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by Michele Laurelli

Pruning

Technique
Definition

Removing unnecessary weights/neurons to reduce model size and computational cost.

Identifies and removes weights with small magnitudes. Can be structured (neurons/filters) or unstructured (individual weights). Often combined with fine-tuning.

Examples

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Weight pruning by magnitude

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Structured filter pruning

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Lottery ticket hypothesis

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