Learning with recurrent neural networks (RNNs) on long sequences is a notoriously difficult task. There are three major challenges: 1) complex dependencies, 2) vanishing and exploding gradients, and 3) efficient parallelization. In this paper, we introduce a simple yet effective RNN connection structure, the DilatedRNN, which simultaneously tackles all of these challenges. The proposed architecture is characterized by multi-resolution dilated recurrent skip connections and can be combined flexibly with diverse RNN cells. Moreover, the DilatedRNN reduces the number of parameters needed and enhances training efficiency significantly, while matching state-of-the-art performance (even with standard RNN cells) in tasks involving very long-term dependencies. To provide a theory-based quantification of the architecture's advantages, we introduce a memory capacity measure, the mean recurrent length, which is more suitable for RNNs with long skip connections than existing measures. We rigorously prove the advantages of the DilatedRNN over other recurrent neural architectures. The code for our method is publicly available at this https URL
Dilated Recurrent Neural Networks
Shiyu Chang,Yang Zhang,Wei Han,Mo Yu,Xiaoxiao Guo,Wei Tan,Xiaodong Cui,M. Witbrock,M. Hasegawa-Johnson,Thomas S. Huang
Published 2017 in Neural Information Processing Systems
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2017
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Neural Information Processing Systems
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2017-10-05
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