Summary of Information-theoretic Active Correlation Clustering, by Linus Aronsson et al.
Information-Theoretic Active Correlation Clustering
by Linus Aronsson, Morteza Haghir Chehreghani
First submitted to arxiv on: 5 Feb 2024
Categories
- Main: Machine Learning (cs.LG)
- Secondary: Machine Learning (stat.ML)
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| High | Paper authors | High Difficulty Summary Read the original abstract here |
| Medium | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Medium Difficulty Summary This paper explores correlation clustering, where the similarities between pairs are unknown beforehand. To address this challenge, the authors employ active learning, a technique that queries pairwise similarities in an efficient manner. The researchers propose several information-theoretic acquisition functions based on entropy and information gain. They thoroughly evaluate these methods across various settings and show that they outperform existing alternatives. |
| Low | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Low Difficulty Summary This paper is about finding connections between things without knowing how similar or dissimilar they are beforehand. To do this, the scientists use a clever way of asking questions to figure out the similarities. They developed some new ways of deciding what questions to ask based on how much we already know and how much we still need to learn. The results show that these new methods work better than older ones. |
Keywords
* Artificial intelligence * Active learning * Clustering
