diff --git a/body.tex b/body.tex index d509960..06fed87 100644 --- a/body.tex +++ b/body.tex @@ -735,4 +735,29 @@ detection is out of the question under theses circumstances. \chapter{Discussion} +To recap, the hypothesis is repeated here. + +\begin{description} + \item[Hypothesis] Novelty detection using auto-encoders delivers similar or better object detection performance under open set conditions while being less computationally expensive compared to dropout sampling. +\end{description} + +Based on the reported results, no clear answer can be given to the +research question; rather new questions emerge: "Can auto-encoders +work on realistic data sets like COCO with multiple different classes +in one image?" In other words: "Is my experience due to +implementation issues or a general theoretical problem of +auto-encoders?" + +Despite best efforts, the results of Miller et al.~\cite{Miller2018} +could not be replicated. This does not show anything though. +To disprove Miller's work, any and all possible ways to replicate +their work must fail. Contrarily, one successful replication +proves the ability to replicate. On the surface, both Miller et al. +and I used the same weights, the same network, and the same +data sets. Only difference of note: they used a Caffe implementation +of SSD, for this thesis the Tensorflow implementation with eager mode +was used. + + + \chapter{Closing}