Data Augmentation Using Mean Field Games
摘要
Data augmentation is a critical component in building modern deep-learning systems. In this chapter, we propose MFG Augment, a novel data augmentation method based on the Mean-Field-Game (MFG) theory, that can synthesize a sequence of data between every two images or features. The central idea is to consider every image as a distribution over its pixel or feature space. Using Mean-field Game theory, we can generate a time-continuous “path” from one distribution to another so that the points along the “path” are augmented images or features. Empirically, the experiment results on MNIST, CIFAR-10, and ImageNet demonstrate that the proposed technology has better generalization ability and higher classification accuracy as compared to several benchmark methods.