2 papers
stat.ML2025
Near-Optimality of Contrastive Divergence Algorithms
Pierre Glaser, Kevin Han Huang, Arthur Gretton
We perform a non-asymptotic analysis of the contrastive divergence (CD) algorithm, a training method for unnormalized models. While prior work has established that (for exponential…
cs.LG2025
Sleepless Nights, Sugary Days: Creating Synthetic Users with Health Conditions for Realistic Coaching Agent Interactions
Taedong Yun, Eric Yang, Mustafa Safdari +13
We present an end-to-end framework for generating synthetic users for evaluating interactive agents designed to encourage positive behavior changes, such as in health and lifestyle…