objects regardless of their position or orientation.
Capsule networks are invariant to transformations like rotation and translation, meaning they can identify objects regardless of their position or orientation.
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The routing by agreement process involves capsules in the first layer predicting the output of capsules in the next layer, and weighting these predictions based on their agreement.
The routing by agreement process involves capsules in the first layer predicting the output of capsules in the next layer, and weighting these predictions based on their agreement.
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Flashcards
Capsule Networks
Capsule Networks
A neural network architecture for inverse graphics that identifies objects and their parameters from images.
Capsule Structure
Capsule Structure
Capsules represent functions as vectors; length denotes probability of presence, and orientation indicates instantiation parameters.
Routing by Agreement
Routing by Agreement
A process where capsules predict outputs based on agreement with previous layers, improving pose determination accuracy.
Equivariance
Equivariance
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Margin Loss
Margin Loss
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Study Notes
Capsule Networks Overview
- Capsule networks are a neural network architecture designed for inverse graphics.
- Inverse graphics involves identifying objects, their presence, and their instantiation parameters within an image.
- A capsule predicts the presence and instantiation parameters of a specific object at a particular location.
Capsule Network Architecture
- Capsules are vector-based, with vector length representing object presence probability and orientation encoding instantiation parameters.
- A squashing function limits capsule vector lengths to a probability range of 0 to 1.
- Equivariance maintains detailed object location and pose information throughout the network.
Routing by Agreement
- First-layer capsules predict the output of subsequent layer capsules.
- Each first-layer capsule calculates a transformation matrix for each subsequent layer capsule, learning part-whole relationships.
- Subsequent layer capsules receive input from multiple previous layer capsules, prioritizing predictions with strong agreement.
- This refined signal enhances object pose accuracy.
Routing by Agreement Implementation
- Routing by agreement uses a weighted mean of previous layer predictions to determine the most probable output for the next layer.
- Predictions closer to the mean receive higher weights, refining the output.
- This iterative process repeatedly refines the predicted output.
Applications and Benefits
- Capsule networks excel at handling crowded images with overlapping objects.
- The routing tree reveals object part hierarchies and relationships.
- They are resilient to rotations, translations, and other affine transformations.
- Capsule networks support object detection and image segmentation.
Training and Evaluation
- Margin loss encourages top-level capsules to have lengths greater than 0.9 for present objects and less than 0.1 for absent objects.
- A decoder network reconstructs the input image, preventing overfitting.
- Capsule networks achieve state-of-the-art accuracy on MNIST but require further improvement on CIFAR10.
Limitations
- Capsule networks are computationally intensive to train due to the routing by agreement algorithm.
- Their scalability to large datasets like ImageNet is uncertain.
- Performance suffers when detecting multiple identical objects that are closely positioned ("crowding").
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Explore the fascinating world of capsule networks, a novel neural network architecture designed to handle inverse graphics. This quiz covers fundamental concepts such as capsule structure, the squashing function, and routing by agreement. Test your understanding of how capsules work to predict objects and their parameters.
