Learning Dynamic Representations via An Optimally-Weighted Maximum Mean Discrepancy Optimization Framework for Continual Learning

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Auteurs principaux: Huang, KaiHui, Wu, RunQing, Sheng, JinHui, Zhang, HanYi, Ge, Ling, Guo, JinYu, Ye, Fei
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author Huang, KaiHui
Wu, RunQing
Sheng, JinHui
Zhang, HanYi
Ge, Ling
Guo, JinYu
Ye, Fei
author_facet Huang, KaiHui
Wu, RunQing
Sheng, JinHui
Zhang, HanYi
Ge, Ling
Guo, JinYu
Ye, Fei
contents Continual learning has emerged as a pivotal area of research, primarily due to its advantageous characteristic that allows models to persistently acquire and retain information. However, catastrophic forgetting can severely impair model performance. In this study, we address network forgetting by introducing a novel framework termed Optimally-Weighted Maximum Mean Discrepancy (OWMMD), which imposes penalties on representation alterations via a Multi-Level Feature Matching Mechanism (MLFMM). Furthermore, we propose an Adaptive Regularization Optimization (ARO) strategy to refine the adaptive weight vectors, which autonomously assess the significance of each feature layer throughout the optimization process, The proposed ARO approach can relieve the over-regularization problem and promote the future task learning. We conduct a comprehensive series of experiments, benchmarking our proposed method against several established baselines. The empirical findings indicate that our approach achieves state-of-the-art performance.
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spellingShingle Learning Dynamic Representations via An Optimally-Weighted Maximum Mean Discrepancy Optimization Framework for Continual Learning
Huang, KaiHui
Wu, RunQing
Sheng, JinHui
Zhang, HanYi
Ge, Ling
Guo, JinYu
Ye, Fei
Machine Learning
Artificial Intelligence
Continual learning has emerged as a pivotal area of research, primarily due to its advantageous characteristic that allows models to persistently acquire and retain information. However, catastrophic forgetting can severely impair model performance. In this study, we address network forgetting by introducing a novel framework termed Optimally-Weighted Maximum Mean Discrepancy (OWMMD), which imposes penalties on representation alterations via a Multi-Level Feature Matching Mechanism (MLFMM). Furthermore, we propose an Adaptive Regularization Optimization (ARO) strategy to refine the adaptive weight vectors, which autonomously assess the significance of each feature layer throughout the optimization process, The proposed ARO approach can relieve the over-regularization problem and promote the future task learning. We conduct a comprehensive series of experiments, benchmarking our proposed method against several established baselines. The empirical findings indicate that our approach achieves state-of-the-art performance.
title Learning Dynamic Representations via An Optimally-Weighted Maximum Mean Discrepancy Optimization Framework for Continual Learning
topic Machine Learning
Artificial Intelligence
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2501.12121