Continual Contrastive Learning on Tabular Data with Out of Distribution

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Autores principales: Ginanjar, Achmad, Li, Xue, Singh, Priyanka, Hua, Wen
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Publicado: 2025
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author Ginanjar, Achmad
Li, Xue
Singh, Priyanka
Hua, Wen
author_facet Ginanjar, Achmad
Li, Xue
Singh, Priyanka
Hua, Wen
contents Out-of-distribution (OOD) prediction remains a significant challenge in machine learning, particularly for tabular data where traditional methods often fail to generalize beyond their training distribution. This paper introduces Tabular Continual Contrastive Learning (TCCL), a novel framework designed to address OOD challenges in tabular data processing. TCCL integrates contrastive learning principles with continual learning mechanisms, featuring a three-component architecture: an Encoder for data transformation, a Decoder for representation learning, and a Learner Head. We evaluate TCCL against 14 baseline models, including state-of-the-art deep learning approaches and gradient-boosted decision trees (GBDT), across eight diverse tabular datasets. Our experimental results demonstrate that TCCL consistently outperforms existing methods in both classification and regression tasks on OOD data, with particular strength in handling distribution shifts. These findings suggest that TCCL represents a significant advancement in handling OOD scenarios for tabular data.
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spellingShingle Continual Contrastive Learning on Tabular Data with Out of Distribution
Ginanjar, Achmad
Li, Xue
Singh, Priyanka
Hua, Wen
Machine Learning
Out-of-distribution (OOD) prediction remains a significant challenge in machine learning, particularly for tabular data where traditional methods often fail to generalize beyond their training distribution. This paper introduces Tabular Continual Contrastive Learning (TCCL), a novel framework designed to address OOD challenges in tabular data processing. TCCL integrates contrastive learning principles with continual learning mechanisms, featuring a three-component architecture: an Encoder for data transformation, a Decoder for representation learning, and a Learner Head. We evaluate TCCL against 14 baseline models, including state-of-the-art deep learning approaches and gradient-boosted decision trees (GBDT), across eight diverse tabular datasets. Our experimental results demonstrate that TCCL consistently outperforms existing methods in both classification and regression tasks on OOD data, with particular strength in handling distribution shifts. These findings suggest that TCCL represents a significant advancement in handling OOD scenarios for tabular data.
title Continual Contrastive Learning on Tabular Data with Out of Distribution
topic Machine Learning
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2503.15089