Scaling Law Phenomena Across Regression Paradigms: Multiple and Kernel Approaches

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Autores principales: Chen, Yifang, Guo, Xuyang, Li, Xiaoyu, Liang, Yingyu, Shi, Zhenmei, Song, Zhao
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Publicado: 2025
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author Chen, Yifang
Guo, Xuyang
Li, Xiaoyu
Liang, Yingyu
Shi, Zhenmei
Song, Zhao
author_facet Chen, Yifang
Guo, Xuyang
Li, Xiaoyu
Liang, Yingyu
Shi, Zhenmei
Song, Zhao
contents Recently, Large Language Models (LLMs) have achieved remarkable success. A key factor behind this success is the scaling law observed by OpenAI. Specifically, for models with Transformer architecture, the test loss exhibits a power-law relationship with model size, dataset size, and the amount of computation used in training, demonstrating trends that span more than seven orders of magnitude. This scaling law challenges traditional machine learning wisdom, notably the Oscar Scissors principle, which suggests that an overparametrized algorithm will overfit the training datasets, resulting in poor test performance. Recent research has also identified the scaling law in simpler machine learning contexts, such as linear regression. However, fully explaining the scaling law in large practical models remains an elusive goal. In this work, we advance our understanding by demonstrating that the scaling law phenomenon extends to multiple regression and kernel regression settings, which are significantly more expressive and powerful than linear methods. Our analysis provides deeper insights into the scaling law, potentially enhancing our understanding of LLMs.
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spellingShingle Scaling Law Phenomena Across Regression Paradigms: Multiple and Kernel Approaches
Chen, Yifang
Guo, Xuyang
Li, Xiaoyu
Liang, Yingyu
Shi, Zhenmei
Song, Zhao
Machine Learning
Artificial Intelligence
Recently, Large Language Models (LLMs) have achieved remarkable success. A key factor behind this success is the scaling law observed by OpenAI. Specifically, for models with Transformer architecture, the test loss exhibits a power-law relationship with model size, dataset size, and the amount of computation used in training, demonstrating trends that span more than seven orders of magnitude. This scaling law challenges traditional machine learning wisdom, notably the Oscar Scissors principle, which suggests that an overparametrized algorithm will overfit the training datasets, resulting in poor test performance. Recent research has also identified the scaling law in simpler machine learning contexts, such as linear regression. However, fully explaining the scaling law in large practical models remains an elusive goal. In this work, we advance our understanding by demonstrating that the scaling law phenomenon extends to multiple regression and kernel regression settings, which are significantly more expressive and powerful than linear methods. Our analysis provides deeper insights into the scaling law, potentially enhancing our understanding of LLMs.
title Scaling Law Phenomena Across Regression Paradigms: Multiple and Kernel Approaches
topic Machine Learning
Artificial Intelligence
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2503.01314