The training of autoencoder (AE) focuses on the selection of connection weights via a minimization of both the training error and a regularized term. However, the ultimate goal of AE training is to autoencode future unseen samples correctly (i.e., good generalization). Minimizing the training error with different regularized terms only indirectly minimizes the generalization error. Moreover, the trained model may not be robust to small perturbations of inputs which may lead to a poor generalization capability. In this paper, we propose a localized stochastic sensitive AE (LiSSA) to enhance the robustness of AE with respect to input perturbations. With the local stochastic sensitivity regularization, LiSSA reduces sensitivity to unseen samples with small differences (perturbations) from training samples. Meanwhile, LiSSA preserves the local connectivity from the original input space to the representation space that learns a more robustness features (intermediate representation) for unseen samples. The classifier using these learned features yields a better generalization capability. Extensive experimental results on 36 benchmarking datasets indicate that LiSSA outperforms several classical and recent AE training methods significantly on classification tasks.

LiSSA: Localized Stochastic Sensitive Autoencoders

Pelillo, Marcello;
2021-01-01

Abstract

The training of autoencoder (AE) focuses on the selection of connection weights via a minimization of both the training error and a regularized term. However, the ultimate goal of AE training is to autoencode future unseen samples correctly (i.e., good generalization). Minimizing the training error with different regularized terms only indirectly minimizes the generalization error. Moreover, the trained model may not be robust to small perturbations of inputs which may lead to a poor generalization capability. In this paper, we propose a localized stochastic sensitive AE (LiSSA) to enhance the robustness of AE with respect to input perturbations. With the local stochastic sensitivity regularization, LiSSA reduces sensitivity to unseen samples with small differences (perturbations) from training samples. Meanwhile, LiSSA preserves the local connectivity from the original input space to the representation space that learns a more robustness features (intermediate representation) for unseen samples. The classifier using these learned features yields a better generalization capability. Extensive experimental results on 36 benchmarking datasets indicate that LiSSA outperforms several classical and recent AE training methods significantly on classification tasks.
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