Transfer Learning in $\ell_1$ Regularized Regression: Hyperparameter Selection Strategy based on Sharp Asymptotic Analysis

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Autores principales: Okajima, Koki, Obuchi, Tomoyuki
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author Okajima, Koki
Obuchi, Tomoyuki
author_facet Okajima, Koki
Obuchi, Tomoyuki
contents Transfer learning techniques aim to leverage information from multiple related datasets to enhance prediction quality against a target dataset. Such methods have been adopted in the context of high-dimensional sparse regression, and some Lasso-based algorithms have been invented: Trans-Lasso and Pretraining Lasso are such examples. These algorithms require the statistician to select hyperparameters that control the extent and type of information transfer from related datasets. However, selection strategies for these hyperparameters, as well as the impact of these choices on the algorithm's performance, have been largely unexplored. To address this, we conduct a thorough, precise study of the algorithm in a high-dimensional setting via an asymptotic analysis using the replica method. Our approach reveals a surprisingly simple behavior of the algorithm: Ignoring one of the two types of information transferred to the fine-tuning stage has little effect on generalization performance, implying that efforts for hyperparameter selection can be significantly reduced. Our theoretical findings are also empirically supported by applications on real-world and semi-artificial datasets using the IMDb and MNIST datasets, respectively.
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spellingShingle Transfer Learning in $\ell_1$ Regularized Regression: Hyperparameter Selection Strategy based on Sharp Asymptotic Analysis
Okajima, Koki
Obuchi, Tomoyuki
Machine Learning
Disordered Systems and Neural Networks
Statistical Mechanics
Transfer learning techniques aim to leverage information from multiple related datasets to enhance prediction quality against a target dataset. Such methods have been adopted in the context of high-dimensional sparse regression, and some Lasso-based algorithms have been invented: Trans-Lasso and Pretraining Lasso are such examples. These algorithms require the statistician to select hyperparameters that control the extent and type of information transfer from related datasets. However, selection strategies for these hyperparameters, as well as the impact of these choices on the algorithm's performance, have been largely unexplored. To address this, we conduct a thorough, precise study of the algorithm in a high-dimensional setting via an asymptotic analysis using the replica method. Our approach reveals a surprisingly simple behavior of the algorithm: Ignoring one of the two types of information transferred to the fine-tuning stage has little effect on generalization performance, implying that efforts for hyperparameter selection can be significantly reduced. Our theoretical findings are also empirically supported by applications on real-world and semi-artificial datasets using the IMDb and MNIST datasets, respectively.
title Transfer Learning in $\ell_1$ Regularized Regression: Hyperparameter Selection Strategy based on Sharp Asymptotic Analysis
topic Machine Learning
Disordered Systems and Neural Networks
Statistical Mechanics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2409.17704