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The Math Behind GANs

13 days ago
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  • GANs involve a generator and discriminator competing to model data distributions.
  • The discriminator's loss function aims to correctly classify real vs. fake data.
  • The generator's loss function seeks to fool the discriminator by producing realistic data.
  • Binary cross entropy is commonly used as the loss function for both models.
  • Optimal discriminator performance is achieved when it balances detection of real and fake data.
  • Training the generator minimizes the Jensen-Shannon divergence between real and generated data distributions.
  • The original GAN formulation frames the training as a min-max optimization problem.
  • Practical training alternates between updating the discriminator and generator parameters.
  • Advanced GAN variants like Wasserstein GAN and CycleGAN build on these foundational concepts.