Normalizing flows are powerful generative models that learn an invertible mapping between complex data distributions and simple latent distributions, typically a standard normal density. However, this choice of latent density can impose unnecessary complexity on the learned flow transformation due to the topological mismatch between the latent and data densities, leading to slower training and suboptimal performance.
arXiv:2606. 29724v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Normalizing flows are powerful generative models that learn an invertible mapping between complex data distributions and simple latent distributions, typically a standard normal density.
By Liam A. Kruse, Houjun Liu, Alexandros E. Tzikas, Mansur M. Arief, Mykel J. Kochenderfer
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