Understanding Expert Structures on Minimax Parameter Estimation in Contaminated Mixture of Experts

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Main Authors: Yan, Fanqi, Nguyen, Huy, Le, Dung, Akbarian, Pedram, Ho, Nhat
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Published: 2024
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author Yan, Fanqi
Nguyen, Huy
Le, Dung
Akbarian, Pedram
Ho, Nhat
author_facet Yan, Fanqi
Nguyen, Huy
Le, Dung
Akbarian, Pedram
Ho, Nhat
contents We conduct the convergence analysis of parameter estimation in the contaminated mixture of experts. This model is motivated from the prompt learning problem where ones utilize prompts, which can be formulated as experts, to fine-tune a large-scale pre-trained model for learning downstream tasks. There are two fundamental challenges emerging from the analysis: (i) the proportion in the mixture of the pre-trained model and the prompt may converge to zero during the training, leading to the prompt vanishing issue; (ii) the algebraic interaction among parameters of the pre-trained model and the prompt can occur via some partial differential equations and decelerate the prompt learning. In response, we introduce a distinguishability condition to control the previous parameter interaction. Additionally, we also investigate various types of expert structure to understand their effects on the convergence behavior of parameter estimation. In each scenario, we provide comprehensive convergence rates of parameter estimation along with the corresponding minimax lower bounds. Finally, we run several numerical experiments to empirically justify our theoretical findings.
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spellingShingle Understanding Expert Structures on Minimax Parameter Estimation in Contaminated Mixture of Experts
Yan, Fanqi
Nguyen, Huy
Le, Dung
Akbarian, Pedram
Ho, Nhat
Machine Learning
Artificial Intelligence
We conduct the convergence analysis of parameter estimation in the contaminated mixture of experts. This model is motivated from the prompt learning problem where ones utilize prompts, which can be formulated as experts, to fine-tune a large-scale pre-trained model for learning downstream tasks. There are two fundamental challenges emerging from the analysis: (i) the proportion in the mixture of the pre-trained model and the prompt may converge to zero during the training, leading to the prompt vanishing issue; (ii) the algebraic interaction among parameters of the pre-trained model and the prompt can occur via some partial differential equations and decelerate the prompt learning. In response, we introduce a distinguishability condition to control the previous parameter interaction. Additionally, we also investigate various types of expert structure to understand their effects on the convergence behavior of parameter estimation. In each scenario, we provide comprehensive convergence rates of parameter estimation along with the corresponding minimax lower bounds. Finally, we run several numerical experiments to empirically justify our theoretical findings.
title Understanding Expert Structures on Minimax Parameter Estimation in Contaminated Mixture of Experts
topic Machine Learning
Artificial Intelligence
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2410.12258