Learning a Mixture of GFlowNets
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arXiv:2610.07562v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Learning an ensemble of GFlowNets to sample from a discrete target distribution has become a common approach for achieving better state space exploration and convergence than that of a monolithic sampler. However, these methods often add a substantial runtime overhead to the base model, and their conceptual connection remains elusive. To address this, we first propose a general-purpose theoretical framework for describing a mixture of GFlowNets, which we specialize into continuously (CI) and discretely indexed (DI) collections. On the one hand,
Key takeaways
- arXiv:2610.07562v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Learning an ensemble of GFlowNets to sample from a discrete target distribution has become a common approach for achieving better state space exploration and convergence than that of a monolithic sampler.
- However, these methods often add a substantial runtime overhead to the base model, and their conceptual connection remains elusive.
- To address this, we first propose a general-purpose theoretical framework for describing a mixture of GFlowNets, which we specialize into continuously (CI) and discretely indexed (DI) collections.
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