# Predictive Coding Based Multiscale Network with Encoder-Decoder LSTM for Video Prediction

arXiv: https://arxiv.org/abs/2212.11642 · HTML: https://mlsanity.com/paper/2212.11642/

## Key facts

- Cited by 2 papers in the map (data through 14 Oct 2026).
- Builds on 50 of its 80 references that are in the map.
- First posted on arXiv 22 Dec 2022.

## Builds on (most cited first, 30 of 50)

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- [Convolutional LSTM Network: A Machine Learning Approach for Precipitation Nowcasting](https://mlsanity.com/paper/1506.04214/) (2015)
- [Two-Stream Convolutional Networks for Action Recognition in Videos](https://mlsanity.com/paper/1406.2199/) (2014)
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- [Unsupervised Learning of Video Representations using LSTMs](https://mlsanity.com/paper/1502.04681/) (2015)
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- [SimVP: Simpler yet Better Video Prediction](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2206.05099/) (2022)
- [Deep Learning for Precipitation Nowcasting: A Benchmark and A New Model](https://mlsanity.com/paper/1706.03458/) (2017)
- [PredRNN: A Recurrent Neural Network for Spatiotemporal Predictive Learning](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2103.09504/) (2021)
- [Video Representation Learning by Dense Predictive Coding](https://mlsanity.com/paper/1909.04656/) (2019)
- [Stochastic Adversarial Video Prediction](https://mlsanity.com/paper/1804.01523/) (2018)
- [Decomposing Motion and Content for Natural Video Sequence Prediction](https://mlsanity.com/paper/1706.08033/) (2017)
- [Self-supervised Video Representation Learning by Pace Prediction](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2008.05861/) (2020)
- [PredRNN++: Towards A Resolution of the Deep-in-Time Dilemma in Spatiotemporal Predictive Learning](https://mlsanity.com/paper/1804.06300/) (2018)
- [Learning to Decompose and Disentangle Representations for Video Prediction](https://mlsanity.com/paper/1806.04166/) (2018)

## Built on by (most cited first, 2 of 2)

- [Spatiotemporal Observer Design for Predictive Learning of High-Dimensional Data](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2402.15284/) (2024)
- [Anti-aliasing Predictive Coding Network for Future Video Frame Prediction](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2301.05421/) (2023)

## Abstract (arXiv)

We present a multi-scale predictive coding model for future video frames prediction. Drawing inspiration on the ``Predictive Coding" theories in cognitive science, it is updated by a combination of bottom-up and top-down information flows, which can enhance the interaction between different network levels. However, traditional predictive coding models only predict what is happening hierarchically rather than predicting the future. To address the problem, our model employs a multi-scale approach (Coarse to Fine), where the higher level neurons generate coarser predictions (lower resolution), while the lower level generate finer predictions (higher resolution). In terms of network architecture, we directly incorporate the encoder-decoder network within the LSTM module and share the final encoded high-level semantic information across different network levels. This enables comprehensive interaction between the current input and the historical states of LSTM compared with the traditional Encoder-LSTM-Decoder architecture, thus learning more believable temporal and spatial dependencies. Furthermore, to tackle the instability in adversarial training and mitigate the accumulation of prediction errors in long-term prediction, we propose several improvements to the training strategy. Our approach achieves good performance on datasets such as KTH, Moving MNIST and Caltech Pedestrian. Code is available at https://github.com/Ling-CF/MSPN.