Dirichlet-Based Prediction Calibration for Learning with Noisy Labels

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Autores principales: Zong, Chen-Chen, Wang, Ye-Wen, Xie, Ming-Kun, Huang, Sheng-Jun
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author Zong, Chen-Chen
Wang, Ye-Wen
Xie, Ming-Kun
Huang, Sheng-Jun
author_facet Zong, Chen-Chen
Wang, Ye-Wen
Xie, Ming-Kun
Huang, Sheng-Jun
contents Learning with noisy labels can significantly hinder the generalization performance of deep neural networks (DNNs). Existing approaches address this issue through loss correction or example selection methods. However, these methods often rely on the model's predictions obtained from the softmax function, which can be over-confident and unreliable. In this study, we identify the translation invariance of the softmax function as the underlying cause of this problem and propose the \textit{Dirichlet-based Prediction Calibration} (DPC) method as a solution. Our method introduces a calibrated softmax function that breaks the translation invariance by incorporating a suitable constant in the exponent term, enabling more reliable model predictions. To ensure stable model training, we leverage a Dirichlet distribution to assign probabilities to predicted labels and introduce a novel evidence deep learning (EDL) loss. The proposed loss function encourages positive and sufficiently large logits for the given label, while penalizing negative and small logits for other labels, leading to more distinct logits and facilitating better example selection based on a large-margin criterion. Through extensive experiments on diverse benchmark datasets, we demonstrate that DPC achieves state-of-the-art performance. The code is available at https://github.com/chenchenzong/DPC.
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spellingShingle Dirichlet-Based Prediction Calibration for Learning with Noisy Labels
Zong, Chen-Chen
Wang, Ye-Wen
Xie, Ming-Kun
Huang, Sheng-Jun
Machine Learning
Artificial Intelligence
Learning with noisy labels can significantly hinder the generalization performance of deep neural networks (DNNs). Existing approaches address this issue through loss correction or example selection methods. However, these methods often rely on the model's predictions obtained from the softmax function, which can be over-confident and unreliable. In this study, we identify the translation invariance of the softmax function as the underlying cause of this problem and propose the \textit{Dirichlet-based Prediction Calibration} (DPC) method as a solution. Our method introduces a calibrated softmax function that breaks the translation invariance by incorporating a suitable constant in the exponent term, enabling more reliable model predictions. To ensure stable model training, we leverage a Dirichlet distribution to assign probabilities to predicted labels and introduce a novel evidence deep learning (EDL) loss. The proposed loss function encourages positive and sufficiently large logits for the given label, while penalizing negative and small logits for other labels, leading to more distinct logits and facilitating better example selection based on a large-margin criterion. Through extensive experiments on diverse benchmark datasets, we demonstrate that DPC achieves state-of-the-art performance. The code is available at https://github.com/chenchenzong/DPC.
title Dirichlet-Based Prediction Calibration for Learning with Noisy Labels
topic Machine Learning
Artificial Intelligence
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2401.07062