论文标题
部分可观测时空混沌系统的无模型预测
DeepPerform: An Efficient Approach for Performance Testing of Resource-Constrained Neural Networks
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论文摘要
储层计算是预测湍流的有力工具，其简单的架构具有处理大型系统的计算效率。然而，其实现通常需要完整的状态向量测量和系统非线性知识。我们使用非线性投影函数将系统测量扩展到高维空间，然后将其输入到储层中以获得预测。我们展示了这种储层计算网络在时空混沌系统上的应用，该系统模拟了湍流的若干特征。我们表明，使用径向基函数作为非线性投影器，即使只有部分观测并且不知道控制方程，也能稳健地捕捉复杂的系统非线性。最后，我们表明，当测量稀疏、不完整且带有噪声，甚至控制方程变得不准确时，我们的网络仍然可以产生相当准确的预测，从而为实际湍流系统的无模型预测铺平了道路。
Today, an increasing number of Adaptive Deep Neural Networks (AdNNs) are being used on resource-constrained embedded devices. We observe that, similar to traditional software, redundant computation exists in AdNNs, resulting in considerable performance degradation. The performance degradation is dependent on the input and is referred to as input-dependent performance bottlenecks (IDPBs). To ensure an AdNN satisfies the performance requirements of resource-constrained applications, it is essential to conduct performance testing to detect IDPBs in the AdNN. Existing neural network testing methods are primarily concerned with correctness testing, which does not involve performance testing. To fill this gap, we propose DeepPerform, a scalable approach to generate test samples to detect the IDPBs in AdNNs. We first demonstrate how the problem of generating performance test samples detecting IDPBs can be formulated as an optimization problem. Following that, we demonstrate how DeepPerform efficiently handles the optimization problem by learning and estimating the distribution of AdNNs' computational consumption. We evaluate DeepPerform on three widely used datasets against five popular AdNN models. The results show that DeepPerform generates test samples that cause more severe performance degradation (FLOPs: increase up to 552\%). Furthermore, DeepPerform is substantially more efficient than the baseline methods in generating test inputs(runtime overhead: only 6-10 milliseconds).
