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Surrogate-Assisted Learning of Neural Networks

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Surrogate-assisted optimization has proven to be very successful if applied to industrial problems. The use of a data-driven surrogate model of an objective function during an optimization cycle has many bene ts, such as being cheap to evaluate and further providing both information about the objective landscape and the parameter space. In preliminary work, it was researched how surrogate-assisted optimization can help to optimize the structure of a neural network (NN) controller. In this work, we will focus on how surrogates can help to improve the direct learning process of a transparent feed-forward neural network controller. As an initial case study we will consider a manageable real-world control task: the elevator supervisory group problem (ESGC) using a simplified simulation model. We use this model as a benchmark which should indicate the applicability and performance of surrogate-assisted optimization to this kind of tasks. While the optimization process itself is in this case not onsidered expensive, the results show that surrogate-assisted optimization is capable of outperforming metaheuristic optimization methods for a low number of evaluations. Further the surrogate can be used for signi cance analysis of the inputs and weighted connections to further exploit problem information.

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Surrogate-Assisted Learning of Neural Networks

Author: Stork, Jörg,Zaefferer, Martin,Fischbach, Andreas,Rehbach, Frederik,Bartz-Beielstein, Thomas
Year: 2017
Source: https://cos.bibl.th-koeln.de/files/593/stor17ccos.pdf
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Su oga e-Assis ed Lea ning o Neu al
Ne wo ks
Jö g S o k, Ma in Zae e e , And eas Fischbach, F ede ik Rehbach,
Thomas Ba z-Beiels ein
Su oga e-Assis ed Lea ning o Neu al Ne wo ks
Jö g S o k, Ma in Zae e e , And eas Fischbach, F ede ik
Rehbach, Thomas Ba z-Beiels ein
SPOTSe en Labs, TH Köln
S einmülle allee 1, 51643 Gumme sbach
E-Mail: i s name.las name@ h-koeln.de
In oduc ion
Su oga e-assis ed op imiza ion has p o en o be e y success ul i applied
o indus ial p oblems. The use o a da a-d i en su oga e model o an
objec i e unc ion du ing an op imiza ion cycle has many bene i s, such
as being cheap o e alua e and u he p o iding bo h in o ma ion abou
he objec i e landscape and he pa ame e space. In p elimina y wo k, i
was esea ched how su oga e-assis ed op imiza ion can help o op imize
he s uc u e o a neu al ne wo k (NN) con olle [
7
]. In his wo k, we will
ocus on how su oga es can help o imp o e he di ec lea ning p ocess
o a anspa en eed- o wa d neu al ne wo k con olle . As an ini ial
case s udy we will conside a manageable eal-wo ld con ol ask: he
ele a o supe iso y g oup p oblem (ESGC) using a simpli ied simula ion
model [
3
]. We use his model as a benchma k which should indica e he
applicabili y and pe o mance o su oga e-assis ed op imiza ion o his
kind o asks. While he op imiza ion p ocess i sel is in his case no
conside ed expensi e, he esul s show ha su oga e-assis ed op imiza ion
is capable o ou pe o ming me aheu is ic op imiza ion me hods o a low
numbe o e alua ions. Fu he he su oga e can be used o signi icance
analysis o he inpu s and weigh ed connec ions o u he exploi p oblem
in o ma ion.
Mo i a ion
Recen ad ancemen s in obo ics and con ol ha e shown, ha me hods
om he ield o compu a ional in elligence a e becoming mo e and mo e
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signi ican . Robo con ol policies a e no longe jus ained by machine
lea ning algo i hms. Ra he , obo s lea n how o sol e a ce ain ask by
hemsel es, e.g., by me hods o e olu iona y obo ics [
4
]. In an eal wo ld
en i onmen e olu iona y lea ning o con ol policies can be cos ly, as he i -
ness o a ce ain obo ac ion can only be e alua ed a e a sequence o ime
s eps, which can easily be in minu es o hou s. Thus, hese lea ning p o-
cesses pose a di icul op imiza ion p oblem and s anda d lea ning me hods
a e no sui able o he ime equi emen s o hese asks. Neu al ne wo ks
a e a well es ablished ype o con olle in e olu iona y obo ics. He e, he
se o coe icien s and he opology o he ne wo k need o be op imized
o op imal pe o mance. Mo e ecen and sophis ica ed app oaches o
de eloping and lea ning o con olle s, such as neu oe olu ion o augmen ing
opologies [
18
] we e in en ed o handle hese op imiza ion p ocesses, bu
hey s ill need many e alua ions o adap he neu al ne wo ks.
∙
Ou hypo hesis is ha assis ing his lea ning p ocess by means o
su oga e-assis ed op imiza ion, which has p o en o be able o pe -
o m signi ican ly well in expensi e indus ial op imiza ion asks
[14, 15], should be bene icial.
∙
As a second hypo hesis, we assume ha hese su oga e models can
help o e ie e addi ional use ul in o ma ion abou he objec i e
unc ion, e.g., impo ance o ce ain inpu s.
We wan o es his hypo hesis based on expe imen s wi h a small eal-wo ld
ask simula o , which is implemen ed as a simple neu al ne wo k and no
expensi e o e alua e. The esul s can be ans e ed o mo e sophis ica ed
asks, like a eal wo ld lea ning p ocess. The esul s should indica e
he applicabili y and basic pe o mance o su oga e-assis ed op imiza ion
me hods in compa ison o s a e-o - he-a op imiza ion algo i hms. The
a iable impo ance in o ma ion p o ided by he su oga e models is also
analyzed wi h ega d o hei use ulness. Fo ins ance, a iable impo ance
could be help ul o iden i y especially impo an o de ec i e inpu s senso s
o a physical con olle , e.g., in an e olu iona y obo ics ask.
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The Ele a o Supe iso y G oup P oblem
Gene al Desc ip ion
Today, ele a o sys ems a e p esen e e ywhe e in u ban a eas. They need
o be op imized o achie e he desi ed se ice quali y in e ms o wai ing
ime o he cus ome s, as well as in e ms o ene gy e iciency. They a e
con olled by an ele a o g oup con olle , which assigns he ele a o ca s
o ce ain loo s and des ina ions on basis o he cus ome se ice calls. The
ESGC p oblem as in oduced by [
3
] is a so-called des ina ion call sys em,
whe e he cus ome can choose hei desi ed des ina ion on he loo le el
ou side he ele a o ca s. In he in oduced p oblem ins ance, he con olle
is implemen ed as a sophis ica ed neu al ne wo k NN, whe e he speci ic
s uc u e and weigh s depic a ce ain con ol s a egy. The op imiza ion
o hese weigh s imposes a se o challenges, which ende his ask highly
complex:
∙
The opology o he i ness unc ion is o a high ex en non-linea as
well as mul i-modal.
∙
The a ic load is dynamic and s ochas ic, as cus ome s do no a i e
in a de e minis ic manne .
∙
G adien -based me hods canno be applied success ully o his op i-
miza ion p oblem.
∙
The simula o is compu a ional expensi e, which limi s he numbe
o unc ion e alua ions.
As consequence o he complexi y o such simula o s [
3
] in oduced a
simpli ied alida ion model o an ESGC sys em, he sequen ial ing(S-
Ring).
S-Ring Pe cep on Simula o
The S-Ring was in oduced o benchma k di e en ESGC algo i hms inde-
penden o a ce ain ele a o / loo con igu a ion. I uses a simpli ied NN
o con ol he ele a o s, whe e he connec ion weigh s can be modi ied and
ep esen he a iables o an op imiza ion p oblem. Each weigh se ing
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will esul in a ce ain con ol s a egy which is es ed on simula ions o
di e en a ic si ua ions. The S-Ring has low compu a ional cos s, which
allows us o use an ESGC ins ance as a benchma k o a la ge a ie y o
algo i hms. Using di e en a ic si ua ions will lead o a i ness unc ion
which is subjec o noise. The S-Ring op imiza ion p oblem can be de ined
as ollows [3]:
𝐹(𝑛, 𝑚, 𝑝, 𝑤) = 𝐸(︃𝑡
∑︁
𝑖
𝑐𝑖)︃(1)
whe e
𝑛
is he numbe o ele a o s,
𝑚
he numbe o loo s,
𝑝
he p obabili y
o an a i ing cus ome pe loo and
𝑤
he NN weigh ec o , which depic s
he con ol policy. This objec i e unc ion e alua es he a e age wai ing
ime o all cus ome s
𝑐𝑖
du ing a simula ed a ic si ua ion wi h
𝑡
s eps. Fo
a gi en se o
𝑛, 𝑚, 𝑝
he pe o mance is only in luenced by he weigh ec o
o he NN con olle . Thus, he simpli ied p oblem, as u he used du ing
his pape , can be w i en as
𝐹
=
𝐹
(
𝑤
). The pa ame e s
𝑛, 𝑚, 𝑝
we e
se as ollows: Table 1 also displays he numbe o ime s eps o a single
Table 1: S-Ring Con igu a ion
nFloo s nEle a o s p obNewCus ome nI e a ions
6 2 0.3 10000
simula ion un, which was se a he high o simula e a longe pe iod. Fo
each simula ion un, he exac same pe iod was used, esembling a ce ain
ixed ime- ame, e.g. a ce ain day in a yea . By choosing a ixed ime
ame, we emo ed he noise o he p oblem, which ende s he p oblem
simple o op imize. Mo eo e , he p oblem was adap ed by se ing he
desi ed cus ome se ice quali y o he g ound loo o a high p io i y, while
he second loo was se o a lowe p io i y. This should simula e a ypical
eal wo ld ho el scena io, whe e i is wan ed ha a i ing cus ome s in he
lobby a e as se ed. The second loo displays an in e nal se ice a ea,
which is o low p io i y o he quali y o se ice. As a side e ec , his
educes he dimensionali y o he op imiza ion p oblem om 12 o 10.
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Me hods o Lea ning o Neu al Ne wo ks
A s anda d me hod o lea ning NN con olle is backp opaga ion. Back-
p opaga ion op imizes he weigh s by u ilizing a se o aining da a ha
con ains inpu alues wi h co esponding ou pu s. In case o he S- ing op-
imiza ion, ou ask is no machine lea ning, bu o ind he (single) global
op imum o he gi en i ness opology o a ime dependen simula ion
p oblem. We ecei e a i ness alue only a e e alua ing he weigh s in
a designa ed simula ion un. This means, he e is no clea mapping om
inpu o ou pu da a, as he ou pu only de ines a ce ain con ol policy
and he inal ac ion changes dynamically in e e y ime s ep. Thus we will
need o use mo e sophis ica ed me hods: me aheu is ic op imiza ion and
su oga e-assis ed op imiza ion.
Me aheu is ic Op imiza ion
Me aheu is ics a e sophis ica ed heu is ics, which a e o en inspi ed by
na u e. They u ilize s ochas ic p ocesses ( andomiza ion) and usually do
no equi e any g adien in o ma ion. Me aheu is ics a e known o be
gene al sol e s which apply o a la ge a ie y o global p oblems wi hou
needing a p io i in o ma ion. They a e sui able o highly non-linea and
mul i-modal p oblems, as well as so-called black-box p oblems, whe e no
in o ma ion abou he opology o he objec i e unc ion is known. No
algo i hm is able o deli e hei bes pe o mance o e e y p oblem
wi hou adap ing hei con ol pa ame e s; By pa ame e uning [
2
,
6
], we
can exploi bene icial pa ame e se ings, bu i is e y ime-demanding.
To p o ide eliable esul s wi hou pu ing a lo o e o in o algo i hm
uning, we selec ed ou di e en s a e-o - he-a R implemen a ions o
common me aheu is ics om he ange o simula ed annealing me hods
and e olu iona y algo i hms o ou compa ison. Simula ed annealing [
9
] is
inspi ed by annealing p ocesses in me allu gy, whe e ma e ials a e hea ed
and cooled o change hei physical s uc u e. Simula ed annealing ollows
he base p inciple o an g eedy s ochas ic algo i hm, bu implemen s a
con ol s a egy which allows o accep also solu ions wi h lesse i ness.
This allows o escape local op ima and es ablishes a global sea ch s a egy.
E olu iona y algo i hms [
1
] a e based on he p inciples o na u al selec ion:
in each gene a ion, a popula ion o indi iduals (e.g. solu ions
𝑤
) is e ol ed
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by mu a ion, ecombina ion and selec ion s eps. The selec ed packages
a e DEop im,GA,GenSA and genoud. DEop im and GA we e chosen
due o pe sonal p e e ence, while he wo la e we e chosen based on he
su ey on Con inuous Global Op imiza ion in R by Mullen [
12
]. GenSA
and genoud pe o med bes on a se o di e en op imiza ion p oblems.
∙DEop im
[
13
] is an R-implemen a ion o he di e en ial e olu ion
algo i hm [
19
], which belongs o he class o e olu iona y algo i hms.
I is designed o global op imiza ion using eal ec o s.
∙GA
[
16
] is a package which implemen s an gene ic algo i hm an
allows op imiza ion o eal and in ege p oblems.
∙GenSA p o ides a e sion o gene alized simula ed annealing [20].
∙ genoud
[
11
,
17
] is an R-package which p o ides and implemen a ion
o a so-called hyb id algo i hm. This algo i hm combines e olu iona y
algo i hms wi h he de i a i e-based quasi-New on me hod B oyden-
Fle che -Gold a b-Shanno (BFGS).
Su oga e-Assis ed Op imiza ion
Su oga e-assis ed op imiza ion algo i hms employ da a d i en models
o ligh en he bu den o expensi e objec i e unc ion e alua ions. One
amewo k o su oga e-assis ed op imiza ion is Sequen ial Pa ame e
Op imiza ion (SPO) [2]. SPO p o ides a lexible amewo k ha employs
me hods om he ields o design o expe imen , op imiza ion, and s a is ics.
In essence, SPO s a s by gene a ing an ini ial design o expe imen , hen
builds a su oga e model (e.g., a linea model o K iging). Then, he
su oga e model is op imized o sugges a p omising candida e solu ion,
which is a e wa ds e alua ed by he expensi e objec i e unc ion. These
las s eps (model building, op imiza ion and e alua ion) a e i e a ed un il
some budge o e alua ions is exhaus ed. Figu e 1 shows he op imiza ion
cycle o he unde lying ESGC p oblem.
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Complex ESGC
Simula o
S-Ring Simula ion Model
P e-de ined S uc u e
Neu al Ne wo k
Su oga e Model
Op imiza ion
Fi ing and Upda ing Model
Su oga e P edic ion
Bes P edic ed Weigh
Vec o
Objec i e Func ion
In o ma ion / Va iable
Impo ance
Figu e 1: Su oga e-Assis ed Op imiza ion Cycle. The ESGC Simula o is
app oxima ed by he S-Ring simula o . The i ness opology is i ed
by he su oga e on basis o he ini ial design and sequen ial upda es.
The sequen ial weigh ec o s a e compu ed by an op imiza ion o he
su oga e.
The expe imen s make use o SPOT, he R implemen a ion o SPO. Fo
his s udy, we ha e chosen o in es iga e h ee di e en su oga e models
wi hin he SPO amewo k.
∙Second o de model wi h s ep-wise eg ession:
Fi s ly, we
build second o de linea eg ession models. The model is i s build
wi h all i s o de e ec s, quad a ic e ec s as well as second o de
in e ac ions. E.g., o wo pa ame e s
𝑥1
and
𝑥2
a model o he o m
𝑦
(
𝑥
) =
𝑐1𝑥1
+
𝑐2𝑥2
+
𝑐3𝑥2
1
+
𝑐4𝑥2
2
+
𝑐5𝑥1𝑥2
is de e mined. This ull
model is u he e ined by backwa ds, s epwise a iable selec ion
based on he Akaike in o ma ion c i e ion. The s epwise a iable
selec ion is skipped whene e he da a size is insu icien . While
he esul ing models a e compa a i ely simple, one ad an age is he
compa a i ely low compu a ional e o .
∙Random Fo es :
Secondly, we use a Random Fo es [
5
] model.
Random Fo es s a e ensembles o decision ees. We use he de aul
se ings o he andomFo es R-package [
10
]. Random Fo es s a e able
o lea n non-linea dependencies in he da a, a e ypically nume ically
obus and as o compu e, and can handle disc e e inpu a iables.
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a iable impo ance compa ison shows, ha he models a e able o ex ac
knowledge beyond he bes ound pa ame e se ing. To alida e he gi en
esul s, we will need o use a designa ed expe imen al design, which will
be pa o u u e esea ch.
Compu a ion Time Compa ison
An impo an aspec o e e y op imiza ion echnique is he o al compu-
a ion ime. Table 4 shows app oxima ed alues o he me aheu is ics
and he su oga e-assis ed op imiza ion wi h he espec i e models. As
he p oblem i sel has nea ly no compu a ion ime, he indica ed alues
a e mainly caused by he op imiza ion algo i hms. As he alues indica e,
su oga e-assis ed op imiza ion is in compa ison e y expensi e. The model
i ing, upda ing and op imiza ion p ocess is compu a ionally expensi e,
pa icula ly o a highe numbe o samples. This is especially isible o
K iging, which is e y sensi i e o highe sample sizes.
Table 4: Algo i hm Compu a ion Time. All alues a e app oxima ed.
Algo i hm No. E alua ions Compu a ion Time
S-Ring P oblem C 1 <0.001 seconds
S-Ring P oblem R 1 <1second
Me aheu is ics 100 0.1 second
Me aheu is ics 1000 1 second
Me aheu is ics 1𝑒+5 1-2 minu es
su RF 100 1 minu e
su SO 100 4 minu es
su KR 100 8 minu es
su RF 1000 1 hou
su SO 1000 4 hou s
su KR 1000 > 1 day
A his poin , we also ha e o conside ha he SPOT implemen a ion is
a R- amewo k, which is in e ms o compu a ion ime much in e io o
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C o C++ based implemen a ions. Fo ins ance, a e-implemen a ion o
he S-Ring simula o in R, which is no mally implemen ed in C, is abou
1000 imes slowe . We can assume, ha an op imized e sion would be
signi ican as e . Mo eo e , SPO pe o ms sequen ial op imiza ion, while
he me aheu is ics a e able o conduc pa allel e alua ions.
Conclusion
In acco dance o ou hypo heses, he esul s show ha su oga e-assis ed
op imiza ion is a bene icial app oach o he unde lying NN con ol op-
imiza ion ask. The es ed algo i hms we e capable o ou pe o ming
me aheu is ic op imiza ion me hods. Fu he mo e, he su oga e can be
used o signi icance analysis o he inpu s and weigh ed connec ions o
u he exploi p oblem in o ma ion. We can hus assume ha su oga e-
assis ed op imiza ion is able o p o ide a g ea e unde s anding o he
lea ning p ocess. The clea downside o he su oga e-assis ed op imiza ion
is he la ge compu a ion ime, which is mo e han 10000 imes la ge
han hese o me aheu is ic op imiza ion. Howe e , his huge downside
becomes less signi ican in scena ios whe e he objec i e unc ion e alu-
a ions become e y expensi e, e.g., in he a ea o se e al minu es. The
model i ing and op imiza ion p ocess could be conduc ed simul aneously
o he eal- ime e alua ions. Also, no conside ed he e a e op imized and
pa allel su oga e-assis ed app oaches, which could conside able imp o e
he compu a ion ime. In his s udy, we used he de aul pa ame e s o
all gi en algo i hms, whe eby no ex ensi e esea ch was made o op imize
he SPOT de aul pa ame e s, while he me aheu is ic implemen a ions
de aul pa ame e s a e commonly op imized o include sel -adap i e p oce-
du es o show compa able esul s. An ex ended s udy o iden i y gene ally
good se ings o la ge se o p oblems could be help ul o u he imp o e
gene al pe o mance. In u u e esea ch, we will es he applicabili y o
a la ge ange o di icul p oblems om he a ea o a i icial in elligence
and e olu iona y obo ics. Mo eo e , we will s udy he use ulness o he
ex ac ed a iable impo ance o e olu iona y obo ics.
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