# Improved Training of Generative Adversarial Networks Using Representative Features

arXiv: https://arxiv.org/abs/1801.09195 · HTML: https://mlsanity.com/paper/1801.09195/

## Key facts

- Cited by 1 papers in the map (data through 14 Oct 2026).
- First posted on arXiv 28 Jan 2018.

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- [PrismFlow: Residual Dynamics for Flow Matching in Time-Series Generation](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2605.28867/) (2026)

## Abstract (arXiv)

Despite the success of generative adversarial networks (GANs) for image generation, the trade-off between visual quality and image diversity remains a significant issue. This paper achieves both aims simultaneously by improving the stability of training GANs. The key idea of the proposed approach is to implicitly regularize the discriminator using representative features. Focusing on the fact that standard GAN minimizes reverse Kullback-Leibler (KL) divergence, we transfer the representative feature, which is extracted from the data distribution using a pre-trained autoencoder (AE), to the discriminator of standard GANs. Because the AE learns to minimize forward KL divergence, our GAN training with representative features is influenced by both reverse and forward KL divergence. Consequently, the proposed approach is verified to improve visual quality and diversity of state of the art GANs using extensive evaluations.