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VC dimensions of group convolutional neural networks

Published: 04 March 2024 Publication History

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We study the generalization capacity of group convolutional neural networks. We identify precise estimates for the VC dimensions of simple sets of group convolutional neural networks. In particular, we find that for infinite groups and appropriately chosen convolutional kernels, already two-parameter families of convolutional neural networks have an infinite VC dimension, despite being invariant to the action of an infinite group.

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cover image Neural Networks
Neural Networks  Volume 169, Issue C
Jan 2024
818 pages

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Elsevier Science Ltd.

United Kingdom

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Published: 04 March 2024

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  1. Convolutional neural networks
  2. Group convolutional neural networks
  3. Sample complexity
  4. Generalization
  5. VC dimension

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