Analysis of Learning a Flow-based Generative Model from Limited Sample Complexity
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Keywords: statistical physics, flow-based generative model, stochastic interpolation, gaussian mixture, auto-encoder
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TL;DR: A sharp analysis of a flow-based generative model, parametrized by a shallow auto-encoder, trained with limited data
Abstract: We study the problem of training a flow-based generative model, parametrized by a two-layer autoencoder, to sample from a high-dimensional Gaussian mixture. We provide a sharp end-to-end analysis of the problem. First, we provide a tight closed-form characterization of the learnt velocity field, when parametrized by a shallow denoising auto-encoder trained on a finite number $n$ of samples from the target distribution. Building on this analysis, we provide a sharp description of the corresponding generative flow, which pushes the base Gaussian density forward to an approximation of the target density. In particular, we provide closed-form formulae for the distance between the means of the generated mixture and the mean of the target mixture, which we show decays as $\Theta_n(\frac{1}{n})$. Finally, this rate is shown to be in fact Bayes-optimal.
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Primary Area: learning theory
Submission Number: 1747
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