Compositional Attribute Imbalance in Vision Datasets

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Main Authors: Chen, Jiayi, Ma, Yanbiao, Zhang, Andi, Tang, Weidong, Dai, Wei, Liu, Bowei
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Published: 2025
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author Chen, Jiayi
Ma, Yanbiao
Zhang, Andi
Tang, Weidong
Dai, Wei
Liu, Bowei
author_facet Chen, Jiayi
Ma, Yanbiao
Zhang, Andi
Tang, Weidong
Dai, Wei
Liu, Bowei
contents Visual attribute imbalance is a common yet underexplored issue in image classification, significantly impacting model performance and generalization. In this work, we first define the first-level and second-level attributes of images and then introduce a CLIP-based framework to construct a visual attribute dictionary, enabling automatic evaluation of image attributes. By systematically analyzing both single-attribute imbalance and compositional attribute imbalance, we reveal how the rarity of attributes affects model performance. To tackle these challenges, we propose adjusting the sampling probability of samples based on the rarity of their compositional attributes. This strategy is further integrated with various data augmentation techniques (such as CutMix, Fmix, and SaliencyMix) to enhance the model's ability to represent rare attributes. Extensive experiments on benchmark datasets demonstrate that our method effectively mitigates attribute imbalance, thereby improving the robustness and fairness of deep neural networks. Our research highlights the importance of modeling visual attribute distributions and provides a scalable solution for long-tail image classification tasks.
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spellingShingle Compositional Attribute Imbalance in Vision Datasets
Chen, Jiayi
Ma, Yanbiao
Zhang, Andi
Tang, Weidong
Dai, Wei
Liu, Bowei
Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
Artificial Intelligence
Visual attribute imbalance is a common yet underexplored issue in image classification, significantly impacting model performance and generalization. In this work, we first define the first-level and second-level attributes of images and then introduce a CLIP-based framework to construct a visual attribute dictionary, enabling automatic evaluation of image attributes. By systematically analyzing both single-attribute imbalance and compositional attribute imbalance, we reveal how the rarity of attributes affects model performance. To tackle these challenges, we propose adjusting the sampling probability of samples based on the rarity of their compositional attributes. This strategy is further integrated with various data augmentation techniques (such as CutMix, Fmix, and SaliencyMix) to enhance the model's ability to represent rare attributes. Extensive experiments on benchmark datasets demonstrate that our method effectively mitigates attribute imbalance, thereby improving the robustness and fairness of deep neural networks. Our research highlights the importance of modeling visual attribute distributions and provides a scalable solution for long-tail image classification tasks.
title Compositional Attribute Imbalance in Vision Datasets
topic Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
Artificial Intelligence
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.14418