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Information-Geometric Set Embeddings (IGSE): From Sets to Probability Distributions

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Ke Sun, Frank Nielsen

Machine Learning · Submitted 27 Nov 2019

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The authors' main claim We relate set union and intersection operations with corresponding interpolations of probability distributions.

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CitationFrank Nielsen, Ke Sun. "Information-Geometric Set Embeddings (IGSE): From Sets to Probability Distributions." arXiv:1911.12463 (2019). https://pith.science/paper/JN4FVIKZ
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This letter introduces an abstract learning problem called the "set embedding": The objective is to map sets into probability distributions so as to lose less information. We relate set union and intersection operations with corresponding interpolations of probability distributions. We also demonstrate a preliminary solution with experimental results on toy set embedding examples.

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s2 We also demonstrate a preliminary solution with experimental results on toy set embedding examples. contribution 0.81 0.95 0.08 asserted 0.99

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This letter introduces an abstract learning problem called the "set embedding": The objective is to map sets into probability distributions so as to lose less information. We relate set union and intersection operations with corresponding interpolations of probability distributions. We also demonstrate a preliminary solution with experimental results on toy set embedding examples.

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