Interpretable Meta-Learning of Physical Systems
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Keywords: meta-learning, physical systems, multi-task learning, interpretable deep learning, identifiability, electrostatics, robotics, control, reinforcement learning, scientific discovery
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TL;DR: We propose a new multi-environment meta-learning architecture for physical systems called CAMEL, that learns and generalizes at minimal cost and with interpretable weights.
Abstract: Machine learning methods can be a valuable aid in the scientific process, but they need to face challenging settings where data come from inhomogeneous experimental conditions. Recent meta-learning methods have made significant progress in multi-task learning, but they rely on black-box neural networks, resulting in high computational costs and limited interpretability. We introduce CAMEL, a new meta-learning architecture capable of learning efficiently from multiple environments, with an affine structure with respect to the learning task. We prove that CAMEL can identify the physical parameters of the system, enabling interpreable learning. We demonstrate the competitive generalization performance and the low computational cost of our method by comparing it to state-of-the-art algorithms on physical systems, ranging from toy models to complex, non-analytical systems. The interpretability of our method is illustrated with original applications to parameter identification and to adaptive control and system identification.
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Primary Area: applications to physical sciences (physics, chemistry, biology, etc.)
Submission Number: 1935
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