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Auteurs principaux: Zhang, Zhiyao, Liu, Zhuqing, Zhang, Xin, Chen, Wen-Yen, Yang, Jiyan, Liu, Jia
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Publié: 2025
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Accès en ligne:https://arxiv.org/abs/2511.07824
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author Zhang, Zhiyao
Liu, Zhuqing
Zhang, Xin
Chen, Wen-Yen
Yang, Jiyan
Liu, Jia
author_facet Zhang, Zhiyao
Liu, Zhuqing
Zhang, Xin
Chen, Wen-Yen
Yang, Jiyan
Liu, Jia
contents As machine learning (ML) applications grow increasingly complex in recent years, modern ML frameworks often need to address multiple potentially conflicting objectives with coupled decision variables across different layers. This creates a compelling need for multi-objective bilevel learning (MOBL). So far, however, the field of MOBL remains in its infancy and many important problems remain under-explored. This motivates us to fill this gap and systematically investigate the theoretical and algorithmic foundation of MOBL. Specifically, we consider MOBL problems with multiple conflicting objectives guided by preferences at the upper-level subproblem, where part of the inputs depend on the optimal solution of the lower-level subproblem. Our goal is to develop efficient MOBL optimization algorithms to (1) identify a preference-guided Pareto-stationary solution with low oracle complexity; and (2) enable systematic Pareto front exploration. To this end, we propose a unifying algorithmic framework called weighted-Chebyshev multi-hyper-gradient-descent (WC-MHGD) for both deterministic and stochastic settings with finite-time Pareto-stationarity convergence rate guarantees, which not only implies low oracle complexity but also induces systematic Pareto front exploration. We further conduct extensive experiments to confirm our theoretical results.
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spellingShingle Multi-Objective Bilevel Learning
Zhang, Zhiyao
Liu, Zhuqing
Zhang, Xin
Chen, Wen-Yen
Yang, Jiyan
Liu, Jia
Machine Learning
As machine learning (ML) applications grow increasingly complex in recent years, modern ML frameworks often need to address multiple potentially conflicting objectives with coupled decision variables across different layers. This creates a compelling need for multi-objective bilevel learning (MOBL). So far, however, the field of MOBL remains in its infancy and many important problems remain under-explored. This motivates us to fill this gap and systematically investigate the theoretical and algorithmic foundation of MOBL. Specifically, we consider MOBL problems with multiple conflicting objectives guided by preferences at the upper-level subproblem, where part of the inputs depend on the optimal solution of the lower-level subproblem. Our goal is to develop efficient MOBL optimization algorithms to (1) identify a preference-guided Pareto-stationary solution with low oracle complexity; and (2) enable systematic Pareto front exploration. To this end, we propose a unifying algorithmic framework called weighted-Chebyshev multi-hyper-gradient-descent (WC-MHGD) for both deterministic and stochastic settings with finite-time Pareto-stationarity convergence rate guarantees, which not only implies low oracle complexity but also induces systematic Pareto front exploration. We further conduct extensive experiments to confirm our theoretical results.
title Multi-Objective Bilevel Learning
topic Machine Learning
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2511.07824