Rarity of data in generative modeling
Generative models are traditionally based on large high quality data sets to produce samples that reproduce the distribution of underlying data. However, in fields such as molecular modeling or inference based on physics, the acquisition of this data may be impossible or even impossible. Instead of labeled data, only a scalar reward – typically derived from a complex energy function – is available to judge the quality of the samples generated. This presents an important challenge: how to effectively train generative models without direct supervision from data?
Meta Ai has an assistant sampling, a new learning algorithm based on scalar rewards
Meta Ia takes up this challenge with Assistant samplingA new learning algorithm designed for the training of generative models using only scalar reward signals. Built on the theoretical framework of optimal stochastic control (SOC), assistant sampling crops the training process as an optimization task on a controlled diffusion process. Unlike standard generative models, it does not require explicit data. Instead, he learns to generate high -quality samples by refining them in an iterative way using a reward function – often derived from physical or chemical energy models.
Deputy sampling excels in scenarios where only an unnayed energy function is accessible. It produces samples that align with the target distribution defined by this energy, bypassing the need for corrective methods such as importance sampling or MCMC, which are at high calculation intensity.
Technical details
The foundation of assistant sampling is a stochastic differential equation (SDE) which models how the trajectories of the sample evolve. The algorithm learns a U (X, T) U (X, T) U (X, T) control drift so that the final state of these trajectories is close to a desired distribution (for example, Boltzmann). A key innovation is its use of Reciprocal assistant correspondence (RAM)—A loss function that allows updates based on the gradient using only the initial and final states of the sample trajectories. This avoids the need to shrink through the entire dissemination path, considerably improving calculation efficiency.
By sampling from a known basic process and a packaging on terminal states, assistant sampling builds a buffer of re -reading samples and gradients, allowing multiple stages of optimization by sample. This method of training in politics provides an unequaled scalability by previous approaches, which makes it adapted to large -dimensional problems such as the generation of molecular compulsory.
In addition, assistant sampling supports geometric symmetries and periodic limits, allowing models to respect molecular invariances such as rotation, translation and torsion. These characteristics are crucial for physically significant generative tasks in chemistry and physics.
Performance insights and benchmark results
Deputy sampling obtains advanced results both in synthetic and real tasks. On synthetic references such as double well potentials (DW-4), Lennard-Jones (LJ-13 and LJ-55), it considerably surpasses basic lines such as DDs and IPs, in particular in energy efficiency. For example, when DDs and IPs require 1000 assessments by updating the gradient, assistant sampling only uses three, with similar or better performance in the Wasserstein distance and the effective sample size (ESS).
In a practical context, the algorithm was evaluated on the generation of large -scale molecular compliant using the ESEN Energy model formed on the spice data set. Deputy sampling, in particular its Cartesian variant with pre -training, reached up to 96.4% recall and 0.60 Å RMSD, exceeding RDKIT andKDG – A reference line based on widely used chemistry – across all metrics. The method is well widespread in the Geom-Drugs data set, showing substantial recall improvements while maintaining competitive precision.
The ability of the algorithm to explore the largely configuration space, helped by its stochastic initialization and its learning based on the reward, is reflected in a greater diversity of compliant – critical for the discovery of drugs and molecular design.
Conclusion: an evolving path for generative models focused on rewards
Deputy sampling represents a major step in generative modeling without data. By taking advantage of the scalar reward signals and a training method in effective policy based on stochastic control, it allows evolutionary training of samplers based on diffusion with minimum energy assessments. Its integration of geometric symmetries and its ability to generalize through various molecular structures position it as a fundamental tool in calculation chemistry and beyond.
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