Summary of Optimistic Rates For Learning From Label Proportions, by Gene Li et al.
Optimistic Rates for Learning from Label Proportions
by Gene Li, Lin Chen, Adel Javanmard, Vahab Mirrokni
First submitted to arxiv on: 1 Jun 2024
Categories
- Main: Machine Learning (cs.LG)
- Secondary: Artificial Intelligence (cs.AI); 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 In this paper, researchers tackle a challenging machine learning problem called Learning from Label Proportions (LLP), where only partial information about the labels is available. The goal is to design effective learning rules that achieve guaranteed performance for classification tasks. The authors explore various approaches, including Empirical Proportional Risk Minimization (EPRM) and more recent methods like EasyLLP. They show that some of these techniques can provide fast rates under certain conditions, but may fail in others. Additionally, the researchers demonstrate that debiased proportional square loss and EasyLLP achieve optimal sample complexity for LLP problems. |
| Low | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Low Difficulty Summary This paper studies a special kind of machine learning called Learning from Label Proportions (LLP). In this problem, we’re given groups of examples, but only the average label is shown. The researchers are trying to find ways to learn from this limited information and make good predictions. They look at different approaches, like EPRM and EasyLLP, and see which ones work best in different situations. This is important because it can help us solve real-world problems where we don’t have a lot of labeled data. |
Keywords
» Artificial intelligence » Classification » Machine learning
