Summary of Online Drift Detection with Maximum Concept Discrepancy, by Ke Wan et al.
Online Drift Detection with Maximum Concept Discrepancy
by Ke Wan, Yi Liang, Susik Yoon
First submitted to arxiv on: 7 Jul 2024
Categories
- Main: Machine Learning (cs.LG)
- Secondary: Artificial Intelligence (cs.AI)
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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 proposes a novel method for detecting concept drift in data streams, which is crucial for continuous learning from vast amounts of online data. The problem arises when fixed models struggle to adapt to changes in data distributions over time. Current methods rely on labels or statistical properties, but these approaches fail to address high-dimensional data with intricate distribution shifts common in real-world scenarios. MCD-DD (Maximum Concept Discrepancy-based Drift Detection) uses contrastive learning of concept embeddings without relying on labels or statistics. The method outperforms existing baselines in identifying concept drifts and enables qualitative analysis with high explainability. |
| Low | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Low Difficulty Summary Concept drift is a big problem when trying to learn from huge amounts of online data. Right now, our models are not good at adapting to changes in the data over time. Some methods try to solve this by using labels or understanding how the data is distributed, but these approaches don’t work well with high-dimensional data that changes in complex ways. This paper introduces a new method called MCD-DD that can detect concept drift without needing labels or statistics. It’s better than other methods at finding concept drift and also helps us understand what’s going on. |
