Existing methods of level generation using latent variable models such as VAEs and GANs do so in segments and produce the final level by stitching these separately generated segments together. In this paper, we build on these methods by training VAEs to learn a sequential model of segment generation such that generated segments logically follow from prior segments. By further combining the VAE with a classifier that determines whether to place the generated segment to the top, bottom, left or right of the previous segment, we obtain a pipeline that enables the generation of arbitrarily long levels that progress in any of these four directions and are composed of segments that logically follow one another. In addition to generating more coherent levels of non-fixed length, this method also enables implicit blending of levels from separate games that do not have similar orientation. We demonstrate our approach using levels from Super Mario Bros., Kid Icarus and Mega Man, showing that our method produces levels that are more coherent than previous latent variable-based approaches and are capable of blending levels across games.
Variational Autoencoders with a Structural Similarity Loss in Time of Flight MRAs
Image Sciences Institute, University Medical Center Utrecht(乌得勒支大学医学中心影像科学研究所);Department of Radiology, University Medical Center Utrecht(乌得勒支大学医学中心放射科);Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery, UMC Utrecht Brain Center, University Medical Center Utrecht(乌得勒支大学医学中心神经病学与神经外科系,乌得勒支大学医学中心脑中心)
FIESTA: Autoencoders for accurate fiber segmentation in tractography
Université de Sherbrooke, Canada(舍布鲁克大学,加拿大);Sherbrooke Connectivity Imaging Lab (SCIL)(舍布鲁克连接成像实验室(SCIL));Videos & Images Theory and Analytics Lab (VITAL)(视频与图像理论及分析实验室(VITAL));Department of Computer Science(计算机科学系);Department of Radiology(放射科);Brigham and Women’s Hospital(布莱根妇女医院);Mass General Brigham/Harvard Medical School, USA(麻省总医院布莱根联合/哈佛医学院,美国);Centre de Calcul Scientifique(科学计算中心);Medical Imaging and Neuroinformatic (MINi) Lab(医学成像与神经信息学(MINi)实验室);Groupe d’Imagerie Neurofonctionnelle (GIN)(神经功能成像小组(GIN));CNRS, CEA, IMN, GIN, UMR 5293, F-33000 Bordeaux(法国国家科学研究中心、法国原子能委员会、神经影像研究所、神经功能成像小组、5293号联合研究单位,波尔多);Université de Bordeaux, France(波尔多大学,法国);Pharma Research and Early Development(制药研究与早期开发);Neuroscience and Rare Diseases(神经科学与罕见病);Roche Innovation Center Basel(巴塞尔罗氏创新中心);F. Hoffmann-La Roche Ltd., Basel, Switzerland(F.霍夫曼-罗氏有限公司,巴塞尔,瑞士)
Multi-scale Masked Autoencoder for Electrocardiogram Anomaly Detection
Fuwai Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College(中国医学科学院北京协和医学院阜外医院);National Center for Cardiovascular Diseases(国家心血管病中心);National Clinical Research Center for Cardiovascular Diseases(国家心血管疾病临床医学研究中心)