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Generative AI
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Generative AI

by T V Geetha
January 2025
Intermediate to advanced
272 pages
6h 9m
English
Pearson India
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CHAPTER 8

Flow-based and Energy-based Generative Models

8.1 Introduction to Flow-based Generative Models

Transforming a simple distribution (e.g., Gaussian) into a more complex distribution that matches the data distribution is the concept behind probabilistic based generative flow-based models. Flow-based models directly model the data distribution by defining a series of invertible transformations called normalizing flow between the input and output spaces. These models are capable of both data generation and efficient density estimation. Learning a bijective mapping between a simple base distribution (e.g., Gaussian) and a complex target distribution (e.g., natural images) is the task of flow-based models. Flow-based models are generative ...

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